Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Glenton during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Glenton 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 Glenton (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 Glenton. 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.
Cemeteries Near Glenton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenton.
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 Glenton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glenton, with the one closest to Glenton listed first.
- Brock Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- East Richford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Richford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- West Jay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Jay Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Jay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ruiters Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Barnet Monument
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnet Monument
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnet Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jay Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jay Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jay Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- All Saints Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the All Saints Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Troy Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troy Street Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troy Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Richford Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richford Center Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richford Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- North Troy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Richford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Richford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Old Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Village Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Village Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Westfield North Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield North Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfield North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Glenton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glenton.
Newspapers Published in Glenton ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glenton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenton, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenton.
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 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 Glenton:
- Websites specific to Quebec
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Quebec
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.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 Glenton and then turned east". While Glenton could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Glenton 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 Glenton 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 Quebec community named Glenton. |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Glenton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0389, Longitude: -72.5353 |