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 Cobourg (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 Cobourg. 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 first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cobourg:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Cobourg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cobourg.
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 Cobourg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cobourg, with the one closest to Cobourg listed first.
- Cobourg Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cobourg Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cobourg.
- The Cobourg Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobourg Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316519 <1>
- Camborne United Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Springs Congregational Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Academy Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's RC Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Port Hope.
- The St. Mary's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335436 <1>
- Port Hope Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Port Hope Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Port Hope.
- The Port Hope Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Port Hope Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959939 <1>
- St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Welcome United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Welcome Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (54 more) ...
- Centreton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowmanton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bethesda North Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethesda North Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Harwood.
- The Bethesda North Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethesda United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda North Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237336 <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cobourg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cobourg.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cobourg: www.town.cobourg.on.ca/
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cobourg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cobourg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9627, Longitude: -78.1668 |
<3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Gores Landing and Centreton. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |