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 Minto (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 Minto. 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 Minto ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minto.
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 Minto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minto, with the one closest to Minto listed first.
- Harriston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedarvale Conservative Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fordwith Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palmerston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pfeffer / Chilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem South Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farewell Old Order Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Alsfeldt United Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cochrane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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- Lauderbach Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fordwich Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brotherston Mennonite Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minto.
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 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 Minto:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9168, Longitude: -80.8681 |