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 Forest Manor (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 Forest Manor. 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.
Name Variations for Forest Manor ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Forest Manor: Forest Mnr.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Forest Manor. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Manor.
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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Forest Manor is located in Will 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 Will County: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall & Lake (IN).
Below are the counties that are near Forest Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Manor:
- Will County (The home county of Forest Manor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Lockport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Homer Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Romeoville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Joliet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Crest Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodings Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Cherry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Ingalls Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ingalls Park is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Park
- Bolingbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Joliet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Lemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orland Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orland Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Palos Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tinley Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burr Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Palos Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Justice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- DeKalb County
- Sandwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Woodridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Darien
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willowbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarendon Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Naperville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Downers Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hinsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Minooka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Channahon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Diamond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Hill is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Claypool
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Claypool is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Coal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gaslight Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gaslight Village is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Braceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Batavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mooseheart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Coleman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Big Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Campton Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Hills is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,063 people
- Campton Hills has also been known as:
- Campton Hills village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campton Hills <1>
- Elburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Manteno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bourbonnais
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Essex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Oswego
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Plattville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yorkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Plano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Millbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Little Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- La Salle County
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Dyer
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Munster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whiting
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Chicago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Hessville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint John
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Manor.
Cemeteries Near Forest Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Manor.
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 Forest Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Lockport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Runyan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lockport South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lockport South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
- The Lockport South Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lockport Catholic Cemetery
- St. Dennis Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289328 <2>
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnett Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Lockport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104636 <2>
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Joliet.
- The St. Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Russian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107802 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Cyrils Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brooks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Homer Glen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104889 <2>
- Danish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bronson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (389 more) ...
- Illinois State Prison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois State Prison Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Illinois State Prison Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Joliet.
- The Illinois State Prison Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stateville Prison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990082 <2>
- St. Mary Nativity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Forest Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Manor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Manor, with the one closest to Forest Manor listed first.
- Lockport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Romeo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Romeo is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- East Joliet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Lemont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goodings Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Coynes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coynes is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coynes
- Joliet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Lenox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Steele
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Steele is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
- Alpine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sag Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
- Brisbane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Manor.
Newspapers Published in Forest Manor ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Manor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Manor, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Manor.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Forest Manor:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- La Salle 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Forest Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |