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 Verona (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 Verona. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Verona is located in Chouteau 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 Chouteau County: Blaine, Cascade, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera & Teton.

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

• Chouteau County     (The home county of Verona)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Verona, with the one closest to Verona listed first.
  • Big Sandy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
    • Big Sandy is located in Chouteau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <1>
  • Virgelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgelle
    • Virgelle is located in Chouteau County
  • Box Elder
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
    • Box Elder is located in Chouteau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Box Elder <1>
  • Boneau
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boneau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneau
    • Boneau is located in Chouteau County
  • Loma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
    • Loma is located in Chouteau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <1>
  • Fort Benton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
    • Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <1>
• Hill County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Verona, with the one closest to Verona listed first.
  • Saint Pierre
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Pierre
    • Saint Pierre is located in Hill County
  • Sangrey
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sangrey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangrey
    • Sangrey is located in Hill County
  • Azure
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azure
    • Azure is located in Hill County
  • Parker School
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker School have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker School
    • Parker School is located in Hill County

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

Newspapers Published in Verona ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Verona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Verona, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Verona.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Verona:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Hill 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 Chouteau County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Montana
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Montana

Cemeteries Near Verona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Verona.

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

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

• Big Sandy Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Sandy Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141473 <4>
• Kenilworth Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kenilworth Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of Big Sandy.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenilworth Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20946 <4>
• Box Elder Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Box Elder Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Box Elder.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Box Elder Cemetery
• Rocky Boy Grave
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Boy Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Boy Grave
• Clear Lake Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Lake Cemetery
• Graceville Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graceville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graceville Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Verona had railroad service and no post office.

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

• Big Sandy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
  • Big Sandy is located in Chouteau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <1>
• Box Elder
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
  • Box Elder is located in Chouteau County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Box Elder <1>
• Warrick
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrick
  • Warrick is located in Chouteau County
• Fort Benton
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
  • Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Chouteau County: www.co.chouteau.mt.us/

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