Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Ewa Beach (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ewa Beach. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Ewa Beach ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ewa Beach: Ewa Bch.

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.

Cemeteries Near Ewa Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewa Beach.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ewa Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ewa Beach, with the one closest to Ewa Beach listed first.

• Ewa Plantation Community Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ewa Plantation Community Cemetery
  • The Ewa Plantation Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ewa Community Cemetery
  • Ewa Plantation Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #515441 <1>
• St. Joseph's Church Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Church Cemetery
  • The St. Joseph's Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
  • Pupupuhi Street Cemetery
  • Waikele Road Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269665 <1>
• Sunset Memorial Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Park
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Pearl City.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1376950 <1>
• Aiea Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aiea Cemetery
  • The Aiea Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Aiea Plantation Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1937479 <1>
• St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #199778 <1>
• Mililani Memorial Park
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mililani Memorial Park
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mililani Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Waipio.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #103871 <1>
• Kawaiaha'o Church Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kawaiaha'o Church Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kawaiaha'o Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Honolulu.
  • The Kawaiaha'o Church Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Kawaiaha'o Cemetery
  • Kawaiahao Cemetery
  • Kawaiahao Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #184593 <1>
• Mission Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mission Cemetery is located in Honolulu.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360506 <1>
• Pu'ukamali'i Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pu'ukamali'i Cemetery
  • The Pu'ukamali'i Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Puukamalii Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960515 <1>
• Kaahumanu Society Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kaahumanu Society Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kaahumanu Society Cemetery is located in Honolulu.
  • The Kaahumanu Society Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Aha Hui Kaahumanu
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1129237 <1>
• Maluhia Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maluhia Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maluhia Cemetery is located in Honolulu.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1440787 <1>
• Puea Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Puea Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Puea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Honolulu.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #515407 <1>
• Continue List   (57 more) ...
  • Kauilani Portuguese Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kauilani Portuguese Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #455967 <1>
  • Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #456049 <1>
  • King Street Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Street Catholic Cemetery
    • The King Street Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Roman Catholic (RC) Church Cemetery
    • Roman Catholic (RC) King Street Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #184586 <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ewa Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ewa Beach.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ewa Beach ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 301 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ewa Beach.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ewa Beach. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ewa Beach and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ewa Beach.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of Ewa Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ewa Beach:

• Websites specific to Hawaii
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Hawaii State Archives

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Hawaii
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Hawaii
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Hawaii
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Hawaii
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Hawaii

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ewa Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/