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 Aix (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 Aix. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Aix is located in Jasper County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Benton, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke & White.
Below are the counties that are near Aix. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aix:
- Jasper County (The home county of Aix)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Gifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Virgie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Fair Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Collegeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- DeMotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- 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>
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Egypt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Tefft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Remington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Wadena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Raub
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Raub is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raub
- Earl Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earl Park is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Gravel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Fowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Shelby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Dinwiddie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- Schneider
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Schneider is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schneider
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Illinoi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Leroy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Lowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Winfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Cedar Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- La Crosse
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wanatah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Mount Ayr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Thayer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Foresman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Beaver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morocco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sumava Resorts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goodland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Newton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Kentland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Aylesworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kouts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boone Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Porter Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Valparaiso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Medaryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Francesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Denham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Winamac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- San Pierre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Judson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aldine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Toto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toto is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Bass Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Monon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wolcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Sitka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Headlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Norway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chalmers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Iroquois County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Donovan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iroquois
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Effner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Effner is located in Iroquois County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effner
- Sheldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Papineau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Illiana Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Illinoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Sherburnville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Hopkins Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- 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>
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Momence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grant Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Saint Anne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sun River Terrace is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun River Terrace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aix, see our County-by-County Page for Aix.
Cemeteries Near Aix ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aix.
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 Aix - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aix covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Sandridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Yeoman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rees Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hankle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parkison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Weston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Weston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Rensselaer.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87356 <2>
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Aix in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aix.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aix, with the one closest to Aix listed first.
- Surrey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Surrey is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
- Virgie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Fair Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kniman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kniman is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kniman
- Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Mount Ayr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- DeMotte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- 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>
- Stoutsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Roselawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Forest City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Wheatfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Thayer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Lee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Medaryville
(13 miles [20.9 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 Aix. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aix.
Newspapers Published in Aix ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aix.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aix, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aix.
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 websites either 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 Aix:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- White County
- Iroquois County
- Kankakee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Aix, 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 from Point A (ie- Aix) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |