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 Parkland (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 Parkland. 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 start with 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 Parkland:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
Cemeteries Near Parkland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkland.
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 Parkland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkland, with the one closest to Parkland listed first.
- Stavely Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stavely Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Stavely.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stavely Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Stavely Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135597 <1>
- St. Vincent RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Vincent RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent Catholic Cemetery
- St. Vincent Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent RC Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on St. Vincent RC Cemetery
- Nanton Town Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Cecilia RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Claresholm Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Five Mile Peace Lutheran Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alston Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Alston Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alston Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Carmangay.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alston Cemetery
- Jump to a Google Map centered on Alston Cemetery
- Frankburg Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vulcan Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Champion Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Highwood Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blackie Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Granum Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- 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 a Google Map centered on Granum Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2225492 <1>
- Mt. View Mennonite Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reid Hill Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkland.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkland) 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 Parkland. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from ParklandOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.2500, Longitude: -113.6667 |