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 (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. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:

• 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 ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickering.

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

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

• Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • 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
• Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles 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
• Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 northeast)
  • 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 northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering United Church Cemetery
• Duffin Meadows Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • 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>
• Hastings Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hastings Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hastings Cemetery
• Brown Hicksite Friends Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • 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
• Whitevale Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • The Whitevale Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Whitevale United Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitevale Cemetery
• Reesor Mennonite Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reesor Mennonite Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257844 <1>
• Lamoreaux Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • 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>
• Brougham Pioneer Christian Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brougham Pioneer Christian Cemetery
• Continue List   (173 more) ...
  • Green River Baptist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green River Baptist Cemetery
  • Melville Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Melville Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Melville Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melville Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2339182 <1>
  • Sharrad Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sharrad Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pickering: www.cityofpickering.com/

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