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 Oliver (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 Oliver. 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.
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 Oliver:
- Websites specific to Nova Scotia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nova Scotia
Cemeteries Near Oliver ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oliver.
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 Oliver covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oliver, with the one closest to Oliver listed first.
- Langille - Gift Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Langille - Gift Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langille - Gift Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2597095 <2>
- New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- French River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the French River Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2475487 <2>
- Tatamagouche Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockerby Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tatamagouche Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Falls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Balfron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tattrie's Oak Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Tattrie's Oak Rest Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tattrie's Oak Rest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2644634 <2>
- Bayview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Tatamagouche.
- The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayview / Waldegrave / MacConnell Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219418 <2>
- Barachois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Barachois Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barachois Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2527079 <2>
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Lake Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckler - MacBurnie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Buckler - MacBurnie Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckler - MacBurnie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2620906 <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oliver. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oliver.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oliver. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oliver) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6594, Longitude: -63.3186 |