This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHINNERER, BAYER, LAVENDER, KING, ROVER, RÖVER, JORGENSEN, HARTMAN, LEITHAUSER, LEITHAUSSER, NIELSEN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WUB.2ACI/1367.1 Message Board Post: Lisa, A law was passed in 1847 that banned future cemeteries from being opened in Manhattan. As a result, Lutheran Cemetery was founded in Middle Village in 1852 by German churches located in Kleindeutschland, Manhattan. Many of the victims of the General Slocum tragedy were laid to rest here. A monument dedicated in their honor at which an annual memorial ceremony takes place is found within the confines of the cemetery's southern portion. Today, the cemetery is open to people of all faiths, and has been renamed to reflect that fact. For now, German Lutherans remain the predominate group interred here. The NYS Division of Cemeteries bestowed upon the cemetery the distinction of being "exceptionally well operated and maintained." Lutheran-All Faiths Cemetery is bisected by Metropolitan Avenue, and the New York Connecting Railroad tunnels under a portion of it. 67-29 Metroplitan Avenue, Middle Villiage, NY 11379 (718) 821-1750 Gail Jorgensen