A visit to the Guernsey 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 Guernsey Cemetery ...
The Guernsey Cemetery is located in Fulton County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Avon Cemetery
- The Avon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Buckeye Cemetery
- The Buckeye Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye Cemetery
- Bushnell City Cemetery
- The Bushnell City Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bushnell City Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Bushnell.
- The Bushnell City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bushnell Cemetery
- Checkrow Cemetery
- The Checkrow Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkrow Cemetery
- Ellisville Cemetery
- The Ellisville Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville Cemetery
- Flake Cemetery
- The Flake Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flake Cemetery
- Fuller Cemetery
- The Fuller Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Cemetery
- Heartley Cemetery
- The Heartley Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartley Cemetery
- Holeman Cemetery
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeman Cemetery
- Holeman Cemetery
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeman Cemetery
- Landon Cemetery
- The Landon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landon Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Marietta Cemetery
- The Marietta Cemetery is located in Fulton County
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- Mound Cemetery
- The Mound Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Cemetery
- Old Prairie City Cemetery
- Old Prairie City Cemetery
- Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Pt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Prairie City Cemetery
- The Prairie City Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City Cemetery
- Rigdon Cemetery
- The Rigdon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
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- Virgil Cemetery
- The Virgil Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil Cemetery
- Wiley Cemetery
- The Wiley Cemetery is located in Fulton County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wiley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Blyton.
- The Wiley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wiley Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1615574 <2>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Guernsey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Abingdon
- Adair
- Avon
- Babylon
- Babylon is located in Fulton County
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- Bardolph
- Blyton
- Blyton is located in Fulton County
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- Bushnell
- Bybee
- Bybee is located in Fulton County
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- Checkrow
- Checkrow is located in Fulton County
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- Cuba
- Ellisville
- Fairview
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Fiatt
- Good Hope
- London Mills
- Marietta
- New Philadelphia
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
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- Prairie City
- Prairie City is located in McDonough County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Saint Augustine
- Smithfield
- Table Grove
- Youngstown
- Youngstown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
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 Guernsey Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fulton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Guernsey Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abingdon
- Adair
- Avon
- Bardolph
- Bushnell
- Cuba
- Good Hope
- Ipava
- London Mills
- Macomb
- Table Grove
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Guernsey Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Fulton 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 Guernsey Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1773329 (Guernsey Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1773329 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: Fulton
- Est. Elev: 192 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bushnell East
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Fulton, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Guernsey 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. |