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The province of Ontario was a primary destination for Finnish emigration to Canada. Finns settled most often in Thunder Bay district for its farming and logging opportunities, Sudbury district for the Copper Cliff mines, and Cochrane district for the Porcupine gold mines near Timmins. Ontario still has the largest Finnish-descending population in Canada.Largest Finnish communities in Canada Cen...
Thunder Bay, Ontario has a very large Finnish / Finnish-Canadian population This project covers the entire Thunder Bay District (Wikipedia) . The purpose of the project is to support the research and collaboration of Finnish and Canadian genealogists when it comes to Finnish emigrants to the area and their descendants who have lived there. Finnish immigrants began to arrive in the Thunder Ba...
This project is for people associated with the province of Ontario, Canada .If you have a brickwall in your research on a profile that is associated with Ontario , please start a discussion on it. Sources available for researching Ontario people: The following sources are not intended to be an all-inclusive list, but a starting point for research. Civil Registration of births, marriage and deat...
Links to City of Toronto Cemeteries=* Forest Lawn Mausoleum * Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery * Mount Pleasant Cemetery * Park Lawn Cemetery * Prospect Cemetery * Cathedral Church of Saint James * St James' Cemetery and Crematorium
The Seneca or Onödowá’ga:’ (pronounced: Oh-n'own-dough-wahgah) or "Great Hill People" are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. They were the largest ...
Homesteaders of Nolalu Ontario Canada ' Nolalu is a community about 48 km southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. With the Government of Canada advertising for homesteaders and with the advent of the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western (PeeDee) Railway around the turn of the century, the first Finnish homesteaders along with a few Anglo-Saxon pioneers began to settle in Lybster, Strange, Marks...
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States, opposite of the State of New York. The county seat is Brockville. The county was formed by the union of the historical co...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
York University (French: Université York ) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university.York University has approximately 55,000 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and 275,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, namely the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, Schulich Sc...
Pioneers of Canada - Ontario ===History=====Aboriginal Settlement===The first residents of Ontario arrived during the last ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago. As the ice retreated Ontario's paleo-Indian inhabitants moved into the northern region of the province. For many years Ontario's Aboriginal peoples probably lived by fishing and hunting; deer, elk, bear and beaver could be found in t...
The cemetery is located on 3701 Albion Road South, Gloucester, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Find a Grave
Canada Census==Canada West=This Sub-project of Canada Censuses is a portal to 1851 census of Canada West (Ontario) county, municipality and district projects. Detailed list - Library & Archive of Canada LAC 1851 Search ==1851 Canada West=====1- Addington (county)===* 1-Amherst Island* 2-Camden East* 3-Earnestown* 4-Sheffield===2 -Brant (county)===* 5-Brantford* 6-Brantford* 7-Burford* 8-Du...
Cemeteries listed in this project are within the communities of the Six Nations Reserve, Brantford and Tuscarora Township as well those indigenous cemeteries in the surrounding areas of the reservation. Six Nations Communities: Beavers Corner, Longboat Corners, Medina Corners, Millers Corner, Ohsweken, St. Johns, Sixty-Nine Corners, Smith Corners, Smoothtown, Sour Spring, Stoneridge Beth...
The Mississaugas " 'We the Michi Saagiig walk together with our ancestors as one Nation. Through our collective efforts we ensure our shared history, stories, ceremonies, culture, language and values remain strong, resilient and preserved for our Nation and future generations. (Mississauga Nation Chiefs, May 30, 2019)" The Mississaugas are a group of First Nations peoples located in southern...
Greenwood Cemetery resides in Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1850, Greenwood Cemetery is Brantford's oldest cemetery. It contains monuments representing a wide segment of society, from some of the city's most influential families to fugitives. The burying ground's earliest, recorded burial dates from 1801. The last recorded burial was in 2022. This cemet...
The Order of Ontario is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson, the civilian order is administered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Ontario residents for conspicuous achievements in any field.* ...
Also known as Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada, "The County of Brant (2021 population 39,474) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The County of Brant has service offices in Burford, Paris, Oakland, Onondaga and St. George. The...
Wyecombe United Church Cemetery resides in Wyecombe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. This small, burying ground's earliest interment is from 1858 with the last being from 2021. Wyecombe's surrounds contain around 200 known burials. The cemetery is active.
The City of Norfolk County is located 56 km southwest of Hamilton and 97 km southeast of London. Norfolk County, Ontaro, incorporated as a city in 2001, population 63 175 (2011c), 62 563 (2006c). Norfolk County /ˈnɔːrfoʊk/ is a rural single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with a 2016 population of 67,490. Despite its name, it is no longer a cou...
People of the Flint The Mohawk people - Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern New York State, primarily around Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. As one of the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Kanie...
New Credit United Church Cemetery resides on the New Credit Reserve in New Credit, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. There are three gravestones present, those belonging to: Chief Joseph “Nawahjegezhegwabe” Sawyer (1786-1863); Rev. William Herkimer (1800-1875) and Chief George King (1813-1874). Tuscarora Township There are three stones erected in front of New Credit United Church. I...
Saint James Anglican Cemetery is located at the Lot 25, concession 2, Biddulph township.Cemetery Location: 34092 St. James Drive Clandeboye, ON==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave Canadian Headstones.com
Halton County, Ontario, Upper Canada was located in what is today's Regional Municipality of Halton. Halton County is a former county in the Canadian province of Ontario, with an area of 228,181 acres (923.42 km2). It is also one of the oldest counties in Canada. The lands that eventually formed part of Halton were acquired from the Mississauga Indians through forceful surrender. History Hal...
Stump Hall Cemetery is located on the Six Nations Reserve in Brant County, Ontario, Canada. This small burying ground is also known as the Plymouth Brethren Cemetery. The earliest burials began in the 1830s. Stump Hall is an active cemetery and still accepts burials for the indigenous peoples of the area.
All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery resides on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. This small cemetery contains burials from the late 1850s through to 2020. Several Mohawk families have laid their loved ones to rest here. Find a Grave "Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nation reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is lo...