A visit to the Dunschen Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Dunschen Cemetery ...
The Dunschen Cemetery is located in Menard County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Atterberry Cemetery
- The Atterberry Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterberry Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Harbison - Davis Cemetery
- Hash Cemetery
- The Hash Cemetery is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hash Cemetery
- Hickey Cemetery
- The Hickey Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey Cemetery
- Kilbourne Cemetery
- The Kilbourne Cemetery is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne Cemetery
- Kilbourne Cemetery
- The Kilbourne Cemetery is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilbourne Cemetery
- Little Shepherd Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Mason County
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- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Mason County
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- Newmansville Cemetery
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- Oakford Cemetery
- The Oakford Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakford Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Oakford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1172604 <2>
- Old Concord Cemetery
- The Old Concord Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Park Cemetery
- The Park Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Pontiac Cemetery
- The Pontiac Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Pratt Cemetery
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Mason County
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- Shipley Cemetery
- The Shipley Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Smedly Cemetery
- The Smedly Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Watkins Cemetery
- The Watkins Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Willson Cemetery
- The Willson Cemetery is located in Menard County
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- Witty Cemetery
- The Witty Cemetery is located in Cass County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dunschen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ashland
- Athens
- Bath
- Bluff City
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
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- Burlingame
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
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- Chandlerville
- Easton
- Greenview
- Gurney ‑ Historic
- Gurney is located in Cass County
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- Jules
- Jules is located in Cass County
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- Kilbourne
- Long Branch
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Newmansville
- Newmansville is located in Cass County
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- Oakford
- Old Princeton
- Old Princeton is located in Cass County
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- Petersburg
- Philadelphia
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
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- Pleasant Plains
- Poplar City
- Prentice
- Prentice is located in Morgan County
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- Salisbury
- Salisbury is located in Sangamon County
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- Snicarte
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
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- Sylvan ‑ Historic
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
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- Tallula
- Teheran
- Teheran is located in Mason County
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- Virginia
- White City
- White City is located in Mason County
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For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Dunschen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Menard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dunschen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Athens
- Chandlerville
- Easton
- Greenview
- Kilbourne
- Petersburg
- Pleasant Plains
- Tallula
- Virginia
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Dunschen Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Menard County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Dunschen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #407515 (Dunschen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #407515 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Menard
- Est. Elev: 172 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oakford
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Menard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dunschen Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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