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 Grande Pointe (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 Grande Pointe. 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 Grande Pointe ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Grande Pointe: Grande Pte.

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.

Newspapers Published in Grande Pointe ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grande Pointe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grande Pointe, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grande Pointe.

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 Grande Pointe:

• 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 Grande Pointe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grande Pointe.

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

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

• St. Philippe RC Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Philippe RC Cemetery
• Immaculate Conception Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pain Court.
  • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Immaculate Conception / Pain Court RC Cemetery
  • Immaculate Conception RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226018 <2>
• St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery
• Hyatt Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hyatt Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyatt Cemetery
• Owen Community Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owen Community Cemetery
• Dolsen Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolsen Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363013 <2>
• Thamesview Lodge Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • The Thamesview Lodge Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Thamesview Lodge / Kent County Home Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thamesview Lodge Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2565006 <2>
• Christ Church Memorial Garden
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Christ Church Memorial Garden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Memorial Garden
• North Buxton Community Church / British Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Buxton Community Church / British Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
• French's Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the French's Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2506023 <2>
• Annunciation RC / L'Annonciation Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Annunciation RC / L'Annonciation Cemetery
• Maple Leaf Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Leaf Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515534 <2>
• Continue List   (126 more) ...
  • Maple Leaf Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Maple Leaf Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chatham Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Leaf Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2139697 <2>
  • McVicar Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The McVicar Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Gee Cemetery
    • McVicar / Gee Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McVicar Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350013 <2>
  • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grande Pointe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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