The Green-Wood Cemetery has recently finished digitizing 60 volumes of burial registries listing the names of everyone buried at Green-Wood from 1840 through 1937. The ledgers contain just about 433,000 people. Records after 1937 have not yet been digitized. The project began before the pandemic
The Niagara County History Center will be hosting tours at two cemeteries in Lockport in June, August and September. The Step Back in Time players will portray historical figures buried in two Lockport cemeteries: Cold Springs Cemetery and Glenwood Cemetery. Most of the historical figures
Two New York historical associations will be presenting programs on local cemeteries this week. The Clarksville Historical Society will present a program on the Albany Rural Cemetery on Wednesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at the Clarksville Community Church. The presenter, Mark Bodnar, is the
The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library will kick off its 12th annual Summer at the Stone House event series on Thursday, June 8, with a program on cemetery research. Local historian Laura Fitzgerald will discuss “Cemetery Symbolism.” She will share examples of unique stones
The Frank Melville Memorial Park, located in Setauket, will presenting a talk on Tuesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. The presentation, “Long Island Graveyards and Cemeteries Setauket Edition,” will cover: different types of cemeteries, types of burial markers, noteworthy people buried on Long Island and
