Spring Is Here To Stay Now

Gerard J. Wallace 

Long Island National Cemetery

New York

I think I can now say up here in New York Spring is here to stay. And with that comes our trips to historical sites, societies and cemeteries. I am hoping this season will turn up lots of information and hopefully what we find may help someone else out.

There is something we are going to try out and see how well it works. Once we get the final project ready to share we hope some of you will like it.

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St. Catherine's Infirmary 1895-1935 Amityville, New York

As we went to plant some daffodils at our great grandmother's grave at Trinity Cemetery in Amityville, there was another grave I had wanted to find. Margaret Burke. I had a picture of the grave and the site it was at with a big bush that had red flowers on it. It looked like a bottle brush bush. So here we were looking for this bush. Our mom said the original photo on findagrave looked like there was a stone in the bush, but we weren't sure. We could not find this bush. Then as I was getting ready to give up I saw the graves. They were flat and all together. The bush had been removed and they had put up a sign.

Here is Margaret's grave.

Jacob Krauss

A few more....

The bush was covering the block of stone.

We think the block of stone was part of the old St. Catherine's Infirmary that was originally in Amityville. It was moved out on Long Island to West Islip. We are still looking into more information on this place and who the people are that are buried in Trinity. We found this very interesting and will keep you updated.

Cemeteries Update April 16, 2014

Updated more cemeteries within the past couple of days. There is alot and it will take some time to list them. You can check for the updates here.
Hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow and we can visit some local cemeteries here and take some more pictures. Still very windy today. Only going to be in the low 40s. Hope everyone has a great day!

Photos at Trinity Cemetery, Amityville NY

Last year we went to Trinity Cemetery where our great grandmother is buried. It's a beautiful cemetery. We strolled around and took some pictures.

Just beautiful.....

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Updating Cemeteries

Updating Cemeteries today. Links are found under each state for each town/city. In parenthesis are the same cemetery but a different link. Note that all states are not complete yet. Added a link to some Irish graves in Ireland.

Here is the link directly to our cemetery page:
Cemetery page

Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens New York Database

As I sit here ready to post on our blog it is snowing. We weren't supposed to get snow here in New York. It's even supposed to be 50 today. Crazy weather. 

Mount Zion Cemetery is located in Maspeth, Queens, New York. They have an online interment database on their site. I absolutely love when cemeteries do this. I wish more did. 

Mount Zion Cemetery

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Margaret Brown "Unsinkable Molly"

On a trip to several cemeteries in our area, I decided to search and see if I could find some infamous graves. My very first one, which I don't think many know around here on Long Island, was Margaret Brown   (nee: Tobin, 1867-1932 ). She is better known as Molly Brown or "Unsinkable Molly".
She was a first class passenger on the ill-fated Titanic. Margaret was married to James Joseph Brown ( also known as J.J.) Margaret lived till 1932 and was buried, along with her husband,  in Holy Rood Cemetery in Westbury New York. It was a beautiful day when I went. The church bells were ringing making it even more beautiful. Here is the footage I took:

March 25, 2014 Update

We have updated and added some more cemeteries which you can look through here. Not all cemeteries are listed as this is a work in progress. We will be adding world wide cemeteries real soon.

Hart Island New York City Database

Did you know....New York City purchased Hart Island in 1868 to serve as its Potter’s Field—a place of burial for unknown or indigent people. It is the tenth Potter’s Field in the City’s history. Previous New York City Potter’s Fields were located at the current sites of Washington Square, Bellevue Hospital, Madison Square, the New York City Public Library, Wards Island and Randall’s Island. 

Harts Island also has a searchable database of people buried there but only as far back as 1977. 

Here is the link:

Harts Island Database

And don't forget to check out the FAQ also as there are restrictions on visiting the island if you do find out you have a relative buried there.

FAQ

Here are the 2 maps of the island and where the graves are.

Map 1

Map 2

Irish Buried in Vermont

Do you have Irish family from Vermont that you are researching? Here is a link to inscriptions from Vermont cemeteries.

Click Here

There was a lot of Irish immigrants who came to the United States through Boston. Some of my Kilgallons did. Some may have migrated to Vermont.

Cemetery Links

I have composed a list of cemetery links to help you in finding your relatives. I have been able to find a few of my ancestors on some of these webpages. Some even had information I did not have. One I even was able to have back in our family's possession a book that belonged to my great grandfather.

Find A Grave
This is a wonderful sight in so many ways. I belong to this site and have contributed my share of memorials. It is also free. I have family listed in other states and I love the fact I can "visit" them pay my respects. Also I have found where family has been buried that I didn't know about or have the information. Always double check your information too. Sometimes you will find mistakes and not every cemetery is complete. But all in all this is a great site.

Interment ( Cemetery Records Online )
Another great site. Although I find more older inscriptions here. And less complete than Find A Grave. But I still have managed to find family here too that I did not find anywhere else. This is also free to view.

Names In Stone
This one does have a few inscriptions and cemeteries but only from cemeteries themselves. Seems this is a free site but if you subscribe monthly you will be able to get around more here. Also the cemeteries themselves have to pay to add themselves.

The Ancestor Project
Looking for cemeteries in Alaska? This has a few of them and pictures too. This is free and forum based.

Preserve and Honor

It doesn't take much to make a difference but when a young person goes a little beyond the normal things a person his age would do and makes an even bigger difference...then I am truly amazed. Ricky Gilleland is one of those. Taking pictures of fallen heroes graves at Arlington National Cemetery and making his own website is really remarkable.
There is a story behind this which you can read here and here is the site itself