Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Bar Point during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Bar 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 Bar 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 Bar 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 Bar 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bar Point: Bar Pt.
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 Bar 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 484 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bar Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bar Point, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bar Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bar Point:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Bar Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bar 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 Bar Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bar Point, with the one closest to Bar Point listed first.
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. John The Baptist RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gibraltar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibraltar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibraltar Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- East Rockwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Rockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Rockwood Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
- Rucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rucker Cemetery
- The Old Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the The Old Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Old Burial Ground
- Bloomdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hutchins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hutchins Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchins Cemetery
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- St. Clements Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newport Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newport Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bar Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bar 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 north past Bar Point and then turned east". While Bar Point could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Bar 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Bar 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 Bar Point. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bar Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bar Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0528, Longitude: -83.1125 |
| <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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |