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 Redbird (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 Redbird. 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 Redbird ...

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 have occurred.

Another variation: Red Bird.

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.

Redbird is located in Niobrara County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Niobrara County: Sioux (NE), Custer (SD), Fall River (SD), Converse, Goshen, Platte & Weston.

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

• Niobrara County     (The home county of Redbird)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Redbird, with the one closest to Redbird listed first.
  • Lance Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lance Creek
    • Lance Creek is located in Niobrara County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lance Creek <1>
  • West Lance Creek ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lance Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lance Creek
    • West Lance Creek is located in Niobrara County
  • Kirtley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtley
    • Kirtley is located in Niobrara County
• Custer County (SD)
  • Dewey
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
    • Dewey is located in Custer County (SD)
• Fall River County (SD)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Redbird, with the one closest to Redbird listed first.
  • Edgemont
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
    • Edgemont is located in Fall River County (SD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <1>
  • Provo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Provo is located in Fall River County (SD)
    • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Redbird ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redbird.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redbird, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redbird.

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 helpful 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 Redbird:

• Websites specific to Wyoming
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Wyoming State Archives

• Pages specific to Niobrara County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Custer County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Fall River County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Cemeteries of Niobrara County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Wyoming

Cemeteries Near Redbird ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redbird.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Edgemont Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edgemont Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96948 <4>

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.<5>

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

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

• Marietta
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Fall River County (SD)
• Provo
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
  • Provo is located in Fall River County (SD)
  • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <1>
• Edgemont
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgemont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
  • Edgemont is located in Fall River County (SD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <1>
• Story
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Story have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
  • Story is located in Sioux County (NE)
• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Weston County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Redbird. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/