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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 Sibbie (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 Sibbie. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Sibbie is located in Wilcox County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wilcox County: Ben Hill, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Pulaski, Telfair & Turner.

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

  • Wilcox County     (The home county of Sibbie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Owensboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Abbeville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rochelle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pitts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Seville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pineview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Abba
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
    • Fitzgerald
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Berrien County
    • Enigma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Ambrose
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Broxton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crisp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • McKenzie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • McKenzie is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
    • Arabi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lamb Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamb Town is located in Crisp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Town
    • Cordele
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Rhine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Arp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Irwinville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mystic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ocilla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pulaski County
    • Finleyson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
  • Telfair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Milan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Helena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae - Helena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • McRae is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Chula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Abac
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Tifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibbie, with the one closest to Sibbie listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ashburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sycamore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hobby is located in Turner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobby
      • Estimated population in 2019: 536 people

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

Cemeteries Near Sibbie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sibbie.

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

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

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

  • Mims Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Reid Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Player Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Tomberlin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rinor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (285 more) ...
    • Brown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • McCall Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sibbie had a population of 26 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Abba
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Abbeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Temperance
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Temperance is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
  • Copeland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Copeland is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Rhine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rochelle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • China Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Irwinville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pitts
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Milan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Seville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jacksonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Cobbville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cobbville is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
    • Chauncey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Godwinsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Godwinsville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godwinsville

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

Newspapers Published in Sibbie ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sibbie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sibbie, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sibbie.

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 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 Sibbie:

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