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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Lance Cove South. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lance Cove South to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lance Cove South, please Contact Us.

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 Lance Cove South (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 Lance Cove South. 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 Lance Cove South ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lance Cove South: Lance Cv. South

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 Lance Cove South ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lance Cove South.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lance Cove South - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lance Cove South covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lance Cove South, with the one closest to Lance Cove South listed first.

  • Lower Island Cove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Island Cove Cemetery
    • The Lower Island Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lower Island Cove United Church Cemetery
    • Old Methodist Church Cemetery
    • United Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2593847 <2>
  • Church Hill Anglican Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Blundon's Point Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Old RC Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Bay de Verde Anglican Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Western Bay South UC Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Bay South UC Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Western Bay South UC Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Western Bay.
    • The Western Bay South UC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • McDowell United Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495234 <2>
  • Blackhead Old Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhead Old Cemetery
    • The Blackhead Old Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Blackhead Methodist Cemetery
    • Blackhead Old Methodist Cemetery
    • Old Blackhead Methodist Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441668 <2>
  • Broad Cove United Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • United Church Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Anglican Cemetery, Heart's Content
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • United Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Interfaith Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lance Cove South:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lance Cove South, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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.