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 Sour Spring (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 Sour Spring. 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 Sour Spring ...

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 Sour Spring: Sour Spg. (or less commonly used: Sour Spng. or Sour Sprng.)

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 helpful 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 Sour Spring:

• 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 Sour Spring ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sour Spring.

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 Sour Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Stump Hall Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • The Stump Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Plymouth Brethren Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stump Hall Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364685 <1>
• St. Barnabas Anglican Church Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Barnabas Anglican Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the north of Brantford.
  • The St. Barnabas Anglican Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Barnabas Anglican Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Barnabas Anglican Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2263496 <1>
• Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • The Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Hartford Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169029 <1>
• Salt Spring Church Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • The Salt Spring Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Salt Springs United Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salt Spring Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322275 <1>
• Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Ohsweken.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399647 <1>
• Six Nations Pentecostal Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Six Nations Pentecostal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400715 <1>
• Old Anglican Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Anglican Cemetery
• First Line / New Credit Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • The First Line / New Credit Cemetery has also been known as:
  • First Line Cemetery
  • New Credit Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Line / New Credit Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401035 <1>
• Boston Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • The Boston Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Boston Baptist Church Cemetery
  • United Empire Loyalist Burial Ground
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boston Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305897 <1>
• Mohawk Chapel / Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mohawk Chapel / Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mohawk Chapel / Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks Cemetery
• St. John's Church Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • The St. John's Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. John's Anglican Cemetery
  • St. John's Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2336872 <1>
• Deagle / Mason Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deagle / Mason Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Brantford.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deagle / Mason Cemetery
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  • Oakland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Oakland.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
  • St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Middleport Anglican Church Cemetery
    • St. Paul's Anglican / Middleport Anglican Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2396258 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sour Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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