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 Graniteville (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 Graniteville. 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.
Newspapers Published in Graniteville ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Graniteville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Graniteville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Graniteville.
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 Graniteville:
- Websites specific to Quebec
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Quebec
Cemeteries Near Graniteville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Graniteville.
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 Graniteville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Graniteville, with the one closest to Graniteville listed first.
- Gilman - Knight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrill - Darling Hill Cemetery
- Beebe Main Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Griffin Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fortin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fortin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fortin Cemetery
- Holebrook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holebrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holebrook Cemetery
- Lake Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lake Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holbrook Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Road Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kelsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelsey Cemetery
- Derby Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Derby Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derby Line Cemetery
- Bodwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bodwell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bodwell Cemetery
- Apple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- East Main Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Main Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Main Street Cemetery
- Derby Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Derby Center Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Derby Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Darby Center Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derby Center Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103971 <3>
- Cowles - Chace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cowles - Chace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cowles - Chace Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Graniteville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Graniteville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Graniteville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Graniteville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Graniteville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0200, Longitude: -72.1867 |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |