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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 Perma (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 Perma. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Perma is located in Sanders 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 Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.

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

  • Sanders County     (The home county of Perma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Island City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Island City is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Paradise
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Agency
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Agency is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
    • Dixon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Old Agency
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Old Agency is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Agency
    • Plains
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hot Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lonepine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Eddy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Eddy is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Moiese
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Charlo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ravalli
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Saint Ignatius
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Kicking Horse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
    • Ronan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pablo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Arlee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kerr
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kerr is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
    • Jette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jette is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
    • Polson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mineral County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Riverbend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverbend is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Superior
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Crescent City is located in Mineral County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City
    • Saint Regis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Alberton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Missoula County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Perma, with the one closest to Perma listed first.
    • Old Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Stark
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Stark is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Huson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Frenchtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Perma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perma.

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 Perma - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gingery Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Camas Prairie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hominsto Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pluffe Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Markle Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Plains Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Maillet Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Superior Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Superior Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Superior.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157443 <3>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Ventling Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Tarkio Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Paradise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Plains
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Stark
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Stark is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
  • Superior
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ravalli
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Saint Ignatius
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Saint Regis
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Ninemile
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ninemile is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
  • Huson
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lothrop
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lothrop is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothrop
  • Arlee
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Eddy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Eddy is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
  • Frenchtown
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Perma ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perma.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perma, 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 Perma.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Perma:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Perma) 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 Perma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.