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 Cultus Lake (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 Cultus Lake. 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 Cultus Lake ...

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 Cultus Lake: Cultus Lk.

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.

Newspapers Published in Cultus Lake ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cultus Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cultus Lake, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cultus Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Cultus Lake:

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 Cultus Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cultus Lake.

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 Cultus Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

Vedder View Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vedder View Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296837 <2>
Carman United Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Carman United Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carman Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carman United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2266370 <2>
St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2288709 <2>
Yarrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Yarrow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Yarrow Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yarrow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277959 <2>
Chilliwack Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Chilliwack Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Mountain Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chilliwack Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255272 <2>
St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
Musselwhite Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Musselwhite Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Abbotsford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Musselwhite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995927 <2>
Kent Municipal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Kent Municipal has also been known as:
- Old Agassiz Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kent Municipal
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2285416 <2>
Hazelwood Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Hazelwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Matsqui Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazelwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215972 <2>
MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hazelwood / McClure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- McClure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215356 <2>
Kendall Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kendall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kendall Cemetery
Valley View Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the southeast of Agassiz.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233039 <2>
Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hatzic Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatzic Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179229 <2>
- South Poplar Mennonite Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the South Poplar Mennonite Cemetery is located in the vicinity of South Poplar
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Poplar Mennonite Cemetery
- Nooksack Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nooksack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nooksack Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cultus Lake. 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>	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- Cultus Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cultus Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0710, Longitude: -121.9764
<2>	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.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.