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 Pierson (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 Pierson. 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 Pierson ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pierson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pierson, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pierson.

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 Pierson:

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

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

Cemeteries Near Pierson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pierson.

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

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

• Pierson Memorial Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierson Memorial Cemetery
• Copley Anglican Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Copley Anglican Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Copley Anglican Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the northeast of Lyleton.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copley Anglican Cemetery
• Lyleton Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyleton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2376944 <3>
• Antler Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antler Cemetery
• Coultervale Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coultervale Cemetery
• St. Anthony RC Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthony RC Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Tilston.
  • The St. Anthony RC Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Tilston St. Anthony RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony RC Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551626 <3>
• Broomhill Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Broomhill Cemetery
• Tilston Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tilston Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Tilston.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tilston Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2471321 <3>
• Carievale Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carievale Cemetery
• Haas Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haas Cemetery
• Bede Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bede Cemetery
• Eden Valley Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eden Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Valley Cemetery
• Continue List   (18 more) ...
  • Cosgrove Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cosgrove Cemetery
  • Westhope Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westhope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westhope Cemetery
  • Waskada Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waskada Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/