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 Langley (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 Langley. 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 Langley ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Langley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Langley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Langley.

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 Langley:

• 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 Langley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Langley.

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

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

• Langley Lawn Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langley Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220043 <2>
• Murrayville Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Murrayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Murrayville.
  • The Murrayville Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Historic Murrayville Cemetery
  • Langley Prairie Cemetery
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murrayville Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136809 <2>
• Surrey Centre Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Surrey Centre Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Cloverdale.
  • The Surrey Centre Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Christ Church Cemetery
  • Surrey City Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrey Centre Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098350 <2>
• Hazelmere Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazelmere Cemetery
• Ft. Langley Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Langley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fort Langley.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Langley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098370 <2>
• Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277960 <2>
• Victory Memorial Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Victory Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
  • The Victory Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Veterans Memorial Park
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victory Memorial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226367 <2>
• Beth Tikvah Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Tikvah Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
  • The Beth Tikvah Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Beth Tikvah Jewish Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Tikvah Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443242 <2>
• Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259708 <2>
• Temple Sholom Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Sholom Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<1> to the north of Surrey.
  • The Temple Sholom Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Temple Shalom Cemetery
  • Temple Shalom Jewish Cemetery
  • Temple Sholom Jewish Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Sholom Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388552 <2>
• Maple Ridge Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Ridge Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130382 <2>
• Valley View Memorial Gardens
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133805 <2>
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  • Blaine Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blaine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Blaine (WA).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blaine Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76716 <2>
  • Kulshan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kulshan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kulshan Cemetery
  • Haynie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haynie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haynie Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Langley: www.city.langley.bc.ca/

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