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 Leary Place (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 Leary Place. 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.

Name Variations for Leary Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Leary Place: Leary Pl. (or less commonly used: Leary Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Leary Place is located in Madison County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Fremont (ID), Beaverhead, Gallatin, Jefferson & Silver Bow.

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

• Madison County     (The home county of Leary Place)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Leary Place, with the one closest to Leary Place listed first.
  • Central City ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Central City is located in Madison County
  • Virginia City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
    • Virginia City is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Former names for Virginia City:
    • Varina
    • Verina
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <2>
  • Alder
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
    • Alder is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alder <2>
  • Nevada City ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
    • Nevada City is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <2>
  • Laurin ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurin
    • Laurin is located in Madison County
  • Cameron
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Cameron is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <2>
  • Ennis
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ennis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
    • Ennis is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,042 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ennis <2>
  • Sheridan
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheridan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Sheridan is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan <2>
• Beaverhead County
  • Dillon
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dillon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
    • Dillon is located in Beaverhead County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillon <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Leary Place ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leary Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leary Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leary Place.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Leary Place:

• Websites specific to Montana
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Montana Historical Society

• Pages specific to Madison County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Beaverhead County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Montana
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Montana
  • Cemeteries of Madison County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Montana
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Montana
  • Cemeteries of Madison County

Cemeteries Near Leary Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leary Place.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Upper Ruby Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Ruby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Ruby Cemetery
• Taylor Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
• Virginia City Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Virginia City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virginia City Cemetery
• Boothill Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boothill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boothill Cemetery
• Nevada City Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nevada City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nevada City Cemetery
• Laurin Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurin Cemetery
• Bear Creek Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Creek Cemetery
• Poindexter Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poindexter Cemetery
• Madison Valley Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Madison Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madison Valley Cemetery
• Ennis Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ennis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ennis Cemetery
• Sheridan Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheridan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheridan Cemetery
• Evans Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Cemetery
• Lakeview Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2415559 <4>
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21011 <4>

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.<5>

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

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

• Virginia City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
  • Virginia City is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Former names for Virginia City:
  • Varina
  • Verina
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <2>
• Cameron
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • Cameron is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <2>
• Laurin ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurin
  • Laurin is located in Madison County
• Ennis
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ennis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
  • Ennis is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,042 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ennis <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leary Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/