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 Bow Island (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 Bow Island. 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 Bow Island ...

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 Bow Island: Bow Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Bow Island:

• 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 Bow Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bow Island.

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

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

• Bow Island Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bow Island Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130543 <1>
• Burdett Community Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • The Burdett Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Burdett Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdett Community Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2374120 <1>
• Assumption Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Assumption Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the northwest of Grassy Lake.
  • The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Assumption Catholic Cemetery
  • Assumption RC Cemetery
  • Grassy Lake Catholic Cemetery
  • Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214187 <1>
• Fertile Plains Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fertile Plains Cemetery
• Whitla Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitla Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548666 <1>
• Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • The Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Prairie View Cemetery
  • Prairieview Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2444907 <1>
• St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south of Etzikom.
  • The St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Anthony RC Cemetery
  • St. Anthony's Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548158 <1>
• Westview Cemetery of Grassy Lake
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westview Cemetery of Grassy Lake
• St. Joseph's Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Foremost.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548168 <1>
• Seven Persons Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seven Persons Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2389830 <1>
• Purple Springs Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Purple Springs Cemetery
• Nemiskam Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nemiskam Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nemiskam Cemetery is located in Nemiskam.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nemiskam Cemetery
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  • Foremost Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • The Foremost Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Foremost Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foremost Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209384 <1>
  • Redcliff Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Redcliff Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Redcliff Community Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redcliff Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2309461 <1>
  • Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Alderson.
    • The Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alderson Cemetery
    • Carlstadt Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Bow Island: www.bowisland.com/

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