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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Holker (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Holker. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Holker is located in Broadwater County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Broadwater County: Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark & Meagher.

Below are the counties that are near Holker. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holker:

  • Broadwater County     (The home county of Holker)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.
    • Townsend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Toston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crow Creek City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Crow Creek City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek City
    • Radersburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Winston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Copper City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Diamond City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Whites City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Whites City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.
    • Francis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Francis is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
    • Three Forks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Gallop ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
    • Manhattan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hillman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
    • Willow Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.
    • Elkhorn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
    • Alhambra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
    • Jefferson City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clancy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Montana City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boulder
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lewis and Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.
    • Cavetown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
    • East Helena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Meagher County
    • Langford City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Langford City is located in Meagher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langford City

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holker, see our County-by-County Page for Holker.

Cemeteries Near Holker ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holker.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Holker - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holker covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.

  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deep Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Townsend.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #212216 <3>
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shull Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Shull Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shull Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2384725 <3>
  • Parker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Radersburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lavina Chapel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavina Chapel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lavina Chapel Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north of Townsend.
    • The Lavina Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Duck Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264764 <3>
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Winston Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Headwaters Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Elkhorn Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Diamond City Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Holker in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holker.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Holker, with the one closest to Holker listed first.

  • Townsend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Toston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Canton is located in Broadwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
  • Gallatin ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Elkhorn
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Elkhorn is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Sixteen
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Sixteen is located in Meagher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen
  • Three Forks
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Logan
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Logan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Gallop ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
  • Clasoil
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clasoil is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clasoil
  • Alhambra
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Jefferson City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Manhattan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Clancy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Montana City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holker. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holker.

Newspapers Published in Holker ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holker.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holker, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holker.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Holker:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Holker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.