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 Afton Road (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 Afton Road. 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 Afton Road ...

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 Afton Road: Afton Rd.

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 visit 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 Afton Road:

• Websites specific to Prince Edward Island
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Prince Edward Island
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Prince Edward Island
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Prince Edward Island
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Prince Edward Island
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Prince Edward Island

Cemeteries Near Afton Road ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Afton Road.

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 Afton Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• St. Louis Du Nord Catholic Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Du Nord Catholic Cemetery
• St. Bonaventure's RC Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bonaventure's RC Cemetery
• St. Andrew's Cemetery (Old)
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Andrew's Cemetery (Old). Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's Cemetery (Old)
• St. Andrew's RC Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's RC Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2482855 <2>
• Donaldston Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • The Donaldston Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Donaldston United Methodist Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donaldston Cemetery
• St. Michael's RC Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael's RC Cemetery
• West St. Peter's Presbyterian Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the West St. Peter's Presbyterian Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Morell.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West St. Peter's Presbyterian Cemetery
• Suffolk Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Suffolk Cemetery
• Long Pond Pioneer Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Long Pond Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Pond Pioneer Cemetery
• Eastern Road Stanhope Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastern Road Stanhope Cemetery
• Marshfield Community Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marshfield Community Cemetery
• St. Columba's Presbyterian Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columba's Presbyterian Cemetery
• Continue List   (135 more) ...
  • Central United Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Central United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Central United Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central United Church Cemetery
  • Shaw Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaw Cemetery
  • Covehead Road Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Covehead Road Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/