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 Fort MacLeod (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 Fort MacLeod. 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.

Name Variations for Fort MacLeod ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort MacLeod: Ft. MacLeod

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 Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fort MacLeod:

• 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

Cemeteries Near Fort MacLeod ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort MacLeod.

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 Fort MacLeod covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fort MacLeod, with the one closest to Fort MacLeod listed first.

• Holy Cross Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Fort MacLeod.
  • The Holy Cross Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ft. MacLeod Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2427812 <1>
• Union Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Fort MacLeod.
  • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ft. MacLeod
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968318 <1>
• Orton Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orton Cemetery
• Granum Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Granum Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Granum.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granum Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2225492 <1>
• Five Mile Peace Lutheran Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Five Mile Peace Lutheran Cemetery
• Springridge Mennonite Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springridge Mennonite Cemetery
• Claresholm Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Claresholm Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232948 <1>
• Archmount Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Archmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lethbridge.
  • The Archmount Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Archmount Memorial Garden
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Archmount Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146605 <1>
• Glenwood Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glenwood Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165503 <1>
• Brocket Colony Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • The Brocket Colony Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Brocket Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brocket Colony Cemetery
• St. Patrick Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228124 <1>
• Hartley Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartley Cemetery
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  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lethbridge.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146604 <1>
  • Royal View Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal View Memorial Cemetery
  • Fishburn Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Fishburn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fishburn United Church Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fishburn Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fort MacLeod. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fort MacLeod.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fort MacLeod: www.town.fortmacleod.ab.ca/

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/