A visit to the Old Canaan 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 Old Canaan Cemetery ...
The Old Canaan Cemetery is located in Wayne County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Brookside Cemetery
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
- Burdick Cemetery
- The Burdick Cemetery is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdick Cemetery
- Childs Jewish Cemetery
- Darling Cemetery
- The Darling Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling Cemetery
- Dundaff Cemetery
- The Dundaff Cemetery is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundaff Cemetery
- Dyberry Cemetery
- The Dyberry Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- East Canaan Cemetery
- The East Canaan Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- East Dyberry Cemetery
- The East Dyberry Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Glass Factory Cemetery
- Keen Cemetery
- The Keen Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
- The Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
- The Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2199089 <2>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Rose Cemetery
- The St. Rose Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Rose Cemetery
- The St. Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Rose of Lima Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #719463 <2>
- Saints Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery
- Sandy Bank Cemetery
- The Sandy Bank Cemetery is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bank Cemetery
- Schoonover Cemetery
- The Schoonover Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- South Canaan Cemetery
- The South Canaan Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Tisdale Cemetery
- The Tisdale Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Canaan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Aldenville
- Aldenville is located in Wayne County
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- Archbald
- Bethany
- Carbondale
- Carley Brook
- Carley Brook is located in Wayne County
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- Cortez
- Cortez is located in Lackawanna County
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- Dyberry
- Dyberry is located in Wayne County
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- Forest City Station
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
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- Forest City
- Green Grove
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
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- Honesdale
- Jermyn
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Jessup
- Keen
- Keen is located in Wayne County
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- Laurella
- Laurella is located in Wayne County
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- Maplewood
- Maplewood is located in Wayne County
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- Mayfield
- Peckville
- Prompton
- Prompton is located in Wayne County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Seelyville
- Seelyville is located in Wayne County
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- Siko
- Siko is located in Wayne County
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- Simpson
- South Canaan
- South Canaan is located in Wayne County
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- Tanners Falls
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
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- Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Lackawanna County
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- Tresslarville
- Tresslarville is located in Wayne County
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- Union Dale
- Vandling
- Vandling is located in Lackawanna County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Waymart
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 Old Canaan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Canaan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Archbald
- Bethany
- Carbondale
- Forest City
- Honesdale
- Union Dale
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 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 Old Canaan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Old Canaan Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1182901 (Old Canaan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1182901 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 443 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Waymart
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Old Canaan Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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