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 Aurora (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 Aurora. 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.

Cemeteries Near Aurora ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aurora.

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

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

• Aurora Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aurora Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639430 <1>
• St. John Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988045 <1>
• Newmarket Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newmarket Cemetery
  • The Newmarket Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Pleasantview Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174974 <1>
• Kettleby Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kettleby Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319691 <1>
• King City Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King City Cemetery
  • The King City Cemetery has also been known as:
  • King City / Crossley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960229 <1>
• Pardes Chaim Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pardes Chaim Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388327 <1>
• Heise Hill Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heise Hill Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Heise Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Gormley.
  • The Heise Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Brethren in Christ / Dunkard Cemetery
  • Dunkard Cemetery
  • Heise Hill Dunkard / Brethren in Christ Cemetery
  • Heise Hill Dunkard Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144929 <1>
• Sharon Burying Ground
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharon Burying Ground
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300558 <1>
• Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
• Pardes Shalom Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pardes Shalom Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960335 <1>
• Selby Family Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Selby Family Cemetery
  • The Selby Family Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Selby Burying Ground
  • Selby / Weddel Family Cemetery
  • Weddel Family Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300122 <1>
• Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2287415 <1>
• Continue List   (311 more) ...
  • Melville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melville Cemetery
    • The Melville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Melville Mission Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176024 <1>
  • Maple United Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple United Church Cemetery
    • The Maple United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Maple Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201390 <1>
  • Cashel / St. Helen's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cashel / St. Helen's Presbyterian Church Cemetery

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

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 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 Aurora:

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Aurora: www.town.aurora.on.ca/

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/