My grandmother is buried in Calvary Cemetery and the address on her death cert. gives address as Long Island City, Queens Co.NY. She died in 1952 and is buried in Section 14,Range 47 Plot L GRAVE 13 AND 14. When I called the cemetery to find out exactley where she was buried I was given the above information and told this part of the cemetery was owned by Calvary and for those who could not afford a burial. This section has no head stones and when I asked her who else was in the same grave she said many people, and not related, it was the way she said "Many" that makes me think there is an awfull lot in her grave.I would like to find out who else is in the graves with my grandmother, can someone tell me how to go about this? The last time I wrote to Calvary I waited over a year and still never heard from them thats when I called them for the location of her grave. Can anyone help me get this information? If I can get it I will post all names on this board maybe it will help others find their relatives also. Wanda

Wanda - Calvary Cemetery has a few "Free Grave" sections - I know section 39 also has this. Free grave burials were generally requested by a Parish Priest for a deceased church member who did not have funds to purchase a regular site. Often these poor souls lived alone and died in a hospital and no family could be found. The purpose was to have them buried in consecrated ground as opposed to the City's Potters field. I believe this practice still exists. Some have been re-buried into a purchased grave after family members were made aware of the death. This happened in my family, but the re-burial occurred within a year of death and free grave burial location could be determined. You are looking back 50 years, think of it as a burial section, not individual graves. Be comforted that your Grandmother was buried in consecrated grounds, some Parish Priest looked after her. Bud L