Hello. I was wondering what it means when a cemetery is abandoned in New York State? Why does a cemetery become abandoned? Does the state or the county/township/village have control? What if the cemetery is on private land? Is the care of the cemetery up to the relatives of the people buried there if a cemetery is abandoned? Thanks! Jill

Hi Jill, Usually a cemetery becomes abandoned when there no longer is enough money to keep it up, due to the fact that all the residents families have either died off or moved too far away or the funds for it's upkeep haven't been invested properly. Usuallly thecare of it reverts to the town where it is located, even if it is on private property if it was a public cemetery. Some cemeteries were family cemetery and I'm not too sure about that. The law in NY states that after it reverts to the care of the town all that is required is that it is mown twice a season. I visited one in Allegany Co. that according to the man who lived next door, the town mowed 2 days in a row every summer and their obligation was fulfilled. Hope this helps, Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: jjsnick <jjsnick@ncweb.com> To: <NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 3:08 PM Subject: [NYGENESE] Abandoned Cemeteries > Hello. > > I was wondering what it means when a cemetery is abandoned in New York State? Why does a cemetery become abandoned? Does the state or the county/township/village have control? What if the cemetery is on private land? Is the care of the cemetery up to the relatives of the people buried there if a cemetery is abandoned? > > Thanks! > > Jill > > > ==== NYGENESE Mailing List ==== > Genesee GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese > >