Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Elkview during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Elkview was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
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 Elkview (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 Elkview. 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Elkview:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Cemeteries Near Elkview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elkview.
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 Elkview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elkview, with the one closest to Elkview listed first.
- Elk Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elk Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rivercrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Rivercrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rivercrest - Sparwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivercrest Cemetery
- East Fernie Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the East Fernie Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Fernie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2516829 <2>
- Fernie Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- St. Margaret's Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Catholic Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coleman Union Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- St. Annes RC Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Annes RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Blairmore (AB).
- The St. Annes RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blairmore Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Annes RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316391 <2>
- Blairmore Union Cemetery (New)
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blairmore Union Cemetery (New) is located outside and to the north of Blairmore (AB).
- The Blairmore Union Cemetery (New) has also been known as:
- Miner's Union New Cemetery
- New Blairmore Union Cemetery
- New Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blairmore Union Cemetery (New)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2445875 <2>
- Blairmore Union Cemetery (Old)
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blairmore Union Cemetery (Old) is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Blairmore (AB).
- The Blairmore Union Cemetery (Old) has also been known as:
- Blairmore Union Cemetery
- Old Blairmore Union Cemetery
- Old Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blairmore Union Cemetery (Old)
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274934 <2>
- Lille Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Hillcrest Mines Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue Union Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Union Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Bellevue (AB).
- The Bellevue Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bellevue Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellevue Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247788 <2>
- St. Cyril's Catholic Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elkview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elkview.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Elkview and then turned east". While Elkview could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Elkview as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Elkview could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another British Columbia community named Elkview. |
| <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> | 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. |