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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 Sibley (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 Sibley. 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 Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish.

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

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln Parish: Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Ouachita & Union.

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

  • Lincoln Parish     (The home parish of Sibley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Averit ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
    • Choudrant
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Vienna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
    • Unionville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dubach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Grambling
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Vining Mills ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
    • Simsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Bienville Parish
  • Caldwell Parish
  • Claiborne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Weldon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Cartwright
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Eros
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <1>
    • Nash ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Nash is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Dalley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
    • Chatham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Ansley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Quitman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • North Hodge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
    • East Hodge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hodge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Zoar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jonesboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ouachita Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
    • Frost Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
    • Eureka
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Calhoun
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Forksville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Claiborne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Lapine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Monroe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Monroe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Northpark Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
    • Pino Bayou Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
    • Richwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
    • Sterlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Union Parish

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

Cemeteries Near Sibley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sibley.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sibley had a population of 38 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Douglas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Douglas is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
  • Choudrant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Averit ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
  • Downsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedarton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • D'Arbonne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • D'Arbonne is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Arbonne
  • Sumpter ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sumpter is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
  • Indian Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Calhoun
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Lane ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Lane is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lane
  • Forksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ruston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moselys Bluff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
    • Vienna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
    • Cadeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cadeville is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadeville

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

Newspapers Published in Sibley ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sibley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sibley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sibley.

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 Sibley:

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>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 Sibley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sibley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.