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 Elgin (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 Elgin. 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 Elgin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elgin.

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

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

• Halladay Burial Place
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halladay Burial Place
  • The Halladay Burial Place has also been known as:
  • Elgin Cemetery
  • Halladay Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2227748 <1>
• Forfar Methodist Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forfar Methodist Cemetery
  • The Forfar Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Forfar Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307993 <1>
• Morton Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2311907 <1>
• Robertson Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robertson Cemetery
  • The Robertson Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Robertson / Delta United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316523 <1>
• Portland United Church Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Portland United Church Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Portland United Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Portland.
  • The Portland United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276322 <1>
• Emmanuel Anglican Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Anglican Cemetery
  • The Emmanuel Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Emmanuel Church Cemetery
  • New Emmanuel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316677 <1>
• Hutchings Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutchings Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354177 <1>
• Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery
  • The Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Sappers and Miners Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307559 <1>
• St. Mary's Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
  • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322005 <1>
• Lillies Baptist Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lillies Baptist Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098506 <1>
• Polk Family Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polk Family Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2311891 <1>
• Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
  • The Knox Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • Westport Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333479 <1>
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  • Opinicon Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Opinicon Cemetery
    • The Opinicon Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Opinicon Road Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2368320 <1>
  • Westport United Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westport United Church Cemetery
  • Oak Leaf Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Leaf Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Leaf Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Athens.
    • The Oak Leaf Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276751 <1>

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

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 Elgin:

• 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 ...

The official website for Elgin: www.elgin-county.on.ca/

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