Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Crowes Mills during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Crowes Mills 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 Crowes Mills (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 Crowes Mills. 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 Crowes Mills ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Crowes Mills: Crowes Mls. (or less commonly used: Crowes Mlls.)
- While the name of this community is Crowes Mills, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Crowes Mills may originally have been Crowe's Mills.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Crowes Mills might be written as Crowe Mills.
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 Crowes Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crowes Mills.
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 Crowes Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crowes Mills, with the one closest to Crowes Mills listed first.
- Belmont Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Belmont - Cross Road Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Truro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Truro Cemetery
- The Truro Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- Robie Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194987 <3>
- Onslow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Barns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terrace Hill Cemetery
- The Terrace Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kaulback Cemetery
- St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2213057 <3>
- Debert Cemetery, Plains Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- John Calvin Christian Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Debert Cemetery, Middle Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Debert Cemetery, Middle Road
- The Debert Cemetery, Middle Road has also been known as:
- Middle Road Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bible Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Crossroads Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroads Cemetery
- The Crossroads Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cross Roads Salmon River Cemetery
- Valley United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242044 <3>
- Aenon Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hilden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crowes Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crowes Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Crowes Mills:
- Websites specific to Nova Scotia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nova Scotia
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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 south past Crowes Mills and then turned west". While Crowes Mills could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Crowes Mills 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 Crowes Mills 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 Nova Scotia community named Crowes Mills. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crowes Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crowes Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4000, Longitude: -63.3650 |