Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Keephills during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Keephills was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Keephills (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 Keephills. 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 begin 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 Keephills:

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 Keephills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keephills.

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

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

Keephills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keephills Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Keephills Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351299 <2>
Highvale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highvale Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Highvale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2384922 <2>
St. Dominic RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Dominic RC Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on St. Dominic RC Cemetery
Duffield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Duffield Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Duffield.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duffield Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Duffield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546779 <2>
Smithfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Smithfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smithfield / Wabamum Cemetery
- Wabamum Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smithfield Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Smithfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546843 <2>
Burtonsville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burtonsville Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Burtonsville Cemetery
Wabamun Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wabamun Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Wabamun Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363699 <2>
St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery is located in Saint Francis.
- The St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2549478 <2>
Inga Community Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inga Community Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Inga Community Cemetery
Tomahawk Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomahawk Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Tomahawk Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2390727 <2>
Heatherdown United Church Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Heatherdown United Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Onoway.
- The Heatherdown United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heatherdown Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heatherdown United Church Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Heatherdown United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2404076 <2>
All Saints Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on All Saints Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2514691 <2>
Continue List (16 more) ...
- Darwell Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  - The Darwell Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Darwell County Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwell Cemetery
  - Jump to a Google Map centered on Darwell Cemetery
- Lac Ste. Anne Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lac Ste. Anne Cemetery
  - Jump to a Google Map centered on Lac Ste. Anne Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326607 <2>
- Berrymoor Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Berrymoor Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Drayton Valley.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berrymoor Cemetery
  - Jump to a Google Map centered on Berrymoor Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381163 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Keephills and then turned west". While Keephills could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Keephills as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Keephills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Alberta community named Keephills.
<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.
<3>	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 from Point A (ie- Keephills) to Point B.If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Keephills. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from KeephillsOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keephills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.4417, Longitude: -114.3500