Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Glenvale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Glenvale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Glenvale, please Contact Us.

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 Glenvale (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 Glenvale. 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 Glenvale ...

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.

Prior to its current name of Glenvale, it was known as Ballynahinch.

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.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Glenvale:

• 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 Glenvale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenvale.

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

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

• Brentha Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • The Brentha Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Brentha Road Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brentha Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199413 <2>
• Poplar Grove Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Grove Cemetery
• Englehart Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Englehart Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196013 <2>
• Elk Lake RC Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Lake RC Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Elk Lake.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Lake RC Cemetery
• Kirkland Lake Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkland Lake Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981497 <2>
• Ingram Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ingram Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Tomstown.
  • The Ingram Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Tomstown Cemetery
  • Ingram Twp. / Tomstown Cemetery
  • Tomstown Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingram Cemetery
• Thornloe Pioneer Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornloe Pioneer Cemetery
• Harley Twp. Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harley Twp. Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297225 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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