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 Wayne (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 Wayne. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Wayne is located in Cascade 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 Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.
Below are the counties that are near Wayne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wayne:
- Cascade County (The home county of Wayne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayne, with the one closest to Wayne listed first.
- Belt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Armington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Armington is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
- Armington Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armington Junction is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Junction
- Sand Coulee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stockett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Eagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Great Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Countryside Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Eden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Monarch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Manchester is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Sun Prairie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Chouteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayne, with the one closest to Wayne listed first.
- Highwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Sag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Sag is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sag
- Floweree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Carter
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tunis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Fort Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Judith Basin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wayne, with the one closest to Wayne listed first.
- Raynesford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Geyser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wayne, see our County-by-County Page for Wayne.
Cemeteries Near Wayne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wayne.
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 Wayne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wayne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wayne, with the one closest to Wayne listed first.
- Lower Belt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Colony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Willow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Willow Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sand Coulee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Stone Colony Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tiger Butte Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Goodman Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Highwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20910 <3>
- Calvary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Great Falls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20799 <3>
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 Wayne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wayne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wayne, with the one closest to Wayne listed first.
- Belt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Armington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Armington is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington
- Sand Coulee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Highwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Great Falls ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Great Falls is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great Falls
- Portage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Great Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Watson ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Evans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Floweree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Truly
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Truly is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly
- Monarch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tunis is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Ulm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vaughn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wayne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wayne.
Newspapers Published in Wayne ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wayne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wayne, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wayne.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wayne:
- Websites specific to Montana
- Pages specific to Cascade County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chouteau County
- Judith Basin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Montana
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wayne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wayne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |