I frequent St. Joseph's Cemetery in Brantford three seasons of the year...I do not think that records were microfilmed but the Catholic Cemeteries of Hamilton Diocese have some records but not a lot from before 1950...I can take pictures of markers anytime but winter ...but it would help if you know the location ...it is quite large...to the best of my knowledge no one has ever transcribed the names of the stones for the internet. and not all graves are marked (especially some of the older graves from the depression years) requests for photo's should be sent to<http:///> walkswithsnow<http:///>@yahoo.ca with subject Grave photos (with current date in Brackets) RPS

Prospect Cemetery is part of the Mount Pleasant Group. you could email Ann Lowey to see what records they have. alowey@MountPleasantGroup.com She was most helpful for me. There may be a charge, think it is $5.00 a surname. Hope this helps. = = = = = = = = = = = = Pat C., BHCD Quakertown, PA US BLUROC1@worldnet.att.net = = = = = = = = = = = = = Incoming/outgoing mail scanned by Norton 2004 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Evans To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: RE: [ON-CEM] Prospect Cemetery Prospect cemetery is in the north west portion of Toronto. It's a very old cemetery. The last time I was there, in the early 1990's, nothing was microfilmed, we had to look through the old registers. The people there were very helpful in giving us space and bringing the registers. Unfortuately, I live east of Toronto a fair distance from this cemetery. Perhaps you'll find someone closer. Bruce ============================================== Bruce Evans M.D. Family Physician and Technical Writer Keep your words both soft and tender, because tomorrow you may have to eat them. -----Original Message----- From: Chris N [mailto:crslvstd@csolve.net] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:09 PM To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Prospect Cemetery I recall reading an email a way back about Prospect Cemetery having a room where you could view microfilms or some kind of records in respect to your families plots. Is this right? If I am on the correct path, is there anyone in the Toronto area going there anytime soon that could or would do a lookup or more? I would gladly pay your expenses. The lady at Prospect did give me a few names of my family that was there, and a rough idea of where they were located, but some stones are now underground, and I'm sure there would be dates that I'm looking for on the records. She gave me confirmation of a couple names but did state there were a bunch more, and I would almost bet they are all related. Thank you for your time, Chris N ______________________________

Here is a link to an interesting and well documented cemetery that I found online. Christine http://www.kilvicocharmaig.yk.net/McCollStory.html

Well folks, I am going to add my two cents to this discussion as well..... First let me say Sheila you do a fantastic job, and there is no need for you to leave as admin! I am an admin of a couple of lists and if there is one thing I can't stand, is arguing or off colour postings because someone doesn't want to "play by the rules".... the big thing for me is the posts being archived, and they all are! Sheila made it quite clear from the start of this list that she will not tolerate untoward posts by anyone, but she has the decency to warn each and every one that she will take action, if off topic discussions continue, something technically she doesn't have to do, because she laid her rules out clear and concise at the start. So let us all get back to the business of being members in good standing and quit posting on list how much we want Sheila to stay, it is clogging up the archives! Christine > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Please read the taglines as they are a source of information for you. > NO TEST OR VIRUS WARNING ON THIS LIST!!!! > In search of site: http://ocml0.tripod.com > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

I'm behind you 100%......sounds like a number are supporting you as well.....hang in there! Tom

Excellent job Brian. Keep up the great work. Heather in Orillia Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ For Ontario Birth, Marriages & Deaths -----Original Message----- From: gilchrists [mailto:gilchrists@idirect.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 1:03 AM To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Brian's most unusual cemetery There are so many that I can choose from but my favorite one by far is burial ground known as "Elmbank" or The 5th Line Roman Catholic burial ground. This churchyard WAS located INSIDE Pearson International Airport, not to be confused with the Richview United Church cemetery which is in the intersection of Highways 401 and 427 in Etobicoke. For many years this cemetery was not accessible to anyone but descendants, and one had to be escorted "air side" to view the monuments. You were driven / escorted out with flashing lights, had to cross runways - and planes were landing and taking off very close by ... It was truly an amazing genealogical experience that I will never forget. Recently, all the bodies and stones had to be relocated due to the need for a de-icing facility at Pearson International Airport, which for technical purposes, could not be located elsewhere in the grounds. So Elmbank became the largest single cemetery relocation project in Canadian history with over 600 bodies being reinterred with respect, grace and dignity. It was my honour and privilege to be the Project Genealogist for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto which oversaw the project. The field work was handled by one of Canada's most respect archaeologists, Dr. Ron Williamson, and his associates at Archaeological Services Incorporated, of Toronto. I was responsible for documenting the names and death dates of each deceased that I could identify - as there is no one source containing all the names and burial details. It was like working on about 150 family genealogies all at the same time, and in effect I have reconstructed the first three or four generations of each family known to be buried there! The first known burial was in 1833 and the last known burial was in 1939. The churchyard has been re-located to Assumption Cemetery, which is located on Tomken Road at the south east corner of Derry Road in the City of Mississauga. In the summer of 2004, an open air Mass was celebrated by Monsignor John Murphy of the Archdiocese of Toronto, and over 500 descendants and friends of the project attended. As you drive eastbound upon entering the gates on Tomken Road, and follow a road to either the left or right of the fountain, take one of the roads to the eastern most end of the cemetery and there you will find the beautifully situated, and now totally accessible relocated Elmbank, with as many of the original stones that could be rehabilitated located on top of the bodies that they represent. Stones which represent bodies that could not be identified are located on large raised tables, angled for ease of reading and so that the elements of snow and rain run off the tablets into the ground. Finally, there is a beautifully memorial which records the names of all the identified deceased thereon - some 325 names out of some 625 bodies. The cemetery transcription detailing the tombstone data, and the names included on the memorial will be available from me, at the address below, in a few weeks. If you wish to be notified of the availability of this publication, please send me an e-mail. This is one of my favorite burial grounds ... "Rest eternal Grant unto them O Lord, and May Light Perpetual shine upon them". J. Brian Gilchrist Genealogical and Archival research analyst, Box 74503, 270 The Kingsway, ETOBICOKE, Ontario M9A 5E2 gilchrists@idirect.com "I have the reputation of being fearless and decided, and whether correct or not, it saves me much trouble." - written by the Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan, 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto in 1846. ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== READ the taglines! Before you ask for a lookup ...check http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ In search of site: http://ocml0.tripod.com/ ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=1459 9&targetid=5429

I have been transcribing the cemeteries in Stephenson township, Muskoka. I have also been getting copies of death records to help verify dates etc. From 1915 they started to put "where buried" on the certificate. If you think you have someone in Stephenson township but can't find them before 1927 let me know and I will see what I have. Please remember this is Stephenson township only NOT all of Muskoka. Janine

Dear Sheila, I think you do a fine job, and hope you will stay as list manager. There was a post from Bev in Michigan who spoke of the ill manners of a few. I agree with Bev that name-calling has no place on the list, and people would do well to remember that these posts are archived, and so the posters will get to live with their posts, even after they are dead. Again, I think you do a fine job, I only hope that you can do something to curtail the terribly rude and pointless name-calling in the future. Brock Way From: "Charles Geo. Ross UE" <cgross_ue@cogeco.ca> Hi Sheila; Shaving cream or no shaving cream, don't let some clown get your goat, I didn't.So be it. Hang in there kid........... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

There are so many that I can choose from but my favorite one by far is burial ground known as "Elmbank" or The 5th Line Roman Catholic burial ground. This churchyard WAS located INSIDE Pearson International Airport, not to be confused with the Richview United Church cemetery which is in the intersection of Highways 401 and 427 in Etobicoke. For many years this cemetery was not accessible to anyone but descendants, and one had to be escorted "air side" to view the monuments. You were driven / escorted out with flashing lights, had to cross runways - and planes were landing and taking off very close by ... It was truly an amazing genealogical experience that I will never forget. Recently, all the bodies and stones had to be relocated due to the need for a de-icing facility at Pearson International Airport, which for technical purposes, could not be located elsewhere in the grounds. So Elmbank became the largest single cemetery relocation project in Canadian history with over 600 bodies being reinterred with respect, grace and dignity. It was my honour and privilege to be the Project Genealogist for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto which oversaw the project. The field work was handled by one of Canada's most respect archaeologists, Dr. Ron Williamson, and his associates at Archaeological Services Incorporated, of Toronto. I was responsible for documenting the names and death dates of each deceased that I could identify - as there is no one source containing all the names and burial details. It was like working on about 150 family genealogies all at the same time, and in effect I have reconstructed the first three or four generations of each family known to be buried there! The first known burial was in 1833 and the last known burial was in 1939. The churchyard has been re-located to Assumption Cemetery, which is located on Tomken Road at the south east corner of Derry Road in the City of Mississauga. In the summer of 2004, an open air Mass was celebrated by Monsignor John Murphy of the Archdiocese of Toronto, and over 500 descendants and friends of the project attended. As you drive eastbound upon entering the gates on Tomken Road, and follow a road to either the left or right of the fountain, take one of the roads to the eastern most end of the cemetery and there you will find the beautifully situated, and now totally accessible relocated Elmbank, with as many of the original stones that could be rehabilitated located on top of the bodies that they represent. Stones which represent bodies that could not be identified are located on large raised tables, angled for ease of reading and so that the elements of snow and rain run off the tablets into the ground. Finally, there is a beautifully memorial which records the names of all the identified deceased thereon - some 325 names out of some 625 bodies. The cemetery transcription detailing the tombstone data, and the names included on the memorial will be available from me, at the address below, in a few weeks. If you wish to be notified of the availability of this publication, please send me an e-mail. This is one of my favorite burial grounds ... "Rest eternal Grant unto them O Lord, and May Light Perpetual shine upon them". J. Brian Gilchrist Genealogical and Archival research analyst, Box 74503, 270 The Kingsway, ETOBICOKE, Ontario M9A 5E2 gilchrists@idirect.com "I have the reputation of being fearless and decided, and whether correct or not, it saves me much trouble." - written by the Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan, 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto in 1846.

Good evening Sheila, and fellow cemetery listers: Sheila, you have done a marvelous job in creating and developing this list. You have seen the overwhelming response that encourages you to stay with it, and it is my hope and prayer that you will do so. The rules that you have placed on us on this list are indeed very few, and are easy to follow. So, when an "off-topic" topic comes up every once in awhile, use your good judgement to do what you feel is right at the time ... you have that prerogative as the List Administrator. You must be gratified that when you do ask for advice the people on this list are very good (and generous!) at providing feedback ... So tonight the results are in ... the people have voted ... and our choice for Ontario Cemeteries List Administrator is YOU! Sheila, with your generosity and your kind ways, you have made many friends around this province, this country and indeed around the world! If I may be so bold as to take the liberty to speak on behalf of all of us who subscribe to this list - thanks for doing what you have done, doing it so well, and keep up the good work! Cheers! J. Brian Gilchrist, Toronto

To those that have an interest in cemeteries. I never thought I would have much interest in cemeteries, but as I grow older, I find the interest increasing. It is great to see a well kept cemetery. I have been involved in doing something about a PIONEER CEMETERY that was left unattended for many years. We call the WILTSE PIONEER CEMETERY. There are a few articles and a number of pictures to be found Colonel Jessup UE Web Site: http://www.ripnet.com/sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J/index.html For pictures before and after http://www.ripnet.com/sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J/wiltse_pioneer_cemetery.html For the dedication: http://www.ripnet.com/sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J/wiltse_pioneer_cemetery_dedicati.html For cemetery transcriptions for Leeds-Grenville check: L&G Genealogy Society web site: http://www.leedsandgrenvillegenealogy.com/ under publications Regards, Fraser Carr At 10:42 PM 01-17-2005, you wrote: >To all the people who wrote me, "THANK-YOU" for your kind words >,encouragement and helpful suggestions. I had no idea how you felt about me. >You still stuck with me as your List Mom. > >Now let's get on with what we do best, helping each other on our >adventures on this cemetery mailing list. >To start the ball rolling........... >Where has been the most unusual cemetery you have seen in Ontario? > >Sheila >List Mom > > > > > >==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >To UnSUBSCRIBE: to CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com the >word unsubscribe in the subject and body. >In search of site: http://ocml0.tripod.com > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Anyone have transcriptions for Pine Grove Cemetery in Prince Albert, Durham Co. Reach Twp.? Am trying to find: John Smith – Pine Grove, Sect B. Am trying to match up a death date of 1870. My John died at age 49 – 50 Ellen -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005

Brian, What a wonderful expression of your gratitude and that of the list. Thank you. Sue Edminster gilchrists wrote: >Good evening Sheila, and fellow cemetery listers: > >Sheila, you have done a marvelous job in creating and developing this list. >You have seen the overwhelming response that encourages you to stay with it, >and it is my hope and prayer that you will do so. > >The rules that you have placed on us on this list are indeed very few, and >are easy to follow. > >So, when an "off-topic" topic comes up every once in awhile, use your good >judgement to do what you feel is right at the time ... you have that >prerogative as the List Administrator. > >You must be gratified that when you do ask for advice the people on this >list are very good (and generous!) at providing feedback ... > >So tonight the results are in ... the people have voted ... and our choice >for Ontario Cemeteries List Administrator is YOU! > >Sheila, with your generosity and your kind ways, you have made many friends >around this province, this country and indeed around the world! > >If I may be so bold as to take the liberty to speak on behalf of all of us >who subscribe to this list - thanks for doing what you have done, doing it >so well, and keep up the good work! > >Cheers! >J. Brian Gilchrist, >Toronto > > >==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== >FIELD OF STONES: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~clifford/index.htm >Do you have photos you like to submit ? Have you seen this website >Save our cemeteries! > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >

Sheila: I concur with all those who are encouraging you to stay. You are doing a marvelous job with a difficult task. While I am an information junky, I agree that we listers need to stick to our topic. If a thread begins to go astray, then interested parties should contact their counterparts off line to continue the dialogue! Jan

To all the people who wrote me, "THANK-YOU" for your kind words ,encouragement and helpful suggestions. I had no idea how you felt about me. You still stuck with me as your List Mom. Now let's get on with what we do best, helping each other on our adventures on this cemetery mailing list. To start the ball rolling........... Where has been the most unusual cemetery you have seen in Ontario? Sheila List Mom

Sheila, It is very unfortunate that there are people out there that cannot comply with the rules for this list and have to be told to stop. It is a difficult task for you as List Administrator to make these decisions . You do a lot of hard work for this site and we do not want to lose you!!! Keep up the good work! Shirley

Hi Sheila When I was trancribing 1901 Simcoe County census, posting to the Simcoe County list, I included my son Robbie's antics. People loved it. One woman responded to the list. Her basic message was - I don't know who you are but no one wants to know about your mundain life, stop it now. Needless to say I didn't. I the person had a strip torn off her from one side to the other. The List Mother stepped in and put and end to the encouraging messages that would keep me going. By the way, Robbie's antics have not changed much, just a little more "mature", if that is possible.!?! Heather in Orillia Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ For Ontario Birth, Marriages & Deaths

Sharon, Don't give up! I think you are doing a tremendous job and as administrator, you have the right to curtail postings on the site as you see fit. I think you have a total consensus except for a few and now may be the time to get on with the list. Dawn

Dear Sheila, I can only echo my thoughts along with so many others. Don't quit. You are supplying a wonderful service to so many of us. It takes a lot of time and patience to do what you are doing. It is greatly appreciated. Don't let the ill manners and ignorance of a few deter you in continuing to do the good you are doing. We need you. Bev - MI

dear list mom I have never posted to this list before but I think that you have done an admiral job, to quit now would be a great loss to us all Blessings Robert Let our thoughts, our words and deeds, ever be pure, kind and good. Let us live peaceably with each other, respecting one another in love. Let us see the good in our fellow man, that we may love our neighbours as ourselves. ~ Amish morning prayer