Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Lakeshore Village during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Lakeshore Village was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Lakeshore Village (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 Lakeshore Village. 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 Lakeshore Village ...

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 Lakeshore Village: Lakeshore Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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.

Cemeteries Near Lakeshore Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeshore Village.

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

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

Martin's Meetinghouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin's Meetinghouse Cemetery
- The Martin's Meetinghouse Cemetery has also been known as:
- Martin's Mennonite Cemetery
- Martin's Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188113 <2>
Erb Street Mennonite Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erb Street Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172722 <2>
Parkview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parkview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kitchener.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2311204 <2>
Beth Jacob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Jacob Cemetery
Kitchener Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kitchener Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Kitchener Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Waterloo Cemetery
- Waterloo Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130194 <2>
Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery
- The Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bridgeport Cemetery
- Bridgeport Free Cemetery
- Bridgeport Free Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312378 <2>
Calvary United Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193942 <2>
St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Heidelberg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217549 <2>
St. James Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193945 <2>
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229343 <2>
St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery
- The St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Jacobs Mennonite / Newborn Mennonite Cemetery
- Three Bridges Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175192 <2>
First Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Mennonite Cemetery
- The First Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- East End Cemetery
- First Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987761 <2>
Continue List (297 more) ...
- St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2200171 <2>
- Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173569 <2>
- Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery
  - The Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Snyder's Mennonite Cemetery
  - Tobin Farm Cemetery

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

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 Lakeshore Village:

Websites specific to Ontario
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Ontario
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Ontario

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Lakeshore Village and then turned east". While Lakeshore Village could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lakeshore Village as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lakeshore Village could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Lakeshore Village.

<2>

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.