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 Amherst Pointe (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 Amherst Pointe. 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.

Name Variations for Amherst Pointe ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Amherst Pointe: Amherst Pte.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Newspapers Published in Amherst Pointe ...

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 489 newspapers that have been published in the area around Amherst Pointe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Amherst Pointe, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Amherst Pointe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Amherst Pointe:

• Websites specific to Ontario
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Ontario
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Ontario
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Ontario

Cemeteries Near Amherst Pointe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Amherst Pointe.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• St. John the Baptist Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Amherstburg.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244764 <2>
• St. John The Baptist RC Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John The Baptist RC Cemetery
• Rose Hill Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Amherstburg.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2310239 <2>
• Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
• Gibraltar Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibraltar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibraltar Cemetery
• St. Marys Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
• East Rockwood Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Rockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Rockwood Cemetery
• Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
• Rucker Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rucker Cemetery
• The Old Burial Ground
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the The Old Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Old Burial Ground
• Bloomdale Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomdale Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #131 <2>
• Hutchins Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hutchins Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchins Cemetery
• Continue List   (229 more) ...
  • St. Clements Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clements Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2275469 <2>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Newport Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newport Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Amherst Pointe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/