A visit to the Woodlawn Cemetery ...

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 Woodlawn Cemetery ...

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

Lat: 53.3948° (53° 23' 41")

Lon: -117.5770° (-117° 34' 37")

Location using the Alberta Township System:

NW-11-051-25-W5 (Quarter-Section-Township-Range-Meridian)

Or the Northwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 051, Range 25, West of the 5th Meridian

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 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 Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn 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 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of the Woodlawn Cemetery.

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

Hinton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinton <2>
Swan Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Landing
Brule
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
- Brule has also been known as:
- Brule Mines
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brule <2>
Pocahontas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocahontas came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
Luscar
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luscar
Mercoal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercoal
Robb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
Cadomin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadomin
Coalspur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalspur
- Coalspur has also been known as:
- Coalspar

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]<1> of the Woodlawn Cemetery:<4>

Brule Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brule Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Brule.
- The Brule Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brule Mines Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brule Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2618345 <5>

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 Woodlawn 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 Woodlawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.3948, Longitude: -117.5770
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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.
<5>	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.