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 Prices Corner (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 Prices Corner. 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 Prices Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Prices Corner: Prices Cor. (or less commonly used: Prices Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Prices Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Prices Corner may originally have been Price's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Prices Corner might be written as Price Corner.
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 like to 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 Prices Corner:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Prices Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prices Corner.
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 Prices Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prices Corner, with the one closest to Prices Corner listed first.
- The Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the The Grove Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast of Orangeville.
- The The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grove Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406048 <3>
- McKee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huxley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hillsburgh Pioneer / God/s Acre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Erin - Caledon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Valley Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coningsby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coningsby Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Coningsby.
- The Coningsby Cemetery has also been known as:
- Erin Fifth Line Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coningsby Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342112 <3>
- St. Alban's Anglican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alton.
- The Alton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alton Public Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2529671 <3>
- Alton Wesleyan Methodist
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Orangeville Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Orangeville Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Orangeville.
- The Orangeville Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Orangeville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orangeville Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180991 <3>
- Laurel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Belsyde Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belsyde Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fergus.
- The Belsyde Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belleside Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belsyde Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186223 <3>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prices Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prices Corner.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prices Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prices Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prices Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8185, Longitude: -80.2357 |
| <3> | 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. |