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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Farron. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Farron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Farron, please Contact Us.


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 Farron (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 Farron. 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.

Newspapers Published in Farron ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farron.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farron, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farron.

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 helpful 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 Farron:

Cemeteries Near Farron ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farron.

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

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

  • Columbia Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Trail Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Pass Creek Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery
  • Columbia Riverview Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Krestova Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329308 <3>
  • Old Northport Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Northport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Northport Cemetery
  • Shoreacres Doukhobor Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Farron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Farron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2723, Longitude: -118.1316    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.









 

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