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 View Estates (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 View Estates. 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 View Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Forest View Estates: Forest Vw. Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Forest View Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest View Estates.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Forest View Estates 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 Forest View Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest View Estates:
- Cook County (The home county of Forest View Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Wheeling
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Northbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Covenant Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Covenant Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covenant Village
- Techny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prospect Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colonial Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- The Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
- Glenview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Northfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Capri Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Bensenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wood Dale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Itasca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Medinah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Roselle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Addison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomingdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Elmhurst
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Elmhurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Villa Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Villa Park is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,291 people
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Glendale Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- East Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carpentersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elgin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- West Dundee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Gilberts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Freeman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Saint Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bonnie has also been known as:
- Bonnie Valley
- Bowes Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Riverwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Deerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bannockburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lincolnshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Buffalo Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Ravinia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ravinia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
- Highland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Braeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Braeside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
- Long Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- McHenry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Island Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Cary
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Oakwood Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Holiday Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Lakemoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Algonquin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Barreville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Prairie Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terra Cotta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Crystal Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Will County
- Winston Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Fossland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Benet Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Pleasant Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Woodworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Camp Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Kenosha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kenosha is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
- Salem Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest View Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Forest View Estates.
Cemeteries Near Forest View Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest View Estates.
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 View Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest View Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- Wheeling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- North Northfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Northfield Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deerfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mooney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Lawns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knopf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Forest View Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest View Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest View Estates, with the one closest to Forest View Estates listed first.
- North Northfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Northfield is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Northfield
- Wheeling
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ridgeland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ridgeland is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Deerfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shermerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shermerville is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shermerville
- Aptakisic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Buffalo Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Grove is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
- Half Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Half Day is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Day
- Prairie View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Mount Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ravinia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ravinia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Highland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest View Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest View Estates.
Newspapers Published in Forest View Estates ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest View Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest View Estates, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest View Estates.
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 helpful websites 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 View Estates:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Will County
- Kenosha 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> | 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 View Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest View Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |