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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 Wye (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 Wye. 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.

Wye is located in Missoula 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 Missoula County: Clearwater (ID), Idaho (ID), Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli & Sanders.

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

  • Missoula County     (The home county of Wye)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wye, with the one closest to Wye listed first.
    • Grass Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
    • De Smet
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • De Smet is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
    • Evaro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Evaro is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evaro
    • Frenchtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Travois Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Travois Village is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travois Village
    • Orchard Homes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
    • Missoula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • East Missoula
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Missoula is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Missoula
    • Huson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Milltown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lolo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bonner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Piltzville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Piltzville is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piltzville
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wye, with the one closest to Wye listed first.
    • Arlee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ravalli
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Saint Ignatius
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Moiese
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Mineral County
    • Alberton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ravalli County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wye, with the one closest to Wye listed first.
    • Florence
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Stevensville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Sanders County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wye, with the one closest to Wye listed first.
    • Dixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Agency
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Agency is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
    • Old Agency
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Old Agency is located in Sanders County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Agency

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

Cemeteries Near Wye ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wye.

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

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

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

  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Missoula Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Frenchtown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Post Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jocko Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodman Pioneer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence - Carlton Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Ignatius Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • St. Ignatius Old Catholic Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Grass Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • De Smet
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • De Smet is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
  • Evaro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Evaro is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evaro
  • Frenchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Missoula
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Huson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lolo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bonner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ninemile
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ninemile is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
  • Lothrop
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lothrop is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothrop
  • Carlton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Carlton is located in Missoula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Stark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stark is located in Missoula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Ravalli
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Wye ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wye.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wye, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wye.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wye:

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.
<3>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 Wye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.