Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Rosedale Valley during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Rosedale Valley 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 Rosedale Valley (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 Rosedale Valley. 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 Rosedale Valley ...
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 Rosedale Valley: Rosedale Vly. (or less commonly used: Rosedale Vally. or Rosedale Vlly.)
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 turn to 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 Rosedale Valley:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
Cemeteries Near Rosedale Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosedale Valley.
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 Rosedale Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosedale Valley, with the one closest to Rosedale Valley listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lacombe.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lacombe Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2239693 <2>
- Blackfalds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woody Nook Christian Reformed Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley Colony Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bentley Colony Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Bentley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Colony Cemetery
- Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aspelund Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Aspelund Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Red Deer.
- The Aspelund Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aspeland Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aspelund Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2500225 <2>
- Bentley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bentley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bentley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414665 <2>
- Mt. Calvary RC Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Red Deer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alto Reste Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alto Reste Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Red Deer.
- The Alto Reste Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alto - Reste Memorial Gardens
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alto Reste Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131209 <2>
- Forest Home Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dakota United Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Tees Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vig Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rosedale Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rosedale Valley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.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 Rosedale Valley and then turned east". While Rosedale Valley could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Rosedale Valley 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rosedale Valley 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 Alberta community named Rosedale Valley. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rosedale Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rosedale Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.4793, Longitude: -113.7449 |