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 Saint Leonard Parish (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 Saint Leonard Parish. 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 Saint Leonard Parish ...

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 Saint Leonard Parish: St. Leonard

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.

Newspapers Published in Saint Leonard Parish ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Leonard Parish.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Leonard Parish, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Leonard Parish.

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 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 Saint Leonard Parish:

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

Cemeteries Near Saint Leonard Parish ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Leonard Parish.

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 Saint Leonard Parish covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

St. Leonard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Leonard Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Leonard Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Leonard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365489 <2>
St. Bruno - St. Remi Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The St. Bruno - St. Remi Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Bruno Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bruno - St. Remi Cemetery
St. Leonard Parent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Leonard Parent Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364141 <2>
Grand Riviere Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Riviere Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Riviere Cemetery
St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mont Carmel Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364120 <2>
Notre Dame du Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Notre Dame du Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Notre Dame du Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Assumption Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Assumption Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grand Falls.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2404064 <2>
Assumption Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Assumption Cemetery is located in Grand Falls.
- The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Assumption Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365648 <2>
St. Gerard Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gerard Cemetery
First St. Theresa Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the First St. Theresa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First St. Theresa Cemetery
St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Stockholm (ME).
- The St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Theresa Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Theresas Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967632 <2>
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- Stockholm Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stockholm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockholm Cemetery
- Caldwell Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caldwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caldwell Cemetery
- Howland Family Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howland Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howland Family Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Leonard Parish) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Leonard Parish. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1706, Longitude: -67.9191
<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.