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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 Swan River (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 Swan River. 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 Swan River ...

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 Swan River: Swan Riv.

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.

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 Swan River:

Cemeteries Near Swan River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swan River.

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

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

  • Birchwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Minitonas Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kenville Riverside / Harlington Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowsman New Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bowsman Old Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Lawrentius Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Troitskoe Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Troitskoe Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troitskoe Cemetery
  • Mikhailovka Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mikhailovka Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mikhailovka Cemetery
  • St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Francis Anglican Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Uspenie Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Uspenie Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uspenie Cemetery
  • Benito Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • St. Joseph RC Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Crandell Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bogomdannoye Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bogomdannoye Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogomdannoye Cemetery

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

The official website for Swan River: www.swanrivermanitoba.ca/

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swan River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swan River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.1056, Longitude: -101.2676    
<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.









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 10 Mar 2024