Our Genealogy Helper for Port Alberni ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool that can help us with planning our trips.
- That it also helps us to understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
By learning about Port Alberni (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 Port Alberni. 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.
It's still very early in our research, but as we gather more information it will be added to this page.
Name Variations for Port Alberni ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations or people who just guessed at the name. Sometimes the post office had a slightly different name than the community and while one document might refer to the community name, the next might use the post office name.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Port Alberni.
- Typical abbreviation for Port Alberni: Prt. Alberni
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 Port Alberni:
- 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
- Of Special Interest ...
- The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
- Stories from British Columbia
Cemeteries Near Port Alberni ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Alberni.
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 Port Alberni covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Greenwood Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2239879<1>
- St. Peter's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on St. Peter's Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2414324<1>
- Qualicum Beach Cemetery
- Qualicum Beach Cemetery lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Qualicum Beach Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Qualicum Beach Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2314510<1>
- Denman Island Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Denman Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Denman Island Cemetery lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denman Island Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Denman Island Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2591114<1>
- Yates Cemetery
- Yates Cemetery lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yates Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Yates Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2234497<1>
- Knox United Church Cemetery
- Knox United Church Cemetery lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Knox United Church Cemetery
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- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2258071<1>
- Hornby Island Cemetery
- Hornby Island Cemetery lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hornby Island Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Hornby Island Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north of Port Alberni.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cumberland Cemetery
- Jump to Google Maps centered on Cumberland Cemetery
- St. Anne's Anglican Church Cemetery
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Alberni. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Alberni.
Other Roadside Stops ...
Search for a Community located in British Columbia
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Port Alberni: www.city.port-alberni.bc.ca/
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 'straight-line' (or 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- Port Alberni) to Point B. If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Port Alberni. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Port Alberni Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Port Alberni. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2381, Longitude: -124.7979 |
| <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. |