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 Whitebread (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 Whitebread. 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 Whitebread ...

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.

Another variation: Whitebreed.

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 Whitebread ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitebread.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitebread, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitebread.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Whitebread:

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 Whitebread ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitebread.

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

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

Highbanks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Highbanks Cemetery has also been known as:
- High Banks Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highbanks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515712 <2>
McDonald Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The McDonald Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- McDonald Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDonald Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217545 <2>
St. Catherine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Catherine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1587 <2>
Oaklawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Oaklawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1281 <2>
Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #743 <2>
Water Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Street Cemetery
Smith's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smith Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1756 <2>
Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2005 <2>
Lester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lester Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Marine City (MI).
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277236 <2>
Riverview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194554 <2>
Little Mickle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Mickle Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2338280 <2>
Continue List (194 more) ...
- St. John's RC Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's RC Cemetery
- James Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  - The Maple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Starville Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993988 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitebread. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitebread) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitebread. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6312, Longitude: -82.4687
<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.