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 Lace (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 Lace. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Lace is located in DuPage 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 DuPage County: Cook, Kane, Kendall & Will.
Below are the counties that are near Lace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lace:
- DuPage County (The home county of Lace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Darien
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarendon Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Westmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Woodridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hinsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Downers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Utopia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(7 miles [11.3 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
- York Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- York Center is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Burr Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Head Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Countryside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hodgkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Western Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Justice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Grange Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Minooka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Channahon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Batavia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mooseheart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Aurora is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aurora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,144 people
- Saint Charles
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Bonnie
(24 miles [38.6 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
- South Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Campton Hills
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Elgin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Boulder Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Boulder Hill is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Hill
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oswego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Yorkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Plattville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plattville is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Plano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Buffalo Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Aptakisic is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptakisic
- Braeside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Braeside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braeside
- Deer Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deerfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ravinia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ravinia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravinia
- Riverwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bannockburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kildeer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lincolnshire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Long Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Prairie View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Colonial Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Winston Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winston Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Village
- Bolingbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Village is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Village
- Goodings Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Romeoville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Lockport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairmont is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Cherry Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- East Joliet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Joliet is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joliet
- Crest Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lawns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lawns is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lawns
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Whiting
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Munster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hessville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Dyer
(29 miles [46.7 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>
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lace, see our County-by-County Page for Lace.
Cemeteries Near Lace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lace.
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 Lace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Cass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clarendon Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Parish Cemetery
- The St. Patrick Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Mary of Gostyn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downers Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James at Sag Bridge Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullersburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bronswood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronswood Cemetery
- The Bronswood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hinsdale Cemetery
- Oak Forest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104884 <2>
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- Brownswood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pierce Downer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 in 1895, Lace had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lace, with the one closest to Lace listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Clarendon Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sag Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sag Bridge is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Bridge
- Willow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Downers Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hinsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Western Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fullersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fullersburg is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullersburg
- Utopia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lombard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goodings Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 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 Lace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lace.
Newspapers Published in Lace ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lace, 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 Lace.
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 Lace:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to DuPage County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- Grundy County
- Kane County
- Kendall County
- Lake 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> | 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 Lace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |