A visit to the Forty Mile Cemetery ...

We aren't confident of the location of the Forty Mile Cemetery, so consider the above location as an estimate.<1>

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forty Mile Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <2> website: The Forty Mile Cemetery (FG ID #2737478)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Forty Mile Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forty Mile Cemetery has been estimated.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forty Mile Cemetery

Lat:   64.4239°   (64° 25' 26")

Lon:   -140.5332°   (-140° 31' 59")

As an estimate, the Forty Mile Cemetery is located 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the southeast of Dawson City.

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Forty Mile Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Yukon:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • From Find-A-Grave:
  • The Forty Mile Cemetery (FG ID #2737478)
  • From Cyndi's List:
  • Cemeteries of Yukon
  • Cemetery Junction:
  • Directory for Yukon
  • From FamilySearch:
  • Cemeteries Wiki for Yukon
  • From Interment.net:
  • Cemeteries of Yukon
• About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
  • Although we don't have a link to the Forty Mile Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
  • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 2 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Forty Mile Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forty Mile Cemetery, with the nearest first.

• Boundary
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary
• Sixtymile
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixtymile

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Forty Mile Cemetery:

• Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2737478

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yukon Territory: www.gov.yk.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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.
<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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Forty Mile Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 64.4239, Longitude: -140.5332