Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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.

A typical abbreviation for Babys Point: Babys Pt.

While the name of this community is Babys Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Babys Point may originally have been Baby's Point.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Babys Point might be written as Baby Point.

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 Babys Point ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Babys Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Babys Point, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Babys Point.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Babys Point:

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

Cemeteries Near Babys Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Babys Point.

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

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

McDonald Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The McDonald Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- McDonald Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonald Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217545 <4>
Highbanks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Highbanks Cemetery has also been known as:
- High Banks Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highbanks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515712 <4>
St. Catherine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1587 <4>
Oaklawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1281 <4>
Smith's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1756 <4>
Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #743 <4>
Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Starville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993988 <4>
St. John's RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's RC Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2338280 <4>
Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2005 <4>
Lester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lester Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Marine City (MI).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277236 <4>
Water Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Street Cemetery
Continue List (200 more) ...
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1544749 <4>
- Riverview Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194554 <4>
- Little Mickle Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Mickle Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 Babys Point and then turned east". While Babys Point could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Babys Point 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Babys Point 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 Ontario community named Babys Point.
<2>	It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Babys Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Babys Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6483, Longitude: -82.5047
<4>	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.