RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Dakota >> Barnes County >> Wimbledon >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Wimbledon (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 Wimbledon. 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.

Wimbledon is located in Barnes 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 Barnes County: Cass, Griggs, LaMoure, Ransom, Steele & Stutsman.

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

  • Barnes County     (The home county of Wimbledon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wimbledon, with the one closest to Wimbledon listed first.
    • Leal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Leal is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Dazey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Rogers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eckelson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sanborn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
    • Sibley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Sibley is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • North Valley City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Valley City is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley City
    • Valley City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Foster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wimbledon, with the one closest to Wimbledon listed first.
    • Glenfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • McHenry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Melville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Melville is located in Foster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
    • Grace City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Griggs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wimbledon, with the one closest to Wimbledon listed first.
    • Walum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Walum is located in Griggs County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walum
    • Sutton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hannaford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooperstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Binford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jessie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Steele County
    • Luverne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Stutsman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wimbledon, with the one closest to Wimbledon listed first.
    • Courtenay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Kensal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spiritwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Buchanan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
    • Parkhurst
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Jamestown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pingree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Frontier Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
    • Jamestown Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
    • Ypsilanti
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Wimbledon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wimbledon.

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

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

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

  • St. Boniface Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Courtenay Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dazey Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mabel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lyster Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastman Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Kensal.
  • Hannaford Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Kensal Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensal Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kensal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Kensal.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181531 <3>
    • Spiritwood Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • St. Peter Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Wimbledon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wimbledon.

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

  • Dazey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Odell ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Odell is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
  • Spiritwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Urbana
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Hannaford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Buchanan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Parkhurst
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
  • Bloom
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
  • Sanborn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenfield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Ashtabula ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Ashtabula is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashtabula
  • Jamestown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Pingree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Berea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Berea is located in Barnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Cooperstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wimbledon ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wimbledon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wimbledon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wimbledon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wimbledon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Wimbledon.

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 Wimbledon:

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