Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Stamford Centre during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Stamford Centre 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 Stamford Centre (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 Stamford Centre. 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 Stamford Centre ...

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 Stamford Centre: Stamford Ctre.

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.

Newspapers Published in Stamford Centre ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stamford Centre.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stamford Centre, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stamford Centre.

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 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 Stamford Centre:

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 Stamford Centre ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stamford Centre.

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 Stamford Centre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Niagara Falls.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976512 <3>
Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stamford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2335915 <3>
Lundy's Lane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lundy's Lane Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Niagara Falls.
- The Lundy's Lane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garner Cemetery
- Green's Corners Cemetery
- Lundy's Lane Methodist Cemetery
- Lundy's Lane United Cemetery
- Stamford Twp. Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lundy's Lane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142403 <3>
Drummond Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Drummond Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Drummondville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drummond Hill Cemetery
All Saints Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
St. David's United Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The St. David's United Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. David's - Queenston United Church Cemetery
- St. David's United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. David's United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305858 <3>
Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186735 <3>
New Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Lakeview Cemetery
St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Israel Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Gate of Heaven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gate Heaven Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1656404 <3>
Continue List (258 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64895 <3>
- Riverdale Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverdale Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65795 <3>
- Old Lakeview Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Lakeview Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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 north past Stamford Centre and then turned west". While Stamford Centre could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Stamford Centre 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stamford Centre 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 Stamford Centre.
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stamford Centre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stamford Centre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1136, Longitude: -79.1050
<3>	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.
<4>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.