Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Birch Ridge during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Birch Ridge 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 Birch Ridge (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 Birch Ridge. 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.

Name Variations for Birch Ridge ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Birch Ridge: Birch Rdg. (or less commonly used: Birch Rdge. or Birch Ridg.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near Birch Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birch Ridge.

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

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

St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Arthurette.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2464543 <3>
St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Arthurette.
- The St. Machutus Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arthurette United Baptist Church Cemetery
- United Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463646 <3>
Three Brooks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Brooks Cemetery
- The Three Brooks Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James United Cemetery
- Three Brooks / St. James United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253691 <3>
Linton Corner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linton Corner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362647 <3>
Plaster Rock Protestant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plaster Rock Protestant Cemetery
- The Plaster Rock Protestant Cemetery has also been known as:
- Plaster Rock Cemetery
- Plaster Rock Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370852 <3>
Lerwick FWB Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lerwick FWB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254804 <3>
Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2260260 <3>
Larlee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larlee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Larlee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Larlee Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253598 <3>
Melville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2391910 <3>
Anfield Community Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anfield Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2504156 <3>
FWB Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the FWB Church Cemetery
- The FWB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Wakefield Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452208 <3>
Assumption Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
- Blue Bell Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401398 <3>
Continue List (84 more) ...
- St. Alban's Anglican Church Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Alban's Anglican Church Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2555197 <3>
- Biggar Ridge Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biggar Ridge Cemetery
  - The Biggar Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Biggar Ridge United Baptist Church Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483036 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90465 <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Birch Ridge ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birch Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birch Ridge, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birch Ridge.

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 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 Birch Ridge:

Websites specific to New Brunswick
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.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 Birch Ridge and then turned east". While Birch Ridge could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Birch Ridge 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Birch Ridge 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 New Brunswick community named Birch Ridge.
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Birch Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birch Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7500, Longitude: -67.4667
<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.