Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Wakopa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wakopa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wakopa, 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 Wakopa (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 Wakopa. 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 Wakopa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wakopa.

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

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

Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of Killarney.
- The Wakopa Henderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Cemetery
- Wakopa Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
- From Wakopa to the Wakopa Henderson Cemetery
Ninga Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ninga Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2550436 <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Ninga Cemetery
- From Wakopa to the Ninga Cemetery
Mill Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mill Lake Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mill Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Killarney Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killarney Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Killarney Cemetery
- From Wakopa to the Killarney Cemetery
St. John Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Boissevain Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boissevain Cemetery
- The Boissevain Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boissevain & Morton Cemetery
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Boissevain Cemetery
- From Wakopa to the Boissevain Cemetery
St. Paul Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Ackworth Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackworth Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ackworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the An-qui-ni-gay Indian Burial Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Holmfield Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmfield Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465602 <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to the Holmfield Cemetery
- From Wakopa to the Holmfield Cemetery
White Stone Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Stone Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
St. Anns Addition Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Addition Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Addition Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- St. Michael Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michael Cemetery
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Sylvan Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Sylvan Cemetery
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Sylvan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lakeview Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

Newspapers Published in Wakopa ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wakopa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wakopa, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wakopa.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Wakopa:

Websites specific to Manitoba
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Manitoba
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Manitoba
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Manitoba
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

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 Wakopa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	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.
<3>	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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wakopa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wakopa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0809, Longitude: -99.8401
<4>	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.
<5>	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.