Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Victoria West during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Victoria West 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 Victoria West (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 Victoria West. 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 Victoria West:
- Websites specific to Prince Edward Island
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Prince Edward Island
Cemeteries Near Victoria West ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Victoria West.
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 Victoria West covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Victoria West, with the one closest to Victoria West listed first.
- Victoria West United Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Victoria West United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- People's Protestant Cemetery
- Victoria West Peoples Cemetery
- Victoria West Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Victoria West United Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victoria West United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363693 <2>
- Church of the Nazarene Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Phillip & St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wellington Protestant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyne Valley United Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tyne Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Patrick's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
- St. Patrick's RC Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick's Cemetery
- St. John's Anglican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Devon United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. James Anglican Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bideford United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (96 more) ...
- Immaculate Conception Brae Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Devon Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Birch Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Victoria West. See our List of 1890's Communities around Victoria West.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.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 north past Victoria West and then turned west". While Victoria West could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Victoria West 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 Victoria West 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 Victoria West. |
<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. |