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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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 and doctors 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.

Midway is located in Tishomingo County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tishomingo County: Colbert (AL), Franklin (AL), Lauderdale (AL), Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss & Hardin (TN).

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

  • Tishomingo County     (The home county of Midway)
  • Alcorn County
  • Itawamba County
  • Prentiss County
  • Colbert County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Bishop
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Good Springs ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
    • Caryton ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
    • Ingleton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
    • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
    • Riverton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Crows Camp ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
    • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
    • Denton ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
    • Red Rock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Gatesville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
  • Franklin County (AL)
  • Lauderdale County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Waterloo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Haddock ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
    • Green Tree ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
    • Threet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cypress Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • McGee Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
    • Cloverdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Canaan ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Canaan is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
  • Hardin County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Slab Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
    • Gibbs ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
    • White Sulphur ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
    • Bruton Branch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Nash Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Pyburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hamburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lowryville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Nixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
    • Shiloh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
  • McNairy County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Tulu
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
      • Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
    • Michie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Caffey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Guys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Wayne County (TN)

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

Cemeteries Near Midway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.

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

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

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

  • Hodge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Boggs Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rutledge Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • New Prospect Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • South Crossroads Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Joy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kirk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Palestine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (561 more) ...
    • Nunley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gover Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Belue Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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 Midway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midway.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Midway ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Midway:

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- Midway) 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 Midway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.