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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 Siyeh Bend (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 Siyeh Bend. 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 Siyeh Bend ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Siyeh Bend: Siyeh Bnd.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Siyeh Bend is located in Glacier 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 Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.

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

  • Glacier County     (The home county of Siyeh Bend)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siyeh Bend, with the one closest to Siyeh Bend listed first.
    • Rising Sun
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Swiftcurrent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
    • Saint Mary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Babb
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiowa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Starr School
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Starr School is located in Glacier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
    • East Glacier Park Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • East Glacier Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Flathead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siyeh Bend, with the one closest to Siyeh Bend listed first.
    • West Glacier
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Coram
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hungry Horse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Polebridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Essex
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Siyeh Bend ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Siyeh Bend.

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 Siyeh Bend - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Babb Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Schildt Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Afterbuffalo Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • East Glacier Park Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Earring Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Waterton National Park Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Beazer Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Siyeh Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Siyeh Bend.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Siyeh Bend:

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.