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 Columbia Gardens (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 Columbia Gardens. 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 Columbia Gardens ...

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 Columbia Gardens: Columbia Gdns. (or less commonly used: Columbia Gardns., Columbia Grdens. or Columbia Grdns.)

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.

Cemeteries Near Columbia Gardens ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Columbia Gardens.

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

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

• Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fruitvale.
  • The Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Fruitvale Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329308 <1>
• Columbia Riverview Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Riverview Cemetery
  • The Columbia Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
• Old Trail Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Trail Cemetery
  • The Old Trail Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Trail - Tadenac Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364509 <1>
• Columbia Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Cemetery
  • The Columbia Cemetery has also been known as:
  • City of Rossland Cemetery
  • Rossland Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418748 <1>
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mountain View Municipal Cemetery
  • Rossland Mtn. View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217362 <1>
• Forest Home Cemetery
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Harvey Grave
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harvey Grave
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harvey Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery
  • The Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ootischenia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419563 <1>
• Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery
  • The Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Castelgar Municipal Cemetery
  • Kinnaird Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264684 <1>
• Old Northport Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Northport Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Northport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Perkins Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkins Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Pass Creek Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pass Creek Cemetery
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  • Krestova Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krestova Cemetery
    • The Krestova Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Krestova Doukhobour Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485992 <1>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shoreacres Doukhobor Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shoreacres Doukhobor Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shoreacres Doukhobor Cemetery is located in Shoreacres.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2550356 <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Columbia Gardens ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Columbia Gardens.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Columbia Gardens, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Columbia Gardens.

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 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 Columbia Gardens:

• 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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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