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 Anvil Island (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 Anvil Island. 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 Anvil Island ...

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 Anvil Island: Anvil Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Anvil Island:

• Websites specific to British Columbia
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of British Columbia
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of British Columbia
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of British Columbia
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of British Columbia

Cemeteries Near Anvil Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anvil Island.

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

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

• Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • The Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mt. Elphinstone Cemetery
  • Mt. Ephinstone Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353153 <2>
• Capilano View Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capilano View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639354 <2>
• Air India Memorial
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Air India Memorial
• North Vancouver Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • The North Vancouver Cemetery has also been known as:
  • North Vancouver Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Vancouver Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968310 <2>
• Mt. Garibaldi Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Garibaldi Cemetery
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mountain View / Vancouver Municipal Cemetery
  • Mountainview Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968309 <2>
• Masonic Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
• Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • The Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden has also been known as:
  • Beth Isreal Cemetery
  • Beth Israel Jewish Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Burnaby.
  • The Forest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968306 <2>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Ocean View Burial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • The Ocean View Burial Park has also been known as:
    • Ocean View Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Burial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132463 <2>
  • Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in New Westminster.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274548 <2>
  • Robinson Memorial Park
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Robinson Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
    • Robinson Memorial Park / Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236961 <2>
  • Fraser Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fraser Cemetery is located in New Westminster.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraser Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995880 <2>
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in New Westminster.
    • The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Peters RC Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257245 <2>
  • Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • The Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Port Coquitlam Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639360 <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Anvil Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/