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 Rodgers Hill (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 Rodgers Hill. 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.

Rodgers Hill is located in McCone 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 McCone County: Dawson, Garfield, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt & Valley.

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

• McCone County     (The home county of Rodgers Hill)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Rodgers Hill, with the one closest to Rodgers Hill listed first.
  • Brockway
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
    • Brockway is located in McCone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockway <1>
  • Circle
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
    • Circle is located in McCone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circle <1>
  • Redwater ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Redwater is located in McCone County
  • Vida
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vida
    • Vida is located in McCone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vida <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Rodgers Hill ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rodgers Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rodgers Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rodgers Hill.

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 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 Rodgers Hill:

• 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 McCone County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

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

Cemeteries Near Rodgers Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rodgers Hill.

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

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

• Haglunds Ritchie Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haglunds Ritchie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haglunds Ritchie Cemetery
• Ervine Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ervine Cemetery
• Biebers Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biebers Cemetery
• Brockway Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brockway Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Brockway.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockway Cemetery
• Brost Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brost Cemetery
• Biebers Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biebers Cemetery
• Riverview Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
• Holy Eucharist Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Eucharist Cemetery
• Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
• Cow Creek Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cow Creek Cemetery
• Prairie Elk Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • The Prairie Elk Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Prairie Elk Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Elk Cemetery
• Watkins Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watkins Cemetery
• Neudorfer Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Neudorfer Cemetery is located 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the west of Jordan.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neudorfer Cemetery
• Redwater Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redwater Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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