Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Olha. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Olha to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Olha, 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 Olha (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 Olha. 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 Olha ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olha.
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 Olha covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olha, with the one closest to Olha listed first.
- St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ukrainian Pioneer Mass Grave Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Catherine RC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Volodymr Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Menzie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. George Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Christ the King RC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bend Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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- Ruthenian Greek Catholic Ascension of Our Lord Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Argyle / McLean Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olha. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olha.
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 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 Olha:
- Websites specific to Manitoba
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Manitoba
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 Olha, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.6604, Longitude: -100.4627 |