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 Richmond (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 Richmond. 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 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 Richmond:

• 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 Richmond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmond.

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

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

• Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in New Westminster.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274548 <1>
• Fraser Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fraser Cemetery is located in New Westminster.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraser Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1995880 <1>
• St. Peters Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257245 <1>
• Ocean View Burial Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • The Ocean View Burial Park has also been known as:
  • Ocean View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Burial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132463 <1>
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Burnaby.
  • The Forest Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Memorial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968306 <1>
• Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • The Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden has also been known as:
  • Beth Isreal Cemetery
  • Beth Israel Jewish Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Israel Cemetery & Memorial Garden
• Masonic Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
• Valley View Memorial Gardens
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133805 <1>
• Robinson Memorial Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • The Robinson Memorial Park has also been known as:
  • Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
  • Robinson Memorial Park / Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Memorial Park
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236961 <1>
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mountain View / Vancouver Municipal Cemetery
  • Mountainview Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968309 <1>
• Beth Tikvah Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Tikvah Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443242 <1>
• Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2259708 <1>
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  • Temple Sholom Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Sholom Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388552 <1>
  • Victory Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Victory Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2226367 <1>
  • Surrey Centre Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Richmond: www.richmond.ca/

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