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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 Sydney (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 Sydney. 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.

Sydney is located in Stutsman County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stutsman County: Barnes, Foster, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan & Wells.

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

  • Stutsman County     (The home county of Sydney)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sydney, with the one closest to Sydney listed first.
    • Millarton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Millarton is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millarton
    • Montpelier
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ypsilanti
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jamestown Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jamestown Junction is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Junction
    • Frontier Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
    • Jamestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bloom
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
    • Parkhurst
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
    • Windsor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Windsor is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Spiritwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cleveland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchanan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Spiritwood Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Spiritwood Lake is located in Stutsman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiritwood Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Barnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sydney, with the one closest to Sydney listed first.
    • Eckelson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Litchville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Sanborn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • LaMoure County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sydney, with the one closest to Sydney listed first.
    • Nortonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Nortonville is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
    • Adrian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Alfred
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Alfred is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred
    • Jud
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jud is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jud <1>
    • Saratoga Springs ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Dickey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Edgeley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Berlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Rapids
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Grand Rapids is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
    • Kulm
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Kulm is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulm <1>
  • Logan County
    • Gackle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sydney ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sydney.

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

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

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

  • St. Huberts Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • James River Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Eldridge Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • McGinnis Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Highland Home Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Church of God Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Gardens Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauline Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Sharlow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharlow is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharlow
  • Montpelier
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ypsilanti
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jamestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Adrian
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Adrian is located in LaMoure County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Bloom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloom is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
  • Parkhurst
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Parkhurst is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhurst
  • Windsor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor is located in Stutsman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Dickey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Spiritwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Urbana
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Urbana is located in Barnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Buchanan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Medberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Medberry is located in LaMoure County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medberry
    • Berlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Sydney ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sydney.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sydney, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sydney.

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 Sydney:

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