A visit to the Forest Home Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Home Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Home Cemetery (FG ID #87956).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Forest Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Home Cemetery:
42.9988, -87.9429
The Forest Home Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County<2>.
The county seat for Milwaukee County is located in Milwaukee. Milwaukee lies just to the north northeast of the Forest Home Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Home Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arlington Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Adalberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wood National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anshai Lebowitz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Second Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fairview Mausoleum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Honey Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Honey Creek Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ever - Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Ever - Rest Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ever - Rest Cemetery
- Lavise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lavise Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavise Cemetery
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. Stephens Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephens Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Wauwatosa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- West Milwaukee
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- West Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milwaukee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
- Milwaukee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Allis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Francis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wauwatosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greendale is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,127 people
- Cudahy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cudahy is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cudahy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,077 people
- Hales Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Corners is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Corners
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,553 people
- South Milwaukee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shorewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shorewood is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,117 people
- Elm Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- New Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Martins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
- Oak Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitefish Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tess Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glendale is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,775 people
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butler is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,795 people
- Brookfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
- Calhoun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calhoun is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Muskego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Muskego is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Granville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Point is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,628 people
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Forest Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Milwaukee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookfield
- Cudahy
- Elm Grove
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Milwaukee
- New Berlin
- Oak Creek
- Shorewood
- South Milwaukee
- Wauwatosa
- West Allis
- Whitefish Bay
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Forest Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Milwaukee County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Forest Home Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #87956
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1565132 (Forest Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1565132 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Milwaukee
- Est. Elev: 204 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Greendale
- Location given for Forest Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.9977926 Lon: -87.9436963
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Milwaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Home Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |