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 Cornwall Island (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 Cornwall Island. 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.

Name Variations for Cornwall Island ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cornwall Island: Cornwall Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near Cornwall Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cornwall Island.

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

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

• Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370629 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • From Cornwall Island to the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cornwall.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155664 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • From Cornwall Island to the Woodlawn Cemetery
• Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Columban's Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columban's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959929 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the St. Columban's Cemetery
  • From Cornwall Island to the St. Columban's Cemetery
• St. Patrick Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
  • The Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Precieux Sang Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Precious Blood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360060 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
  • From Cornwall Island to the Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
• Massena Center Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massena Center Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massena Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Carville Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carville Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Nevins Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nevins Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nevins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Brasher Iron Works Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brasher Iron Works Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brasher Iron Works Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Reed Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Hillside Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Peter's RC Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's RC Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter's RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Cornwall Island ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cornwall Island.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cornwall Island, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cornwall Island.

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 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 Cornwall Island:

• 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 Cornwall Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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