Many years ago I ordered the death certificate for my great grandfather, Melvin Halsey, who died in 1920 in a town about one mile south of the New York – Pennsylvania border. It had hardly any information except that he was buried in the Rosstown Cemetery about ΒΌ mile north of the border in Southport, …
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery here in Rochester, NY has put their records online. For years they have had a couple of kiosks in the lobby of the office where you could look up burial records. They were asked for the last few years if they were going to put the records online and the answer was …
Over at the blog called “The Graveyard Rabbit – Western NY State” is a description of the Tomlinson’s Corner Cemetery in the Town of Mendon, NY. Also there are some very good quality photos of very old tombstones in the cemetery. You can click on the photos and they open as much larger images. That …
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I have added a new cemetery web page on the GenWeb site. It is for Holy Family Cemetery that was on Maple Street in Rochester. For sure it was moved in spring of 1955. There is conflicting data on when it was started but the best possible data is that it was started as St. …
This is the tombstone and an enlargement of the inscription for Francis Tumblety who is buried just about a mile from my home in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Search on the internet and you will find those that say he was Jack the Ripper and those that say he could not possibly be the Ripper. Francis …
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This is one reason why it is so hard reading tombstones in old cemeteries. This tombstone fell over many years ago and grass is growing over it.
No extracted records are ever 100%. Not even the original records are perfect as the person recording data can make mistakes. Try to get more than one source for your family facts, if you can, to prove every fact.
I spend way too much time in cemeteries but I almost got stuck in one earlier this week. I was down in Ulster County, NY and had visited five cemeteries looking for my extended family. There was just one more cemetery that I wanted to stop at; Ulster Park Community Cemetery. I had looked for …
“In memory of Abigail Thayer who died September 10, 1823 in the 64 year of her age.”
I don’t have any other information on this lady, I am posting this tombstone because I like the fancy carvings along the top of the tombstone. Lucinda is buried in the Charlotte Cemetery in Rochester near the Lake Ontario.