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 Pickering Beach (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 Pickering Beach. 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 Pickering Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pickering Beach: Pickering Bch.

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 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 Pickering Beach:

• 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 Pickering Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickering Beach.

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

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

• Brown Hicksite Friends Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • The Brown Hicksite Friends Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Society of Friends Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Hicksite Friends Cemetery
• Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • The Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ley Family Cemetery
  • Potters Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
• Pickering Friends Burial Ground
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • The Pickering Friends Burial Ground has also been known as:
  • Friends Cemetery
  • Society of Friends Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering Friends Burial Ground
• Pickering United Church Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering United Church Cemetery
• Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • The Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old Methodist Cemetery
  • Pickering Methodist Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
• St. John's Anglican Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Anglican Cemetery
• Duffin Meadows Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • The Duffin Meadows Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Duffin Meadows / Cherrywood Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duffin Meadows Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2409240 <1>
• St. John the Evangelist RC Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Evangelist RC Cemetery
• Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery is located in Pickering.
  • The Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Erskine Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
• Oshawa Union Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • The Oshawa Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oshawa Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1807829 <1>
• Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • The Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  • Mt. Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Lawn Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160045 <1>
• Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
• Continue List   (157 more) ...
  • Lamoreaux Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Lamoreaux Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • The Lamoreaux Cemetery has also been known as:
    • L'Amoureau Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamoreaux Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354538 <1>
  • Salem United Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem United Cemetery
  • Salem United Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem United Church Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Greenwood and Kinsale.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Kinsale.
    • The Salem United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem United Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335401 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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