Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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 Rocky Point (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 Rocky Point. 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 Rocky Point ...

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 Rocky Point: Rocky Pt.

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 Rocky Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Point.

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 Rocky Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.

• St. Mary's Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Metchosin
  • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Metchosin Pioneer Cemetery
  • St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church Cemetery
  • St. Mary The Virgin Church Yard Cemetery
  • St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2459848 <1>
• Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery is located in Langford.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2519234 <1>
• Sooke Harbour Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sooke Harbour Cemetery
  • The Sooke Harbour Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Saseenos Cemetery
  • Sooke Harbour / Saseenos Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2241322 <1>
• Hatley Memorial Gardens
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatley Memorial Gardens
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hatley Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located in Langford.
  • The Hatley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  • Colwood Burial Park
  • Colwood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639374 <1>
• Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
• Muir Family Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muir Family Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Muir Family Cemetery is located in Sooke.
• Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sooke Millenium Memorial Park is located in Sooke.
  • The Sooke Millenium Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Millenium Memorial Park
• Veteran's Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veteran's Cemetery
  • The Veteran's Cemetery has also been known as:
  • God's Acre Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639365 <1>
• Ross Bay Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Bay Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Bay Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Victoria.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639348 <1>
• Quadra Street Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quadra Street Cemetery
  • The Quadra Street Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Pioneer Square Old Burial Ground
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639351 <1>
• Ocean View Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocean View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Harling Point Chinese Cemetery is located in Victoria.
  • The Harling Point Chinese Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Chinese Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2385257 <1>
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  • Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
    • The Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Congregation Emanuel Cemetery
    • Jewish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2513687 <1>
  • Port Crescent Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Port Crescent Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    • The Port Crescent Pioneer Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Crescent Beach Cemetery
  • Royal Oak Burial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal Oak Burial Park
    • The Royal Oak Burial Park has also been known as:
    • Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639349 <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocky Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky Point.

Newspapers Published in Rocky Point ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Point, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Rocky Point:

• Websites specific to British Columbia
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of British Columbia
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of British Columbia
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of British Columbia