Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Lanes during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Lanes 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 Lanes (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 Lanes. 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lanes:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Lanes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanes.
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 Lanes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanes, with the one closest to Lanes listed first.
- Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hope Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lochalsh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lochalsh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lochalsh / South Lochalsh Cemetery
- South Lochalsh Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lochalsh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2315767 <2>
- Greenhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenhill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lucknow.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2173959 <2>
- Dungannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Kinloss Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet United Church / Verdun Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Verdun Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huron Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Huron Presbyterian Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- The Huron Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lewis Cemetery
- Old Lewis Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huron Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2563457 <2>
- St. Augustine RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley / Huron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Langside Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Langside Mennonite Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langside Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2396887 <2>
- Continue List (55 more) ...
- Kinloss Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martinfield Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Martinfield Mennonite Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martinfield Mennonite Cemetery
- Langside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanes.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
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 Lanes and then turned east". While Lanes could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lanes 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Lanes 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 Lanes. |
| <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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |