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 Lyons (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 Lyons. 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 Lyons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyons.
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 Lyons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyons, with the one closest to Lyons listed first.
- Mapleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avon United Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kilmartin - Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glencolin Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glencolin Trinity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glencolin Trinity Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Aylmer.
- The Glencolin Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glencolin Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity / Glencolin Trinity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2645376 <1>
- Old Colony Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Orwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aylmer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Queen of Peace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burdick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Firby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Firby Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Firby Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Corinth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151395 <1>
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- Fifth Concession Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond West Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond West Cemetery
- The Richmond West Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayham / Richmond West Cemetery
- Bayham West Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190438 <1>
- Best Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Best Cemetery
- The Best Cemetery has also been known as:
- Best / Corinth Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyons.
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 websites either 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 Lyons:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyons. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lyons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lyons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8475, Longitude: -80.9869 |
| <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. |