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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 White (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 White. 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.

White is located in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County: Fremont (ID), Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher, Park, Park (WY) & Teton (WY).

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

  • Gallatin County     (The home county of White)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White, with the one closest to White listed first.
    • Manhattan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Amsterdam
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Amsterdam - Churchill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Amsterdam - Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam - Churchill
    • Churchill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Churchill is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchill
    • Arnold
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Arnold is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Belgrade
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hillman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
    • Wisner Crossing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner Crossing
    • Four Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Three Forks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Story
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Story is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Catron
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Catron is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
    • Gallop ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
  • Broadwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White, with the one closest to White listed first.
    • Copper City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Copper City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Toston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Crow Creek City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Crow Creek City is located in Broadwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek City
    • Radersburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson County
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White, with the one closest to White listed first.
    • Red Bluff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Bluff is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
    • Harrison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Norris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson Island is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Island
    • Pony ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Park County
    • Hoppers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hoppers is located in Park County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers

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

Cemeteries Near White ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White.

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

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

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

  • Meadowview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Meadowview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Manhattan.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20989 <3>
  • Churchill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hills Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Little Holland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Logan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • East Gallatin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Courts Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Headwaters Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Bozeman.
    • The Sunset Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Gallatin Valley Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132998 <3>
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Reese Creek Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese Creek Cemetery
      • The Reese Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Mormon Cemetery
    • Black Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gallatin Gateway Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Manhattan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Belgrade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Logan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Logan is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Gallatin ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Story
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Story is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Three Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Springhill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Springhill is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
  • Gallop ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
  • Willow Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bozeman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Bluff
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bluff is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Harrison
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Chestnut
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Norris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Toston
      (25 miles [40.2 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 White. See our List of 1890's Communities around White.

Newspapers Published in White ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around White.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White.

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 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 White:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White) 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 White, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.