Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Sligo Junction. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sligo Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sligo Junction, 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 Sligo Junction (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 Sligo Junction. 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 Sligo Junction ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Sligo Junction: Sligo Jct. (or less commonly used: Sligo Jctn.)

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 Sligo Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sligo Junction.

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 Sligo Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sligo Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Melville White Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville White Church Cemetery
- The Melville White Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melville Presbyterian Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300178 <2>
Cheltenham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheltenham Cemetery
Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
- The Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlaw Cemetery
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair - Belfountain Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2299646 <2>
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Union Cemetery
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Anglican Cemetery
Mayfield United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield United Church Cemetery
- The Mayfield United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mayfield United Cemetery
Caledon United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledon United Church Cemetery
- The Caledon United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Caledon United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462562 <2>
Glen Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Williams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237769 <2>
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- Aloa Methodist Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloa Methodist Cemetery
- Old Zion Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zion Cemetery
- 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 Sligo Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sligo Junction.

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 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 Sligo Junction:

Websites specific to Ontario
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Ontario
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of 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 Sligo Junction, 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.