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 Ski Hill (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 Ski Hill. 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.
Ski Hill is located in McHenry 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 McHenry County: Boone, Cook, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Kenosha (WI) & Walworth (WI).
Below are the counties that are near Ski Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ski Hill:
- McHenry County (The home county of Ski Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Fox River Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Trout Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Oakwood Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,011 people
- Island Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Lake is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,951 people
- Barreville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Algonquin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake-in-the-Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Prairie Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,920 people
- Crystal Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Terra Cotta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Bull Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Valley is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Garden Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Herbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Capron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Cook County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Barrington Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Barrington Hills is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,152 people
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Barrington is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,976 people
- Inverness
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capri Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Hoffman Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palatine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove Village
- Winthrop Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winthrop Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop Village
- Streamwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairfax Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfax Village is located in Cook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax Village
- Rolling Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schaumburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- New Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Charter Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brush Point ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Point is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Point
- DuPage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Bartlett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Roselle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Medinah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomingdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Itasca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carol Stream
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wood Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ingalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ingalton is located in DuPage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalton
- Addison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bensenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Carpentersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pingree Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starks is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Coleman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- South Elgin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Elgin is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,646 people
- Bowes Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowes Bend is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowes Bend
- Hampshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Lake Barrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,840 people
- Fox River Valley Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Port Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,481 people
- Port Barrington has also been known as:
- Port Barrington village
- North Barrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Barrington is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,938 people
- Tower Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tower Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Wauconda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Zurich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gilmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Kildeer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fremont Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Kenosha County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Benet Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Benet Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benet Lake
- Lake Shangrila
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Shangrila is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shangrila
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Camp Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Fox River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Powers Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Salem Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Salem Lakes is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lakes
- Former names for Salem Lakes:
- Salem
- Silver Lake
- Fossland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fossland is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossland
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,145 people
- Paddock Lake
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Slades Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Woodworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodworth is located in Kenosha County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
- Pleasant Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Racine County (WI)
- Bohners Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Walworth County (WI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Genoa City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pell Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pell Lake
- Zenda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Big Foot Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Lake Geneva
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
- Lake Como
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Walworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ski Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Ski Hill.
Cemeteries Near Ski Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ski Hill.
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 Ski Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ski Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Chunns Burying Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunns Burying Ground
- The Chunns Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Chunn Cemetery
- Oak Glen Cemetery
- Windridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haeger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Algonquin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wauconda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Zurich Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (371 more) ...
- Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Ave. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ave. Cemetery
- The Lake Ave. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
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>
While we didn't find Ski Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ski Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ski Hill, with the one closest to Ski Hill listed first.
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Algonquin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barreville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barreville is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barreville
- Wauconda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpentersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Zurich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Terra Cotta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Terra Cotta is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
- Gilmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Ivanhoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Fremont Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fremont Center is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Center
- Volo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ridgefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgefield is located in McHenry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Gilberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ski Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ski Hill.
Newspapers Published in Ski Hill ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ski Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ski Hill, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ski Hill.
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 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 Ski Hill:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to McHenry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Cook County
- DeKalb County
- DuPage County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- Kenosha County
- Racine County
- Walworth 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 Ski Hill, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ski Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |