Canada, Ontario, Toronto Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains cemetery records from the Mount Pleasant Group Cemetery of Companies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This collection contains interment registers and cremation registers from 1989 through 1995 for the following cemeteries:Beechwood Cemetery, Duffin Meadoes Cemetery, Elgin Mills Cemetery,Toronto Necropolis,Thornton Cemetery,Meadowvale Cemetery, York Cemetery, Prospect Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and Pine Hills Cemetery.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name of Deceased
 * Where Interred
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Date of death
 * Place of Death
 * Place of Birth
 * Date of Burial or Cremation

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Cite the record. See below for help citing this collection


 * Use the information you have found to find the person in census records
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This can help you find possible relatives
 * Search the records of nearby areas
 * Check for other names. An individual might appear under an unexpected name for a variety of reasons:
 * They might have been listed under a middle name, nickname, or abbreviation of their given name
 * A woman may have returned to her maiden name after the death of her husband

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Ontario.
 * Record Finder
 * Canada Research Tips and Strategies

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Mount Pleasant Group Cemetery of Companies. Ontario, Toronto cemetery records, 1989-1995

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937- Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
 * Canada Deaths and Burials 1664-1955
 * Canadian Headstones

Citing This Collection
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