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 Big Sky Estates (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 Big Sky Estates. 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 Big Sky Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Big Sky Estates: Big Sky Ests.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Big Sky Estates is located in Weber County.
To see how the shape of Utah's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weber County: Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich & Tooele.
Below are the counties that are near Big Sky Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Sky Estates:
- Weber County (The home county of Big Sky Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- Eden Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eden Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Village
- Eden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Wolf Creek Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Village
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Idlewild Townsite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Idlewild Townsite is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild Townsite
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Former names for Huntsville:
- Hawkins Grove
- Huntsville Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <1>
- North Ogden Fort ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Ogden Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ogden Fort
- North Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ron Clare Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ron Clare Village is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ron Clare Village
- Farr's Fort ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farr's Fort is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farr's Fort
- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Former names for Lynn:
- Bingham Fort
- Five Points
- Fort Bingham
- Lynne
- Harrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Box Elder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- South Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Willard is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Willard
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek Fort ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek Fort
- Mantua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Former names for Mantua:
- Copenhagen
- Flaxville
- Geneva
- Little Valley
- Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City Fort ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City Fort
- Brigham City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Box Elder Fort ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Box Elder Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder Fort
- Fort Davis ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Davis is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Davis
- Fort Davis has also been known as:
- Davis Fort
- Corinne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Call's Fort
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Call's Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call's Fort
- Bear River City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear River City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bear River City has also been known as:
- Bear River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear River City <1>
- Bear River Fort ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear River Fort is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River Fort
- Cache County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Plata is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Avon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Paradise
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Monte Christo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monte Christo is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Christo
- Hyrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wellsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nibley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nibley is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,168 people
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Providence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- River Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- River Heights is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Cache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,680 people
- Former name for Logan:
- Fort Logan
- Logan has also been known as:
- Logan City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <1>
- Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- South Weber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kingston Fort ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston Fort is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Fort
- Arsenal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arsenal is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arsenal
- Clint Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Al Vi Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Al Vi Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Vi Village
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Country Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Sahara Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sahara Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara Village
- Smith Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Village is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Clearfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Layton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Anchorage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anchorage is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- Mountain Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Green is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Green
- Peterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Enterprise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Littleton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Littleton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Como Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Como Springs is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como Springs
- Morgan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Devils Slide ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Devils Slide is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Slide
- Croydon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Porterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- Henefer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Echo City is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo City
- Echo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Sky Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Big Sky Estates.
Cemeteries Near Big Sky Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Sky Estates.
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 Big Sky Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Sky Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- Meadow View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Huntsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ben Lomond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogden City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aultorest Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultorest Memorial Park
- The Aultorest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park
- Mt. Ogden Memorial Park
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77140 <2>
- Abbey of the Holy Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbey of the Holy Trinity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbey of the Holy Trinity Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Huntsville.
- The Abbey of the Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Trinity Abbey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2336510 <2>
- West Haven Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lindquist's Washington Heights Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (51 more) ...
- Mountain Green Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Uintah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uintah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Uintah Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Uintah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77474 <2>
- South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Big Sky Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Sky Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Sky Estates, with the one closest to Big Sky Estates listed first.
- Eden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Former names for Huntsville:
- Hawkins Grove
- Huntsville Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntsville <1>
- North Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harrisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harrisville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,845 people
- Ogden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87,387 people
- Former names for Ogden:
- Brownsville
- Fort Buenaventura
- Ogden has also been known as:
- Ogden City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ogden <1>
- Slaterville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slaterville is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaterville
- Riverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uintah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plain City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Plain City is located in Weber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,862 people
- Peterson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Peterson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Steed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Steed is located in Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steed
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hooper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brigham City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brigham City is located in Box Elder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,717 people
- Former names for Brigham City:
- Box Elder
- Youngsville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brigham City <1>
- Layton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Sky Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Sky Estates.
Newspapers Published in Big Sky Estates ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Sky Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Sky Estates, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Sky Estates.
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 Big Sky Estates:
- Websites specific to Utah
- Pages specific to Weber County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Davis County
- Morgan County
- Summit County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Utah
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Sky Estates) 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 Big Sky Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |