Sidney By-Way Newspaper BMD Index

The Sidney By-way was a weekly newspaper published from 1886 to 1905 in Sidney, Illinois. It started as a 4-page newspaper and cost 10 cents per month. Initially, the newspaper was issued on Friday but after 6 months of publication, the Sidney By-way was printed Friday night and issued on Saturday. During the publication years, the newspaper was distributed on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday and was 2 or 4 pages in length.

CCGS is extracting births, marriages, and deaths (BMD) from the Sidney By-way and transcribing the entries. The transcriptions are being published in the CCGS Quarterly and posted to the members-only section of the website. Also, the transcriptions are indexed by surname and the year the Sidney By-way newspaper was published. Below are the birth, marriage, and death indexes for the records transcribed to date. The marriage index is organized by the groom’s surname and the bride’s surname follows the dash.

Births

Members-only link to birth transcriptions here.

Example:

Born: Aug. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Smiley Baird, near Lost Grove, a son.

Sidney By-way. Sidney, Illinois, 25 August 1888 page 1.

A, B, C, D, E		F, G, H, I		J, K, L		M, N, O, P, Q		R, S, T, U		V, W, X, Y, Z
Baird	1888	Fabert	1887	Jackson	1887	Macey	1889	Rawlinson	1887	Vernon	1887
Baker	1887	Fisher	1888	Jackson	1888	Madden	1887	Reinhart	1888	Villars	1887
Baker	1889	Fitzgerald	1887	Jenkins	1887	Madigan	1887	Rogers	1887	Wade	1888
Black	1887	Fitzgerald	1887	Jerauld	1887	Madigan	1887	Samson	1888	Wallace	1887
Bliss	1888	Francis	1886	Jerauld	1888	Madigan	1888	Samson	1888	Walsh	1887
Bogan	1888	Francis	1888	Johnson	1887	Mahorney	1888	Schindler	1886	Watson	1888
Brady	1887	Freeman	1888	Jones	1887	Mandeville	1887	Schindler	1886	West	1888
Brynd	1887	Gibson	1890	Kirby	1888	Mandeville	1887	Schneider	1887	Wininger	1887
Brynd	1889	Golay	1888	Kirby	1888	McBee	1887	Shepherd	1890	Witt	1888
Burton	1887	Gordy	1887	Klinger	1887	McCoy	1887	Simbro	1888	Woodsides	1886
Busey	1887	Gossett	1887	Kreiger	1887	McCoy	1887	Sloane	1888	Woolever	1887
Butler	1887	Greene	1888	Kuhlman	1887	McCoy	1889	Smith	1888	Worl	1886
Butler	1887	Gust	1887	Largent	1887	McCrary	1887	Strawser	1887
Butler	1887	Hall	1887	Lee	1887	McDowell	1888	Swearingen	1889
Campbell	1888	Hall	1887	Lee	1887	McKinney	1887	Tade	1888
Cardiff	1888	Hamill	1888	Lehman	1887	McLean	1887	Thayer	1887
Carpenter	1887	Hanson	1887	Lockwood	1887	Michener	1887	Thixon	1887
Clem	1888	Hardeman	1888	Love	1887	Millison	1887	Thompson	1888
Clennon	1887	Harper	1888			Mitchell	1888	Tonquist	1888
Conden	1887	Harris	1887			Moore	1887	Towner	1887
Corbin	1887	Hartley	1888			Morgan	1888	Toy	1887
Deere	1887	Hays	1887			Mullen	1888	Toy	1888
Denman	1888	Helms	1887			Norgle	1887	Tucker	1888
DeViney	1889	Holton	1887			Palmer	1887	Tuggin	1887
Disart	1887	Holton	1888			Penny	1887
Eaton	1887	Hooker	1888			Peterson	1888
Erb	1887	Hudson	1887			Poe	1887
		Hunter	1887			Porter	1887
		Huss	1887			Porterfield	1887
		Hutton	1887			Porterfield	1888
						Potter	1888
						Praston	1888

Marriages

Members-only link to marriage transcriptions here.

Example:

Married: At the residence of Esq. Harris, in this village, Sunday, Oct. 7, Wm R, Coburn to Miss Laura Peters, of St. Joe township. The groom is a son of Joseph Coburn, of this vicinity. They will not go to housekeeping for a while as least, as Mr. Coburn desires to rent a farm.

Sidney By-way. Sidney, Illinois, 13 October 1888 page 1.

A, B, C, D, E		F, G, H		I, J, K, L, M, N, O		P, Q, R, S, T		U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Adams-Fulton	1887	Fairfield-Moore	1887	Kirby-Dolph	1887	Peed-Day	1888	Upp-Foreman	1887
Allen-Anderson	1887	Faylor-Taylor	1887	Kirby-Johnson	1887	Peters-Brown	1888	Wagner-DeMars	1887
Anderson-Killpatrick	1887	Fisher-Detamore	1887	Lease-Stevens	1887	Phoenicie-Peters	1886	Walker-Fitts	1887
Astell-Potter	1890	Foulke	1890	Leas-Stearns	1887	Potts-Stuart	1888	White-Cotton	1887
Batzer	1888	Francis	1887	Lee-Cook	1887	Purcell-Pollock	1887	White-Ludick	1887
Bidwell-Clark	1887	Freeman-Harris	1887	Lindsey-Hubbard	1887	Reese	1887	Williamson-Jenkins	1887
Bonnell-Hyatt	1887	Freeman-Porterfield	1886	Long-Ordel	1887	Reese	1887	Wilson-Fobert	1887
Boone-Ingels	1888	Freeman-Silkey	1888	Lovingfoss-Burr	1887	Ridding-Collins	1887	Wilson-Hughes	1888
Brazelton-Fackler	1886	Fuller-Parsons	1887	Lovingfoss-Caldwell	1887	Robinson	1887	Wimmer-Dougherty	1887
Babb-Tinkham	1888	Fabert-Fabert	1888	Irwin-Frontwine	1889	Park	1888	Underwood-Garrett	1888
Brickler-Yount	1887	Fitzgerald-Bensyn	1888	Jackson	1887	Pearce	1888	White-Allen	1888
Brown	1887	Frederick-Backer	1888	Kissinger-Etchinson	1888	Pizell-Smith	1888	Wilson	1888
Butler-Crawford	1887	Garrett	1887	Lafrance-Leroy	1888	Reagen-Clester	1888	Witt-Lane	1887
Butler-Preston	1888	Gibson-Baldwin	1890	Ludwick-Swank	1888	Rogers-Krugh	1887	Wooden	1887
Cade-Goodman	1887	Golden-Haily	1887	Madigan-Wingle	1888	Rore	1887	Yount-Campbell	1887
Christian-Frederickson	1888	Graf-Mielki	1887	Mahorney-Williams	1888	Rudy-Johnson	1887	Yount-Gray	1887
Coburn-Peters	1888	Graham	1888	Malarney-Evans	1888	Samson-Knight	1887	Yount-Gray	1887
Coolley	1887	Graham-Hinton	1888	Marlow-Yinzer	1887	Shupe	1887	Yount-Smith	1887
Corbin-Blair	1887	Greger-Porter	1889	Mavity-Guthrie	1888	Snow-Parsons	1887	Zerby-Greger	1888
Curbo-Dolph	1887	Groves-Trabue	1888	McBee-Young	1887	Stanley	1888
Curtis	1890	Gwin-Day	1888	McCormack-Towner	1887	Swearingen-Carter	1888
Cushing-Shoop	1887	Hall-George	1887	McMeen-Bird	1888	Swick-Kertchner	1887
Daines-Barmore	1887	Hammer-Gross	1888	Meredith-Core	1887	Tate-Lowry	1887
Davis-Palmer	1888	Hanley-Biggs	1888	Michener-Witherspoon	1888	Taylor	1887
Dowling-McDonald	1887	Hardeman-Sampson	1887	Monroe-Bone	1888	Temple-Smoot	1887
Draper-Thompson	1887	Harris	1887	Mullen-Hazen	1887	Tornquist-Sjoberg	1888
Dunlap-Busey	1888	Hartman-Lacy	1887	Niccum	1887	Toy-Cottrell	1886
Dunn-Graham	1887	Harvey	1887	Olson-Mortison	1887	Tucker-Leonard	1887
Dunseth-Day	1887	Havard-Houser	1889	Ordell-Halberstadt	1890	Turner-Bootes	1887
Eaton-Borings	1888	Hecox-Strayhorn	1887
Eckman	1887	Hennis-Roach	1888
Eltzroth-White	1888	Henson	1888
		Hess-Wilson	1887
		Hissong	1888
		Horn	1887
		Hughes-Parrish	1887
		Hyatt-Davis	1890

Deaths

Members-only link to death transcriptions here.

Example:

Mrs. Elizabeth Worrell died, last Sunday morning, of blood poison, at the residence of her son. Washington Worrell, three and one-half miles north of the village. Deceased was sixty-seven years of age, and had been a resident of that neighborhood since ’65. Funeral services were conducted by J. R. Harris, Monday and the remains were interred in Huss cemetery.

Sidney By-way. Sidney, Illinois, 12 January 1889 page 1.

A, B, C, D, E		F, G, H		I, J, K, L, M		N, O, P, Q, R		S, T		U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Allen	1887	Fay	1888	Ice	1887	Nessel	1888	Saddler	1888	Upp	1888
Allen	1887	Fisher	1888	Insley	1888	Nicholls	1887	Sadler	1887	Vanbrunt	1887
Allen	1888	Fisher	1888	Johnson	1887	Norris	1887	Salladay	1888	VanBrunt	1887
Ambrose	1887	Fithian	1887	Johnson	1887	Norton	1888	Sallee	1887	VanBrunt	1887
Anderson	1887	France	1888	Jones	1887	Odell-Klingman	1887	Sayles	1887	VonHoltten	1890
Bailey	1888	Frankenberger	1887	Jones	1887	Oliver	1887	Schultheis	1888	Walker	1887
Baird	1890	Freeman	1887	Karle	1887	Osborne	1887	Schumacher	1887	Ward	1887
Ball	1887	Freeman	1887	Kiger	1887	Parks	1887	Sconce	1887	Waters	1888
Barnes	1886	Freeman	1889	Kindmark	1887	Pate	1889	Sconce	1888	Watson	1887
Bates	1887	Freeman	1888	Kinsley	1887	Patterson	1887	Scott	1887	Watson	1887
Berry	1888	George	1890	Kirkpatrick	1887	Poe	1888	See	1888	Webb	1887
Bliss	1888	Golden	1888	Kuhlman	1887	Porter	1888	Shaffer	1888	Weimer	1888
Block	1888	Good	1887	Lannon	1887	Porterfield	1887	Shelly	1888	Welsh	1888
Bloxsum	1888	Good	1887	Lanon	1887	Preston	1888	Shute	1888	Wendling	1888
Bohamman	1887	Goodwin	1887	Leedy	1887	Pridemore	1887	Sims	1888	White	1888
Bouman	1887	Goodwine	1887	Lewis	1888	Prine	1887	Sims	1888	Whitlock	1887
Bowen	1888	Gray	1887	Light	1888	Purnell	1887	Slater	1887	Williamson	1887
Bowers	1888	Gray	1887	Lincicum	1887	Putnam	1887	Sleeper	1887	Williamson	1887
Bowman	1887	Greeley	1888	Lincicumb	1887	Randall	1888	Smith	1887	Wilson	1887
Brown	1886	Greely	1888	Loehr	1888	Rawlinson	1888	Smith	1887	Wilson	1888
Brown	1887	Griffith	1888	Loehr	1890	Reese	1887	Smith	1887	Wilson	1888
Brown	1887	Guard	1887	Logan	1887	Rice	1887	Smith	1887	Wimmer	1890
Brown	1887	Guard	1887	Longbreak	1887	Rickey	1887	Smith	1888	Winslow	1887
Brown	1887	Guard	1888	Lovingfoss	1888	Riddle	1888	Smith	1888	Wolfe	1887
Brown	1887	Guard	1888	Lowry	1887	Rogers	1887	Snooks	1890	Woodworth	1887
Brown	1887	Gust	1887	Macy	1888	Rush	1888	Sodousky	1886	Wyatt	1887
Bryan	1887	Hacket	1888	Madden	1888	Rush	1888	Squires	1888	Yeats	1887
Burnett	1888	Hall	1887	Madigan	1887	Russell	1887	Stearns	1887	Yeazel	1887
Burr	1887	Hall	1887	Mandeville	1887	Rutan	1887	Steele	1890	Yeazel	1888
Burres	1890	Hall	1888	Mandeville	1888			Stewart	1888	Yeoman	1887
Busey	1887	Hall	1888	Mandeville	1888			Stewart	1888	Yount	1888
Busey	1889	Hall	1888	Mansfield	1888			Struve	1887	Zander	1888
Campbell	1887	Hank	1889	McClugen	1889			Swearingen	1888	Zanders	1888
Campbell	1890	Harris	1887	McCollough	1887			Taylor	1888
Cannon	1887	Harrison	1887	McCoy	1888			Temple	1888
Carpenter	1888	Harvey	1888	McElroy	1887			Thixson	1887
Catlett	1888	Hays	1887	McElwee	1887			Thomas	1887
Clark	1887	Hays	1887	McKlutchey	1888			Thompson	1887
Clark	1887	Hays	1888	McMahan	1887			Thompson	1887
Clark	1889	Hays	1888	McMillen	1887			Thompson	1888
Clemans	1887	Hazelrigg	1887	McVey	1887			Thompson	1888
Clester	1888	Hazen	1887	Meacham	1887			Toles	1887
Clomans	1888	Heckett	1888	Miller	1887			Tooker	1887
Coburn	1888	Heffer	1887	Miller	1887			Towner	1887
Conkey	1888	Heffly	1887	Miller	1887			Towner	1887
Connor	1888	Helm	1887	Miller	1888			Towner	1888
Core	1888	Hemick	1887	Mitchell	1888			Towner	1888
Corley	1887	Hennis	1888	Mitchell	1888			Tracy	1888
Crays	1887	Hess	1888	Moore	1887			Tracy	1888
Creach	1888	Hess	1888	Morgan	1888			Trick	1889
Creech	1887	Hogan	1887	Morrison	1888			Troy	1890
Davidson	1888	Hogan	1887	Mudge	1887			Tyler	1887
Davis	1888	Holton	1888	Mudge	1887
Davis	1888	Holycross	1887	Mulliken	1887
Deamude	1888	Hopkins	1888	Musk	1888
Dewey	1887	Hovey	1887
Dickason	1888	Hovey	1887
Dunlap	1887	Hudson	1887
Dutton	1888	Huff	1888
Dutton	1888	Huston	1887
Ebert	1887	Hutton	1887
Ellsberry	1888
Erb	1887
Erb	1887
Erickson	1887