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 Westmeath (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 Westmeath. 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.

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 Westmeath:

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 Westmeath ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westmeath.

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

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

Grace United Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace United Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> to the east of Beachburg.
- The Grace United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Perretton Grace United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2605434 <2>
Greenwood United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood United Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Greenwood.
- The Greenwood United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439040 <2>
McDonald Burying Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McDonald Burying Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonald Burying Ground
Howard Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201106 <2>
Wesley United Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Wesley United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wesley United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327582 <2>
St. Columba's Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Columba's Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Brumsfield.
- The St. Columba's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Columba's RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columba's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190827 <2>
Cobden Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cobden Union Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Cobden.
- The Cobden Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cobden Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobden Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199566 <2>
McLeese Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McLeese Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLaren's Settlement Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLeese Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2645651 <2>
Haley Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- The Haley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haley Station Cemetery
- Haley United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203314 <2>
Rosebank Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- The Rosebank Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rosebank United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosebank Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199563 <2>
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Francis Xavier Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis Xavier RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279309 <2>
Thompson Hill Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thompson Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Renfrew.
- The Thompson Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Renfrew Public Cemetery
- Thompsonville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157531 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westmeath) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westmeath. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8173, Longitude: -76.8890
<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.