Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cochrane (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cochrane. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cochrane:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
Cemeteries Near Cochrane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cochrane.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cochrane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cochrane, with the one closest to Cochrane listed first.
- St. Mary's RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's RC Cemetery is located in Cochrane.
- The St. Mary's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's RC Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980174 <1>
- St. Andrew's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mitford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mitford Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitford Cemetery
- Springbank United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Brook Memorial Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eden Brook Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Calgary.
- The Eden Brook Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
- Holy Family Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eden Brook Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1035052 <1>
- West Brook Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wesley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- St. Barnabas Anglican Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Queen's Park Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Queen's Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Calgary.
- The Queen's Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calgary Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen's Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639344 <1>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Calgary.
- The St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Roman Catholic (RC) Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236429 <1>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- St. Mary's Pioneer Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsland Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cochrane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cochrane.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cochrane: www.cochrane.ca/
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> | 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. |