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 Whites Corner (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 Whites Corner. 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 Whites Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Whites Corner: Whites Cor. (or less commonly used: Whites Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Whites Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Whites Corner may originally have been White's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Whites Corner might be written as White Corner.
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 begin with 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 Whites Corner:
- Websites specific to Nova Scotia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Nova Scotia
Cemeteries Near Whites Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whites Corner.
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 Whites Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whites Corner, with the one closest to Whites Corner listed first.
- East Black Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berwick Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Berwick.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berwick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2212236 <2>
- Rand Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Rand Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rand Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2520197 <2>
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cambridge.
- The Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cambridge Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cambridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- Billtown United Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Halls Harbour United Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aylesford Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Morristown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Morristown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Morristown Baptist Cemetery
- Morristown Baptist Church Cemetery
- Morristown Cemetery (New)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morristown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419532 <2>
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- Morristown Cemetery (Old)
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chipmans Corner Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Upper Canard Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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 Whites Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whites Corner.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whites Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whites Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whites Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1504, Longitude: -64.7185 |