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 Saint Thomas (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 Saint Thomas. 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 Saint Thomas ...

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 Saint Thomas: St. Thomas

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 first turn to 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 Saint Thomas:

• 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

Cemeteries Near Saint Thomas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Thomas.

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 Saint Thomas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Thomas, with the one closest to Saint Thomas listed first.

• St. Thomas Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • The St. Thomas Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Thomas West Ave. Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960238 <1>
• Holy Angels Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • The Holy Angels Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Holy Angels Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Angels Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161129 <1>
• Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Thomas.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980175 <1>
• St. Thomas / Old English Churchyard
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas / Old English Churchyard
• South Park Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • The South Park Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Thomas South Park Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Park Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2167969 <1>
• Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nineteenth Mile Creek / Baptist Cemetery
• Union United Church Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union United Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Union.
  • The Union United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery
  • United Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2309659 <1>
• Mapleton Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mapleton Cemetery
• Brayne's Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brayne's Cemetery
• Sparta Friends Burial Ground
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • The Sparta Friends Burial Ground has also been known as:
  • Friends Burial Ground
  • Sparta Friends / Quaker Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparta Friends Burial Ground
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143285 <1>
• Fingal Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fingal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2166127 <1>
• Christ Anglican Church Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Anglican Church Cemetery
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  • Sparta South Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparta South Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194755 <1>
  • Orwell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orwell Cemetery
  • Shedden Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Shedden Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shelden Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shedden Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194567 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saint Thomas: www.city.st-thomas.on.ca/

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