Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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 White Oaks Village: White Oaks Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 White Oaks Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Oaks Village.

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 White Oaks Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Rockford United Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockford United Cemetery
- The Rockford United Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rockford United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2385013 <2>
Garnet United Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garnet United Church Cemetery
Springvale Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springvale Greenwood Cemetery
- The Springvale Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350151 <2>
Wesley United Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2357729 <2>
Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jarvis Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
- Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2223319 <2>
Hagersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hagersville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hagersville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Hagersville.
- The Hagersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hagersville Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2248995 <2>
St. Ann's RC Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann's RC Church Cemetery
Old Anglican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Anglican Cemetery
Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Hartford Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hartford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169029 <2>
First Line / New Credit Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Line / New Credit Cemetery
- The First Line / New Credit Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Line Cemetery
- New Credit Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401035 <2>
Chalmers Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chalmers Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Chalmers Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chalmers Presbyterian Cemetery
Garlow Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garlow Baptist Cemetery
- The Garlow Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Garlow Line Baptist Church Cemetery
- Garlow Line Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333351 <2>
Continue List (276 more) ...
- Stump Hall Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stump Hall Cemetery
  - The Stump Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Plymouth Brethren Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364685 <2>
- Ballsville Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballsville Cemetery
- Waterford Greenwood Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waterford Greenwood Cemetery
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Waterford Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Waterford.
  - The Waterford Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Greenwood Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2223442 <2>

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

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 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 White Oaks Village:

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

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 south past White Oaks Village and then turned east". While White Oaks Village could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added White Oaks Village 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 White Oaks Village 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 White Oaks Village.

<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.