A visit to the Old City Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Old City Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old City Cemetery (FG ID #2432059)
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 Old City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old City Cemetery
Lat: 57.0575° (57° 3' 26")
Lon: -135.3321° (-135° 19' 55")
As an estimate, the Old City Cemetery is located in Sitka.
Name Variations for Old City Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Old City Cemetery has also been known as:
- City Cemetery
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 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 Old City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alaska:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Old City Cemetery (FG ID #2432059)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Alaska
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Alaska
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Alaska
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Alaska
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Old City Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Sitka
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,405 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sitka <3>
- Sitka
- Sitka lies less than 2 miles<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Old City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sitka.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2432059
List of neighboring communities ...
The following community is within Less than 2 miles<2> of the Old City Cemetery.
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Old City Cemetery. The following communities are located in .
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Old City Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alaska: alaska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 57.0575, Longitude: -135.3321 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |