Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Point of Mara Beach during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Point of Mara Beach was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Point of Mara 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 Point of Mara 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 Point of Mara 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 Point of Mara Beach: Point Of Mara 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.

Cemeteries Near Point of Mara Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point of Mara 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 Point of Mara Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317456 <2>
St. Andrew's RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Andrew's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Brechin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2311769 <2>
Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bolsover Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2417069 <2>
St. Joseph's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312266 <2>
Old Stone Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Stone Church Cemetery
Stone Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226054 <2>
St. Columbkille RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columbkille RC Cemetery
- The St. Columbkille RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Columbkille Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215602 <2>
Udney United Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Udney United Church Cemetery
- The Udney United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Udney Cemetery
- Udney United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304253 <2>
Knox Presbyterian / Uptergrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian / Uptergrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Knox Presbyterian / Uptergrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Uptergrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Atherley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atherley Cemetery
- The Atherley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Atherley Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281117 <2>
Continue List (106 more) ...
- Argyle Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Argyle Cemetery
- Little Mud Lake Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Mud Lake Cemetery
- North Brock Shiers Settlement Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Brock Shiers Settlement Cemetery

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Point of Mara 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Point of Mara Beach and then turned west". While Point of Mara Beach could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Point of Mara Beach as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Point of Mara Beach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Point of Mara Beach.

<2>

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.