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 Giblin (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 Giblin. 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 northwest 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 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.
Giblin is located in Champaign County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Champaign County: Douglas, Edgar, Ford, McLean, Piatt & Vermilion.
Below are the counties that are near Giblin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Giblin:
- Champaign County (The home county of Giblin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Sadorus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ivesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bondville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tolono
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Savoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Staley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Staley is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
- Pesotum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mahomet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Champaign
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake of the Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
- Coles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Humboldt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cooks Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cooks Mills is located in Coles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- De Witt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Weldon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Farmer City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Fullerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fullerton is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- De Witt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Watkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Lane
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Birkbeck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Birkbeck is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkbeck
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Chicken Bristle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Hayes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayes is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
- Ficklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ficklin is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ficklin
- Garrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garrett is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Tuscola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Grove is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,414 people
- Fairland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Camargo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Springs
- Arthur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chesterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chesterville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterville
- Murdock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edgar County
- Palermo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Palermo is located in Edgar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Ford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Proctor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Gibson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gibson City is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
- Gibson City has also been known as:
- Gibson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <1>
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Argenta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Casner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casner is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casner
- Sangamon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sangamon is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangamon
- Oreana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Long Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people
- Hervey City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hervey City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hervey City
- Maroa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Forsyth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McLean County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Kumler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kumler is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
- Laurette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Laurette is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
- Bellflower
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glen Avon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Avon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- Saybrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Le Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moultrie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Cadwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cadwell is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadwell
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lovington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cushman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cushman is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Dalton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dunn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Piatt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- White Heath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Voorhies
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Voorhies is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
- Mansfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- De Land
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milmine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cisco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burrowsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burrowsville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Cerro Gordo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vermilion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Allerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fithian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Muncie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Giblin, see our County-by-County Page for Giblin.
Cemeteries Near Giblin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Giblin.
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 Giblin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Giblin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Ivesdale.
- The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- Iverdale Cemetery
- Ivesdale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972624 <3>
- Craw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sadorus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairieview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cemetery
- The Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Andy Rock Cemetery
- Bailey Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Memorial Cemetery
- The Bailey Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ash Grove Cemetery
- Tolono Grove Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hixon Cemetery
- Mallory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boyer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Giblin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Giblin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Giblin, with the one closest to Giblin listed first.
- Sadorus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ivesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bondville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tolono
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Heath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Savoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Staley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Staley is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
- Monticello
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pesotum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rising
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rising is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
- Champaign
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mahomet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Giblin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Giblin.
Newspapers Published in Giblin ...
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 174 newspapers that have been published in the area around Giblin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Giblin, 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 Giblin.
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 Giblin:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Champaign County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coles County
- De Witt County
- Douglas County
- Edgar County
- Ford County
- Macon County
- McLean County
- Moultrie County
- Piatt County
- Vermilion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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 '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- Giblin) 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 Giblin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |