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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 Packers Roost (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 Packers Roost. 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 Packers Roost ...

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.

While the name of this community is Packers Roost, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Packers Roost may originally have been Packer's Roost.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Packers Roost might be written as Packer Roost.

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Packers Roost is located in Flathead 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 Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

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

  • Flathead County     (The home county of Packers Roost)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Packers Roost, with the one closest to Packers Roost listed first.
    • West Glacier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Polebridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Coram
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hungry Horse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hungry Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Horse
      • Hungry Horse is located in Flathead County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hungry Horse <2>
    • Martin City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Glacier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Packers Roost, with the one closest to Packers Roost listed first.
    • Swiftcurrent
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
      • Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
    • Rising Sun
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
      • Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
    • Saint Mary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Babb
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiowa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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 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 Packers Roost:

Cemeteries Near Packers Roost ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Packers Roost.

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

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

  • Babb Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterton National Park Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Schildt Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schildt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schildt Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Beazer Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

The official website for Flathead County: www.co.flathead.mt.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.




 

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