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or the most part, the staff at the cemeteries in and around New York City are more than helpful. In most cases, time permitting, secretaries will perform a brief internment card search while you wait on the phone. This will allow you to verify that the person you are looking for is indeed buried there, and in many cases, they will even provide you with copies via the mail, free of charge. There are a few however that do require your request to be in writing, and some who charge to perform a search of any kind.

Helpful Questions:

Ask the name of the owner of the plot, and if that person owns more than one plot.

Ask the names of the other interments in the plot. (An easy way to find other relatives)

Ask if the plot is in perpetual care, and if so, who made (makes) the payments.

Ask if there is a Soldier's section. If the spouse was a Veteran, they is the possibility that he may not be buried in the family plot.

For African-Americans, remember that many cemeteries did at one time have sections designated for African-Americans. Those cemeteries that do not have computerized databases often keep the two sets of records separate. Do not hesitate to mention that the burial in question of an African-American, as some cemetery clerks do not realize there are two sets of internment's.

Also keep in mind that over the course of the history of the City of New York, many towns that are now parts of the city, were not always. Many of them belonged to Westchester, and Long Island at one time. All of the cemeteries listed are frequent burial places for New Yorkers. The more wealthy may have been interred at the Westchester and Long Island Cemeteries.

Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn now has a "Burial Inquiry" on their website! Just go to the bottom of your computer display, and click on "Burial Inquiry". This will bring up a screen where you can enter surname and given name. You will be able to search over 500,000 interments instantly online! Many, many thanks to Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough for sharing this great find!

Cemetery ADDRESS PHONE CITY
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Acacia Cemetery 83-84 Liberty Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11202 (718) 845-9240 YES

Amityville Cemetery 80 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701 (516) 264-3317 NO

Baron Hirsch Cemetery 1126 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-0162 YES

Bayside Cemetery 80-35 Pitkin Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11417 (718) 843-4840 YES

Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery 321 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305 (973)-433-2400 NO

Berrian-Bashford Burying Ground
(Kingsbridge Burial Grounds)
The burial grounds are located east of the Van Cortlandt Mansion and west of the lake. Members of the Berrian, Ackerman, Betts, Tippet and Van Cortlandt families are there. Van Cortlandt Park
Yes

The Beachwoods 179 Beachwood Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 632-2350 NO

Bensonia Cemetery

Beth-El Cemetery 80-12 Cypruss Hills Road, Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 366-3558 YES

Calvary Cemetery 49-01 Laurell Hills Boulevard, Woodside, NY 11377 (718) 786-8000 YES

Brooklyn Diocese Cemetery 80-01 Metropllitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379 (718) 894-4888 YES

Cedar Lawn Cemetery 43 Pantiago Road, East Hampton, NY 11937 (516) 324-1500 NO

Corsa Family Burial Grounds
The circular garden behind St. John's Hall is the spot of the private burial ground of the Corsa family who owned the land that Fordham Univ. now occupies. The site was discovered in the 1840's when St. John's Hall was under construction. Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus

Cypress Hills Cemetery 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208 (718) 277-2900 YES

The Evergreens
note: The Evergreens will verify internment over the phone, but require requests for copies of internment cards to be in writing. The fee per written request is $21.00 , and cards contain only descedent's name age at time of death, date of death, place of death, and date of burial.
1629 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 (718) 455-5300 YES

Ferris Family Plot
(Pasture Hill Burial Ground)
The burial place of Ferris family members and a few others. The cemetery was restored in 1973. All of the remains in the vault of James Ferris were removed to Trinity Churchyard in 1900. Benjamin Ferris' vault was moved to Kensico in 1928 Commerce Street near Westchester Avenue
YES

First Presbyterian Church Cemetery 3051 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY
YES

Flushing Cemetery 163-06 46th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11358 (718) 359-0100 YES

Green-Wood Cemetery
note: BOOK TITLE: In Memoriam. Greenwood leaves CALL # IRM (Brooklyn) (Brower, E. In memoriam) AUTHOR Brower, Effie. / Effie Brower. IMPRINT Brooklyn : [the Author], 1878.
5th Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 (718) 768-7300 YES

Hunt Family Cemetery
(Drake Cemetery)
New York City Park's dept. permission needed to access cemetery Drake Park, Hunts Point and Oak Point Avenues, Bronx, NY
YES

Holy Cross Cemetery (Catholic)
NOTE : See Bottom
3620 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 284-4520 YES

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Catholic) 15 Shea Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 636-6343 NO

Jesuit Cemetery
Moved in 1889 from a wooded grove at Southern Blvd to Fordham property. Contains Jesuit priests Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus Bronx, NY
YES

Knollwood Park Cemetery (Jewish) Cypress Avenue, Brooklyn 11207 (718) 386-6700 YES

Linden Hills Cemetary (Jewish) 52-22 Metropolitan Avenue, Ridgeweed, NY 11385 (718) 821-2279 YES

Long Island National Cemetery (Military) Farmingdale, NY 11735 (516) 454-4949 NO

Lutheran Cemetery 67-29 Metroplitan Avenue, Middle Villiage, NY 11379 (718) 821-1750 YES

Macpelah Cemtetery (Jewish) 82-30 Cypress Hills Avenue, Glendale, NY 11385 (718) 366-5959 YES

Maimonides Cemetery P.O. Box 125, Elmont, NY 11003 (516) 349-0095 NO

Maple Grove Cemetery 83-15 Kew Gardens Avenue, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 (718) 544-3600 YES

Montefiore Cemetery 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036 (212) 730-7676 YES

Montefiore Cemetry Spingfield Blvd, Street, Albans, NY 11412 (718) 528-1700 YES

Moravian Cemetery 2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 351-0136 YES

Mount Calvary Cemetery 575 W. Hillside Avenue, White Plains, NY 10603 (914) 949-3671 NO

Mount Carmel Cemetery 83-45 Cypress Hills Road, Glendale, NY 11395 (718) 939-9405 YES

Mount Heborn Cemetery P.O. Box 228, Flushing, NY 11352 Will Advise YES

Mount Hope Cemetery (Jewish) P.O. Box 125, Elmont, NY 11003 (516) 347-0095 NO

Mount Judah Cemetery (Jewish) P.O. Box 177, Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 821-1060 YES

Mount Lebanon Cemetery (Jewish) 7800 Myrtle Avenue, Ridgewood, Ny 11385 (718) 821-0200 YES

Mount Neboh Cemetery 82-07 Cypress Hills Road, Brooklyn, NY 11208 (718) 366-4141 YES

Mount Olivet Cemetery 65-40 Grand Avenue, Maspeth, NY 11378 (718) 326-1777 YES

Mount St. Mary's Cemetery 172-02 Booth Memorial Avenue, Flushing, NY 11365 (718) 353-1560 YES

Mount Saint Vincent Cemetery
Contains approx 150 nuns. College of Mt. St. Vincent, Riverdale, Bronx, NY
YES

New York City Marble Cemetery Second Street, between First and Second Avenues (212) 228-6401
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YES

NYC Diocese Cemetery 1011 !st Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (212) 753-4883 YES

Oakwood Cemetery 2 Sawmill River Road, Yonkers, NY 10701
NO

Oakwood Cemetery P.O. Box 409, Brentwood Road, Bayshore, NY 11706 (516) 665-0638 NO

Ocean View Cemetery P.O. Box 116 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 351-1870 YES

Patchougue Hebrew Cemetery 110 N. Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY11772 (516) 475-2800 NO

Pelham Cemetery 73 Early Place, Bronx, NY 10477 (718) 885-3036 YES

Pinelawn Cemetery P.O. Box 420 Farmingdale, NY 11735 (516) 249-6100 YES

Potter's Field
(Soldiers Field until 1941)
Maintained my the dept of Corrections. Burials date back to 1868 Hart Island
YES

Ressurection Cemetery (Catholic) 361 Sharonton Road, Staten Island, Ny 10309 (718) 356-7738 YES

Salem Fields Cemetery (Jewish) 775 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208 (718) 277-3898 YES

Sleepy Hollow Cemetry P.O. Box 54, Tarrytown, Ny 10591 (914) 631-0081 NO

St. Charles Cemetery Conklin Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735 (516) 249-8700 NO

St. John's Cemetery (Catholic) 80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379 (718) 894-4888 YES

St. Michael's Cemetery (Catholic) 72-02 Astoria Boulevard, E. Elmhurst, NY 11370 (718) 278-3240 YES

Old St. Raymond's Cemetery 1201 Balcom Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462 (718) 792-2080 YES

New St. Raymond's Cemetery 177th St. & Lafayette Avenue, Bronx, NY 10462 (718) 792-1133 YES

Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
Records are kept at St. John's Cemetery 675 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 (718) 894-4888 YES

Trinity Church Cemetery (Lower Manhattan)
NOTE: See Below 74 Trinity Place, New York, NY 10006 (212) 285-0836 YES

Trinity Cemetery & Mausoleum
(Upper Manhattan) 770 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10040 (212) 368-1600 YES

Union Field Cemetery 8211 Cypress Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 366-3748 YES

United Hebrew Cemetery 122 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 351-0230 YES

Vault Hill
Contains remains of Van Cortlandt Family North Central section of Park Parade Grounds
YES

Washington Jewish Cemetery Bay Parkway & Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230 (718) 377-8690 YES

West Farms Soldier Cemetry
Contains remains from four wars, and some reinterred from Potter's Field.
For Access contact the Parks Dept. 180th & Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY
YES

Westchester Hills Cemetery 400 Sawmill River Road, Hastings-on-the-Hudson, NY 10706 (914) 478-1767 NO

Woodlawn Cemetery
Contains reinterrments from Bensonia, Dykman-Nagle Burying grounds, West Farms Dutch Reformed Church and Rutgers Street church
NOTE: See Below
233rd St. and Webster Avenue, Bronx, NY 10470 (718) 920-0500 YES

Cemeteries no longer in existence

Bensionia (Morrisania) Cemetery
Originally and Indian Burial Ground, Bensonia contained many prominent families. Graves reinterred to Woodlawn. On site of present day PS 138, Bronx, NY

Old Berrian Cemetery
Contained Berrian, Valentine and Cromwell families. Fordham Road and Sedgeweick Avenue, Bronx, NY

Dyckman-Nagle Burying Ground
Established in 1677 originally contained 417 plots. In 1905 the Dyckman remains with the exception of Staats Morris and his family were removed. By 1927 all others were moved to Woodlawn. West 212th Street, Manhattan

Fordham Manor Dutch Reformed Church
Remains were reinterred in Kensico Cemetery, Westchester. Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY

West Farms Dutch Reformed Church
Most interrments removed to Woodlawn Boone Avenue & 172nd Street Bronx, NY

Westchester Methodist Church
Contained members of the Fowler family as well as church members and townsmen. In 1940 remains removed to a churchyard in Jamaica, Queens. 2547 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY

Private Cemetery Resources

New Lots Private Cemetery

There are about 700 interments in this little burial ground, mostly those of descendants of the original Dutch settlers to the area. There are 38 family plots. This cemetery is still active--the last burial having taken place in 1981. The last published lists [Landesman(1977)], date from before 1916 (and include grave stone inscriptions from the old, obliterated, cemetery once across the street). For more infomation contact Richard McCool

Fairchild Cemetery Manual

Book Title: Fairchild cemetery manual ; a reliable guide to the cemeteries of Greater New York and vicinity.

NYPL CALL # *ZI-266

AUTHOR Fairchild sons, Brooklyn, N. Y.

IMPRINT Brooklyn, N. Y., Fairchild sons [1910]

FORMAT: Microfilm.

Tombstones of the Irish Born

by Joe Silinonte.

NOTE: BOOK TITLE: Woodlawn remembers : cemetery of American history. NYPL Call # IRH 89-5227 Author: Bergman, Edward F. with preface by Louis Auchincloss. Imprint Utica, N.Y. North Country Books, c. 1988.

NOTE: MICROFILM: Walks in our churchyards; old New York, Trinity Parish NYPL CALL # IRIB (Trinity Parish) (Mines, J. F. Walks in our churchyards) AUTHOR: Mines, John Flavel, 1835-1891. IMPRINT New York, G.G. Peck, 1896. NOTE Originally published in the Trinity record during 1890-1892

NOTE: BOOK TITLE: Tombstones of the Irish born : Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Brooklyn NYPL CALL # APR (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 92-19185 AUTHOR Silinonte, Joseph M., 1956- TITLE / by Joseph M. Silinonte. IMPRINT Concord, Ont. Becker Associates, 1992.

Book Title: Old Calvary Cemetery : New Yorkers carved in stone NYPL Call: # APR (New York, N.Y.) 96-11924 Author: Ardolina, Rosemary Muscarella. Imprint: Bowie, MD Heritage Books 1996.

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