A visit to the Memory Gardens 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Memory Gardens Cemetery (FG ID #8157)
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 Memory Gardens Cemetery ...
The Memory Gardens Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County<2>.
Name Variations for Memory Gardens 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.
Memory Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memory Gardens Memorial Park
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:
- Alhambra Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- All Souls Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benicia City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Benicia City Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Benicia City Cemetery is located in Benicia.
- Carquinez Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lafayette Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Cemetery
- Live Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- Military Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Military Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Cemetery
- New Holy Cross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The New Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holy Cross Cemetery
- Oak View Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Oak View Memorial Park is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak View Memorial Park
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Oakmont Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakmount Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hillside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Hillside Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hillside Cemetery
- Queen of Haven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Queen of Haven Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen of Haven Cemetery
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Dominics Cemetery is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Dominics Cemetery
- St. Stephen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The St. Stephen Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen Cemetery
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Memorial Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Water Front Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alamo
- Avon
- Bay Point
- Benicia
- Clayton
- Clyde
- Clyde is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Concord
- Crockett
- Lafayette
- Martinez
- Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Pacheco
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pittsburg
- Pleasant Hill
- Port Chicago ‑ Historic
- Port Costa
- Valona
- Vine Hill
- Vine Hill is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Hill
- Waldon
- Waldon is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldon
- Walnut Creek
- West Pittsburg
- West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
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 Memory Gardens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Contra Costa County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memory Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alamo
- Antioch
- Benicia
- Concord
- Crockett
- Lafayette
- Martinez
- Orinda
- Pittsburg
- Port Chicago - Historic
- Walnut Creek
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Memory Gardens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Contra Costa 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8157
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #228491 (Memory Gardens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #228491 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: Contra Costa
- Est. Elev: 18 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Vine Hill
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 Contra Costa, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Memory Gardens Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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