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 Playfairville (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 Playfairville. 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 Playfairville ...

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.

Over the years, Playfairville had several name changes:

• Prior to its current name of Playfairville, it was known as Playfair Rapids.
• Before changing to Playfair Rapids, it was named Playfair Mills.

• Playfairville was originally named Playfair Mills

Playfairville has also been known as: Playfair.

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.

A Few Details for Playfairville ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

• The naming (or the toponymy) of Playfairville: Named after Lieutent-Colonel Andrew William Playfair (1790-1868).

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 professional and volunteer 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 Playfairville:

• 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 Playfairville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Playfairville.

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

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

• Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289156 <1>
• St. Andrew's Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2325643 <1>
• Brooke Methodist Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooke Methodist Cemetery
• St. Stephen's Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephen's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194009 <1>
• Hopetown Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopetown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Hopetown.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopetown Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320454 <1>
• Elmwood Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Perth.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmwood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2167891 <1>
• Scotch Line Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scotch Line Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304617 <1>
• Pioneer Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Craig Street Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351547 <1>
• St. John's Parish Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • The St. John's Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. John the Roman Baptist RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Parish Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320289 <1>
• St. Bridget's Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • The St. Bridget's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Bridget's RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridget's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353546 <1>
• St. Declan's RC Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • The St. Declan's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
  • French Line Cemetery
  • Green Mtn. Cemetery
  • St. Declan's RC Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Declan's RC Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353569 <1>
• Sinclair Pioneer Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • The Sinclair Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Sinclair Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sinclair Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465240 <1>
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  • Zealand United Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Zealand United Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • The Zealand United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Conboy's Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zealand United Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362888 <1>
  • Robertson / Kellough Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robertson / Kellough Cemetery
  • Bellamy Mills Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellamy Mills Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Clayton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellamy Mills Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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