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 Roseland (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 Roseland. 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 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.
Roseland 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 Roseland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roseland:
- Cook County (The home county of Roseland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Gano
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gano is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
- Pullman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pullman is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Washington Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Chatham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chatham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Burnside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Stony Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Calumet Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet Heights
- South Englewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Englewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Englewood
- Blue Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
- Calumet Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brookdale is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Willowbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hinsdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tedens ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tedens is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedens
- Clarendon Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Darien
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Brook Terrace
(20 miles [32.2 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
- South Elmhurst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Elmhurst is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elmhurst
- Utopia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Utopia is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
- Elmhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Downers Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Will County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Frankfort Square
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Steger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Goodings Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Goodings Grove is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodings Grove
- Crete
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willowbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Homer Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- University Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Frankfort
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mokena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Monee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilletts is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
- Goodenow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goodenow is located in Will County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Lake County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Chicago
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hessville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hessville is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessville
- Munster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Gary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Griffith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Ross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Lake County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Schererville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porter County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Ogden Dunes
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Portage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Burns Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Dune Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- South Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Babcock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Babcock is located in Porter County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Chesterton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roseland, see our County-by-County Page for Roseland.
Cemeteries Near Roseland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roseland.
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 Roseland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roseland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olivet Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107055 <2>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ever Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beverly Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Blue Island.
- The Beverly Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beverly Memorial Park Cemetery
- Beverly Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104753 <2>
- Lincoln Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- Berger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Roseland had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roseland, with the one closest to Roseland listed first.
- Gano
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gano is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gano
- Kensington
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kensington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
- Pullman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pullman is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
- Washington Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Morgan Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morgan Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Park
- Stony Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Island
- Brainerd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brainerd is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- Beverly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beverly Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Blue Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Island is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,616 people
- South Englewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Englewood is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Englewood
- Grand Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grand Crossing is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Auburn Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Auburn Park is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Park
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Riverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- South Chicago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Chicago is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago
- Cheltenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheltenham is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roseland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roseland.
Newspapers Published in Roseland ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roseland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roseland, 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 Roseland.
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 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 Roseland:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Cook County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DuPage 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> | 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 Roseland, 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- Roseland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |