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 Princes Lake (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 Princes Lake. 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 Princes Lake ...
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 Princes Lake: Princes Lk.
- While the name of this community is Princes Lake, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Princes Lake may originally have been Prince's Lake.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Princes Lake might be written as Prince Lake.
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 Princes Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Princes Lake.
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 Princes Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Princes Lake, with the one closest to Princes Lake listed first.
- St. Sabine RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Sabine RC Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Sabine RC Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Lake St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Maynooth.
- St. Ignatius RC Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ignatius RC Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Ignatius RC Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The St. Ignatius RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Ignatius Martyr Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2249893 <3>
- Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lake Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carlow United Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bancroft.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2260318 <3>
- Our Lady of Mercy Parish Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Christ Church Essonville Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Essonville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Christ Church Essonville Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Essonville.
- The Christ Church Essonville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Anglican Church / Essonville Anglican Cemetery
- Essonville Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2644202 <3>
- Essonville Pioneer Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Essonville Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Essonville Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Essonville.
- The Essonville Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Essonville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2644201 <3>
- St. George Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Princes Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Princes Lake.
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 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 Princes Lake:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Princes Lake. 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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. |