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 Port Lewis (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 Port Lewis. 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 Port Lewis ...
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 Port Lewis: Prt. Lewis
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 Port Lewis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Lewis.
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 Port Lewis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Lewis, with the one closest to Port Lewis listed first.
Huntingdon Protestant Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bridget's RC Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
North Burke Cemetery (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briggs Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Sandy Knoll Cemetery (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Fort Covington (NY).
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Constable (NY).
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Lewis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Lewis.
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Lewis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Lewis, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Lewis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Port Lewis:
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.
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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.
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Port Lewis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Lewis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1706, Longitude: -74.2831