A visit to the Alta Mesa Memorial Park ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Alta Mesa Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Alta Mesa Memorial Park (FG ID #7837)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Alta Mesa Memorial Park ...
The Alta Mesa Memorial Park is located in Santa Clara County<2>.
Name Variations for Alta Mesa Memorial Park ...
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.
Alta Mesa Memorial Park has also been known as:
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.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Cedar Lawn Memorial Park
- Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
- Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park
- Gates of Heaven Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
- The Holy Ghost Cemetery is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost Cemetery
- Irvington Memorial Cemetery
- Los Gatos Memorial Park
- Madronia Cemetery
- The Madronia Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madronia Cemetery
- Mission City Memorial Park
- Mission San Jose Cemetery
- Oakwood Community Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ohlone Cemetery
- Ohlones Cemetery
- The Ohlones Cemetery is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohlones Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
- The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Santa Clara Mission Cemetery
- Skylawn Memorial Park
- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Alta Mesa Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Adobe Corner
- Alviso
- Atherton
- Castro City
- Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
- Cupertino
- East Palo Alto
- Emerald Lake Hills
- Emerald Lake Hills is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lake Hills
- Escondido Village
- Escondido Village is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido Village
- Ladera
- Los Altos Hills
- Los Altos
- Loyola
- Loyola is located in Santa Clara County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Menlo Park
- Mountain View
- North Fair Oaks
- North Fair Oaks is located in San Mateo County
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- Palo Alto
- Portola Valley
- Redwood City
- Searsville ‑ Historic
- Searsville is located in San Mateo County
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- Stanford
- Sunnyvale
- Ventura
- West Menlo Park
- The Willows
- Woodside
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 Alta Mesa Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Santa Clara County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Alta Mesa Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cupertino
- East Palo Alto
- Los Altos
- Menlo Park
- Mountain View
- Palo Alto
- Redwood City
- Sunnyvale
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Alta Mesa Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Santa Clara County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Alta Mesa Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #7837
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #233409 (Alta Mesa Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #233409 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Santa Clara
- Est. Elev: 31 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palo Alto
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Clara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alta Mesa Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |