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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 Primrose (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 Primrose. 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.

Primrose is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Antelope, Greeley, Madison, Nance, Platte & Wheeler.

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

  • Boone County     (The home county of Primrose)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Cedar Rapids
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Akron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Akron is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
    • Albion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Loretto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Loretto is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Boone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Boone is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Petersburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vorhees
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Vorhees is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhees
    • Saint Edward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Antelope County
    • Elgin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Greeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Spalding
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brayton is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
    • Greeley Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Greeley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Wolbach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Horace ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Horace is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
    • Scotia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Cushing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Cushing is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushing
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
    • Cotesfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cotesfield is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotesfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Elba
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Paul
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Madison County
    • Newman Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Merrick County
    • Palmer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Nance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Belgrade
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fullerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Merchiston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Merchiston is located in Nance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merchiston
    • Genoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Krakow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Krakow is located in Nance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krakow
  • Platte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Rosenburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rosenburg is located in Platte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenburg
    • Lindsay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Valley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • North Loup
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sumter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sumter is located in Valley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
    • Olean
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Olean is located in Valley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
  • Wheeler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primrose, with the one closest to Primrose listed first.
    • Bartlett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ericson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cumminsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville

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

Cemeteries Near Primrose ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Primrose.

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

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

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

  • Dublin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Enfield Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunrise Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dennison Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery - North
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Akron Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Grand View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Michaels Calvary Cemetery - South
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Albion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Redwing Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Main Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Main Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Belgrade.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100939 <2>
    • O'Connor Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Cedar Rapids
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Akron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Akron is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Albion
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Loretto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Loretto is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
  • Belgrade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • O'Connor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Connor is located in Greeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Connor
  • Greeley Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Greeley Center is located in Greeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeley Center
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
  • Greeley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Brayton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brayton is located in Greeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
  • Boone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Boone is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
  • Wolbach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Petersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Saint Edward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Belfast
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Belfast is located in Greeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
    • Fullerton
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Primrose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Primrose.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Primrose ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Primrose.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 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 Primrose:

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- Primrose) 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 Primrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.