Good news, my maternal grandparents are buried in Gate of Heaven, along with some of my grandfather's siblings. Ally On Feb 1, 2016 1:08 AM, "mizscarlettny via" <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you cannot locate a pre-1916 burial cemetery for a loved one, this is > for you. > > When Gate of Heaven Cemetery opened (1916; Catholic), their grounds > usurped the old Fairview Cemetery (non-sectarian). Fairview deaths are > definitely in section 36, and perhaps adjacent areas. > (MAP: http://gateofheavenny.com/pdf/Gate-of-Heaven-Cemetery-Map.pdf) > > Gate of Heaven is the only NY Archdiocesan cemetery in Westchester County > NY. > St. Raymond's is the only NY Archdiocesan cemetery in Bronx County NY. > > Fairview Cemetery is not listed in Find A Grave's 236 county cemeteries, > nor is it listed in Westchester Gen Web. > > Gate of Heaven is digitizing its burials. Staff and I experimented with > death dates to determine if Fairview burials appear in their database yet. > We did get hits for as far back as 1910 and I noticed some Jewish names > were found that year. This tells me that Gate of Heaven is incorporating > its early Fairview Cemetery records into their database. > > Sharon Gardens,Valhalla NY is in the same area, but didn't begin serving > only Jewish residents until 1953. > Sharon Gardens is a section of the non-sectarian Kensico Cemetery, > Valhalla, NY (non-sectarian, opened 1889). > > In conclusion, if you have Jewish ancestors who died in Westchester or > Bronx counties pre 1953, check Kensico Cemetery first. > If your Jewish and non-Catholic ancestors died before 1916, check with > with Gate of Heaven and ask them to search Fairview Cemetery > records. You just might find that missing ancestor's burial. > > > > > > > Barb > > MizScarlettNY@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >