Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added Michel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Michel, 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 Michel (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 Michel. 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 turn to 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 Michel:

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 Michel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michel.

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

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

Elk Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Elk Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elk Valley Sparwood Municipal Cemetery
- Michel Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2455519 <2>
Elk Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Prairie Cemetery
Rivercrest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rivercrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rivercrest - Sparwood Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivercrest Cemetery
Coleman Catholic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2445872 <2>
Coleman Union Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322925 <2>
East Fernie Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fernie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515932 <2>
St. Margaret's Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Margaret's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298273 <2>
St. Annes RC Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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)
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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)
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lille Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2512181 <2>
Continue List (4 more) ...
- Hillcrest Mines Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  - The Hillcrest Mines Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Hillcrest Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Mines Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2499104 <2>
- St. Cyril's Catholic Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  - The St. Cyril's Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Bellevue Catholic Cemetery
  - Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
  - St. Cyril's RC Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Cyril's Catholic Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2445191 <2>
- Bellevue Union Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  - 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>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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 Michel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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.