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 Columbus (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 Columbus. 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.

Cemeteries Near Columbus ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Columbus.

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

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

• Bible Christian Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bible Christian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2341704 <1>
• Groveside Municipal Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Groveside Municipal Cemetery
  • The Groveside Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Groveside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129356 <1>
• Hubbell's Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbell's Cemetery
• Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
• Thornton Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226371 <1>
• Burns Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burns Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • The Burns Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Burns Presbyterian Church / Ashburn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2604371 <1>
• St. John the Evangelist RC Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist RC Cemetery
• Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens
  • The Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  • Mt. Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160045 <1>
• Oshawa Union Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oshawa Union Cemetery
  • The Oshawa Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1807829 <1>
• Salem United Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem United Cemetery
• Salem United Church Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem United Church Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem United Church Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Greenwood and Kinsale.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Kinsale.
  • The Salem United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Salem Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335401 <1>
• Pinegrove Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinegrove Cemetery
  • The Pinegrove Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129147 <1>
• Continue List   (155 more) ...
  • Enniskillen Presbyterian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enniskillen Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Trinity Anglican Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • St. John's Anglican Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Anglican Cemetery

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Columbus:

• 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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