Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Gerrish Valley during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Gerrish Valley 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 Gerrish Valley (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 Gerrish Valley. 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 Gerrish Valley ...
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.
Another variation: Giant Lake.
- A typical abbreviation for Gerrish Valley: Gerrish Vly. (or less commonly used: Gerrish Vally. or Gerrish Vlly.)
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 Gerrish Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gerrish Valley.
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 Gerrish Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gerrish Valley, with the one closest to Gerrish Valley listed first.
- Economy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Economy Cemetery
- The Economy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Economy Cemetery / United Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2213722 <2>
- Riverside United Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bass River Baptist Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collingwood / Wyvern Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tennycape Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tennycape Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tennycape Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Tennycape.
- The Tennycape Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tennycape United Church Cemetery
- Laffin Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moose Brook Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burntcoat Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leamington Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsdale Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Densmore Family Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Densmore Family Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Densmore Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Millvale United Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- Noel Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- High Head Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gerrish Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gerrish Valley.
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 Gerrish Valley:
- 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 Gerrish Valley and then turned east". While Gerrish Valley could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Gerrish Valley 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 Gerrish Valley 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 Gerrish Valley. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Gerrish Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gerrish Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4239, Longitude: -63.9847 |