A visit to the Holy Family 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 Holy Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holy Family Cemetery:
40.3653, -79.8100
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Allegheny County<2>.
The county seat for Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Holy Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Holy Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Holy Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holy Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Mary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- The St. Mary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Marys German Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46161 <5>
- New St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The New St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New St. Joseph Cemetery
- The New St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46108 <5>
- Grandview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Grandview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Cemetery
- The Grandview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grand View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44949 <5>
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Holy Trinity Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery
- The McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery has also been known as:
- Versailles Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240007 <5>
- Rippel Road Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Penn Lincoln Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Braddock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Braddock Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The West Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- The West Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greensprings Catholic Cemetery
- Old St. Thomas Cemetery
- Old Whitaker Cemetery
- Tara Hill Cemetery
- Terra Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2422790 <5>
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Beth Jacob Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Jacob Cemetery
- St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Slovak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Calvary Slovak Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Slovak Cemetery
- The Calvary Slovak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Slovak Cemetery
- Port Vue Polish Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329388 <5>
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patrick's Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
- Old Brush Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Restland Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Restland Memorial Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Memorial Park
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Holy Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holy Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- North Versailles
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riverton is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- White Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East McKeesport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McKeesport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wilmerding
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
- East Pittsburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duquesne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Vue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Vue is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,623 people
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Versailles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Versailles is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,452 people
- Boston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chalfant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalfant is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Pitcairn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Braddock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Braddock is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Braddock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,635 people
- Kennywood Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kennywood Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennywood Park
- Kennywood Park has also been known as:
- Kennywood
- Dravosburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glassport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Larimer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Forest Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,256 people
- Braddock Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Braddock Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braddock Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,772 people
- Monroeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rankin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Braddock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Mifflin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Holy Family Cemetery. The following communities are located in Allegheny County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holy Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Duquesne
- Glassport
- McKeesport
- Monroeville
- Turtle Creek
- Wilmerding
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Holy Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Allegheny 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 Holy Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1177261 (Holy Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1177261 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: Allegheny
- Est. Elev: 367 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: McKeesport
- Location given for Holy Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.365347 Lon: -79.810047
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Allegheny, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Holy Family 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 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. |
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