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 Petawawa (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 Petawawa. 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.

Name Variations for Petawawa ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Petewahweh.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 Petawawa:

• 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 Petawawa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Petawawa.

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

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

• St. Columba's Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • The Wesley United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Wesley United Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327582 <1>
• Greenwood United Church Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (18 miles [29 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
  (18 miles [29 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>
• St. Casimir Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • The St. Casimir Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Casimir's Parish Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Casimir Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2420050 <1>
• Forest View Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • The Forest View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Andrew's United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277302 <1>
• St. Andrew's RC Church Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's RC Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2453586 <1>
• Cobden Union Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 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
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201106 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Petawawa: www.town.petawawa.on.ca/

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