Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Riverdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Riverdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riverdale, please Contact Us.
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 Riverdale (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 Riverdale. 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 Riverdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverdale.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Riverdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverdale, with the one closest to Riverdale listed first.
- Melville White Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cheltenham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
- The St. Cornelius RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Cornelius Cemetery
- Blair - Belfountain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Caesar's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caesar's Cemetery
- The Caesar's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Caesar's / Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2628184 <2>
- Dixon's Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Erin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Erin.
- The Erin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Erin Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174861 <2>
- St. John's Anglican Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caledon United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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- Aloa Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- The Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snelgrove Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2649942 <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Riverdale:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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. |