A visit to the Forest Home Cemetery ...
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. 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 Forest Home Cemetery ...
The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Cook County<2>.
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 ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Acacia Park Cemetery
- Arlington Cemetery
- B'nai Abraham Cemetery
- Elmwood Memorial Cemetery
- Fairview Memorial Cemetery
- Glos Cemetery
- The Glos Cemetery is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glos Cemetery
- Immanuel Cemetery
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Irving Park Cemetery
- LaGrange Cemetery
- The LaGrange Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange Cemetery
- Memorial Estates Cemetery
- Menorah Cemetery
- The Menorah Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menorah Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mt. Auburn Memorial Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery
- Mt. Isaiah Israel Cemetery
- Mt. Mayrw Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Oakridge - Glen Oak Cemetery
- Old Settlers Cemetery
- Parkholm Cemetery
- The Parkholm Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkholm Cemetery
- Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery
- Rosemont Park Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- Waldheim Cemetery
- The Waldheim Cemetery is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldheim Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bellwood
- Bellwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,436 people
- Bellwood has also been known as:
- Bellwood village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellwood <4>
- Berkeley
- Berwyn
- Broadview
- Brookfield
- Cicero
- Elmwood Park
- Forest Park
- Forest View
- Hillside
- Hines
- La Grange Park
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- La Grange
- LaVergne
- LaVergne is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaVergne
- Lyons
- Maywood
- Melrose Park
- Moreland
- North Riverside
- North Riverside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,346 people
- Northlake
- Oak Park
- River Forest
- River Grove
- Riverside
- Stickney
- Stone Park
- Westchester
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.
- Bellwood
- Berwyn
- Brookfield
- Cicero
- Elmwood Park
- Maywood
- Melrose Park
- Oak Park
- Riverside
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #105696
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #408509 (Forest Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #408509 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: Cook
- Est. Elev: 188 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Berwyn
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Home Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |