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 Winchester Springs (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 Winchester Springs. 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 Winchester Springs ...

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 Winchester Springs: Winchester Spgs. (or less commonly used: Winchester Spngs. or Winchester Sprngs.)

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 Winchester Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winchester Springs.

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

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

• Williamsburg Union Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williamsburg Union Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Williamsburg Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Williamsburg.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2431128 <1>
• Bouck's Hill Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bouck's Hill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2477207 <1>
• Maple Ridge Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Ridge Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226436 <1>
• Brown's Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown's Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown's Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Winchester.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2431075 <1>
• Spruce Haven Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spruce Haven Cemetery
• Grantley United Church Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grantley United Church Cemetery
  • The Grantley United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Grantley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507413 <1>
• South Mountain Union Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Mountain Union Cemetery
  • The South Mountain Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353787 <1>
• Dixons Corners South / Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixons Corners South / Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
• South Dixon's Corners Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Dixon's Corners Cemetery
• Ormond Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ormond Cemetery
  • The Ormond Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ormond Protestant Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2334188 <1>
• Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Morrisburg.
  • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mariatown Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2333685 <1>
• Goldfield Community Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goldfield Community Cemetery
  • The Goldfield Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Goldfield Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276324 <1>
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  • Morewood Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morewood Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277615 <1>
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brookside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brookside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Winchester Springs ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winchester Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winchester Springs, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winchester Springs.

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 Winchester Springs:

• 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 ...

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

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