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 Smith Hill (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 Smith Hill. 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 Smith Hill ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smith Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smith Hill, 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 Smith Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Smith Hill:
- Websites specific to Manitoba
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Manitoba
Cemeteries Near Smith Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smith Hill.
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 Smith Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smith Hill, with the one closest to Smith Hill listed first.
- Holmfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Killarney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McLean Family Burial Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McLean Family Burial Site. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McLean Family Burial Site is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the north of Cartwright.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLean Family Burial Site
- St. John Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
- Neelin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast of Killarney.
- The Wakopa Henderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Cemetery
- Wakopa Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
- Mill Lake Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mill Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mill Lake Cemetery
- St. Michael Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
- Mather Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Ninga Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground
- Mt. View Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. View Cemetery
- Finnish Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smith Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smith Hill.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smith Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smith Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smith Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0886, Longitude: -99.5506 |
| <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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |