The biggest thing that I scanned last week was what I call the Sesquicentennial Press Package. It is a folder with 10 different fliers from the 150th anniversary of the City of Rochester in 1984. They vary greatly in size and detail. The largest item is a fancy calendar of events. Some events are on …
I had to do a major rewrite to this post when I found out that I was completely wrong about the burial removals. The parts published on April 28th are in black. Updated parts are in green. No, not a real rabbit hole. It is more of a metaphor like Alice in Alice in Wonderland …
Did you know that the first volume of burial records (1837 – 1860) of Mt. Hope Cemetery has burials in other cemeteries? In those early days there was a sexton for the City of Rochester and he recorded all the deaths and burial places. There are even a few deaths recorded where it is indicated …
Over this last weekend approximately 70 tombstones in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester were toppled. At least 2 of the tombstones were destroyed beyond repair. The rest of the tombstones will be repaired by the staff of the cemetery. Broken beer bottles resting on some of the tombstones indicate that the vandals were drinking at …