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 Saint David (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 Saint David. 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 Saint David ...

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 Saint David: St. David

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.

Newspapers Published in Saint David ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint David.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint David, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint David.

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 Saint David:

• 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

Cemeteries Near Saint David ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint David.

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

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

• St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Baptist Church Cemetery
• St. John Catholic Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Catholic Cemetery
• St. Charles Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Cemetery
• St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Congregational Cemetery
• St. Louis Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Louis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Cemetery
• Old St. Charles Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Charles Cemetery
• Congregational Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Congregational Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregational Cemetery
• St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fort Kent (ME).
  • The St. Louis Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old St. Louis Cemetery
  • St. Louis Cemetery Old
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2393985 <3>
• Baker Brook Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Brook Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2644296 <3>
• Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery is located in Soldier Pond (ME).
  • The Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Joseph RC Church Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2382341 <3>
• St. Josephs Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
• St. Hilaire Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • The St. Hilaire Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Cimetiere St. Hilaire
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Hilaire Cemetery
• Continue List   (15 more) ...
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
  • St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs the Helper Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint David. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint David.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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