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 Fernway (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 Fernway. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Fernway is located in Cook 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 Cook County: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, Lake (IN) & Berrien (MI).
Below are the counties that are near Fernway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fernway:
- Cook County (The home county of Fernway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Tinley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orland Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Orland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Matteson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hazel Crest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Palos Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Palos Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crestwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midlothian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flossmoor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Markham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Darien
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willowbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Downers Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook Terrace is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Brook Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
- Utopia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Lisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Naperville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Minooka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Channahon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Diamond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Manteno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grant Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Bourbonnais
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Sherburnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Momence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Illinoi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Litchfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Oswego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plattville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Frankfort Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Mokena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Homer Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Homer Glen is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,281 people
- Homer Glen has also been known as:
- Homer Glen village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer Glen <1>
- Goodings Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Brisbane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- New Lenox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Monee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalls Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ingalls Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
- Lockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Dyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dyer is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,955 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Munster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Hessville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Chicago
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Griffith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Schererville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Elliott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
- Lincoln Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fernway, see our County-by-County Page for Fernway.
Cemeteries Near Fernway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fernway.
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 Fernway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fernway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- German Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lewis Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is located in Frankfort.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hickory Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #106131 <3>
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old German Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Orland Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooper Cemetery
- Orland Park Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mokena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #209640 <3>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mokena.
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987604 <3>
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- Frankfort Twp. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Frankfort Twp. Cemetery is located in Frankfort.
- The Frankfort Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Frankfort Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105730 <3>
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Fernway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fernway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fernway, with the one closest to Fernway listed first.
- Tinley Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Mokena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goeselville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goeselville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goeselville
- Marley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Matteson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodings Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- New Lenox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steele
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steele is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
- Brisbane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Homewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Worth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harvey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fernway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fernway.
Newspapers Published in Fernway ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fernway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fernway, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fernway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fernway:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Will County
- Lake County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fernway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fernway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |