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    1. [NYNEWYOR] Evergreen Cemetery / Brooklyn
    2. N. Gabriele Harkey
    3. Does anyone have people buried there? It turns out I have 2, one died 1865 and was reinterred there in 1872, the other died in 1869 and was reinterred there in 1877. This makes no sense to me. I have the deed and have visited the cemetery. As luck would have it, this is the ONLY part of the cemetery that has gone to waste. The office was surprised to see there was a deed for the plots they were in as it was the *indigent* section and most plots were free, pauper burials, some in groups. A caretaker took the plat map and walked out where approximately the graves would have been. Of course there are no stones anymore. The ledger in the office had the information for the deed but not when it was bought, or why they were reinterred there, and even more oddly, why not together. Husband died in 1865 and was moved there in 1872. Wife dies in 1869 and gets moved in 1877. One would think they would have been moved together in 1872 as both were dead by then. Has anyone dealt with the archivist there? How hard is it to deal with them. The people in the cemetery office said that is where I might find the answers. They were all very helpful. tia, Gabriele

    01/25/2008 04:12:48