Our Genealogy Helper for Drayton Valley ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool that can help us with planning our trips.
- That it also helps us to understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
By learning about Drayton Valley (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 Drayton Valley. 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.
It's still very early in our research, but as we gather more information it will be added to this page.
Name Variations for Drayton Valley ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations or people who just guessed at the name. Sometimes the post office had a slightly different name than the community and while one document might refer to the community name, the next might use the post office name.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Drayton Valley.
- Typical abbreviation for Drayton Valley: Drayton Vly. (or less commonly used: Drayton Vally. or Drayton Vlly.)
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Drayton Valley:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alberta
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Alberta
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alberta
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Alberta
- 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.
- Stories from Alberta
Cemeteries Near Drayton Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drayton Valley.
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 Drayton Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
- Rocky Rapids Cemetery
- Rocky Rapids Cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Rapids Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Rocky Rapids Cemetery
- Berrymoor Cemetery
- The Berrymoor Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest of Drayton Valley.
- Berrymoor Cemetery lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berrymoor Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Berrymoor Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2381163<2>
- Tomahawk Cemetery
- Tomahawk Cemetery lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomahawk Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Tomahawk Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2390727<2>
- Alder Flats Cemetery
- Alder Flats Cemetery lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alder Flats Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Alder Flats Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2386075<2>
- Burtonsville Cemetery
- Burtonsville Cemetery lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burtonsville Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Burtonsville Cemetery
- Breton Cemetery
- Breton Cemetery lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Breton Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Breton Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2293094<2>
- Continue List ...
- All Saints Cemetery
- All Saints Cemetery lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on All Saints Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2514691<2>
- Poplar Valley Cemetery
- Poplar Valley Cemetery lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Poplar Valley Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2199960<2>
- Keephills Cemetery
- Keephills Cemetery lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keephills Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Keephills Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2351299<2>
- Highvale Cemetery
- Highvale Cemetery lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highvale Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Highvale Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2384922<2>
- Mountclare Cemetery
- Mountclare Cemetery lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the southeast of Drayton Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountclare Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Mountclare Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2381915<2>
- All Saints Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drayton Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drayton Valley.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Drayton Valley: www.draytonvalley.ca/
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drayton Valley) to Point B. If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Drayton Valley. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Drayton Valley Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Drayton Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.2215, Longitude: -114.9766 |
| <2> | 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. |