A visit to the Duchess Cemetery ...

Google driving directions from your current location to the Duchess Cemetery (Patience, this may take a moment).

Introduction ...

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 Duchess Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   50.7320°   (50° 43' 55")

Lon:   -111.8967°   (-111° 53' 48")

Location using the Alberta Township System:

NW-32-020-14-W4    (Quarter-Section-Township-Range-Meridian)

Or the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 020, Range 14, West of the 4th Meridian

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of the Duchess Cemetery.<2>

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

• Rosemary Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosemary Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2453474 <3>

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  From your current location to the Rosemary Cemetery

  From the Duchess Cemetery to the Rosemary Cemetery

• Brooks Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194338 <3>

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  From your current location to the Brooks Cemetery

  From the Duchess Cemetery to the Brooks Cemetery

• Bassano Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bassano Cemetery
  • The Bassano Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Union Cemetery

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  From your current location to the Bassano Cemetery

  From the Duchess Cemetery to the Bassano Cemetery

• Cessford Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cessford Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2576602 <3>

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  From the Duchess Cemetery to the Cessford Cemetery

• Bow City Cemetery
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bow City Cemetery

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  From the Duchess Cemetery to the Bow City Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of the Duchess Cemetery.

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

• Duchess
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchess came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duchess <5>
• Millicent
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millicent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millicent
• Rosemary
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary

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  From your current location to Rosemary

  From the Duchess Cemetery to Rosemary

• Patricia
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patricia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patricia <5>
• Brooks
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooks <5>

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  From your current location to Brooks

  From the Duchess Cemetery to Brooks

• Steveville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steveville

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  From the Duchess Cemetery to Steveville

• Wardlow
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardlow

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  From the Duchess Cemetery to Wardlow

• Gem
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
• Tilley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilley

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  From the Duchess Cemetery to Tilley

• Cessford
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessford

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  From your current location to Cessford

  From the Duchess Cemetery to Cessford

• Bow City
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow City

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  From your current location to Bow City

  From the Duchess Cemetery to Bow City

• Iddesleigh
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iddesleigh

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  From your current location to Iddesleigh

  From the Duchess Cemetery to Iddesleigh

• Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Bassano
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassano
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bassano <5>

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    From your current location to Bassano

    From the Duchess Cemetery to Bassano

  • Rainier
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
  • Finnegan
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finnegan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finnegan
  • Pollockville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pollockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollockville

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

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 Duchess Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Alberta:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • 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 Duchess Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
  • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

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 Duchess Cemetery:

• 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>	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 Duchess Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.7320, Longitude: -111.8967
<2>	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.
<3>	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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.