Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Paquette during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Paquette 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 Paquette (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 Paquette. 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.
Newspapers Published in Paquette ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paquette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paquette, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paquette.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Paquette:
- Websites specific to Quebec
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Quebec
Cemeteries Near Paquette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paquette.
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 Paquette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paquette, with the one closest to Paquette listed first.
- St. Malo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alice Hunt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Village Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Village Cemetery
- Wallace Pond Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Pond Cemetery
- East Clifton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Canaan Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Hill Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
- Morrison Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Morrison Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Canaan Cemetery
- South Canaan Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrison Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450257 <3>
- Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dixville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- Grove Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reed Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Notre Dame Du St. Rosaire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Notre Dame Du St. Rosaire has also been known as:
- Cimetiere Catholique De Sawyerville
- Sawyerville Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Notre Dame Du St. Rosaire
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paquette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paquette.
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 south past Paquette and then turned west". While Paquette could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Paquette 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 Paquette 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 Paquette. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paquette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paquette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1253, Longitude: -71.4614 |
| <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. |