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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 Lindisfarne (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 Lindisfarne. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Lindisfarne is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Flathead, Missoula & Sanders.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Lindisfarne)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindisfarne, with the one closest to Lindisfarne listed first.
    • Big Arm
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dayton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Kings Point is located in Lake County
    • Rocky Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
    • Elmo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rollins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
      • Rollins is located in Lake County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rollins <1>
    • Proctor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jette
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
      • Jette is located in Lake County
    • Kerr
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Kerr is located in Lake County
    • Finley Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
      • Finley Point is located in Lake County
    • Polson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polson
      • Polson is located in Lake County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,181 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polson <1>
    • Bear Dance
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
      • Bear Dance is located in Lake County
    • Turtle Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
      • Turtle Lake is located in Lake County
  • Flathead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindisfarne, with the one closest to Lindisfarne listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Somers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bigfork
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Forest Hill Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
    • Bear Creek Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
    • Kila
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Creston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kalispell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evergreen <1>
    • Marion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Missoula County
  • Sanders County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lindisfarne, with the one closest to Lindisfarne listed first.
    • Niarada
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Niarada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niarada
      • Niarada is located in Sanders County
    • Lonepine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonepine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonepine
      • Lonepine is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonepine <1>
    • Hot Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Hot Springs is located in Sanders County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Lindisfarne ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lindisfarne.

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 Lindisfarne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Indian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Dayton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20940 <3>
  • Hospital Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hospital Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Polson Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polson Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polson Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Niarada Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niarada Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Niarada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McKay Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Murray Memorial Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murray Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ronan Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ronan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ronan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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    • Bigfork Community Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigfork Community Cemetery
      • The Bigfork Community Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Big Fork Community Cemetery
      • Swan View Memorial Gardens
    • Ventling Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ventling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ventling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Moore Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Lindisfarne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lindisfarne.

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

  • Holt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
    • Holt is located in Flathead County
  • Kalispell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Lindisfarne ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lindisfarne.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lindisfarne, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lindisfarne.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Lindisfarne:

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

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecounty-mt.org/

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

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Lindisfarne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lindisfarne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lindisfarne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8088, Longitude: -114.2285       In this case, the coordinates for Lindisfarne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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