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 Orton (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 Orton. 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 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 Orton:

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

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

Cemeteries Near Orton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orton.

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

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

• The Grove Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the The Grove Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast of Orangeville.
  • The The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Grove Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Grove Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406048 <2>
• McKee Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKee Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146532 <2>
• Rea Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rea Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2474101 <2>
• Huxley Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huxley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2268529 <2>
• Hillsburgh Pioneer / God/s Acre Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillsburgh Pioneer / God/s Acre Cemetery
• Coningsby Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Coningsby Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Coningsby.
  • The Coningsby Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Erin Fifth Line Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coningsby Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342112 <2>
• Erin - Caledon Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin - Caledon Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> to the north of Orangeville.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin - Caledon Cemetery
• Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
• Belsyde Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Belsyde Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fergus.
  • The Belsyde Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Belleside Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belsyde Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186223 <2>
• Erin Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Erin.
  • The Erin Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Erin Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174861 <2>
• Grand Valley Union Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Valley Union Cemetery
• Johnson - Eramosa Union Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • The Johnson - Eramosa Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Johnson Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson - Eramosa Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2331000 <2>
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  • St. Alban's Anglican Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The St. Alban's Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Alban's Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Alban's Anglican Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2482486 <2>
  • Alton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alton.
    • The Alton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alton Public Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2529671 <2>
  • Alton Wesleyan Methodist
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Wesleyan Methodist

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/