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 Anncar (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 Anncar. 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 southeast 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 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.
Anncar is located in Holt County.
To see how the shape of Nebraska's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Holt County: Antelope, Boyd, Knox, Loup, Rock & Wheeler.
Below are the counties that are near Anncar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anncar:
- Holt County (The home county of Anncar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Paddock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Redbird
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Redbird is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
- Dustin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dustin is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Cleveland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cleveland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emmet
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- O'Neill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- O'Neill is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
- O'Neill has also been known as:
- O'Neill City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <1>
- Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Stuart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Butte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Anoka is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anoka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Gross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gross is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
- Lynch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Naper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monowi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monowi is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Knoxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Pishelville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pishelville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pishelville
- Verdel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Verdel is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
- Rock County
- Mariaville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mariaville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
- Charles Mix County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Marty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marty is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Population from the 2010 Census: 402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marty <1>
- Pickstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Andes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ravinia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wagner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wagner is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagner <1>
- Geddes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Geddes is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geddes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geddes <1>
- Gregory County (SD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Fort Randall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Randall is located in Gregory County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Randall
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,135 people
- Fairfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bonesteel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Gregory
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Gregory is located in Gregory County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gregory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Herrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anncar, see our County-by-County Page for Anncar.
Cemeteries Near Anncar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anncar.
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 Anncar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anncar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Phoenix Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mission Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butte Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Butte Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Butte.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100443 <2>
- St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Butte.
- The St.s Peter and Paul Cemetery has also been known as:
- Butte Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101412 <2>
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Immanuel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Anncar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anncar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anncar, with the one closest to Anncar listed first.
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Catalpa ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Catalpa is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalpa
- Paddock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paddock is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Bristow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Butte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dustin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dustin is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dorsey is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
- Emmet
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wheeler ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Stuart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- O'Neill is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
- O'Neill has also been known as:
- O'Neill City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <1>
- Star
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anncar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anncar.
Newspapers Published in Anncar ...
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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anncar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anncar, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anncar.
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 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 Anncar:
- Websites specific to Nebraska
- Pages specific to Holt County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boyd County
- Knox County
- Rock County
- Charles Mix County
- Gregory County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nebraska
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anncar) 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 Anncar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |