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 Castor (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 Castor. 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.

A Few Details for Castor ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

• The community of Castor was founded in 1905.
• It was incorporated in 1910.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Castor:

• 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 Castor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Castor.

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

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

• Castor Memorial Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • The Castor Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Castor Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castor Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326168 <1>
• Markham Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Markham Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Castor.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markham Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2595666 <1>
• Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
• Halkirk Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halkirk Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388806 <1>
• Alliance Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alliance Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Alliance.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alliance Cemetery
• Omega Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • The Omega Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Gadsby Cemetery
  • Gadsby Omega Cemetery
  • Omega Gadsby Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Omega Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388936 <1>
• Endiang Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Endiang Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2453178 <1>
• Coronation Town Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coronation Town Cemetery
• Galahad Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galahad Cemetery
• Byemoor Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byemoor Cemetery
• Forestburg Public Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forestburg Public Cemetery
• Merna Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merna Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2511034 <1>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2579731 <1>
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394737 <1>
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Castor: www.castor.ca/

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