A LIST OF CEMETERY RECORDS IN THE ROCKLAND ROOM

The following books are shelved together with the call number 929.5. The exceptions are the two volumes by George Budke, which are housed with the Budke Collection.

General Cemeteries

Burek, Deborah M., Editor. Cemeteries of the United States.
Active cemeteries arranged by state and town.
Daughters of the American Revolution. Located Graves of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution.
Arranged by state.
Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. 4 volumes
Index to records. Alphabetically arranged.
Holt, Dean W. American Military Cemeteries.
Comprehensive guide to cemeteries in United States and overseas; divided by individual cemeteries, confederate, medal of honor winners, and calendar of establishment.
Wright, Roberta Highes. Lay Down Your Body.
General discussion of cemeteries which hold African-Americans; arranged by state.

 

New Jersey Cemeteries

Ackerman, Herbert S. New York Cemetery: Hackensack, New Jersey.
A listing of monuments and burial records from origins to 1890.
Ackerman, Herbert S. Pascack Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery Inscriptions.
Cemetery located in Park Ridge, New Jersey.
Bergen County Department of Parks. Bergen County Historic Sites Survey: Cemetery Inventory.
Comprehensive description of cemeteries in the county.
Bristow, John W. A Walking Tour of the Moffatt Road Cemetery: Mahwah, New Jersey.
A general tour of the cemetery including discussion of some plants and stone markings.
Coon, Warren Patten, Compiler. Sussex County Gravestones.
This listing appeared in the The Genealogical Magazine, 1930.
Grave Stone Inscriptions From The Old Stone Church, Upper Saddle River , NJ.
Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Saddle River Churchyard.

 

New York City

Ardolina, Rosemary Muscarella. Old Calvary Cemetery: New Yorkers Carved in Stone.
A listing of tombstones with inscriptions from the first section of the Calvary Cemetery.
O'Brien, Michael Joseph. In Old New York: The Irish Dead in Trinity and St. Paul's Churchyards.
History of the two churchyards followed by tombstone inscriptions, some marriages, wills, baptisms, letters of administration, and deeds and conveyances.
Silinonte, Joseph M. Tombstones of the Irish Born: Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Tombstone photographs and alphabetical listing of last names.

 

Rockland County

Barber, Gertrude A. Graveyard Inscriptions of Rockland County, NY.
Cemeteries of 14 towns are listed, 1931.

Budke, George, compiler. Tombstone Inscriptions; Bergen County, New Jersey and Rockland County. 2 volumes.

Clark, Alan R. Tombstone Inscriptions.
Cemetery located on corner of Congers Road and East Evergreen Road, New City.
Helms, Thomas, compiler. A Collection of Cemetery Stone Recordings within the Harriman-Bear Mountain Interstate Park System.
Vanished towns and the Episcopal Church of St John's in the Wilderness.

Helms, Thomas, compiler. Cemetery Stone Records of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

Johnson, Beatrice Davis. Disinterments, Presbyterian Church: Nyack, NY.
A listing of those buried and moved in 1869 to Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack.

Koestler, Marie S.,compiler. M. Montgomery Maze Cemetery Records.
Listings of grave markers from cemeteries in Pearl River, Blauvelt and Tappan.
Krell, Peter. So That All May Be Remembered.
Description of Clarkstown cemeteries followed by tombstone inscriptions.

Loescher, Frederick, compiler. List of Active and Abandoned Cemeteries in the County of Rockland.

Restoration Committee for Pearl River. History of Pearl River Cemetery.
History and description of each burial plot.
Rockland County Planning Board. Survey of abandoned cemeteries.
Overview to county cemeteries, active and inactive, as written in 1936.
Rohrbacher, Gary. Restoration of the Isaac Jones Grave Site.
A Boy Scout's final report for Eagle Scout award.
Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie. Old Burying Grounds Within Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks.
An invaluable tool to researching cemeteries that are now inactive.
Wales, William. Rockland Cemetery.
History, epithets, and photographs are included.

 

Regional Area

Bergen Historic Books. New York and New Jersey Cemeteries.

Bergen Historic Books. Thirty-Seven Cemeteries.

Buys, Barbara Smith. Old Gravestones of Putnam County, New York.
Arranged by towns in the county.
First Reformed Church. The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow.
Tombstone inscriptions as copied beginning with the earliest record of 1757.
Old Gravestones of Ulster County, New York.
Arranged by towns.

O'Meara, Edward J., compiler. Tombstone Inscriptions in the Herbert and June Cemeteries in Palisades Interstate Park.

Orange County Genealogical Society. Cemeteries of Chester, New York.
Arranged by type of cemetery: church, private, church owned and municpal.
Orange County Genealogical Society. Cemeteries of Town of Hamptonburgh.
Alphabetical listing with death date, burial date, age, and notes.

Ralston, Shirley. Arden Cemetery (Old St. Mary's on the Hill).

Ralston, Shirley. St. Mary's in Tuxedo Cemetery Records of Names.
Also included St. John's in Arden, McCrea Cemetery, St. Elizabeth's Memorial Cemetery, Red Apple Cemetery, Southfields Cemetery,
Roney, Lila James. Gravestone Inscriptions of Ulster County, NY.
Important since information gathered in 1924.
Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie. Ye Olde Coffee Grounds.
Extensive history of the area and of those buried in the cemetery.

 

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List complied by Sally Pellegrini
Local History Librarian

New City Library 1997 | M.Shields

 

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