A visit to the Merna United Church 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 Merna United Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Merna United Church Cemetery (FG ID #2511208)
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 Merna United Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Merna United Church Cemetery
Lat: 52.5801° (52° 34' 48")
Lon: -111.6834° (-111° 41' 0")
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 Merna United Church 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 Merna United Church 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 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Merna United Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Merna United Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bellshill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alliance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Galahad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galahad
- Berkinshaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lougheed
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sedgewick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Battle Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Killam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forestburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hardisty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfield
- Strome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strome
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Bulwark ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulwark
- Heisler
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heisler
- Battle River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Amisk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amisk
- Jarrow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrow
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 21 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> of the Merna United Church Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Merna United Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Merna Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Galahad Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasington Zion Lutheran Free Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alliance Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Lougheed Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lougheed Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lougheed.
- The Lougheed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lougheed Village Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lougheed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968319 <1>
- Sedgewick Memorial Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- High Mound Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Killam Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forestburg Public Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Strome Catholic Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- St. Martin RC Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- St. Boniface Catholic Church Cemetery, Spring Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amisk Park Luteran Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Castor Memorial Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Markham Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Brown Family Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Family Cemetery
- Bethany Lutheran Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
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 Merna United Church 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Merna United Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.5801, Longitude: -111.6834 |
<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. |
<6> | 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. |