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 Bernard (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 Bernard. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Bernard is located in Dubuque County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dubuque County: Clayton, Delaware, Jackson, Jones, Jo Daviess (IL) & Grant (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Bernard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bernard:
- Dubuque County (The home county of Bernard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Washington Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Fillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Zwingle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peosta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Epworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centralia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centralia is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Graf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Graf is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Key West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Key West is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West
- Rockdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Farley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Asbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Asbury is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
- Cattese
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cattese is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattese
- Clayton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- North Buena Vista
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Buena Vista is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Buena Vista
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Turkey River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Turkey River is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey River
- Millville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Millville is located in Clayton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Estimated population in 2014: 29 people
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Elwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Lost Nation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toronto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Toronto is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Bliedorn ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bliedorn is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliedorn
- North Welton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Welton
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Welton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Welton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Rockville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Hopkinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Earlville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Delhi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Almoral
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almoral is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almoral
- Holy Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Delaware
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Colesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colesburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Oneida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Garry Owen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garry Owen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garry Owen
- Crab Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- La Motte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Emeline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- Ironhills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ironhills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhills
- Cottonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Saint Donatus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Baldwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monmouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monmouth is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monmouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Andrew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckhorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Clay Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Onslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Center Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Center Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Junction
- Estimated population in 2015: 111 people
- Wyoming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amber
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amber is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Langworthy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Langworthy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langworthy
- Oxford Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oxford Junction is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
- Hale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hale is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
- Oxford Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oxford Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Mills
- Olin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Argand is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argand
- Anamosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Linn County
- Prairieburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prairieburg is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- East Dubuque
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Menominee is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menominee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Galena Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Aiken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Galena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Bremen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Hanover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grant County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Rutledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rutledge is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
- Sinnipee ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sinnipee is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinnipee
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Dickeyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dickeyville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Hazel Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Potosi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Potosi is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 668 people
- Tennyson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tennyson is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennyson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Cassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 877 people
- Cuba City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Lafayette County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- New Diggings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bernard, see our County-by-County Page for Bernard.
Cemeteries Near Bernard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bernard.
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 Bernard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bernard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Melleray Abbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph of the Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sisters of Charity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Zwingle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94252 <3>
- Presley Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Catholic Placid Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ozark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Said Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Theresa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bernard had a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bernard had a population of 120 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bernard, with the one closest to Bernard listed first.
- Washington Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Washington Mills is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mills
- Fillmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fillmore is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Bennettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennettsville is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Zwingle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zwingle is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zwingle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Temple Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill
- Otter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otter Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Ballyclough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ballyclough is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballyclough
- Peosta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clay Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Mills is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Mills
- Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Ozark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ozark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Emeline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Emeline is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emeline
- La Motte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Epworth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bernard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bernard.
Newspapers Published in Bernard ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bernard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bernard, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bernard.
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 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 Bernard:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Dubuque County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clayton County
- Clinton County
- Delaware County
- Jackson County
- Jones County
- Linn County
- Jo Daviess County
- Grant County
- Lafayette County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bernard) 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 Bernard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |