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 Prescott (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 Prescott. 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.
Cemeteries Near Prescott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prescott.
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 Prescott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prescott, with the one closest to Prescott listed first.
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Mark's RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Notre Dame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Notre Dame Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Notre Dame Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Notre Dame Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Notre Dame Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blue Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zophen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zophen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zophen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old State Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old State Hospital Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- State Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Hospital Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Johnstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maynard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Briggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Briggs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Road Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prescott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prescott.
Newspapers Published in Prescott ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prescott.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prescott, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prescott.
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 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 Prescott:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prescott) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prescott. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7135, Longitude: -75.5158 |