Hear you, but I'd suggest the boat not be rocked until the chance to photograph them is complete. Who knows what rules or roadblocks another department might impose! - Stan Broderick -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Philippo via Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:44 PM To: TIGS Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] photos of Troy burial books "Wondering why these bks are housed at the City Eng. Office—?” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Troy-Irish-Genealogy-Society/264980077964 I don’t know. Ideally they ought to be in a fireproof vault. The Troy Charter article 13, § C-81 (C) puts the cemeteries under the Department of Parks and Recreation, not the City Engineer: "Duties of Commissioner of Recreation. The Commissioner of Recreation […] shall have the duty of supervising, managing, constructing, improving and maintaining the […] cemeteries, together with the buildings thereon; and he/she shall make such rules and regulations consistent with laws as may be necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties.” http://ecode360.com/11129587?highlight=cemeteries#11129587 I’d be curious to know if interment records have been kept for the municipal cemeteries from 1954-present (seemingly the last entries in the books were made in 1953). Someone was buried in Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue just last year, and a few people were buried in New Mount Ida Cemetery on Pinewoods in the 2000s. Chris ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good point Stan. - Gerri > To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:52:29 -0400 > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] photos of Troy burial books > From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com > > Hear you, but I'd suggest the boat not be rocked until the chance to > photograph them is complete. Who knows what rules or roadblocks another > department might impose! > > - Stan Broderick >