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 Lincolnshire (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 Lincolnshire. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lincolnshire:
- Will County (The home county of Lincolnshire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Crete
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Steger
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Willowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goodenow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodenow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- University Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Square
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Peotone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mokena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- South Chicago Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Sauk Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chicago Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lynwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olympia Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richton Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flossmoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Hazel Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Hazel Crest is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hazel Crest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,479 people
- Homewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Willowbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kankakee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Grant Park
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Sherburnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Manteno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Litchfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Momence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saint George
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Bourbonnais
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sun River Terrace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Bradley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
- Hopkins Park has also been known as:
- Hopkins Park village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <1>
- Jasper County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Forest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- DeMotte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Dyer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Hartsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Saint John
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Munster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schererville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Elliott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
- Griffith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Hessville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Cedar Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Sumava Resorts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Thayer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thayer is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Roselawn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Porter County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Portage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Porter Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Willow Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden Dunes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Boone Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- South Haven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Haven is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Aylesworth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Babcock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Babcock is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Burns Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lincolnshire, see our County-by-County Page for Lincolnshire.
Cemeteries Near Lincolnshire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lincolnshire.
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 Lincolnshire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lincolnshire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Steger.
- The Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105615 <2>
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crete Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crete Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Crete.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335374 <2>
- Beebe's Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe's Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beebe's Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Crete.
- The Beebe's Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288139 <2>
- Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Crete.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108588 <2>
- Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Black Walnut Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Walnut Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Black Walnut Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Monee.
- The Black Walnut Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2287816 <2>
- Continue List (309 more) ...
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Anne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eagle Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eagle Lake Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Beecher.
- The Eagle Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Cemetery
- St. John Lutheran Church North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #105482 <2>
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 Lincolnshire in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lincolnshire.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lincolnshire, with the one closest to Lincolnshire listed first.
- Crete
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chicago Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Goodenow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodenow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Dyer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Monee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Lake is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Lake
- Saint John
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Thornton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maynard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maynard is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Matteson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beecher
(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 Lincolnshire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lincolnshire.
Newspapers Published in Lincolnshire ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lincolnshire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lincolnshire, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lincolnshire.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lincolnshire:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Will County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cook County
- DuPage County
- Kankakee County
- Jasper County
- Lake County
- Newton 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 '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- Lincolnshire) 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 Lincolnshire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |