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 Don Mills (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 Don Mills. 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 Don Mills ...

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 Don Mills: Don Mls. (or less commonly used: Don Mlls.)

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 Don Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Don Mills.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Don Mills - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Don Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Mt. Hope Catholic Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Catholic Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Toronto.
  • The Mt. Hope Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639397 <1>
• Don Mills United Church Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Don Mills United Church Cemetery
  • The Don Mills United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Taylor Cemetery
  • Taylor Family Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172310 <1>
• Dawes Road Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawes Road Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639392 <1>
• Zion Wexford Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Wexford Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Wexford Cemetery is located in Scarborough.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370003 <1>
• Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Toronto.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639401 <1>
• Jones Ave. Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Ave. Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258134 <1>
• Pine Hills Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hills Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639404 <1>
• Bethel Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  • The Bethel Pioneer Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bethel Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365425 <1>
• York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery
• Roselawn Ave. Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roselawn Ave. Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244318 <1>
• St. Michael's Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639396 <1>
• St. James' Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James' Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1789061 <1>
• Continue List   (265 more) ...
  • Necropolis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Necropolis Cemetery
  • Toronto Necropolis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Toronto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639398 <1>
  • Holy Blossom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Blossom Cemetery
    • The Holy Blossom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Blossom / Pape Ave. Cemetery
    • Pape Ave. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639395 <1>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Don Mills:

• Websites specific to Ontario
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Ontario
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Ontario