A visit to the Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave<1> website: The Prospect Valley Cemetery (FAG ID #2535228)
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 Prospect Valley Cemetery ...
Jump to Google Maps centered on the Prospect Valley Cemetery
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Valley Cemetery
Lat: 52.8364° (52° 50' 11")
Lon: -110.2710° (-110° 16' 15")
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Of Special Interest ...
- The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
- At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.
- Disaster Stories from Alberta
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 13 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Chauvin
- Edgerton
- Greenshields
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
- Greenshields lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Greenshields
- Heath
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Heath lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Heath
- Lone Rock
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Lone Rock lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Lone Rock
- Marsden
- McLaughlin
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaughlin
- McLaughlin lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLaughlin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to Google Maps centered on McLaughlin
- Neilburg
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neilburg
- Neilburg lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the east of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Neilburg
- Paradise Valley
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Paradise Valley lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Paradise Valley
- Ribstone
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribstone
- Ribstone lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the south of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Ribstone
- Rivercourse
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivercourse
- Rivercourse lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Rivercourse
- Unwin
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unwin
- Unwin lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Unwin
- Wainwright
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of the closest cemeteries ...
We know of 7 cemeteries that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Prospect Valley Cemetery. The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.
- Brady Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brady Cemetery
- Brady Cemetery lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Brady Cemetery
- Edgerton Cemetery
- Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
- The Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Chauvin.More precisely, Memorial Cemetery lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Memorial Cemetery
- New Chauvin Cemetery
- Normanna Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Normanna Cemetery
- Normanna Cemetery lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east of Prospect Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Normanna Cemetery
- Ribstone Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
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 Prospect Valley 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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 Prospect Valley Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.8364, Longitude: -110.2710 |
| <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 have 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. |