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 Rapid View (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 Rapid View. 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 Rapid View ...

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 Rapid View: Rapid Vw.

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 begin 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 Rapid View:

• Websites specific to Saskatchewan
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Saskatchewan
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Saskatchewan
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Saskatchewan
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Saskatchewan
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Saskatchewan

Cemeteries Near Rapid View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rapid View.

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

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

• Rapid View Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rapid View Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Rapid View.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rapid View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2557809 <1>
• Highland Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bluebell Cemetery
  • Bluebelle Cemetery
  • Highland - Bluebelle / Rapid View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244751 <1>
• Sawatzky / Rapid View Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawatzky / Rapid View Cemetery
• Makwa Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Makwa Cemetery
• Ferris Memorial Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • The Ferris Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ferris Memorial / Makwa Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferris Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2554844 <1>
• Carlson Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlson Cemetery
• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Meadow Lake.
  • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Meadow Lake Cemetery
  • Meadow Lake Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193997 <1>
• Tomlinson Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomlinson Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244655 <1>
• Loon Lake Pioneer Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loon Lake Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194000 <1>
• Flying Dust Community Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flying Dust Community Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2584375 <1>
• Golden Ridge RC Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Golden Ridge RC Cemetery
• Barthel Pioneer Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barthel Pioneer Cemetery
• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Woodlawn Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Whelan.
  • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Woodlawn / Whelan Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518580 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rapid View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.ca/