A visit to the Oakwood 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 Oakwood Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oakwood Memorial Park (FG ID #8219)
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 Oakwood Memorial Park ...
The Oakwood Memorial Park is located in Santa Cruz County<2>.
Name Variations for Oakwood 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.
Oakwood Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Santa Cruz Memorial Oakwood Chapel Cemetery
- Oak Wood 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 ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Calvary Cemetery
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Cascade Ranch Cemetery
- Castroville Public Cemetery
- Day Valley Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Felton Cemetery
- Hacienda Cemetery
- The Hacienda Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Cemetery
- Hambey Cemetery
- The Hambey Cemetery is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambey Cemetery
- Hidalgo Cemetery
- The Hidalgo Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidalgo Cemetery
- Home of Peace Cemetery
- The Home of Peace Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home of Peace Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Los Gatos Memorial Park
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Madronia Cemetery
- The Madronia Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madronia Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Old Mexican Cemetery
- The Old Mexican Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mexican Cemetery
- Pajaro Valley Memorial Park
- Pioneer Cemetery
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
- Santa Cruz Memorial Park
- Soquel Cemetery
- Watsonville Catholic Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oakwood Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Amesti
- Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley
- Aptos
- Ben Lomond
- Bonny Doon
- Brookdale
- Capitola
- Corralitos
- Day Valley
- Eccles ‑ Historic
- Felton
- Freedom
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Glenwood
- La Selva Beach
- Laurel
- Lompico
- Mount Hermon
- Opal Cliffs
- Paradise Park
- Pasatiempo
- Patchen
- Rio del Mar
- Santa Cruz
- Scotts Valley
- Soquel
- Summit
- Twin Lakes
- The Willows
- Zayante
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 Oakwood Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Santa Cruz County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oakwood Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aptos
- Ben Lomond
- Brookdale
- Capitola
- Felton
- Santa Cruz
- Scotts Valley
- Soquel
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 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 Oakwood Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to California:
- Pages specific to Santa Cruz 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 Oakwood Memorial Park:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #8219
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #229882 (Oak Wood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #229882 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 Cruz
- Est. Elev: 32 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Soquel
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 Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakwood Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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