A visit to the Briarcliffe Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Briarcliffe Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Briarcliffe Cemetery (FG ID #2639815)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Briarcliffe Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Briarcliffe Cemetery
Lat: 56.2561° (56° 15' 21")
Lon: -117.5584° (-117° 33' 30")
Name Variations for Briarcliffe Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
We have seen the following variation for Briarcliffe Cemetery:
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 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Briarcliffe Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alberta:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Briarcliffe Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 14 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Briarcliffe Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Briarcliffe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Roma Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grimshaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaftesbury Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berwyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peace River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brownvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownvale
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownvale <3>
- Marie Reine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marie Reine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie Reine
- Saint Isidore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Isidore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Isidore
- Dixonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Whitelaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Nampa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nampa came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
- Jean Cote
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jean Cote came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Cote
- Reno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Bluesky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluesky came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluesky
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 9 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of the Briarcliffe Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Briarcliffe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grimshaw Women's Institute Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Berwyn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berwyn Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Berwyn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berwyn Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brownvale Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Creek Women's Institute Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Three Creeks Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- The Three Creeks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Three Creeks Community Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Creeks Cemetery
- Nampa Protestant Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jean Cote Sacred Heart Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jean Cote St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Briarcliffe Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Briarcliffe Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 56.2561, Longitude: -117.5584 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |