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Search for veteran burials on National Gravesite Locator website

With Memorial Day coming up on Monday, why not search the Nationwide Gravesite Locator for burial locations of veterans and veteran family members in your family tree. The National Gravesite Locator lists burials in VA national cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department

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Registration is open for September Family History Conference

Registration is open now for the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society New York Family Conference taking place on Sept.  20 and 21, 2024. This year’s theme is Connect at the Crossroads and will feature livestreamed presentations in Syracuse as well as on-demand sessions to watch

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Volunteers needed for cemetery cleanup in Town of Elbridge

Volunteers are needed for the Jordan Village Cemetery headstone cleaning taking place in the Town of Elbridge (Onondaga County) on Saturday, May 25. Participants will be gathering outside the Jordan Cemetery at 10 a.m. and the event will continue until 4 p.m. Pizza, water and

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New York cemetery group to host May cleanup events

Friends of Lakeview Cemeteries in Patchogue (Suffolk County) will be part of the Great Brookhaven Cleanup on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will be planting flowers around the property and removing invasive plants from Union Cemetery to allow for excavation

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New York museum to host exhibit on rural cemetery movement

The Genesee Country Village and Museum is hosting a new exhibit “Everybody’s Going to Be There:  American Rural Cemetery Movement.” The exhibit will present a wide variety of art, maps, memorial art, mourning jewelry, and cemetery tourism ephemera of the 19th century. Several programs will

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