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A visit to the Brooklawn Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Brooklawn Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brooklawn Memorial Park (FG ID #852912).

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 Brooklawn Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooklawn Memorial Park:

43.6501, -70.3207

The Brooklawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Portland.

The cemetery is located in Cumberland County<2>.

While not adjacent, the Temple Beth El Memorial Park is directly west of the Brooklawn Memorial Park.

The county seat for Cumberland County is located in Portland. Portland lies just to the east northeast of the Brooklawn Memorial Park .

Open a Google Map centered on the Brooklawn Memorial Park.

Name Variations for Brooklawn Memorial Park ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Brooklawn Memorial Park has also been known as:

  • Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery

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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Brooklawn Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooklawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Brooklawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooklawn Memorial Park, with the nearest first:

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 Brooklawn Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cumberland County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooklawn Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Brooklawn Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to Maine:
  • Pages specific to Cumberland 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 Brooklawn Memorial Park:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #852912

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #563010  (Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #563010 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: Cumberland
      • Est. Elev: 19 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Portland West
      • Location given for Brooklawn Memorial Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.6489707     Lon: -70.3208827
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Cumberland, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brooklawn Memorial Park) 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.