There is only one *active* cemetery left in the city Buffalo--Forest Lawn. There are one or two inactive ones connected to churches. There were many in the 19th century and as the city grew, they were closed, built upon, and the remains removed to Forest Lawn. Hope this helps! --- Kale Hobbes <hobbes_k@hotmail.com> wrote: > Good Morning, List: > > I hope I will not have too difficult a question to answer: > How many cemeteries are there in Buffalo NY? > > I have been trying to locate two stones (a husband and wife) > but with no luck. I have their names and death dates but do > not know the name of the cemetery; or if they were buried in > the same cemetery (I am hoping that they were). > > I tried looking for the obits but didn't know what > newspaper(s) > to look for. > > Dr. Ralph Waldo ATKINSON, DDS (Dentist) > b.27 JUN 1911 Buffalo, Erie, NY > d.03 AUG 1988 Buffalo, Erie, NY > m. C1940 > MIL: US Army, WWII (South Pacific, 1yr) > (graduate; University of Toronto, Ontario -- Dentistry) > (cadet 1930-31; Wentworth Military Academy; Lexington, > Missouri) > > spouse: Doris KELLS > b.26 JUL 1914 NY, USA > d.02 JAN 1981 Buffalo, Erie, NY > > Can anyone help with this brickwall? > > Kale Liam Hobbes, IBSSG > Alberta, Canada > hobbes_k@hotmail.com > --------------- > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ > Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records > added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich