Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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

Cemeteries Near Cairns ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cairns.

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

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

Cadogan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cadogan Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Cadogan Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Cadogan Cemetery
Cadogan Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cadogan Lutheran Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Cadogan Lutheran Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Cadogan Lutheran Cemetery
Home Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2436733 <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Home Valley Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Home Valley Cemetery
Setting Sun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Setting Sun Cemetery
- The Setting Sun Cemetery has also been known as:
- Metiskow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2436847 <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Setting Sun Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Setting Sun Cemetery
Cadogan West Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cadogan West Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cadogan West Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Cadogan West Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Cadogan West Cemetery
Skyline Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skyline Lutheran Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Skyline Lutheran Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Skyline Lutheran Cemetery
Sardis Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Lutheran Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Sardis Lutheran Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Sardis Lutheran Cemetery
Provost Mennonite Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Provost Mennonite Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Provost Mennonite Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Provost Mennonite Cemetery
Provost Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Provost Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194196 <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Provost Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Provost Cemetery
Czar Lutheran Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Czar Lutheran Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Czar Lutheran Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Czar Lutheran Cemetery
Rosenheim Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosenheim Cemetery
- The Rosenheim Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Norbert Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2461258 <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Rosenheim Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Rosenheim Cemetery
Lakeview Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2493057 <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Lakeview Cemetery
- From Cairns to the Lakeview Cemetery
Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lakeroad Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeroad Cemetery
  - Google driving directions:
  - From your current location to the Lakeroad Cemetery
  - From Cairns to the Lakeroad Cemetery
- Brown Family Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Family Cemetery
  - Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brown Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  - Google driving directions:
  - From your current location to the Brown Family Cemetery
  - From Cairns to the Brown Family Cemetery
- St. Andrew RC Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew RC Cemetery
  - Google driving directions:
  - From your current location to the St. Andrew RC Cemetery
  - From Cairns to the St. Andrew RC Cemetery

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

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 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 Cairns:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cairns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.