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 Torquay (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 Torquay. 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.

Newspapers Published in Torquay ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Torquay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Torquay, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Torquay.

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 websites either 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 Torquay:

• 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 Torquay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Torquay.

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

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

• Torquay Community Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • The Torquay Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Sacred Heart RC Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Torquay Community Cemetery
• St. Cunigundis Catholic Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • The St. Cunigundis Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Cunigunda Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Cunigundis Catholic Cemetery
• Lac Qui Parle Lutheran Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lac Qui Parle Lutheran Cemetery
• Hamar Lutheran Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamar Lutheran Cemetery
• Bethel & St. John's Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel & St. John's Cemetery
• Ambrose Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ambrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ambrose Cemetery
• St. Patricks Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
• Macoun Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Macoun Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Macoun.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macoun Cemetery
• Concordia Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concordia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concordia Cemetery
• Souris Valley Memorial Gardens
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Souris Valley Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<1> to the southeast of Estevan.
  • The Souris Valley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
  • Estevan Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Souris Valley Memorial Gardens
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185746 <3>
• Macoun Pioneer Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macoun Pioneer Cemetery
• Macoun - Pioneer Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macoun - Pioneer Cemetery
• Continue List   (21 more) ...
  • Westphalia Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Westphalia Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Midale.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westphalia Cemetery
  • Slager Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slager Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2502942 <3>
  • Dravland Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dravland Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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