In response to: " Did the records go with the burials and are they on line for we people with ties to the community but foot prints going in every direction?" Seek and ye may find. No one will do a complete search for you except a paid genealogist. If you are extraordinarily luck you might find someone who can quickly access info they have but in most instances you are on a solitary journey. Enjoy the journey for the destination may be a disappointment. I have consolidated the many recent posts and links. Titled them and checked that they are all working as of 6/18/2010. Claire (with more "misses" than "hits") Redwood City CA LINKS: Cemetaries outside City of Buffalo http://members.tripod.com/~wnyroots/index-town-data.html > This will give you the cemeteries for the towns of Alden, Amherst, Aurora, Boston, Brant, Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Colden, Collins, Concord, Eden, Elma, Evans, Grand Island, Hamburg, Holland, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Marilla, Newstead, North Collins, Orchard Park, Sardinia, Tonawanda, Wales, West Seneca, and other important stuff. Death Notices & Obituaries contains links to many other possible resources. http://www.BuffaloResearch.com/obit.html History of Buffalo Cemtaries (all seem to be within city limits) http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/cemetaries/BUFFALOCEMETERIES.htm l Volunteer Database (i.e. if you want more gravestones, consider signing up to record gravestones in a cemetary near you and perhaps someone else will be inspired to record the one you are looking for) http://www.newyorkgravestones.org/ Erie County, New York Online Cemetery Listings - another volunteer effort http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-2.html Concordia Cemetary & Tonawanda Cemetary Grave Listings (not searchable, must look at each page) from LDS archives http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH21&CISOPTR=44069& CISOSHOW=44028 History of Forest Lawn Cemetary in Buffalo, includes the names of the first 30 people presubscribing their internment: http://books.google.com/books?id=mrEPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144&dq=inauthor:Buffalo&l r=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q&f=false HIstory of City of Buffalo & Erie County With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers http://library.niagara.edu/buffhist/erie2.html?url=/library/buffhist/erie2.h tml OTHER HELPFUL INFO: Several smaller cemeteries were relocated to the Skinnerville Cemetary and they are Bondcroft Cemetery formerly at Bondcroft Dr. and Main St., Community Cemetery at Main Street at Eggert Rd., Eggert Road Cemetery behind 1317 Main St., formerly adjacent to St. Benedict's R. C. church, Eggertsville cemetery, formerly behind the Brick Church on Main St. between Ivyhurst Road and Koster Row, Free Church Cemetery at Ivy Hurst Rd., nad Koster Row, Little Brick Church & Cemetery at Ivy Hurst Road and Koster Row, Resting Place also at Ivy Hurst Rd., and Koster Row and Union church and Cemetery at the same location. (see http://wnyroots.tripod.com/index-2.html ) On 6/18/10, Kay Wright <mktadhg@net.bluemoon.net> wrote: > Cemeteries in existance in 1840 included new St. Louis RC cemetery in use > from 1832 to 1859 when the United German & French cemetery opened. It was > set off from the Potter's Field between North and Best Streets also dating > from 1832 to 1859. With the exception of Catholic burials, most early > Buffalo cemeteries were removed to the new Forest Lawn Cemetery located at > Delaware and Delevan Avenues, about 1851.