Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Pemberton Ridge during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Pemberton 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 Pemberton 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 Pemberton 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 Pemberton 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 Pemberton Ridge: Pemberton Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pemberton Rdge. or Pemberton 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 Pemberton Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pemberton 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 Pemberton Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pemberton Ridge, with the one closest to Pemberton Ridge listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brackett Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503908 <2>
- Butterfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butterfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butterfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Danforth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danforth Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danforth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Peters Cove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peters Cove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peters Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Trout Brook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trout Brook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trout Brook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Eaton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Selden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Selden Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Selden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toole Bean Spinney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brookton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- South Amity Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Amity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Amity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tuck Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuck Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Tuck Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tuck Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the northwest of Haynesville (ME).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394821 <2>
- Spurr Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spurr Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spurr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (45 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Karnes Gellerson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Karnes Gellerson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Karnes Gellerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Estabrook Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Estabrook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Estabrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pemberton Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pemberton Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pemberton 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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pemberton Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pemberton Ridge, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pemberton Ridge.
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 helpful 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 Pemberton Ridge:
- Websites specific to New Brunswick
- Cemetery Information and Directories for 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 Pemberton Ridge and then turned west". While Pemberton Ridge could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Pemberton 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 Pemberton 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 Pemberton Ridge. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pemberton Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pemberton Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7167, Longitude: -67.7500 |