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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 Alluvia (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 Alluvia. 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.

Newspapers Published in Alluvia ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alluvia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alluvia, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alluvia.

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 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 Alluvia:

Cemeteries Near Alluvia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alluvia.

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

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

  • Valley View Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Beth Tikvah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Tikvah Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
    • The Beth Tikvah Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Beth Tikvah Jewish Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Tikvah Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443242 <2>
  • Victory Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Victory Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
    • The Victory Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Veterans Memorial Park
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victory Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226367 <2>
  • Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Temple Sholom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Sholom Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
    • The Temple Sholom Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Temple Shalom Cemetery
    • Temple Shalom Jewish Cemetery
    • Temple Sholom Jewish Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Sholom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388552 <2>
  • Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Surrey Centre Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Surrey Centre Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cloverdale.
    • The Surrey Centre Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Christ Church Cemetery
    • Surrey City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrey Centre Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098350 <2>
  • Hazelmere Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fraser Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Langley Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (40 more) ...
    • Blaine Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Murrayville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Murrayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Murrayville.
      • The Murrayville Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Historic Murrayville Cemetery
      • Langley Prairie Cemetery
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murrayville Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136809 <2>
    • Robinson Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • The Robinson Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
      • Robinson Memorial Park / Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236961 <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alluvia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Alluvia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alluvia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1000, Longitude: -122.8333    
<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.









 

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