Our Genealogy Helper for Lavesta ...
Although we found mention of Lavesta during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Lavesta 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 Lavesta (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 Lavesta. 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 first turn to 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 Lavesta:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Cemetery Information and Directories for 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.
- At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.
- Stories from Alberta
Cemeteries Near Lavesta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lavesta.
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 Lavesta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
- West Haven Cemetery
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the southeast of Lavesta.
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rimbey Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188699<3>
- Hoadley Cemetery
- Bradshaw Cemetery
- Mountclare Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountclare Cemetery
- Mountclare Cemetery lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north of Lavesta.
- Mountclare Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Clare Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Mountclare Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2381915<3>
- Poplar Valley Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Vig Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vig Cemetery
- Vig Cemetery lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Lavesta.
- Vig Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vig Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Vig Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418719<3>
- Dakota United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dakota United Church Cemetery
- Dakota United Church Cemetery lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east of Lavesta.
- Dakota United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dakota Cemetery
- Dakota Settlement Cemetery
- Dakota United Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Dakota United Church Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2513576<3>
- Bentley Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Cemetery
- The Bentley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bentley.To be precise, Bentley Cemetery lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the southeast of Lavesta.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Bentley Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414665<3>
- Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
- The Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Bentley.To be more accurate, Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast of Lavesta.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Bentley Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery
- Eckville Cemetery
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Fisherton Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisherton Cemetery
- Fisherton Cemetery lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north of Lavesta.
- Fisherton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fisherton Community Cemetery
- Fisherton / Rundle's Mission Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Fisherton Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2580726<3>
- Breton Cemetery
- Bentley Colony Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bentley Colony Cemetery
- The Bentley Colony Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Bentley.More accurately, Bentley Colony Cemetery lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast of Lavesta.
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Bentley Colony Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lavesta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lavesta.
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 south past Lavesta and then turned east". While Lavesta could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lavesta 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek 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 Lavesta 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 Lavesta. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lavesta) 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 Lavesta. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from LavestaOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lavesta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.7198, Longitude: -114.3886 |
| <3> | 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. |