Good Day My relatives lived in primarily Glenelg Township from 1842 onwards, and in Bentinck Township from 1852 onwardss. They were McCormicks, McEacherns, Stewarts, and McKinnons. My McComicks primarily settled in the Rocky Communtiy just a few miles north of Durham, on the Glenelg side of the Garafraxa Road. In Bentinck they settled primarily on the 2nd Concession north of the Aberdeen Communtiy .My Stewart ancestors settled in Bentinck too. In Glenelg on what is now called the South Line, my McEachern and McKinnon Relatives settled there, near Priceville. My gr gr grandparents Alexander McEachern Sr. and Janat McIntyre first settled on what is now Concession 3 or now they call it Boot Jack Road. Getting to the point. My cousin and I have found the majority of our pioneer ancestor's homesteads and where they are buried. There are still a few of our family that we need to find their burial places up in Grey County, in the Priceville area, and in the Rocky Community area near the Rocky Pioneer Cemetary. Can anyone tell me please, when the people of those areas were by law, required to bury there family members in cemetaries and NOT on their homestead properties? From my inquires into this matter, it appears that people in the 1870's and even in the 1880's were NOT at that time, required to bury there family members in cemetaries yet, in the above mentions communities. Is this information accurate? Can anyone give me some guidance on this subject? Sandy

Hi Sandy, Although I cannot answer your question for Grey County, I do know that in September of 1869 the Village of Georgetown passed a by-law stating that: " it shall not be lawful to bury any Corpse within the limits of this Corporation save and except in the Greenwood Cemetery: also excepting those persons, who now own family plots in the Episcopal and Episcopal Methodist Church Yards, who shall be permitted to bury therein until the said plots now owned are filled" The 1869 date leads me to believe that there was some connection between the new Provincial statutes requiring registration of a death, and laws governing cemeteries. Since the Village of Georgetown enacted their own law, it was probably required that each municipality create their own by-law based on Provincial guidelines. This is a long way of saying, I think you should check with the township or town to see if they have similar by-laws. I have seen microfilm of old township minutes etc. listed at the FHC for some areas. Hope this helps a little. Elaine Robinson Georgetown Ontario Looking for ALL ONTARIO and MULL Mc/MacKinnons ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Zamora" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:35 PM Subject: [Grey Co.] Buried In Cemetaries Or Buried On Their Homesteads? > Good Day > > > My relatives lived in primarily Glenelg Township from 1842 onwards, and in Bentinck Township from 1852 onwardss. They were McCormicks, McEacherns, Stewarts, and McKinnons. My McComicks primarily settled in the Rocky Communtiy just a few miles north of Durham, on the Glenelg side of the Garafraxa Road. In Bentinck they settled primarily on the 2nd Concession north of the Aberdeen Communtiy .My Stewart ancestors settled in Bentinck too. In Glenelg on what is now called the South Line, my McEachern and McKinnon Relatives settled there, near Priceville. My gr gr grandparents Alexander McEachern Sr. and Janat McIntyre first settled on what is now Concession 3 or now they call it Boot Jack Road. > > Getting to the point. My cousin and I have found the majority of our pioneer ancestor's homesteads and where they are buried. There are still a few of our family that we need to find their burial places up in Grey County, in the Priceville area, and in the Rocky Community area near the Rocky Pioneer Cemetary. > > Can anyone tell me please, when the people of those areas were by law, required to bury there family members in cemetaries and NOT on their homestead properties? From my inquires into this matter, it appears that people in the 1870's and even in the 1880's were NOT at that time, required to bury there family members in cemetaries yet, in the above mentions communities. Is this information accurate? Can anyone give me some guidance on this subject? > > > Sandy > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >