Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Folly Mountain during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Folly Mountain 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 Folly Mountain (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 Folly Mountain. 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 Folly Mountain ...

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 Folly Mountain: Folly Mtn. (or less commonly used: Folly Mntn.)

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 Folly Mountain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Folly Mountain.

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 Folly Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Folly Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Folly Mtn. Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441608 <2>
Debert Cemetery, Middle Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Debert Cemetery, Middle Road
- The Debert Cemetery, Middle Road has also been known as:
- Middle Road Cemetery
Debert Cemetery, Plains Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Debert Cemetery, Plains Road
- The Debert Cemetery, Plains Road has also been known as:
- Debert Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2426538 <2>
St. Ambrose Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ambrose Catholic Church Cemetery
- The St. Ambrose Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Londonderry Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2408872 <2>
Hillcrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465576 <2>
Folly Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Folly Village Cemetery
- The Folly Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Erskine United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2423161 <2>
Mahon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahon Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2402552 <2>
Belmont Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316743 <2>
Belmont Baptist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Baptist Cemetery
- The Belmont Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baptist Cemetery, Belmont
- Wilson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437664 <2>
Belmont - Cross Road Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont - Cross Road Cemetery
- The Belmont - Cross Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boyd's Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437664 <2>
Oak Island Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Island Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483094 <2>
Old Barns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Barns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Barns Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Truro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2271023 <2>
Continue List (102 more) ...
- Eagle Hill Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Hill Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2383710 <2>
- Wentworth United Baptist Church Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wentworth United Baptist Church Cemetery
  - The Wentworth United Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Wentworth United Baptist Cemetery
- Bass River Baptist Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bass River Baptist Cemetery
  - The Bass River Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Baptist Cemetery, Bass River
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2438733 <2>

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

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 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 Folly Mountain:

Websites specific to Nova Scotia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Nova Scotia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nova Scotia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nova Scotia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nova Scotia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of 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 Folly Mountain and then turned west". While Folly Mountain could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Folly Mountain 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Folly Mountain 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 Folly Mountain.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Folly Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Folly Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4775, Longitude: -63.5283