Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Slavanka. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Slavanka to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Slavanka, 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 Slavanka (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 Slavanka. 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 Slavanka ...
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.
Slavanka has also been known as: Slavianka and Slavyanka.
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 Slavanka:
- Websites specific to Saskatchewan
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Saskatchewan
Cemeteries Near Slavanka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slavanka.
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 Slavanka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slavanka, with the one closest to Slavanka listed first.
- Slavanka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Slavanka Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slavanka Cemetery
- Riverhill / Spasovka Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Riverhill / Spasovka Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Riverhill / Spasovka Cemetery has also been known as:
- River Hill / Spasovka Cemetery
- Spasovka Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverhill / Spasovka Cemetery
- Ospenia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ospenia Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Blaine Lake.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ospenia Cemetery
- Stoney Hill Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- All Faiths Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tiefengrund Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Pozirayevka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Terpeniye Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Terpeniye Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Terpeniye Cemetery
- Old Spasovka Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Spasovka Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Spasovka Cemetery
- Pazaraevka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Salem Emmanuel Mennonite Bretheren Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Troitskoe Doukhobor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Terpenia / Brook Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Terpenia / Brook Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brook Hill Cemetery
- Terpenia Cemetery
- Terpenie Cemetery
- Terpeniye / Brook Hill Cemetery
- Terpenye Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terpenia / Brook Hill Cemetery
- Waldheim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eigenheim Mennonite Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Slavanka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slavanka.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.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 Slavanka, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slavanka) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Slavanka. We have been unable to find the coordinates for Slavanka. That said, to estimate its location, we are using the latitude and longitude of what we believe to be a nearby cemetery (likely the town cemetery). The cemetery that we've chosen is named Slavanka Doukhobor Cemetery and it is located at 52.7914, -106.6820 . |
| <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. |