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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 Forest Lawn (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 Forest Lawn. 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 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.

Forest Lawn is located in Monroe County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Forest Lawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Lawn:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Forest Lawn)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • German Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • German Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
    • Webster
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Haven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Irondequoit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • White City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Windsor Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
    • Charlotte
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Ontario Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
    • Brighton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Penfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rochester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • East Rochester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • Bergen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericon Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Fort Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Limerock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Le Roy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • Lima
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Caledonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Livonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • Victor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • North Bloomfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Port Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • West Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Manchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • East Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Holcomb
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Shortsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Canandaigua
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
    • Clifton Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • Holley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kendall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Murray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Clarendon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hulberton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
    • Brockville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Brockville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
    • Manning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.
    • Fruitland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Lakeside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lincoln
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Ontario
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Grove Village Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Walworth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Huddle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Macedon Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Pultneyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Williamson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Macedon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Lawn, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Lawn.

Cemeteries Near Forest Lawn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Lawn.

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 Forest Lawn - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Lawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.

  • West Webster Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Irondequoit Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Webster Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hooker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harris Road Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Charlotte Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Beth Hamedresh Hagodel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Waad Hakolel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Rochester.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65814 <2>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (265 more) ...
    • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hill 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Forest Lawn had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Lawn, with the one closest to Forest Lawn listed first.

  • Sea Breeze
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
  • West Webster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • West Webster is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Webster
  • Irondequoit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Webster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Windsor Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
  • Ontario Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
  • Charlotte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Union Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Read
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Read is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read
  • Rochester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brighton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brighton is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Penfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fruitland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Lakeside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Lawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Lawn.

Newspapers Published in Forest Lawn ...

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 329 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Lawn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Lawn, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Lawn.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Forest Lawn:

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 '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- Forest Lawn) 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 Forest Lawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.