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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 Sieben (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 Sieben. 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 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 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.

Sieben is located in Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

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

  • Lewis and Clark County     (The home county of Sieben)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sieben, with the one closest to Sieben listed first.
    • Wolf Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Canyon Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Marysville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Craig
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Birdseye
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
    • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
    • Austin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Fort Harrison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
      • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
      • Dearborn City
      • Dearborn
    • Helena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
    • East Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Cascade County
    • Mid Canon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sieben, with the one closest to Sieben listed first.
    • Montana City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Clancy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Powell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sieben, with the one closest to Sieben listed first.
    • Blossburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Blossburg is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
    • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
    • Elliston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sieben ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sieben.

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

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

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

  • Carterville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Silver City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Marysville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Moore Graves
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Forestvale Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lewis & Clark County Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Dearborn Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Ft. William Henry Harrison Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Home of Peace Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...

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

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

  • Wolf Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Canyon Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gloster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
  • Marysville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Craig
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Birdseye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Mid Canon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
  • Blossburg
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Blossburg is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
  • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
    • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
    • Dearborn City
    • Dearborn
  • Helena
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
  • East Helena
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
    • Montana City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Elliston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Sieben ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sieben.

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

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 helpful 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 Sieben:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sieben) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Sieben, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.