Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kelly 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 Kelly Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery
Bloomfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bloomfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bloomfield United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
St. Anthony's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony's Cemetery
West Devon United Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The West Devon United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Devon United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Devon United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2482850 <2>
West Devon Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The West Devon Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Devon Baptist Cemetery
Meggison Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meggison Family Cemetery
Cascumpeque UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cascumpeque UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cascumpec United Methodist Cemetery
- Cascumpeque United Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cascumpeque UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2310212 <2>
Brae United Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brae United Cemetery
Mt. Royal People's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Royal People's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Royal Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Royal People's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2480808 <2>
Immaculate Conception Brae Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Immaculate Conception Brae Cemetery has also been known as:
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Brae Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201286 <2>
St. Bridgit's Pioneer Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Bridgit's Pioneer Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Foxley River Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bridgit's Pioneer Catholic Cemetery
St. Brigids Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Brigids Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Bridgit's RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Brigids Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2602102 <2>
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- Baptist Union Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  - The Baptist Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Alberton Baptist Union Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptist Union Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2178778 <2>
- Union Baptist Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Baptist Cemetery
- Knutsford United Church Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Knutsford United Church Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Knutsford
  - The Knutsford United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Knutsford Cemetery
  - Knutsford Methodist Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knutsford United Church Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177298 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

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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 Kelly Road and then turned west". While Kelly Road could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Kelly Road 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Kelly Road 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 Prince Edward Island community named Kelly Road.

<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.