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 Cedar (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 Cedar. 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.
Cemeteries Near Cedar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar.
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 Cedar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar, with the one closest to Cedar listed first.
- Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery is located in Nanaimo.
- The Nanaimo Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bowen Road Cemetery
- Nanaimo Public Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171104 <1>
- Ladysmith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladysmith Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ladysmith Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Ladysmith.
- The Ladysmith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ladysmith Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407121 <1>
- Mountain View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery
- 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.<2>
- The Mt. Elphinstone Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Elphinstone Cemetery
- Mt. Ephinstone Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353153 <1>
- Yates Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Yates Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Parksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234497 <1>
- Knox United Church Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galiano Island Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galiano Island Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Galiano Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Galiano Island Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galiano Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491107 <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar.
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 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 Cedar:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.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 'straight-line' (or 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- Cedar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1167, Longitude: -123.8500 |