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A visit to the B'nai Israel Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 B'nai Israel Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the B'nai Israel Cemetery:

38.2455, -122.6492

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the B'nai Israel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Sonoma County<2>.

The county seat for Sonoma County is located in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the B'nai Israel Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the B'nai Israel Cemetery.

Name Variations for B'nai Israel 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.

We have seen the following variation for B'nai Israel Cemetery:

  • Bnai Israel 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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from B'nai Israel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Liberty Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
  • Two Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Valley Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Valley Memorial Park is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Memorial Park
  • Eldridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The Eldridge Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eldridge Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Eldridge.
  • Thompson Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
  • Bennett Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Canfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
  • Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Valley Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
  • St. Francis Solano Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Mountain Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cemetery
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Santa Rosa.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7877 <5>
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    • Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bloomfield Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The Bloomfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.
    • Pleasant Hills Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Moke Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Moke Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moke Cemetery
    • Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • The Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery has also been known as:
      • IOOF Cemetery
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640472 <5>
    • Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
      • The Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fulkerson Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8312 <5>
    • Stanley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Stanley Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Cemetery
    • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomales Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • The Tomales Cemetery is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomales Cemetery
    • Partrick Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Partrick Cemetery is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partrick Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Partrick Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Napa.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433832 <5>
    • Pythian Home Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Pythian Home Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pythian Home Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from B'nai Israel Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Petaluma
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ely ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ely is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Penngrove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lakeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Cotati
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stony Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Rohnert Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Temelec
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Temelec is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
  • El Verano
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Novato
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonoma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Boyes Hot Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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    • Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Eldridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Ellen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellevue
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bellevue is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Old Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Town is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • South Santa Rosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
    • Vineburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Nicasio
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Roseland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Black Point - Green Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sears Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
    • McGill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • McGill is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
    • Wingo ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Wingo is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
    • Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield

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 B'nai Israel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sonoma County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The B'nai Israel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cotati
    • Cotati lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cotati.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotati
  • El Verano
  • Novato
    • Novato lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Novato.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novato
  • Petaluma
  • Rohnert Park
  • Sonoma
    • Sonoma lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sonoma.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma

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 helpful 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 B'nai Israel Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Sonoma 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 B'nai Israel Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1799786  (B'nai Israel Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1799786 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: Sonoma
      • Est. Elev: 16 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Petaluma
      • Location given for B'nai Israel Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.2454723     Lon: -122.649153
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sonoma, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- B'nai Israel Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.