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From: "Rene' Treffeisen" <>
Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA-L] Unmarked Cemeteries
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 08:34:21 -0500
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Hi Daryl,

Myself and some others are in the process of trying to find out the
same thing. One of the persons that I'm working on this topic,
contacted Senator Tom Libous. What happened to "our" cemetery was
that the owners of the farm didn't want the cemetery on their property
anymore (like its so easy to move a cemetery) they contacted the
historical society, who apparently removed the stones and they are now
in Cooperstown. We are now awaiting confirmation of this.

Tom Libous said that when a cemetery is abandoned, it still belongs to
the plot owners or a cemetery association can take it over. One of my
questions is who is the plot owner - the land owner? Or a descendant
of the deceased? This is his direct quote "The Department of States
Division of Cemeteries advise that in accordance with &1510(I) of the
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, the Historical Society has only
jurisdiction to remove the stones after receiving written consent from
the burial plot's owner, decendant or from the incorporated cemetery
association."

I would try contacting the senator/congressman for that particular
county.

Good Luck,
Rene'

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Holmes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: [NYDELAWA-L] Unmarked Cemeteries


> I don't wish to start a huge off-topic discussion, but I do have a
question around a personal concern.
>
> Many of my ancestors, who emigrated back and forth between Delaware
and Allegany counties, are buried on their former farm (Allegany
county). The cemetary is unmarked, and because later owners have used
the site for pasturing cows, all but one of the headstones are gone.
>
> The county historian and various older residents (including the
current owner of the property) all knew about the existence of the
cemetary. However, it is not on any county maps, and there is
nothing protecting this ancestral site.
>
> Does anyone know if New York State provides for the marking and
protection of cemetaries on private property? And how could I contact
appropriate folks to try to preserve what's left?
>
> Daryl Holmes
>
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