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A visit to the Hebrew 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 Hebrew Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hebrew Cemetery:

42.2726, -71.0473

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Hebrew Cemetery is located in Middlesex County<2>.

The county seat for Middlesex County is located in Cambridge. Cambridge lies just to the north northwest of the Hebrew Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Hebrew Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Hebrew Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hebrew Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Milton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
  • New Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The New Calvary Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #180374 <6>
  • Hall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hall Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in West Quincy.
    • The Hall Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hall Place Cemetery
    • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #QUI.804 <5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214787 <6>
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hancock Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams Crypt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Adams Crypt is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Crypt
  • Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Forest Hills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Roslindale.
    • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Old Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149537 <6>
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Oak Lawn Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Roslindale.
      • The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Oaklawn Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1028532 <6>
    • Quincy Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • The Quincy Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Cemetery
    • Christ Church Burial Ground
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Christ Church Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Christ Church Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Church Cemetery
    • St. Augustine Burying Ground
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • The St. Augustine Burying Ground is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Augustine Burying Ground
      • The St. Augustine Burying Ground has also been known as:
      • St. Augustine Cemetery
      • St. Augustine Chapel Cemetery
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.811 <5>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1077072 <6>
    • Blue Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • The Blue Hill Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Braintree.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90796 <6>
    • Union Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kings Chapel Burying Ground
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Granary Burying Ground
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Granary Burying Ground is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granary Burying Ground
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Granary Burying Ground is a large cemetery that is located in Boston.
      • The Granary Burying Ground has also been known as:
      • The Old Granary
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.802 <5>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91030 <6>
    • Central Burying Ground
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brookline Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Brookline Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Cemetery
    • Walnut Hills Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hebrew Progressive Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
    • Adath Jeshurun Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Boston.
      • Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #BOS.828 <5>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90968 <6>
    • Pond Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Plain Street Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Weymouth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • The North Weymouth Cemetery is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth Cemetery
      • The North Weymouth Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old North Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91389 <6>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 32 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Hebrew Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hebrew Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Montclair
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Montclair is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
  • Neponset
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Neponset is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
  • Milton Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Milton Village is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village
  • Milton
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Milton is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
  • East Milton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • East Milton is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton
  • West Quincy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • West Quincy is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy
  • Wollaston
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wollaston is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston
  • Norfolk Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs
  • Ashmont
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
  • Savin Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
  • Quincy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quincy is located in Norfolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
  • Dorchester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Mattapan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
    • Mattapan Station
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
    • Quincy Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
    • Roxbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
    • Hyde Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
    • South Boston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • South Boston is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
    • Braintree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Braintree is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
    • Jamaica Plain
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamaica Plain is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica Plain
    • Roslindale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Roslindale is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale
    • Stonybrook Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
    • Readville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Readville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
    • Ashcroft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashcroft is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
    • Readville Manor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Readville Manor is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville Manor
    • Bay Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
    • North Weymouth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
    • Brookline Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village
    • Brookline
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookline is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
    • Westbrook Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
    • Highland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Highland is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • West Roxbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • West Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Roxbury

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 Hebrew Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Middlesex County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hebrew Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Hebrew Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Massachusetts:
  • Pages specific to Middlesex 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 Hebrew Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1980783  (Hebrew Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1980783 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: Middlesex
      • Est. Elev: 5 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Boston South
      • Location given for Hebrew Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.2725989     Lon: -71.047272
      • 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 Massachusetts' counties, including Middlesex, 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 from Point A (ie- Hebrew 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 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.

    <6>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.