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 Erin (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 Erin. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Erin:

• 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 Erin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erin.

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

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

• Erin Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Erin.
  • The Erin Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Erin Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174861 <1>
• Coningsby Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coningsby Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Coningsby.
  • The Coningsby Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Erin Fifth Line Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coningsby Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342112 <1>
• Blair - Belfountain Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair - Belfountain Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2299646 <1>
• Hillsburgh Pioneer / God/s Acre Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillsburgh Pioneer / God/s Acre Cemetery
• Melville White Church Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • The Melville White Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Melville Presbyterian Cemetery
  • White Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melville White Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300178 <1>
• Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • The Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Greenlaw Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
• Huxley Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huxley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2268529 <1>
• Alton Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alton.
  • The Alton Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Alton Public Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2529671 <1>
• Alton Wesleyan Methodist
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Wesleyan Methodist
• Erin - Caledon Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin - Caledon Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Orangeville.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin - Caledon Cemetery
• Cheltenham Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cheltenham Cemetery
• St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • The St. Cornelius RC Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Cornelius Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
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  • Caledon United Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Caledon United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Caledon United Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caledon United Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462562 <1>
  • The Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the The Grove Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast of Orangeville.
    • The The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Grove Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Grove Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406048 <1>
  • Rea Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rea Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2474101 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Erin: www.town.erin.on.ca/

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