Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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 West Brant: W. Brant

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 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 West Brant:

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 West Brant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Brant.

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 West Brant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Farrington Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Farrington Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Farringdon Cemetery
- Farringdon Independent Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farrington Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2140650 <2>
Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960236 <2>
Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Brantford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1974261 <2>
St. Joseph's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
Oakhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakhill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Brantford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakhill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219390 <2>
Mohawk Chapel / Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- 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
Beth David Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth David Cemetery
Tranquility Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tranquility Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322584 <2>
All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery
Salt Spring Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
Westbrook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westbrook Cemetery
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- Tapley Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tapley Cemetery
- Fonger Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fonger Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery

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

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 West Brant and then turned east". While West Brant could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added West Brant 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 West Brant 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 West Brant.
<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.
<3>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.