Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Ashdad during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Ashdad was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Ashdad (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 Ashdad. 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.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Ashdad:

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 Ashdad ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashdad.

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 Ashdad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Thompson Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Renfrew.
- The Thompson Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Renfrew Public Cemetery
- Thompsonville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157531 <2>
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis Xavier RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279309 <2>
Dacre Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dacre Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2408301 <2>
White Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Lake Cemetery
Rosebank Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosebank United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosebank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199563 <2>
Haley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The Haley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haley Station Cemetery
- Haley United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203314 <2>
St. Declan's RC Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Declan's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- French Line Cemetery
- Green Mtn. Cemetery
- St. Declan's RC Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Declan's RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353569 <2>
McLeese Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- The McLeese Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLaren's Settlement Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLeese Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2645651 <2>
Cobden Union Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cobden Union Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Cobden.
- The Cobden Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobden Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobden Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199566 <2>
Malloch Road Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- The Malloch Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arnprior RC Cemetery
- St. John Chrysostom Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Malloch Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362975 <2>
Albert Street Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- The Albert Street Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arnprior Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albert Street Cemetery
Zion Memorial Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Memorial Cemetery
Continue List (18 more) ...
- Indian Hill Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Hill Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2377170 <2>
- Pakenham Union Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - The Pakenham Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Dalkeith Street Cemetery
  - Union Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pakenham Union Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2315063 <2>
- St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400695 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Ashdad and then turned west". While Ashdad could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Ashdad as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ashdad could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Ashdad.

<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.