Don't give up yet. If Social Services had him buried there has to be a copy of his death certificate. Cities and town have different systems of record keeping. In the town I frequent the most they mention, from 1900 forward, the informant and relation to, doctor and cause of death. This is not noted on a copy of a death certificate. If possible a view of the pages is a plus. A notice should have been put in the newspapers requesting information about the next of kin. A death notice must have been put in the paper and they had to hire a funeral parlor to prepare the internment. The funeral parlor had to know where to take the body. If you can locate the funeral parlor and (preferably) LOOK at their records you might find the grave location number. The same might hold true with the death certificate. I've tried , by mail & phone calls to Poughkeepsie, to contact funeral homes but I never was successful. Again, I would trust the Poughkeepsie Library to look for anything in the newspaper for help, especially the newspaper. Keep in touch. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "A Stapf" <ASTAPF@nycap.rr.com> To: <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Poughkeepsie > Bob, Thanks for the info. My father was an alcoholic, and the death > certificate states that Social Services brought him to the hospital. I > checked with the town and they said because it happened almost 30 years > ago > there were no records! My father is buried at the Union Cemetery in Hyde > Park in an unmarked grave. I have called and written to the Cemetery to > find a location or plot # so that the grave could be marked - but I have > had > no response at all. My brother tried and all they would tell him was an > area in the cemetery no specific location! So it seems I keep running into > brick walls. But I will continue to try. Thanks again for your help. > AnneMarie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Ryan" <ryanblack@cox.net> > To: <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:37 AM > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Poughkeepsie > > >> Anne, Libraries generally have directories for their cities or towns. >> Some >> of the bigger libraries have directories for more than one town or city. >> If you have a historical library in your area they might have a greater >> number of directories. If you live in another state I doubt that your >> library will have copies. Some directories contain more than just the >> address, one of which is, if, for example in 1930 he lived at 2 xyz >> street >> and in 1931 he moved to another town, it was usually noted, removed to >> that town or just moved. Also, if remarried his children might have >> continued to live at that address after he passed away. Check for a copy >> of his will, it is public information, from the Poughkeepsie city hall. >> Poughkeepsie has a very informative site that is worth looking at. Look >> at >> these sites. http://www.cityofpoughkeepsie.com/ http://www.poklib.org/ >> Also, go to Yahoo and find their newspaper. Let me know how you make out. >> Bob >> ====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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.10/2429 - Release Date: 10/11/09 > 18:34:00 > > ====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 >