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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Home Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Home Cemetery (FG ID #105696)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Forest Home Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Home Cemetery

Lat:   41.8680°   (41° 52' 4")

Lon:   -87.8270°   (-87° 49' 37")

The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Cook County<2>.

The county seat for Cook County is located in Chicago. Chicago lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of the Forest Home Cemetery .

Establishment of the Forest Home Cemetery ...

The Forest Home Cemetery was established in 1873.

Name Variations for Forest Home Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Forest Home Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Waldheim German Cemetery
  • German Waldheim Cemetery

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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Forest Home Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,534 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Park <6>
  • Broadview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
    • Broadview is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadview <6>
  • Hines
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • North Riverside
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Riverside
    • North Riverside is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,346 people
  • River Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
    • River Forest is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for River Forest <6>
  • Maywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Riverside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Berwyn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Melrose Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Bellwood is located in Cook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,436 people
    • Bellwood has also been known as:
    • Bellwood village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <6>
  • Westchester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • La Grange Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Grange Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange Park
      • La Grange Park is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,863 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Grange Park <6>
    • Brookfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,091 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <6>
    • Lyons
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
      • Lyons is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <6>
    • Cicero
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cicero have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
      • Cicero is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,727 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cicero <6>
    • Elmwood Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Stone Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Park
      • Stone Park is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,764 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stone Park <6>
    • Hillside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • La Grange
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View
      • Forest View is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest View <6>
    • Stickney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stickney have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stickney
      • Stickney is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,491 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stickney <6>
    • Moreland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Northlake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northlake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
      • Northlake is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,025 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northlake <6>
    • River Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Berkeley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berkeley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley
      • Berkeley is located in Cook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berkeley <6>

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 Forest Home Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cook County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Home Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Forest Home Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Illinois:
  • Pages specific to Cook County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Forest Home Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • 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 Forest Home Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #408509  (Forest Home Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #408509 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Berwyn
      • County: Cook         Elev: 188
      • Location given for GNIS #408509 (Forest Home Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #105696

    The official website for Cook County: www.co.cook.il.us/

    The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Forest Home Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8680, Longitude: -87.8270    
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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