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 Pleasant River (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 Pleasant River. 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 Pleasant River ...

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 Pleasant River: Pleasant Riv.

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.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pleasant River:

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

Cemeteries Near Pleasant River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant River.

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 Pleasant River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Hillcreat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcreat Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356334 <1>
Maple Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365411 <1>
St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Chelsea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Chelsea
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2393051 <1>
Baker Settlement Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Baker Settlement Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Baker Settlement Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baker Settlement Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Settlement Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370339 <1>
Epworth United Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Epworth United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2372520 <1>
Barss Corner Community Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barss Corner Community Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Barss Corner
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barss Corner Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2213182 <1>
Barss Corner Baptist Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barss Corner Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433356 <1>
Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Springfield Cemetery
- Springfield United Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137712 <1>
Green Haven Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Haven Cemetery
Lone Pine Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Lone Pine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lapland Baptist Lone Pine Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2378297 <1>
Newcombville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newcombville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2350065 <1>
Maple Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2256760 <1>
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- Falkland Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  - The Falkland Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Baptist Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falkland Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2396427 <1>
- Maplewood Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maplewood Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507708 <1>
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Bridgewater
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Bridgewater
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2383813 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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.