Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Dolphin Beach during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Dolphin Beach was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Dolphin Beach (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 Dolphin Beach. 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 Dolphin Beach ...
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 Dolphin Beach: Dolphin Bch.
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.
Cemeteries Near Dolphin Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dolphin Beach.
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 Dolphin Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dolphin Beach, with the one closest to Dolphin Beach listed first.
- Knox United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yates Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Yates Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Parksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234497 <2>
- Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery is located in Nanaimo.
- The Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowen Road Cemetery
- Nanaimo Public Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171104 <2>
- Qualicum Beach Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ladysmith Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladysmith Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ladysmith Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ladysmith.
- The Ladysmith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407121 <2>
- Alberni Valley Memorial Gardens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hornby Island Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Elphinstone Cemetery
- Mt. Ephinstone Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353153 <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dolphin Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dolphin Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dolphin Beach:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Dolphin Beach and then turned east". While Dolphin Beach could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Dolphin Beach as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Dolphin Beach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another British Columbia community named Dolphin Beach. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dolphin Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dolphin Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3000, Longitude: -124.1500 |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |