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 Ganges (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 Ganges. 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 Ganges ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ganges.

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

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

Galiano Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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.<1>
- The Galiano Island Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galiano Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491107 <2>
Mountain View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639366 <2>
St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2330690 <2>
Pender Island Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pender Island Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2523407 <2>
St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
- The St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John The Baptist Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272045 <2>
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
- The Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639356 <2>
St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363954 <2>
Ladysmith Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194563 <2>
Boundary Bay Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boundary Bay Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Boundary Bay Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Tsawwassen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146965 <2>
Royal Oak Burial Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royal Oak Burial Park
- The Royal Oak Burial Park has also been known as:
- Royal Oak Burial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639349 <2>
Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2519234 <2>
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- Hatley Memorial Gardens
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatley Memorial Gardens
  - The Hatley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  - Colwood Burial Park
  - Colwood Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639374 <2>
- Veteran's Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veteran's Cemetery
  - The Veteran's Cemetery has also been known as:
  - God's Acre Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639365 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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 Ganges:

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 Ganges. 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>	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.
<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.