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 Snider (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 Snider. 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.

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

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

• Sanders County     (The home county of Snider)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Snider, with the one closest to Snider listed first.
  • Eddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
    • Eddy is located in Sanders County
  • Thompson Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Falls
    • Thompson Falls is located in Sanders County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Falls <2>
  • Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
    • Plains is located in Sanders County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
  • Trout Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
    • Trout Creek is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout Creek <2>
  • Paradise
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise <2>
  • Hot Springs
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in Sanders County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <2>
  • Island City ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Island City is located in Sanders County
  • Lonepine
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonepine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonepine
    • Lonepine is located in Sanders County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonepine <2>
• Mineral County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Snider, with the one closest to Snider listed first.
  • Cabin City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
    • Cabin City is located in Mineral County
  • De Borgia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Borgia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Borgia
    • De Borgia is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Borgia <2>
  • Haugan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugan
    • Haugan is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haugan <2>
  • Saltese
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltese
    • Saltese is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltese <2>
  • Saint Regis
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Regis
    • Saint Regis is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Regis <2>
  • East Portal ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Portal
    • East Portal is located in Mineral County
• Shoshone County (ID)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Snider, with the one closest to Snider listed first.
  • Burke ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Burke is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Mullan
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
    • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
  • Murray
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Murray is located in Shoshone County (ID)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>
  • Frisco
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Frisco is located in Shoshone County (ID)

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

Newspapers Published in Snider ...

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 Snider.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snider, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snider.

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 Snider:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Mineral County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Shoshone County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

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

Cemeteries Near Snider ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snider.

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

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

• Wild Rose Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wild Rose Cemetery
• Fraternal Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • The Fraternal Cemetery has also been known as:
  • IOOF Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraternal Cemetery
• VFW Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the VFW Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the VFW Cemetery
• De Borgia Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the De Borgia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314603 <4>
• Whitepine Trout Creek Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • The Whitepine Trout Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Whitepine Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitepine Trout Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21164 <4>
• Lynch Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynch Cemetery
• Plains Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plains Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plains Cemetery
• Saltese Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saltese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saltese Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314870 <4>
• St. Regis Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Regis Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986346 <4>
• Dominion Peak Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dominion Peak Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dominion Peak Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2420831 <4>
• Paradise Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
• Maillet Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maillet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maillet Cemetery
• Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Pluffe Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pluffe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pluffe Cemetery
  • Ventling Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ventling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ventling Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery

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.<6>

While we didn't find Snider in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Snider.

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

• Eddy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
  • Eddy is located in Sanders County
• Belknap
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belknap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
  • Belknap is located in Sanders County
• De Borgia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Borgia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Borgia
  • De Borgia is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Borgia <2>
• Childs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Childs is located in Sanders County
• Plains
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Plains is located in Sanders County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
• Saltese
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltese
  • Saltese is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltese <2>
• Saint Regis
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Regis
  • Saint Regis is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Regis <2>
• Trout Creek
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
  • Trout Creek is located in Sanders County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout Creek <2>
• Borax
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
  • Borax is located in Mineral County
• Paradise
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Paradise is located in Sanders County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paradise <2>
• Burke ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Burke is located in Shoshone County (ID)
• Mullan
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
  • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
• Murray
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Murray is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Sanders County: www.co.sanders.mt.us/

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