Here is my two cents on the JC Cemetery. I have two deeds for a 10'x10' parcel in what is called the Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery. They were apparently two cemeteries that were consolidated some tim before the time of my oldest deed, written in 1904. The one line on the deed that makes me hopeful that a map exists states: "...and designated on the map and survey of said Cemetery made by Earle & Harrison, 1897, (deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Trustees of the Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery), by the number 168." The plot was last owned by my Great Grandfather, Alexander Hay. But, neither he nor the cousins he bought it from are buried there. I'd sure love to know who, if anyone, is buried in that plot. I wonder if the Hudson County Assessor's office has a copy of that map or is there one in the deed books in the county clerk's office? I did get a "free" response about 6 years ago and I believe it was from Jimmy. My Maternal grand parents first child was a victim of the influenza epidemic. He died in 1919 and I was told that his name was listed in plot 39, a mass grave reserved for those who could not afford a plot. Joe Hay in VA < jphay@hotmail.com > >From: "Dory Ann Skemp" <d.skemp@worldnet.att.net>>I was interested in the >JC Cemetery posting for I have had bad luck with >this cemetery. When I went last October (1999) to visit, there was noone >in >charge and no records and no information. The cemetery was in horrible >condition with broken stones, fallen trees (on top of stones), grass above >my waist. There was a kind older man named Jimmy (aged 87, I think) on the >site who was trying to make sense of the place because his parents were >buried there. He tried very hard to be helpful but the task there is >almost >overwhelming. I've written twice since to no avail (once to Jimmy's neice >and once to an address someone posted several months ago) and am fascinated >that there is actually someone named Flora who has records? Can you tell >me >how to find her? My grandmother Lulu Grant Harrison Boland along with her >parents Harriet Freligh Harrison and John S. Harrison -- plus others -- are >all in there somewhere. I'm willing to search (again) for headstones >although I think they've been destroyed or ruined but I'd really like to >see >the indexes. There was a plat map (without indexes) in the little >abandoned >gate house of Harsimus Cemetery? Is that the same cemetery as the Jersey >City Cemetery? Thanks for whatever information you can give me about >Flora. >Dory Boland Skemp in Rhode Island >Always searching New Jersey/New York names: Banta, Boland, Brinkerhoff, >Clendenny, Demarest, Durie, DuTreiux, Freligh, Harrison, McCutcheon, Peek, >Steynmets, Vanderlinde, VanImburgh,Westervelt > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "arnold roepken" <aroepken@optonline.net> >> field, but has thousands of burials there. Problem is there is no > > map of the cemetery there, and Flora has no idea of where the > > graves might be. Plus the owners have refused the LDS people > > to record the information there. > > If you do find a written record of a family member, all you can > > do is wave at the sea of Headstones and say hi. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.