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 Goeselville (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 Goeselville. 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.
Goeselville 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 Goeselville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goeselville:
- Cook County (The home county of Goeselville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Crestwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midlothian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Palos Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alsip
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palos Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orland Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robbins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Worth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tinley Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chicago Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Country Club Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Willowbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Downers Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Lisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Elmhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Channahon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minooka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kane County
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Manteno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grant Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Saint George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Sherburnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Bourbonnais
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Frankfort Square
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Goodings Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Homer Glen
(7 miles [11.3 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>
- Mokena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- University Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brisbane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brisbane is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- New Lenox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Steger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Lockport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Hammond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Munster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hessville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Whiting
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dyer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- East Chicago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Highland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Griffith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Schererville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Elliott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
- Gary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gary is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <1>
- Porter County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Ogden Dunes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Woodland Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goeselville, see our County-by-County Page for Goeselville.
Cemeteries Near Goeselville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goeselville.
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 Goeselville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goeselville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Bachelor Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old German Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lewis Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- German Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Gabriel Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Benedict Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (375 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
- Good Shepherd Catholic 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Goeselville had a population of 175 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goeselville, with the one closest to Goeselville listed first.
- Tinley Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Worth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Blue Island
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Mount Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Greenwood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Greenwood
- Oak Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Homewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Park
- Evergreen Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodings Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Marley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marley is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Mokena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Matteson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goeselville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goeselville.
Newspapers Published in Goeselville ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goeselville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goeselville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goeselville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Goeselville:
- 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
- Porter 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- Goeselville) 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 Goeselville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |