Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Surrey Centre during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Surrey Centre had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
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 Surrey Centre (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 Surrey Centre. 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.
Name Variations for Surrey Centre ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Surrey Centre: Surrey Ctre.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Newspapers Published in Surrey Centre ...
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 Surrey Centre.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Surrey Centre, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Surrey Centre.
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 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 Surrey Centre:
- Websites specific to British Columbia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for British Columbia
Cemeteries Near Surrey Centre ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Surrey Centre.
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 Surrey Centre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Surrey Centre, with the one closest to Surrey Centre listed first.
- Surrey Centre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Valley View Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Victory Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 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]<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 <3>
- Beth Tikvah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Temple Sholom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Langley Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Murrayville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 <3>
- Hazelmere Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Ft. Langley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (39 more) ...
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kulshan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kulshan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kulshan Cemetery
- Fraser Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Surrey Centre. See our List of 1890's Communities around Surrey Centre.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Surrey Centre and then turned east". While Surrey Centre could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Surrey Centre as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Surrey Centre could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another British Columbia community named Surrey Centre. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Surrey Centre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Surrey Centre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1167, Longitude: -122.7500 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |