A visit to the Cottrell 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 Cottrell Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Cottrell Cemetery (FG ID #2483558)

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 Cottrell Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cottrell Cemetery

Lat:   51.4183°   (51° 25' 5")

Lon:   -110.7793°   (-110° 46' 45")

Location using the Alberta Township System:

SE-28-028-06-W4    (Quarter-Section-Township-Range-Meridian)

Or the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 028, Range 06, West of the 4th Meridian

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cottrell Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Alberta:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • From Find-A-Grave:
  • The Cottrell Cemetery (FG ID #2483558)
  • From Cyndi's List:
  • Cemeteries of Alberta
  • Cemetery Junction:
  • Directory for Alberta
  • From FamilySearch:
  • Cemeteries Wiki for Alberta
  • From Interment.net:
  • Cemeteries of Alberta
• About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
  • Although we don't have a link to the Cottrell 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 11 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of the Cottrell Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cottrell Cemetery, with the nearest first.

• Cereal
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cereal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
• Chinook
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chinook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinook
• Oyen
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyen
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oyen <4>
• Sedalia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedalia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
• Benton Station
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Station
• Youngstown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Youngstown <4>
• Big Stone
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Stone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone
• Sibbald
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sibbald came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbald
• New Brigden
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Brigden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brigden
• Hemaruka
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemaruka
• Esther
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esther came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esther

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 only one cemetery that is within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> of the Cottrell Cemetery:<5>

• Oyen Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oyen Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344373 <1>

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 Cottrell Cemetery:

• Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2483558
• Referenced Books / Documents ...
• Alberta Sources - Cemeteries and other surname sources (Feb. 2007)
  • Written by: Alberta Genealogical Society and other researchers, societies and groups

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Cottrell Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.4183, Longitude: -110.7793
<3>	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.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.