Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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

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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 Lafferty (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 Lafferty. 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 Lafferty ...

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.

Lafferty was originally named Wade

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 Lafferty ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lafferty.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lafferty, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lafferty.

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 websites either 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 Lafferty:

• 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 Lafferty ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lafferty.

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

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

• Evergreen Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Grand Forks Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973888 <3>
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mountain View Municipal Cemetery
  • Rossland Mtn. View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217362 <3>
• Old Trail Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • The Old Trail Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Trail - Tadenac Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Trail Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364509 <3>
• Columbia Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • The Columbia Cemetery has also been known as:
  • City of Rossland Cemetery
  • Rossland Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418748 <3>
• Phoenix Pioneer Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • 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
• Kelly Hill Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Hill Cemetery
• Old Northport Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 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
• Columbia Riverview Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • The Columbia Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Riverview Cemetery
• Forest Home Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
• Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • The Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Castelgar Municipal Cemetery
  • Kinnaird Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Park Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kinnaird Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264684 <3>
• Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • The Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ootischenia Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ootischenia Doukhobour Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419563 <3>
• Midway Municipal Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Midway Municipal Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Midway.
  • The Midway Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Midway Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2406195 <3>
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  • Bossburg Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bossburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bossburg Cemetery
  • Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Pass Creek Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pass Creek Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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