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 Forfar (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 Forfar. 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 Forfar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forfar.
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 Forfar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forfar, with the one closest to Forfar listed first.
- Forfar Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Emmanuel Anglican Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Portland United Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Halladay Burial Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robertson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Polk Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hutchings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Anglican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Anglican Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Anglican Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Portland.
- The St. Peters Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newboyne Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276393 <1>
- Morton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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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- Sheldon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Westport United Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Leaf Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Forfar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forfar.
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 Forfar:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forfar. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forfar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forfar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6617, Longitude: -76.2167 |