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 Burnaby (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 Burnaby. 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 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 Burnaby:

• 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 Burnaby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burnaby.

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

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

• Morgan's Point United Church Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • The Morgan's Point United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Morgan's Point Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan's Point United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2282003 <1>
• Oakwood Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • The Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Port Colborne Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969993 <1>
• Mt. St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
• O'Reilly's Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • The O'Reilly's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Park Family Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O'Reilly's Cemetery
• Overholt Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • The Overholt Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
  • Overholt / Bethel Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Overholt Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2230621 <1>
• Maple Lawn Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Forks Road.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319974 <1>
• Zion Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Forks Road.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186615 <1>
• Shisler Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • The Shisler Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Shisler Point Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shisler Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2510503 <1>
• Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • The Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Blach's Burying Ground
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370791 <1>
• Japanese Martyrs RC Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • The Japanese Martyrs RC Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Church Street RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Japanese Martyrs RC Cemetery
• Smith Street / Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • The Smith Street / Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • Holy Trinity Anglican Columbarium
  • Smith Street Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Street / Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2561457 <1>
• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Woodlawn Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138153 <1>
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  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Holy Cross Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Cross RC Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316521 <1>
  • Pelham Evangelical Friends Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • The Pelham Evangelical Friends Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Friends Brick Church Cemetery
    • Pelham Evangelical Friends Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pelham Evangelical Friends Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314025 <1>
  • Hicksite Burial Ground
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hicksite Burial Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hicksite Burial Ground

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burnaby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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