Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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 Bruces:

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 Bruces ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruces.

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

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

St. George Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. George Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Saint George.
- The St. George Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. George United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141272 <2>
St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The St. George Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baptist Cemetery
- Burt Road Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307401 <2>
Pioneer Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pioneer Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hunter Hoodless Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2263839 <2>
Harrisburg United Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harrisburg United Church Cemetery
Clump Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clump Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386528 <2>
Papple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Papple Cemetery
Beverly Troy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Beverly Troy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Troy Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beverly Troy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141243 <2>
Lamb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamb Cemetery
Beverly Sheffield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Beverly Sheffield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flamborough Sheffield Cemetery
- Sheffield Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beverly Sheffield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098446 <2>
Glen Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glen Morris Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Glen Morris.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Morris Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2140753 <2>
Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
Paris Plains Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Paris Plains Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maus Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paris Plains Church Cemetery
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- Tranquility Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tranquility Cemetery
- Lynden Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  - The Lynden Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Lynden United Cemetery
  - Lynden United Church Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynden Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974259 <2>
- Rous / Howard Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rous / Howard Cemetery

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

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 Bruces and then turned east". While Bruces could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Bruces 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 Bruces 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 Bruces.

<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.