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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 Bybee Corner (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 Bybee Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Bybee Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Bybee Corner: Bybee Cor. (or less commonly used: Bybee Crn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Bybee Corner is located in Jackson County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Bybee Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bybee Corner, with the one closest to Bybee Corner listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Medford
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Central Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Phoenix
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ruch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gold Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Buncom
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Talent
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Applegate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bybee Corner, with the one closest to Bybee Corner listed first.
    • Williams
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fruitdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Murphy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Grants Pass
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Redwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Wilderville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Merlin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Placer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • Three Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Greenback ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenback is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
    • Hugo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo

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

Cemeteries Near Bybee Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bybee Corner.

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 Bybee Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Memory Gardens Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jacksonville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Griffin Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Siskiyou Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Logtown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Logtown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ruch.
    • The Logtown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Log Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39053 <2>
  • Medford IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    • The Central Point IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
  • Nichols Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sterlingville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dunkard Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stearn Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Bybee Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bybee Corner.

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

  • Jacksonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Medford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Central Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Phoenix
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Tolo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tolo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
  • Gold Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Table Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Table Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Draper ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Draper is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Talent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Applegate
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Wellen ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sams Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Eagle Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashland
      (15 miles [24.1 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 Bybee Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bybee Corner.

Newspapers Published in Bybee Corner ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bybee Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bybee Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bybee Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Bybee Corner:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bybee Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bybee Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.