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 Rockburn (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 Rockburn. 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 Rockburn ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rockburn.

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

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

• Hillside Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2412990 <1>
• Earlville Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Earlville Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Earlville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Sandy Knoll Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Knoll Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Dunn Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484641 <1>
• Brayton Hollow Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brayton Hollow Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brayton Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Evergreen Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• East Side Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Ormstown Union Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ormstown Union Cemetery
  • The Ormstown Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161852 <1>
• North Burke Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Burke Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Burke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• St. Patricks Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Bethel Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2480274 <1>
• Thayer Corners Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thayer Corners Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thayer Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Huntingdon Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntingdon Protestant Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2218558 <1>
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigelow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bigelow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Star Road Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Star Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Star Road 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 Rockburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rockburn.

Newspapers Published in Rockburn ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rockburn.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rockburn, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rockburn.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rockburn:

• Websites specific to Quebec
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Quebec
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Quebec
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Quebec
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Quebec
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Quebec

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/