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 Pembroke (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 Pembroke. 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 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 Pembroke:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Pembroke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pembroke.
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 Pembroke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- St. Columba's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Columba's Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Brumsfield.
- The St. Columba's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Columba's RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columba's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190827 <1>
- Wesley United Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenwood United Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood United Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Greenwood.
- The Greenwood United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439040 <1>
- McDonald Burying Ground
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McDonald Burying Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonald Burying Ground
- Grace United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace United Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Beachburg.
- The Grace United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perretton Grace United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2605434 <1>
- Cobden Union Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cobden Union Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Cobden.
- The Cobden Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobden Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobden Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199566 <1>
- Howard Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Forest View Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- St. Andrew's RC Church Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Haley Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- The Haley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haley Station Cemetery
- Haley United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203314 <1>
- St. Casimir Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- McLeese Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebank Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady Of The Angels Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 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 Pembroke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pembroke.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Pembroke: www.pembrokeontario.com/
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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pembroke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pembroke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8167, Longitude: -77.1167 |