Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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 South Deerfield: S. Deerfield

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 South Deerfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Deerfield.

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 South Deerfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Gavelton Meeting House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gavelton Meeting House Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2589457 <2>
Ste. Anne Parish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ste. Anne Parish Cemetery
- The Ste. Anne Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ste. Anne du Ruisseau Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2559601 <2>
Calvinist Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvinist Baptist Cemetery
Yarmouth Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yarmouth Mtn. Cemetery
- The Yarmouth Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mountain Cemetery
- Yarmouth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2318456 <2>
Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery
- The Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Lady of Calvary RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2315983 <2>
Plymouth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2619557 <2>
Founders Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Founders Cemetery
FWB Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the FWB Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2466675 <2>
Anglican Church Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anglican Church Hill Cemetery
- The Anglican Church Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Butler's Hill Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2588881 <2>
Chebogue Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chebogue Cemetery
- The Chebogue Cemetery has also been known as:
- Town Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135405 <2>
St. Alphonse Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Alphonse Cemetery
- The St. Alphonse Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Alphonse Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2510932 <2>
Stella Maris Catholic Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stella Maris Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2510920 <2>
Continue List (15 more) ...
- St. Pierre Parish Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pierre Parish Cemetery
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Pierre Parish Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of West Pubnico.
  - The St. Pierre Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Eglise Saint-Pierre Cemetery
  - Middle West Pubnico Church Cemetery
  - St. Peter's Parish Cemetery
  - St. Peter's Parish Cemetery
  - St. Pierre Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2265194 <2>
- Old Acadian Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Acadian Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2493541 <2>
- Bonnycastle Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bonnycastle Cemetery

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

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 South Deerfield:

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 South Deerfield and then turned east". While South Deerfield could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added South Deerfield 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 South Deerfield 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 South Deerfield.
<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Deerfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Deerfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9375, Longitude: -65.9847