A visit to the Forest Hills Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Hills Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Hills Cemetery (FG ID #1607685)
In addition, the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has a MACRIS <2> database entry for the Forest Hills Cemetery (MACRIS ID: BOS.818). Once on the MACRIS page, look for the dark blue INV icon on the line 'Inventory Number: BOS.818'. Click on this link to open a PDF document with more detailed information contained on scanned documents.
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 Forest Hills Cemetery ...
The Forest Hills Cemetery is located in Suffolk County<3>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery
- Baker Street Memorial Park
- Boston Catholic Cemetery
- Brookline Cemetery
- The Brookline Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Gardens Cemetery
- Hebrew Cemetery
- The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Cemetery
- Hebrew Progressive Cemetery
- Holyhood Cemetery
- Milton Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Benedict Cemetery
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
- New Calvary Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Walnut Hills Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Forest Hills Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Allston
- Allston is located in Suffolk County
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- Ashcroft
- Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County
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- Ashmont
- Bay Village
- Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
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- Brighton
- Brookline Village
- Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
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- Brookline
- Cambridgeport
- Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
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- Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
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- Dedham
- Dorchester
- East Milton
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Highland
- Highland is located in Suffolk County
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- Hyde Park
- Jamaica Plain
- Mattapan Station
- Mattapan
- Milton Village
- Milton Village is located in Norfolk County
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- Milton
- Montclair
- Neponset
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
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- Norfolk Downs
- Readville Manor
- Readville
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
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- Roslindale
- Roxbury
- Savin Hill
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
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- South Boston
- Stonybrook Village
- Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
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- West Quincy
- West Roxbury
- Westbrook Village
- Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County
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- Wollaston
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 Forest Hills Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Suffolk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Hills Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookline
- Dedham
- Milton
- Roxbury
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Forest Hills Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Massachusetts:
- Pages specific to Suffolk 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 Forest Hills Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1607685
Referenced MACRIS Record: BOS.818
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> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Suffolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Hills Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |