Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Buchanan during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Buchanan 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 Buchanan (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 Buchanan. 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 Buchanan:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Buchanan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buchanan.
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 Buchanan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buchanan, with the one closest to Buchanan listed first.
- Barton Stone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Barton Stone Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barton Stone United Church Cemetery
- Stone United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Stone Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172092 <2>
- Ohev Zedeck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Anshe Sholom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ryckman Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burkholder United Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marx Binkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Marx Binkley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- The Marx Binkley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brinkley Cemetery
- Binkley Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marx Binkley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2324310 <2>
- Henry Binkley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Chapel Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Garner's Corners / Hostein Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bowman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Hamilton.
- The Bowman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowman United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowman Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2170187 <2>
- North Glanford / Dickenson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bayview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buchanan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buchanan.
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 Buchanan and then turned west". While Buchanan could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Buchanan 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan. |
| <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> | 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. |