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 Newton (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 Newton. 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 Newton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newton.
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 Newton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newton, with the one closest to Newton listed first.
- Valley View Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Surrey Centre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrey Centre Cemetery
- 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2098350 <1>
- Beth Tikvah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Tikvah Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Tikvah Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Surrey.
- The Beth Tikvah Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beth Tikvah Jewish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443242 <1>
- Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Surrey.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259708 <1>
- Victory Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victory Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Victory Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Surrey.
- The Victory Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Veterans Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226367 <1>
- Temple Sholom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Sholom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Sholom Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388552 <1>
- Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fraser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in New Westminster.
- The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peters RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257245 <1>
- Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Memorial Park
- The Robinson Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
- Robinson Memorial Park / Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236961 <1>
- Langley Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Ocean View Burial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelmere Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Murrayville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murrayville Cemetery
- 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136809 <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newton.
Newspapers Published in Newton ...
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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newton, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Newton.
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 Newton:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newton. 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> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1333, Longitude: -122.8500 |