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 Mansard Du Lac (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 Mansard Du Lac. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mansard Du Lac is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Cook (IL), Kankakee (IL), Will (IL), Jasper, Newton & Porter.
Below are the counties that are near Mansard Du Lac. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mansard Du Lac:
- Lake County (The home county of Mansard Du Lac)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Duneland Village of Gary
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Duneland Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Lake Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Chicago
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Liverpool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Hobart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gary
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Ross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ross is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Deep River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Lottaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Merrillville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- DeMotte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Forest City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Stoutsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tefft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Otis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Haskell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Michigan City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Trail Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Trail Creek is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
- Waterford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waterford is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Pottawattamie Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pottawattamie Park is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottawattamie Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Wanatah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Door Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Door Village is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Village
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Thayer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Sumava Resorts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Portage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Ogden Dunes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Wheeler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Babcock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Burns Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- South Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Chesterton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Porter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dune Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Tratebas Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Calumet City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burnham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burnham is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Globe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Hegewisch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- Lynwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Side
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Side is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Sauk Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dolton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ford Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- Sherburnville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Willowbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crete
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Steger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Beecher
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort Square
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Berrien County (MI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Michiana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Beach is located in Berrien County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mansard Du Lac, see our County-by-County Page for Mansard Du Lac.
Cemeteries Near Mansard Du Lac ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mansard Du Lac.
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 Mansard Du Lac - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mansard Du Lac covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Temple of Israel Cemetery of Gary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84536 <2>
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCool Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McCool Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Portage.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85842 <2>
- Tolleston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Waldheim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Janes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Mansard Du Lac in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mansard Du Lac.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mansard Du Lac, with the one closest to Mansard Du Lac listed first.
- Miller
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Miller is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Lake Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liverpool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Hobart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crisman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crisman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- McCool
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Wheeler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Ross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ross is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Ainsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ainsworth is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth
- Babcock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lottaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Merrillville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Deep River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mansard Du Lac. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mansard Du Lac.
Newspapers Published in Mansard Du Lac ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mansard Du Lac.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mansard Du Lac, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mansard Du Lac.
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 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 Mansard Du Lac:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Cook County
- Kankakee County
- Will County
- Berrien 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 Mansard Du Lac, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mansard Du Lac) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |