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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 Bartlett (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 Bartlett. 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 doctors 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.

Bartlett is primarily located in DuPage County. A portion of Bartlett extends into Cook County and Kane County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DuPage County: Cook, Kane, Kendall & Will.

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

  • DuPage County     (The home county of Bartlett)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bartlett, with the one closest to Bartlett listed first.
    • Hanover Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Streamwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hoffman Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Schaumburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • South Barrington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • South Barrington is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
    • Elk Grove Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fairfax Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Inverness
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plum Grove Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Rolling Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Winthrop Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Barrington Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
  • DeKalb County
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bartlett, with the one closest to Bartlett listed first.
    • Coleman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Elgin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Elgin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • South Elgin is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
    • Saint Charles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Geneva
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • East Dundee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Batavia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonnie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bonnie is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
      • Bonnie has also been known as:
      • Bonnie Valley
    • Carpentersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Campton Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Campton Hills is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
      • Campton Hills has also been known as:
      • Campton Hills village
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
    • Wasco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Kendall County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bartlett, with the one closest to Bartlett listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Barrington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
    • Lake Zurich
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • North Barrington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • North Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
    • Buffalo Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kildeer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tower Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
    • Long Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox River Valley Gardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Port Barrington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Port Barrington is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
      • Port Barrington has also been known as:
      • Port Barrington village
    • Aptakisic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bartlett, with the one closest to Bartlett listed first.
    • Algonquin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox River Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Trout Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
    • Lake-in-the-Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cary
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Huntley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakwood Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
    • Crystal Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Barreville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Island Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Prairie Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
  • Will County

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

Cemeteries Near Bartlett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bartlett.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bartlett had a population of 263 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bartlett had a population of 40,312 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Bartlett ...

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 237 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bartlett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bartlett, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bartlett.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bartlett:

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 Bartlett, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bartlett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.