Who was Mike Bitonto?

Falkland Ridge Baptist Church, Falkland Ridge, Annapolis County, dating from ~ 1892.

Mapannapolis.ca is the on-line home of a comprehensive list of County churches and associated cemeteries, compiled by volunteer Denise J. Rice —- originally for her book on the subject. Mapannapolis volunteers, of which Denise is one, created the digital map of her research early in Mapannapolis history.

Falkland Ridge is at the extreme southeastern edge of Annapolis County, almost in Lunenburg County.

Church records and cemeteries are key to genealogical research. Here is part of a typical cemetery record from the Church, the original research of Dr. Allan Marble between 1966 and 1977, and collected by Denise.

Amidst the familiar surnames of Nova Scotia---Wagner, Sproule, Kaulbeck, Roop, Marshall---is #44: Mike Bitonto. No dates, no family, not even a formal "Michael." More questions than answers, a mystery in a small country village off the beaten track in the middle of Nova Scotia.

Find out more about the churches and cemeteries of Annapolis County at https://www.mapannapolis.ca/cemeteries-churches