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 Highwater (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 Highwater. 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 Highwater ...

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 Highwater.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highwater, there are papers which were published within 2 miles [3.2 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highwater.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Highwater:

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

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

Cemeteries Near Highwater ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highwater.

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

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

• Ruiters Settlement Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • The Ruiters Settlement Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Dunkin Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruiters Settlement Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199920 <2>
• North Troy Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Troy Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #160997 <2>
• Jay Center Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jay Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jay Center Cemetery
• Brock Memorial Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • The Brock Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Glen Sutton Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brock Memorial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199923 <2>
• West Jay Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Jay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Jay Cemetery
• West Road Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Road Cemetery
• Jones Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2431496 <2>
• East Richford Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Richford Cemetery
• Westfield North Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfield North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield North Cemetery
• Troy Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troy Cemetery
• Barnet Monument
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnet Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnet Monument
• Newport Center Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • The Newport Center Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Center Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newport Center Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103947 <2>
• Continue List   (228 more) ...
  • Holebrook Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holebrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holebrook Cemetery
  • Lake Road Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Lake Road Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holbrook Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Road Cemetery
  • Westfield Association Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfield Association Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield Association Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/