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	Early Years of Maple Grove Cemetery: Richmond Hill Historical Society
		Cogswell; Esq., on behalf of the petitioners to procure and hold land for cemetery purposes, under the name Maple Grove Cemetery, the boundaries of which have been printed in the Democrat, was considered, and all the proceedings having found to be regular, the prayer of the petitioners was granted.
		Leonard, keeper of Maple Grove Cemetery notified the Coroner, and the body was removed to the Morgue and a jury impaneled.
		Leonard as superintendent of the cemetery in the spring.
	www.richmondhillhistory.org /MapleGrove.html (3439 words)

	Oak Grove Cemetery Exhibit
		Oak Grove Cemetery can be found at the far east end of East Hospital Street along Lanana Street, just west of Lanana Creek, and north of downtown Nacogdoches, Texas.
		Although it is not the oldest cemetery in Nacogdoches, it has an historic connection to the area.
		Oak Grove Cemetery is one of the most beautiful and historic spots in East Texas.
	www.sfasu.edu /libweb/etrc/collections/exhibits/oakgrove/index.asp (236 words)

	Grove Street Cemetery
		Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground in New Haven, Connecticut is located in the center of the Yale University campus.
		The perimeter of the cemetery was surrounded by an eight foot (2.4 m) stone wall in 1848-9.
		The Grove Street Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Secretary of the Interior in 2001.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gr/grove_street_cemetery.html (893 words)

	Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Old Burial Ground is located on the Southeast side of the intersection of Main St. and Reservoir St. It was used for burials from 1742 until 1852.
		In fact these are two oldest gravestones in the cemetery.
		Grove Street Cemetery, a commercial enterprise, situated east of the other two cemeteries, was dedicated in 1857.
	www.assumption.edu /fry/david/holden/burial.htm (174 words)

	Grove Street Cemetery
		The Friends organization was founded in 1997 in response to growing public interest in the New Haven Burial Ground, better known as the Grove Street Cemetery, as an historic and cultural resource for the community and the nation.
		Grove Street Cemetery is the oldest incorporated cemetery in the United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
		Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery is administered by an elected Board of Directors composed of persons committed to the organization's purposes.
	www.grovestreetcemetery.org /grove_street_cemetery_about_us_membership.htm (265 words)

	Cape Cod (Barnstable County), Massachusetts Cemeteries
		For cemetery survey references, follow link at end of this section.
		Click Barnstable County Map for the location of the 15 towns on Cape Cod.
		If there are questions about cemetery location please email rpcarlson@comcast.net.
	www.capecodgravestones.com /cemlist.html (84 words)

	Town of Brookline
		The oldest sections of the Cemetery are to the left of the entrances.
		Cemeteries are rarely found on land characterized by hills, ledges, large rock formations, abundant trees and green growth.
		The main entrance to Walnut Hills is at the intersection of Grove Street and Allandale Road.
	www.townofbrooklinemass.com /dpw/cemetery-historicalguide.htm (1218 words)

	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
		The pattern of the cemetery also appears to have been unique, for it was arranged in lots for families as opposed to random burials which had been common in the past.
		The Grove Street Cemetery antedates the expansive and distinguished cemeteries of Pere-Lachaise in Paris and Mt. Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		Another goal is to protect and restore the cemetery as an historic land area and a park-like place of reflection and repose for the community at large.
	www.grovestreetcemetery.org (1338 words)

	North Queen Street Cemetery/Locust Grove Cemetery
		The earliest official mention of the cemetery is in a deed filed with Cumberland County in 1828 that noted a "colored cemetery" on the site.
		The cemetery is located on North Queen Street which intersects with King Street at the Sheetz service station (3 blocks east of Prince Street).
		Street parking is along one side of North Queen and along the adjacent side streets such as Burd Street and Fort Street.
	www.ship.edu /~sbburg/lgcemetery.html (299 words)

	Bachelor's Grove
		The lady dressed in white is known to walk the grounds of the cemetery during a full moon.
		The deceased woman rumored to be the White Lady is buried in the cemetery beside her son and can sometimes be seen holding a baby in her arms.
		In the 1870's a farmer plowing the land near the cemetery got too close to the famous lagoon, proving to be a fatal mistake.
	www.angelfire.com /theforce/haunted/bachelorsgrove.htm (1056 words)

	Newark Cemeteries
		As the cemetery grew, Newark officials (1828) purchased a burial place in the eastern end of town and residents were given the opportunity to rebury their ancestors to this new cemetery without expense.
		The new cemeteries were placed at least a mile away from the population center for health reasons (the belief that the corpses poisoned the air with their emanations causing Yellow Fever).
		These new cemeteries were built to also serve the living by providing shade walks, forest groves, shrubbery and flowers where people could go to find sanctuary from the maelstrom of daily life through spiritual and aesthetic repose.
	www.oldnewark.com /cemeteries (313 words)

	Bachelor's Grove Cemetery
		The cemetery was empty when the photo was taken and yet the figure of this woman appeared on the developed print.
		The cemetery could once be reached by the Midlothian Turnpike, but the track to the cemetery was passed by with construction of 143rd Street.
		The cemetery is heavily patrolled by members of the police force and the rangers for the forest preserve.
	www.prairieghosts.com /bachgrov.html (1148 words)

	Grove Street Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When the cemetery first opened in 1796, it was on the outskirts of New Haven -- and Yale was a good two blocks away.
		The medical school had been a neighbor earlier, when it was housed at Prospect and Grove from 1814 to 1860.
		At a time when medical students in the United States were known to plunder cemeteries for cadavers, there were longstanding rumors (never substantiated) of a tunnel under Prospect Street that insured a steady supply of bodies.
	www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/2006_05/popup/3.html (100 words)

	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
		The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark
		Holy Sepulchre Cemetery's mailing address is in East Orange, but half of the cemetery lies in Newark and has served the residents of Newark, NJ throughout it's years of operation (founded 1859).
		Please be aware that the cemetery doesn't employ people to assist genealogists and contacting the cemetery may not yield the positive results of the first two choices.
	www.virtualnewarknj.com /cemeteries/holysepulchre.htm (735 words)

	Maple Grove Cemetery - Wichita, Kansas
		Cemeteries as we know them today are a product of the industrial age and the 19th century.
		Founded in 1888 by A.A. Hyde and other leading citizens, Maple Grove was designed to be the "finest cemetery between the Mississippi River and the Rockies." The garden plan by renowned landscape architect Albert Ellis called for wide and winding avenues complementing the land's rolling contours and waterways.
		The Maple Grove organization is dedicated to providing dignified service at reasonable cost and to prudent stewardship of the cemetery as a monument to our community.
	www.maplegrovecemetery.org /about.html (914 words)

	BACHELOR'S GROVE CEMETERY INVESTIGATION (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The cemetery saw its first burial that year and it was in steady use until 1965, when things began to drop off.
		The cemetery could once be reached by the Midlothian Turnpike, but the track to the cemetery was passed by with construction of 143rd Street.
		She is said to be the ghost of a woman buried in the cemetery next to her young son.
	www.webspawner.com /users/bachelorsgrovecemete/index.html (1059 words)

	Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burying Grounds (Site not responding. Last check: )
		State Association for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries, dedicated to the preservation of cemeteries in the State of Iowa, listing resources for preserving cemeteries, repairing monuments, upcoming events and where to go for help.
		Save Southern Cemeteries, to educate people as to the dangers facing cemeteries (development, neglect, vandalism); locate forgotten cemeteries; transcribe as many cemeteries as possible; prevent the destruction of cemeteries in the South; encourage legislation to protect cemeteries; encourage community groups to adopt neglected cemeteries.
		Washington State Cemetery Association, to research, protect, restore, and preserve old and abandoned cemeteries in Washington state, to maintain their history, and to provide education and awareness of old and abandoned cemeteries and their care to the public.
	www.potifos.com /cemeteries.html (1960 words)

	The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
		ATLANTA—The Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus received an award for Excellence in Rehabilitation from The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation at its annual meeting April 17 in Savannah.
		Opened in 1856, the Oak Grove Cemetery is the final resting place of many of Georgia’s historic figures, from state chief justices and an 1865 candidate for governor to soldiers from the Native American, Mexican and Civil wars.
		The cemetery is in use today, but after nearly 150 years, it was beginning to show its age.
	www.georgiatrust.org /whatsnew/pr_PA04_OakGroveCemetery.htm (366 words)

	Hartford, Connecticut \| Spring Grove & Old North Cemeteries
		The Spring Grove Cemetery and Old North Cemetery are located quite close to one another in Hartford's North East Neighborhood.
		There are also over one hundred Civil War veterans interred at Spring Grove and, before the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford was completed in 1885, the Connecticut Chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic held their annual Memorial Day celebration at the cemetery.
		In 2005, Albert Lenox and the board of the Spring Grove Cemetery Association were given an award by the Hartford Preservation Alliance for their efforts in restoring this historic burying ground.
	hartford.omaxfield.com /springgrove.html (800 words)

	Grove Script
		Some of his remains are interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Japan, and others are interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut." There's an article on him on Find-a-Grave, with bio by: Warrick L. Barrett.
		According to the 1931 Library Gazette, this eighth century selection was taken from "a rubbing of an epitaph, carved in stone, of the Yen family, illustrious in Chinese history for the high literary attainments and the patriotic acts of several of its members.
		At corner of Cemetery (#58 at Hawthorn and Sylvan) is the grave of Hiram Bingham I, 1789-1869,
	www.library.yale.edu /~dlovins/gsc/script.html (4643 words)

	Endangered Cemetery Report
		At the moment the cemetery is a sore subject with all officials involved.
		Things are moving along slowly yet we have accomplished quite a bit of research on those buried at the cemetery.
		A new small sign will also be placed at the cemetery in the coming weeks until the restoration is fully underway.
	www.savinggraves-us.org /il/reports/bachelorsgrove.htm (215 words)

	Visitor's Guide: Cincinnati.Com
		Located in Winton Place off of Spring Grove Avenue, Spring Grove Cemetery was established in 1845 by Dr. Daniel Drake and designer Howard Daniels.
		Spring Grove is a weird paradox: a place built for sadness and death, but with amazing natural beauty.
		Most of Cincinnati's street namesakes (Hopple, Hosea and Ringgold, for example) are buried there, as are many prominent families and past city leaders.
	www.cincinnati.com /visitorsguide/parks/060100_springgrove.html (517 words)

	Connecticut Freedom Trail
		In the town cemetery in Milford, to the right of the long driveway, is a monument dedicated to American Revolutionary War prisoners whom townspeople tried to save when the prisoners were abandoned by the British.
		The congregation relocated to Main Street by 1929 and was later incorporated as the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
		The grave is at the rear of the cemetery, located on the left side of the road in an area with few markers.
	www.ctfreedomtrail.com /site/concept.html (7020 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar - Current Issue
		During the summer months and through the early fall, the public is invited to free walking tours of the historic Grove Street Cemetery, the first chartered burial ground in the United States and the final resting place for many notable people in both Yale and U.S. history.
		through the middle of October, are sponsored by the Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery, a group of Yale and New Haven community members who are committed to the preservation of the burial ground and to sharing its rich history.
		Also buried in the cemetery are such civic leaders as Roger Sherman, the only person to have signed all four basic documents of American sovereignty, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and Roger Sherman Baldwin, who argued the legal case for the enslaved Africans who arrived from their homeland aboard the "Amistad" ship.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v27.n34/story20.html (426 words)

	Quest for Freedom :: North Queen Street Cemetery
		For nearly 200 years the North Queen Street Cemetery, now called Locust Grove Cemetery, has been the final resting place of many Shippenburg area African-Americans.
		The cemetery was first acknowledged in 1828 in a Cumberland County deed that noted a "colored cemetery" was on the site.
		Among the African-Americans interred at the cemetery are twenty-six Civil War veterans, three of which served with the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments, the first combat units open to fl men during the Civil War.
	www.visitpa.com /visitpa/questDetails.pa?id=238230 (99 words)

	Newport Notables
		Still standing across the street at #15 Clarke Street is his church, now converted to condominiums.
		Sometimes referred to as the "Dr. Stiles Meetinghouse," Stiles was afraid that during the British occupation of Newport the guns of the warships were aimed at the church.
		Buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, CT.
	www.redwoodlibrary.org /notables/stiles.htm (550 words)

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		A death certificate can be an important clue in locating the correct cemetery in which your ancestor was buried.
		Straight answers to real questions about funeral and cemetery arrangements, cremation, grief and other issues related to the end of life.
		The names of the soldiers interred at the Vicksburg National Cemetery have been compiled from the original national cemetery ledgers.
	www.lycos.com /info/cemetery--cemeteries.html?page=3 (378 words)

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