Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added Fort Dunvegan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Dunvegan, 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 Fort Dunvegan (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 Fort Dunvegan. 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 Fort Dunvegan ...

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 Fort Dunvegan: Ft. Dunvegan

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 Fort Dunvegan:

• Websites specific to Alberta
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Dunvegan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Dunvegan.

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 Fort Dunvegan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Friedenstal Catholic Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • The Friedenstal Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Friedenstal RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friedenstal Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2423312 <2>
• Belloy - Wanham Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Belloy - Wanham Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Wanham.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belloy - Wanham Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162083 <2>
• St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter & St. Paul Cemetery
• Blueberry Mtn. Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Blueberry Mtn. Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blueberry Mtn. Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2552580 <2>
• Hinterland Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hinterland Cemetery
• St. Paul's / Royce Lutheran Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul's / Royce Lutheran Cemetery
• All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
• Immaculate Heart Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Heart Cemetery
• Old Russian Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Russian Cemetery
• Griffin Creek Women's Institute Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griffin Creek Women's Institute Cemetery
• Peace Grove Lutheran Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peace Grove Lutheran Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/