Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Manuka. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Manuka to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Manuka, please Contact Us.
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 Manuka (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 Manuka. 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.
Newspapers Published in Manuka ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manuka.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manuka, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manuka.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Manuka:
- Websites specific to Hawaii
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Hawaii
Cemeteries Near Manuka ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manuka.
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 Manuka covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manuka, with the one closest to Manuka listed first.
- Kauahaao Congregational Church Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Naalehu Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Naalehu Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Naalehu.
- The Naalehu Cemetery has also been known as:
- Naalehu City Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naalehu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214788 <3>
- Kalahiki Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- City of Refuge Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the City of Refuge Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City of Refuge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2532781 <3>
- St. Benedicts Catholic Church Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Benedicts Catholic Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Keokea.
- The St. Benedicts Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Painted Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Benedicts Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188796 <3>
- Keei Buddhist Church Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kahikolu Congregational Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hoku Loa Congregational Christian Church
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saints Family Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Captain James Cook Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Captain James Cook Monument is located outside and to the southwest of Captain Cook.
- The Captain James Cook Monument has also been known as:
- Kealakekua Bay
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Captain James Cook Monument
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640609 <3>
- Holy Rosary Church Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pahala Chinese Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pahala Filipino / Methodist Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Central Kona Union Church Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Manuka. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manuka.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Manuka, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<2> | 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- Manuka) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manuka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 19.0811, Longitude: -155.9028 In this case, the coordinates for Manuka have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<5> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Naalehu and Pahala. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Kealakekua and Captain Cook. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |