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 Moonstone (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 Moonstone. 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 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 Moonstone:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Moonstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moonstone.
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 Moonstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moonstone, with the one closest to Moonstone listed first.
- St. George's Fair Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Craighurst and Coldwater. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Coldwater.
- The Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hobart Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317249 <1>
- Brotherston Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brotherston Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Brotherston Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brotherston Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brotherston Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2489403 <1>
- Coldwater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vasey United Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marchmont Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waubaushene Protestant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria Harbour Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Anglican Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (112 more) ...
- Gospel Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waverley Gospel Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waverley United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waverley United Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Waverley.
- The Waverley United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- French's Cemetery
- Waverley Methodist Cemetery
- Waverley Methodist / French's Cemetery
- Waverly United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waverley United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2357017 <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moonstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moonstone.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moonstone. 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Craighurst and Coldwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moonstone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moonstone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6600, Longitude: -79.6457 |
<4> | 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. |