The Graveyard Shift
The Graveyard Shift

Author: Carolee R. Inskeep

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780916489892

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Trying to find some peace in the City That Never Sleeps"" has always been difficult-even for dead New Yorkers. Rapid development, rising property values, a lack of space, health concerns, and government regulation have all conspired to move the dead from one graveyard to the next. The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries documents the changing landscape of New York City cemeteries, telling the story behind each decision to move, as well as providing the new names and locations of each burial ground. This book, with its complete index, is an invaluable tool for anyone researching New York City ancestors.""

Second Calvary Cemetery
Second Calvary Cemetery

Author: Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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"Present day Calvary's 365 acres are comprised of four divisions named in remembrance of the ancient catacombs in the City of Rome. Old or First Calvary is known as the St. Callistus Division; Second Calvary is known as the St. Agnes Division; Third Calvary and Fourth Calvary are respectively St. Sebastian and St. Domitilla Divisions."--Page xi.

Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery

Author: Alexandra Kathryn Mosca

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738556505

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For generations, Green-Wood Cemetery has played an integral part in New York City's cultural history, serving as a gathering place and a cultural repository. Situated in the historic borough of Brooklyn, the thousands of graves and mausoleums within the cemetery's 478 acres are tangible links and reminders to key events and people who made New York City and America what it is today. The monuments read like a who's who of American greatness and include the names of Leonard Bernstein, F. A. O. Schwarz, Charles L. Tiffany, Samuel Morse, and DeWitt Clinton, among others. A national historic landmark since 2006, Green-Wood is considered one of the preeminent cemeteries in the country and is a living display of the evolving funeral traditions of the city and America as a whole. The cemetery was and remains one of the city's largest open green spaces and a century ago was a social venue for picnics, outings, and political events. Through vintage photographs, Green-Wood Cemetery chronicles the cemetery's rich history and documents how its tradition as a park and a popular tourist attraction continues, drawing 300,000 visitors annually.

Red Book
Red Book

Author: Alice Eichholz

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 9781593311667

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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.