Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Meigs Corners during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Meigs Corners 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 Meigs Corners (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 Meigs Corners. 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 Meigs Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Meigs Corners: Meigs Cors.
- While the name of this community is Meigs Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Meigs Corners may originally have been Meig's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Meigs Corners might be written as Meig Corners.
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 Meigs Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meigs Corners.
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 Meigs Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meigs Corners, with the one closest to Meigs Corners listed first.
- Stone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pigeon Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pigeon Hill Cemetery
- The Pigeon Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sagerfield Cemetery
- St. Armand Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2287051 <3>
- Abbott's Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abbotts Corner Cemetery #1
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abbotts Corner Cemetery #2
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harvey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Briggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Briggs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prouty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prouty Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prouty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Franklin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Patten Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patten Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patten Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Patton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- West Berkshire Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cowansville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cowansville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cowansville Cemetery is located in Cowansville.
- The Cowansville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2428574 <3>
- Willard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meigs Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meigs Corners.
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 Meigs Corners:
- 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 Meigs Corners and then turned west". While Meigs Corners could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Meigs Corners 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Meigs Corners 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 Meigs Corners. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |