Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Southwest Island. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Southwest Island to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Southwest Island, please Contact Us.

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 Southwest Island (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 Southwest Island. 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 Southwest Island ...

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 Southwest Island: Southwest Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 websites either 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 Southwest Island:

• Websites specific to Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

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

Cemeteries Near Southwest Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southwest Island.

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 Southwest Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Bunyan's Cove Old United Church Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunyan's Cove Old United Church Cemetery
• Snook's Harbour Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snook's Harbour Cemetery
• Weybridge / Random Island Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weybridge / Random Island Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2590767 <2>
• Lady Cove Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lady Cove Cemetery
• Amherst Cove Anglican Church Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • The Amherst Cove Anglican Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Amherst Cove Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amherst Cove Anglican Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523339 <2>
• Adeyton United Church Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • The Adeyton United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Adeyton Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adeyton United Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2376102 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/