Christopher, Thank you for posting this article. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Investigating/ researching the cemetaries in Troy has always been of interest to me. Kathy Sent from my iPad On Aug 1, 2014, at 7:53 PM, Christopher Philippo via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> Troy’s Tombs >> The Silent Sepulchers of 45,000 Dead. >> The Forgotten Burial-Places of the First Inhabitants. >> The Memorial Monuments of the Old Burial Grounds. >> The Peculiar Personages of By-Gone Years. >> The History of the Different Cemeteries in the City. >> The Funerals of the Last Century. >> Record of Deaths and Burials for Forty-five Years. > > “Troy's Tombs.” Troy Daily Times. November 12, 1879 > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Mt-S77wZKfcUpfc1dMbVZsclE/edit?usp=sharing > > It’s quite a long newspaper article - my transcription of it runs over thirteen pages. > > The NYS Library in Albany had a folder on the shelf with the article, though it seems to be missing part of a segment about Oakwood Cemetery. I’ll have to check a microfilm reel of the whole newspaper. > > Chris Philippo > ===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