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 Swaim Place (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 Swaim Place. 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 Swaim Place ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Swaim Place: Swaim Pl. (or less commonly used: Swaim Plc.)

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Swaim Place is located in Natrona County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Natrona County: Carbon, Converse, Fremont, Johnson & Washakie.

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

• Natrona County     (The home county of Swaim Place)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Swaim Place, with the one closest to Swaim Place listed first.
  • Hiland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiland
    • Hiland is located in Natrona County
  • Powder River
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder River
    • Powder River is located in Natrona County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powder River <1>
• Fremont County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Swaim Place, with the one closest to Swaim Place listed first.
  • Lost Cabin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Cabin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Cabin
    • Lost Cabin is located in Fremont County
  • Lysite
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysite
    • Lysite is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lysite <1>
• Johnson County
  • Hole in the Wall ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hole in the Wall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hole in the Wall
    • Hole in the Wall is located in Johnson County

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Swaim Place:

• Websites specific to Wyoming
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Wyoming State Archives

• Pages specific to Natrona County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Fremont County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Johnson County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cemeteries of Natrona County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cemeteries of Natrona County

Cemeteries Near Swaim Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swaim Place.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Lost Cabin Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lost Cabin Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84069 <4>
• Arminto Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arminto Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2366971 <4>
• Hiland Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hiland Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Hiland.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiland Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2366811 <4>
• David Schoening Gravesite
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the David Schoening Gravesite is located outside and to the east of Lysite.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the David Schoening Gravesite
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149914 <4>
• Nowood Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nowood Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nowood Cemetery is located 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> to the north of Ten Sleep.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nowood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2710219 <4>
• Waltman Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Waltman Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the east of Powder River.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waltman Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2371870 <4>

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.<6>

While we didn't find Swaim Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swaim Place.

• Lost Cabin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Cabin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Cabin
  • Lost Cabin is located in Fremont County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Swaim Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Natrona County: www.natrona.net/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/