Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of The P Patch during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how The P Patch 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 The P Patch (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 The P Patch. 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 The P Patch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The P Patch.
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 The P Patch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The P Patch, with the one closest to The P Patch listed first.
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brasser Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brasser Road Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brasser Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bai-de-wasai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bai-de-wasai Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bai-de-wasai Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Korah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Angels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Angels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holy Angels Cemetery has also been known as:
- Payment Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1349 <3>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gem Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gem Island Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gem Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Rosedale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosedale Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wilwalk Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilwalk Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilwalk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cottage Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Park Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottage Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The P Patch. See our List of 1890's Communities around The P Patch.
Newspapers Published in The P Patch ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around The P Patch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The P Patch, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The P Patch.
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 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 The P Patch:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
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 The P Patch and then turned west". While The P Patch could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added The P Patch 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 The P Patch 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 The P Patch. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- The P Patch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The P Patch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5267, Longitude: -84.3019 |