RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Illinois >> Lake County >> Ivanhoe >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Ivanhoe (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 Ivanhoe. 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 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.

Ivanhoe is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook, McHenry, Allegan (MI), Berrien (MI), Van Buren (MI) & Kenosha (WI).

Below are the counties that are near Ivanhoe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ivanhoe:

  • Lake County     (The home county of Ivanhoe)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Capri Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Capri Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
    • Barrington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Palatine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wheeling
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Barrington Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
    • Arlington Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fairfax Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
    • Plum Grove Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
    • Winthrop Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
    • Prospect Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Northbrook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • DuPage County
  • Kane County
  • McHenry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Island Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Island Lake is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
    • Lakemoor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
    • Fox River Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakwood Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 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
    • Cary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cary is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,929 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <1>
    • Barreville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Prairie Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
    • Johnsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pistakee Highlands
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pistakee Highlands is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pistakee Highlands
    • Sunnyside
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Trout Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
  • Kenosha County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Benet Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fossland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lake Shangrila
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Camp Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
    • Pleasant Prairie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Salem Lakes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Woodworth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fox River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Paddock Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
    • Twin Lakes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Powers Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
  • Racine County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Bohners Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
    • Union Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Union Grove is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
    • Eagle Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Eagle Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
    • Sturtevant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Browns Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Browns Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
    • Elmwood Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Burlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Burlington is located in Racine County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
  • Walworth County (WI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.
    • Genoa City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Genoa City is located in Walworth County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,981 people
    • Pell Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
    • Zenda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Geneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyons
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Voree ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ivanhoe, see our County-by-County Page for Ivanhoe.

Cemeteries Near Ivanhoe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ivanhoe.

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 Ivanhoe - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ivanhoe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ivanhoe had a population of 128 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ivanhoe, with the one closest to Ivanhoe listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ivanhoe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ivanhoe.

Newspapers Published in Ivanhoe ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ivanhoe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ivanhoe, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ivanhoe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ivanhoe:

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 Ivanhoe, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ivanhoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.