A visit to the Old Saint Benedict Roman Catholic (RC) 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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery (FG ID #2568403)

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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery

Lat:   52.5252°   (52° 31' 30")

Lon:   -105.4565°   (-105° 27' 23")

Establishment of the Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery ...

The Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery was established in 1913.

Name Variations for Old St. Benedict RC 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.

Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery has also been known as:

• St. Benedict RC 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Alberta:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • From Find-A-Grave:
  • The Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery (FG ID #2568403)
  • 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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
  • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of only one cemetery that is within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of the Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery:<3>

• St. Paraskewia Catholic Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • The St. Paraskewia Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Paraskevia Catholic Cemetery
  • St. Paraskevia Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
  • St. Paraskewia Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paraskewia Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2568511 <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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery:

• Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2568403
• 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' (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 Old St. Benedict RC Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.5252, Longitude: -105.4565
<3>	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.