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 Alder Flats (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 Alder Flats. 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 Alder Flats ...

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 Alder Flats: Alder Flts.

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 like to start 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 Alder Flats:

• 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 Alder Flats ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alder Flats.

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

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

• Alder Flats Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alder Flats Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Alder Flats.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alder Flats Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386075 <1>
• Poplar Valley Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Valley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199960 <1>
• Mountclare Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • The Mountclare Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mt. Clare Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountclare Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381915 <1>
• Breton Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breton Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2293094 <1>
• Bunker Hill Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bunker Hill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305296 <1>
• Berrymoor Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Berrymoor Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest of Drayton Valley.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berrymoor Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381163 <1>
• Rocky Rapids Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Rapids Cemetery
• Hoadley Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoadley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2477949 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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