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 Dover Heights (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 Dover Heights. 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 Dover Heights ...

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 Dover Heights: Dover Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' 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.

Newspapers Published in Dover Heights ...

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 Dover Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dover Heights, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dover Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Dover Heights:

• 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 Dover Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dover Heights.

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

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

• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cornwall.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2155664 <2>
• St. Columban's Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columban's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959929 <2>
• Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370629 <2>
• Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mohawk Memorial Cemetery
• Massena Center Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massena Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massena Center Cemetery
• St. Patrick Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
• St. Joseph Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
• Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • The Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Precieux Sang Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Precious Blood Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Precious Blood Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360060 <2>
• Nevins Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nevins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nevins Cemetery
• Carville Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carville Cemetery
• Reed Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Cemetery
• Miller Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
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  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
  • West Orvis Street Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Orvis Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Orvis Street Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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