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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 De Lamere (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 De Lamere. 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.

Name Variations for De Lamere ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: DeLamere.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

De Lamere is located in Sargent County.

To see how the shape of North Dakota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sargent County: Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Brown (SD) & Marshall (SD).

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

  • Sargent County     (The home county of De Lamere)
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Lamere, with the one closest to De Lamere listed first.
    • Milnor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ransom City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
    • Cayuga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Gwinner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Rutland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Forman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Harlem ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harlem is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Stirum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Stirum is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirum
    • Cogswell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Havana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brampton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Brampton is located in Sargent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
  • Cass County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Lamere, with the one closest to De Lamere listed first.
    • Leonard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Woods is located in Cass County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Kindred
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ransom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Lamere, with the one closest to De Lamere listed first.
    • McLeod
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Anselm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Lisbon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sheldon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elliott
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Elliott is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Enderlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Lamere, with the one closest to De Lamere listed first.
    • Wyndmere
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Barney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lidgerwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mantador
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mooreton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Barrie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrie is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrie
    • Fairview Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Fairview Junction is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Junction
    • Hankinson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Galchutt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Galchutt is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galchutt
    • Great Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Colfax
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walcott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshall County (SD)
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Lamere, with the one closest to De Lamere listed first.
    • Marlow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Marlow is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
      • Estimated population in 2014: 14 people
    • Veblen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Veblen is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veblen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Veblen <1>
    • Hillhead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hillhead is located in Marshall County (SD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhead
      • Estimated population in 2014: 990 people
  • Roberts County (SD)
    • Claire City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near De Lamere ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Lamere.

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 De Lamere - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
    • The Immanuel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
    • Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305927 <2>
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Milnor Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Wyndmere.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101892 <2>
  • Shuman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Otterburn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Wyndmere.
    • The St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. John's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173686 <2>
  • Dunbar Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (89 more) ...
    • Zion Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • St. Martin Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Nulph Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that De Lamere had a population of 53 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Milnor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hamlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hamlin is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
  • Wyndmere
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ransom City ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ransom City is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom City
  • Moselle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Moselle is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
  • Cayuga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Geneseo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Geneseo is located in Sargent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
  • Lidgerwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Barney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Rutland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Venlo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Venlo is located in Ransom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venlo
  • Forman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Stiles
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Stiles is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
    • Anselm
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Anselm is located in Ransom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselm
    • Power
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Power is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of De Lamere ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Lamere.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of De Lamere. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of De Lamere and those printed in the larger area surrounding De Lamere.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of De Lamere.

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 websites either 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 De Lamere:

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