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 Kapaka (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 Kapaka. 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.

Cemeteries Near Kapaka ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kapaka.

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 Kapaka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Hauula Community Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hauula Community Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #455983 <1>
• St. Jouchim Church Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Jouchim Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2324000 <1>
• Kahana Park Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kahana Park Cemetery
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Kahana Park Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405698 <1>
• Laie Community Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laie Community Cemetery
  • The Laie Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Laie Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #874006 <1>
• Laie Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laie Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323336 <1>
• Kahuku Catholic Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kahuku Catholic Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322865 <1>
• Kahuku Japanese Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kahuku Japanese Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323991 <1>
• Japanese Graveyard
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Japanese Graveyard
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Japanese Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340663 <1>
• Waikane Congregational Church Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waikane Congregational Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2340665 <1>
• Kawailoa Japanese Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kawailoa Japanese Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2562006 <1>
• Opaeula Camp 6 Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Opaeula Camp 6 Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Opaeula Camp 6 Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (57 more) ...
  • Schofield Veterans Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schofield Veterans Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schofield Veterans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schofield Barracks Post Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #557381 <1>
  • Mililani Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>

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

Newspapers Published in Kapaka ...

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 282 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kapaka.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kapaka, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kapaka.

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 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 Kapaka:

• 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 Kapaka. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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