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 Empey Hill (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 Empey Hill. 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.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Empey Hill:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Empey Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Empey Hill.
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 Empey Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Empey Hill, with the one closest to Empey Hill listed first.
- Holy Name of Mary RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deseronto Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Read.
- The St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church Cemetery
- St. Charles Borromeo RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2368239 <1>
- Roblin Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Roblin Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Roblin Mills.
- The Roblin Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roblin Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roblin Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2262249 <1>
- Newburgh United Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morven United Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Switzerville United Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Switzerville United Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Switzerville United Church Cemetery
- Sophiasburgh Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Trumpour Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Adolphustown United Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McDowall Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The McDowall Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- McDowall Memorial United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDowall Memorial Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Empey Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Empey Hill.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Empey Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Empey Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Empey Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2557, Longitude: -77.0690 |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |