Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Spruce Green during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Spruce Green was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Spruce Green (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 Spruce Green. 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 Spruce Green ...

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 Spruce Green: Spruce Grn.

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 Spruce Green ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spruce Green.

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 Spruce Green covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Goshen Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goshen Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188115 <2>
Olivet Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivet Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188861 <2>
Creek Bank Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creek Bank Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222849 <2>
North Woolwich Conservative Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Woolwich Conservative Mennonite Cemetery
- The North Woolwich Conservative Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- North Woolwich Mennonite Cemetery
- North Woolwich Mennonite Meething House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189257 <2>
Drayton Victoria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drayton Victoria Cemetery
- The Drayton Victoria Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Martin's RC Cemetery
- Victoria Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2300073 <2>
Hollen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161238 <2>
Glen Allan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Allan Cemetery
- The Glen Allan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glen Allan Community Cemetery
- Glen Allan Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232866 <2>
Crystal View Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crystal View Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2212044 <2>
Floradale Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floradale Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2195873 <2>
Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery
- The Bethel Mennonite Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222662 <2>
Maple View Mennonite Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple View Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238345 <2>
Zion United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion United Church Cemetery
Continue List (252 more) ...
- South Peel Mennonite Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Peel Mennonite Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252443 <2>
- Derryadd Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Derryadd Cemetery
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Derryadd Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Rothsay.
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2410542 <2>
- Bethesda Community Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Community Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2359299 <2>

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

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 Spruce Green:

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>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Spruce Green and then turned east". While Spruce Green could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Spruce Green as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Spruce Green could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Spruce Green.

<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.