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 Grande Prairie (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 Grande Prairie. 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 Grande Prairie ...

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 Grande Prairie: Grande Pr.

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.

Cemeteries Near Grande Prairie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grande Prairie.

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 Grande Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the City of Grande Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grande Prairie.
  • The City of Grande Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Flying Shot Lake Cemetery
  • Grand Prairie Municipal Cemetery
  • Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • Grande Prairie Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146987 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • From Grande Prairie to the City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
• Emerson Trail Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emerson Trail Cemetery
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Emerson Trail Cemetery
  • From Grande Prairie to the Emerson Trail Cemetery
• Scenic Heights Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scenic Heights Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2410583 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Scenic Heights Cemetery
  • From Grande Prairie to the Scenic Heights Cemetery
• Teepee Creek Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teepee Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2385473 <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Teepee Creek Cemetery
  • From Grande Prairie to the Teepee Creek Cemetery
• Beaverlodge Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaverlodge Cemetery
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Beaverlodge Cemetery
  • From Grande Prairie to the Beaverlodge Cemetery

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

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 Grande Prairie:

• 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Grande Prairie: www.cityofgp.com/

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