A visit to the Ancient 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 Ancient Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ancient Cemetery:
41.7648, -72.6745
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ancient Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ancient Cemetery is located in Hartford County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Ancient Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Ancient Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ancient Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Old North Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old North Cemetery
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patricks Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hartford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103682 <5>
- Working Circle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Old South Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old South Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Congregation Ados Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery
- The Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- Convent of Mary Immaculate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274063 <5>
- Old South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Old South Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old South Cemetery
- Hockanum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hockanum Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockanum Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in East Hartford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103398 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in West Hartford.
- North Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The North Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
- Teferes Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Hartford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164421 <5>
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Emanuel Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Cemetery
- Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Village Cemetery is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Cemetery
- Soldiers Field Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Ancient Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ancient Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hartford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hartford
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartford is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121,535 people
- Parkville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parkville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Saybrooke Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Saybrooke Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrooke Village
- East Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stowe Village Housing Project
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Childrens Village of the Hartford Orphan Asylum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Blue Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blue Hills is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hills
- Tudor Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tudor Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tudor Village
- East Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Hartford is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49,630 people
- Coachlight Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coachlight Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachlight Village
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnham is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- West Hartford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Griswoldville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Griswoldville is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswoldville
- Wethersfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wethersfield is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wethersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,884 people
- Wethersfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Welles Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welles Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welles Village
- Forbes Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forbes Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes Village
- Forest Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Village
- Mayberry Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mayberry Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry Village
- West Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Hartford is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,868 people
- Newington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Wethersfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Wethersfield is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wethersfield
- Glastonbury Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glastonbury Center is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glastonbury Center
- Glastonbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Addison
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Addison is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Oxford Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oxford Village is located in Hartford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village
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 Ancient Cemetery. The following communities are located in Hartford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ancient Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- East Hartford
- Elmwood
- Hartford
- Newington
- West Hartford
- Wethersfield
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 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 Ancient Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Connecticut:
- Pages specific to Hartford 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 Ancient Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1943322 (Ancient Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1943322 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: Hartford
- Est. Elev: 24 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hartford North
- Location given for Ancient Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.7648221 Lon: -72.6745372
- 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 Connecticut's counties, including Hartford, 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' (or 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- Ancient 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. |