GSRC: Rockland cemeteries

Cemeteries in Rockland County, New York

Clarkstown: Congers, Nanuet, New City, Rockland Lake, Upper Nyack, Valley Cottage, West Nyack

Haverstraw: Garnerville, Haverstraw, Thiells, Willow Grove

Orangetown: Blauvelt, Nyack, Orangeburg, Palisades, Pearl River, Piermont, South Nyack, Sparkill, Tappan

Ramapo: Airmont, Camp Hill, Chestnut Ridge, Hempstead, Hillburn, Ladentown, Monsey, Montebello, Mount Ivy, New Hempstead, Pomona, Ramapo, Sloatsburg, Sherwoodville, Spring Valley, Suffern, Tallman, Viola

Stony Point: Grassy Point, Stony Point, Tomkins Cove

Palisades Park System

Regions neighboring Rockland Co.

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This file is an attempt to list all known cemeteries in Rockland County, past and present, active and abandoned. They are listed by TOWN, then by VILLAGE and finally, alphabetically. It is not complete, but represents all that have been located in published information to date. Because descriptions in different sources are not always clear, there may be some duplicate listings under different names. For additional information consult the sources listed. Some sources list cemeteries and locations. Other list individual graves and birth and death dates. See Resources.

Additions, corrections and other reference information is welcome and appreciated. Responses should be sent to the compiler, Robert L. Protzmann, for the Genealogical Society of Rockland County. <protzy41optonline.net>

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References

CLARKSTOWN

CONGERS
Brisley Family Burial Ground Rear of 36 Dover Road Congers, NY 11 graves (1844-1869) 125 x 125 ft. Search	Abandoned (Private) Formerly the George Felter farm property.	2; 4, V6, p104; 20.
Snedeker Graves Old Haverstraw Road and Lake Road near Congers Methodist Church Congers, NY 4 graves (1810-1856) 20 x 15 ft.	Congers United Methodist Church Congers-Lake Road Congers, NY (Formerly reported as "South side of the Swamp Road, a few hundred ft West of the Congers Church")	2; 4, V6, p82; 20.
Waring Family Graves Off Congers Road, on Cropsey Farm Opposite Garecht /Garret Road Congers, NY 4 graves (1841-1842) 10 x 10 ft.	Abandoned (Private)	2; 20.
DeBaun/Swartwout BG Congers Lake Memorial Park north of parking lot Congers, NY 38 graves (1831-1878) 75 x 100 ft.	Abandoned. Town of Clarkstown	2; 4, V6, p79; 20.
Van Houten, Howard Graves ca. 1 mi N of Congers Rd, on Ridge Road (New City) Congers, NY 6 graves 15 x 25 ft.	Deserted Cemetery	7, V4, p36; 20.
Vanderbilt, Van Houten, etc. Graves Congers, NY diag across street from one above 9 graves listed 40 x 40 ft.	Deserted Cemetery	7, V4, p36; 20.
NANUET
Mount Rest Middletown Road and Church Street Nanuet, NY		21.
Nanuet (True Reformed Church) Cemetery Corner of South Middletown Road and Church Street, rear of gas station. Nanuet, NY 170 graves (1827-1969) Search	St. Paul’s Church New City, NY 10956	2; 4, Vol 2.
Nanuet Cemetery (New Section) Adjoining, south of True Reformed Church Cemetery (Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery) Middletown Road Nanuet, NY 645 graves 200 x 600 ft. Search	Office Address 22 Atlantic St. Nanuet, NY 10954	1; 2; 7, V4, p 1-19; 20.
St. Agatha Cemetery Off Duryea Lane (Highland Avenue) about 0.5 mile south of Convent Road 170 graves (1891-1984) 200 x 125 ft. Search	St. Agatha Home 135 Convent Road Nanuet, NY 845-623-3461	2; 20.
St. Anthony’s Church Cemetery Old West Nyack Road Opposite College Road Nanuet, NY 1899 - present 5 acres	St. Anthony’s Church Rectory 34 East Rt 59A Nanuet, NY 845-623-2138	1;2; 20
Saint Paul’s High View Cemetery South Middletown Road Nanuet, NY adj Nanuet Cemetery 300 x 600 ft.	Active St Paul’s Luthern Church 323 South Main Street New City, NY 10956 845-634-5574	1; 20
NEW CITY
Slave Burial Ground South Little Tor Road New City, NY	Outside fence of Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery	21.
Brouwer/Furman Graves South Little Tor Road New City, NY 4 graves (1876-1881) 10 x 10 ft.	Abandoned outside of fence, of Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery	2; 20.
Brouwer Family Burial Ground Rear of Germond’s Church Cemetery (Kings Highway) 39 West Germonds Road New City, NY 10956 9 graves (1801-1860) 50 x 50 ft.	Germonds Presbyterian Church 39 West Germonds Road New City, NY 10956	2; 4, V6, p119; 20.
Conklin/Snedeker/Springstead Burial Ground Formerly on Fred Jones Farm New City, NY 10956 12 graves (1837-1887)	Abandoned (dis-interred) (On the farm of Frank Jones, on the Long Clove Road) re-interred to Oak Hill Cemetery	2; 5, V9.
Davy/Goetschius/Nash/ Rothhaubt Burial Ground formerly 647 South Mountain Road Centenary (New City), NY 4 graves	Abandoned (dis-interred) re-interred Brick Church Cemetery	2, 5.
Deming Castle 591 South Mountain Road New City, NY 10956 2 graves	Abandoned	2.
Dutcher Burial Plot 115-137 South Mountain Road New City, NY 10956 5 graves (1849-1854)	Private property, owned by: Dale Robertson 137 South Mountain Road New City, NY 10956	2.
Garrison/Kendall/Youman Burial Ground Congers Road, New City, NY north of Town Office Building 16 graves (1825-1921) 75 x 75 ft.	Abandoned Town of Clarkstown	2; 7, V3; 20.
Germonds Presbyterian Church Cemetery Adjacent to Germond’s Presbyterian Church 39 W. Germonds Road (formerly Church Street) New City, NY 10956 ca. 1200 graves (1860-present) 300 x 1800 ft. Search	Superintendent 2 Steephill Rd. Nanuet, NY 10954 845-623-3779 http://www.germondschurch.org/germonds-cemetery/ Official website including link to spreadsheet of all interments	1; 7, V3, p1-18; 20.
Jersey/Stevens/Helms Burial Ground 184 N. Little Tor Road New City, NY 15 graves (1821-1879)	Private (on property of Dr. Bert Feldman), in fields, ca. 0.5 mi NW of New City	2; 4 V6, p130.
Jones/Green Burial Ground 8 Parkway Drive New City, NY 10956 33 graves (1796-1888)	Abandoned (Private)	2.
Knapp Burial Plot 1 High Tor Road Centenary (New City), NY 12 graves	Abandoned (Private) Adjacent to Van Orden Burial Ground.	2; 5, V7, P265.
Knapp/Nash Burial Plot 12 graves (1829-1894)	Lost, location unknown	2.
Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery South Little Tor Road New City, NY opposite Collyer Avenue next to Park Evangelical Church 329 graves (1723-1987) 200 x 200 ft. Search	Active. Martinus-Hogencamp Cemetery Association. Same as Martine in Budke (?)	2; 4, V2; 20; 21.
New City Burial Ground next to Wood/Blauvelt Stevens Congers Road New City, NY 47 graves (1733-1863)	Cemetery removed, 1966. Location of re-interments unknown	2.
Old Cemetery at New City Opposite Town Hall Congers Road New City, NY 76 graves listed	May be same as above.	5, V8; 7, V3; 8.
Old Wood Burying Ground New City, NY	Abandoned	2.
Onderdonck Graves Off New Hempstead Road East of 1 Lyndhaven Drive New City, NY 10956 2 graves (1837-1849) 10 x 10 ft.	Private Property, owned by: Jeffrey M. Plain 1 Lyndhaven Dr New City, NY 10956	2; 4, V6, p124; 20.
Summit Park Cemetery New Hempstead Rd. just east of Pennington Way Spring Valley, NY 87 of 863 graves listed. 200 x 200 ft.	Active. Summit Park Cemetery, Inc.	1; 5, V7, p. 207; 20.
Trumper /Van Orden Off Old Rt 304 (Short Clove Rd) Centenary, (New City) NY 23 graves (1847-1918) 125 x 75 ft.	Abandoned, N side of road near Stagg’s Corner, in Clarkstown.	4, V6, p107; 20.
Van Houten Family Burial Plot East of # 87 Ridge Road New City, NY 10956 10 graves (1844-1907)	Van Houten Family (Private)	2; 4, V6, p105.
Van Houten/Howard Burial Ground 74 Ridge Road New City, NY 10956 6 graves (1841-1890)	Private Property, owned (1976) by: Mr. and Mrs. Herb Partridge 74 Ridge Road New City, NY 10956	2; 4, V6, p104.
Van Orden Burial Ground 1 High Tor Road Centenary (New City), NY near former Centenary M.E. Church 2 graves (1833-1908) 28 graves listed	Abandoned (Private), about 500 ft north of the Road.	2; 5, V9.
William’s Grave Rear of 3 Muller Court New City, NY 10956 1 grave (1902)	Sisters of St Augustine’s Catholic Church	2.
Wood/Blauvelt/Stevens BG north side, Congers Road New City, NY opposite Town Office Building 29 graves	Inactive	2.
Yeomans/Townsend/ Hermf Burial Ground 121 Ridge Road 1500 feet west of Rt 304 New City, NY 8 graves (1863-1908) 15 x 25 ft.	William and Julia Berkery 121 Ridge Road New City, NY 10956	2; 4, V6, p106; 20.
Youmans Graves Rear of former Centenary ME Church 2 graves (1832-1854)	Centenary ME Church	2.
Small Graveyard Clarkstown	N side of South Mountain Road, , near Stagg’s Corner.	4, V6, p106.
ROCKLAND LAKE
Gethsemane Cemetery North of Rockland Lake State Park, off loop road Rockland Lake, NY 168 graves (1905-present) 500 x 500 ft. Search	St Paul’s Church 82 Lake Road West Congers, NY 845-268-4464	2; 20.
Perry/Trumper Burial Ground Possibly under Rt 9W Rockland Lake, NY 15 graves (1829-1914) Search	Lost, exact location unknown. On W side of road from S end of Rockland Lake to Valley Cottage, short distance from shore, in sight of lake.	2; 5, V9.
Wells Family Burial Ground Off Lake Road, Rockland State Park North of Knickerbocker Fire House Rockland Lake, NY 21 graves (1831-1874) Search	Abandoned, Palisades Interstate Park Commission	2; 5, V9.
UPPER NYACK
M. Cornelison property Nyack area, near Upper Nyack Cemetery	Records lost. Black cemetery	2.
Old Upper Nyack Cemetery Old Mountain Road Upper Nyack about 300 ft west of Broadway 66 graves (1731 - 1862) 125 x 125 ft. Search	Abandoned, on old dirt road off Broadway. Also known as Old Mountain Road Cemetery.	2; 7, V2, p. 1-2; 21.
Burial Ground Upper Nyack, NY		4, V6, p115.
VALLEY COTTAGE
Johnson Burial Ground Off Mountain View Avenue South of Christian Herald Road 100 ft south of water tower Valley Cottage, NY 14 graves (1813-1899) Search	Abandoned (Owner Unknown)	2; 5, V9.
Barmore Family Burial Ground Location has been lost, probably off Lake Road On former Barmore Farm Valley Cottage, NY 4 graves (1838-1855) 15 x 15 ft. Search	Lost On road leading from S end of Rockland Lake to Valley Cottage, E of road, Reed Property.	2; 4, V9; 20.
Lake Avenue Chapel Off Lake Road Valley Cottage, NY just east of Rt 303 intersection opposite Elim Gospel Church 5 graves (1854-1879) Search	Abandoned (Private)	2.
Snyder Cemetery West Side of Kings Highway Valley Cottage, NY Semi-active 143 graves (1773-1976) 150 x 150 ft. Search	Snyder Cemetery Association	2; 4, V6, p120; 20.
WEST NYACK
Clarkstown Reformed Church Cemetery Adj to site of original church East side of Germonds Road, just S of Bardonia Road, N of Huested Lane 275 graves (from 1705) 100 x 350 ft. Search	In limited current use Clarkstown Reformed Church Office 107 Strawtown Rd. W. Nyack, NY 10994 845-358-4320 Also called Germonds Road Cemetery, First Reformed Protestant Dutch Chuech of New Hempstead Churchyard.	1; 2; 4, V2; 21.
Clarkstown Reformed Church Death Records	see Budke Collection	5, V9.
Mount Moor Cemetery North of Rt 59 West Nyack, NY In Parking lot of Palisades Center Mall Active, Black Cemetery 82 graves (1848-1986) 200 x 150 ft. Search	Mount Moor Cemetery Association, Inc. (since 1940) 1 Milford La. Suffern, NY 10901	1; 2; 4, V6, p131; 20; 21.
Nyack Rural Cemetery North Side, Rt 59 West Nyack, NY 268 graves (1837-1977) 2600 x 300 ft. Search	Nyack Rural Cemetery, Inc. 146 Blauvelt Rd. Nanuet, NY 10954	1; 2; 7, V2, p7-9; 20.
Nyack Rural Cemetery North side, Rt 59, East of Lumber Co West Nyack, NY 67 graves Search	Nyack Rural Cemetery, Inc. 146 Blauvelt Rd. Nanuet, NY 10954	2; 7, V7, p5-6; 20.

HAVERSTRAW

GARNERVILLE
Small Burial Plot Garnerville	In a field, opposite School #3.	4, V6, p124.
Public Cemetery Garnerville, NY 72 graves (1825-1853)* 100 x 150 ft.	Public, Abandoned (Garnerville, near W. Haverstraw RR Station).	19.
Small Graveyard Garnerville, NY	E end of the printworks, site of 1790 Presbyterian Church.	4, V6, p109.
Calico Hill Cemetery E of Printworks Garnerville 150 x 10 ft.	Abandoned.	20.
Felter and Gurnee Plots Garnerville, NY 11 graves (1817-1879)* 10 x 5 ft	Private	19.
Brewster and Burns Graves 69 North Main Garnerville, NY 4 graves (1794-1798) 50 x 50 mft	Private	19.
HAVERSTRAW
Graveyard in Field	South side of the road forming the division line between Haverstraw and Stony Point, ca. 0.5 mi N of Thiells Station.	4, V6, p92.
Baum Family Plot off Route 202, SE of St. Peter’s Haverstraw 0.5 acre	Active, 1967. oldest known Jewish cemetery in Rockland Co.	20. H31.
Benson Burial Plot In woods, of Rt 202, near Industrial Plant. 10 x 10 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	20.
Congregation Sons of Jacob Rt 202 Adj to Mt Repose Haverstraw, NY 1 acre	Active, 1967.	20.
Felter Family Burial Plot Haverstraw Twp	N side of the road, top of the second hill, W of the intersection of the road from Haverstraw to Mt Ivy and the road passing School #3, at Garnerville.	4, V6, p99.
Single Grave	Former burial ground on the N side of road from Haverstraw to Mt Ivy, a short distance W of the intersection above.	4, V6, p10.
St. Peter's Cemetery Rt. 9W Haverstraw, NY 10927 Adjacent to Mt. Repose 12 acres	Active St. Peter’s Church 845-429-4811	1,3; 20.
3 graves Haverstraw Twp	In a field, W side of road from Haverstraw to Mt Ivy, 0.5 mi E of Gurnee’s Corner.	4, V6, p100.
4 graves Haverstraw Twp.	In a field, W of the road along the mountain, 1 mi W of Thiells Station.	4, V6, p100.
Family Burial Plot	W of road from Stony Point to Haverstraw, at top of hill, where road rises for crossing ravine of Cedar Pond Brook, south of the ravine.	4, V6, p135.
Mount Repose Cemetery Rts 202 and 9W Haverstraw, NY 1780-present 45 graves listed in Budke 40 acres (1852 - )	Over 20,000 burials Rtes. 202 & 9W Haverstraw, NY 10927 845-429-8383	1; 4, V9; 7, V5, p1-82; 20; 21.
Old DeNoyelles Burial Ground Haverstraw	Formerly on the Riverbank at Haverstraw. Demolished.	4, V6, p97.
THIELLS
Abandoned Cemetery Call Hollow Road near Dan Conklin place 20 x 20 ft.	Abanoned	20.
Barnes Family Burial Plot In field, 0.75 mi N of Thiells Corners, SE side of Road Thiells Corners 20 graves (1826-1888)* 35 x 35 ft	Private, Abandoned. 0.75 mi N of Thiells Corners, on a turn of the highway, S and E of the road.	4, V6, p141; 19; 20.
Barnes & Thiells Family Burial Ground 300 ft NE of Filor’s Lane 40 ft W of road Thiells 40 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Surrounded by high cedar trees. (same as above ?)	20.
Family Burial Ground Thiells, NY	In a field, W side of road from Stony Point to Thiells, ca. 1 mi N of Thiells.	4, V6, p143.
Burial Plot	In a field, a few hundred ft E of the road running from Thiells Corners and about 0.25 mi N of the corner.	4, V6, p144.
Burial Ground	Abandoned, Thiells, NY, on hillside, a few hundred ft NW of the Mill and on the N side of the road leading up the hill.	4, v6, p145.
Letchworth Valley Group 6 graves (1916-1917)* 30 x 30 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Letchworth Village Cemetery 1800 ft NW of Call Hollow and Haverstraw Town Roads Willow Grove 100 x 800 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Phillips and Knapp S side Hammond Rd, 0.5 mi N of Thiells Post Office, Letchworth Village Thiells, NY 35 Graves (1835-1879)* 100 x 25 ft	Public Cemetery, Abandoned	19.
Phillips Burial Grounds 1500 ft. N Stony Point Town and Hammond Roads Thiells 60 graves (1828-1905) 125 x 100 ft.	Public, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Rall Burial Plot 200 ft. from Infirmary Letchworth Village 4 graves (1820-1831)* 20 x 20 ft.	Private, Abandoned. No stones.	19; 20.
Mary E. Secor Grave Letchworth Village Thiells, NY 3 graves (1851)* 25 x 25 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Thiells and McKensie Thiells, NY 4 graves (1828-1844) 10 x 10 ft	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Thiells, Jones, Knapp and Dater Graves Thiells, NY 4 (or 19) graves (1828-1838) 20 x 20 ft	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Jones & Knapp Field E of Hammond Rd, N Rockland School Dist Prop 25 x 25 ft.	Abandoned (same as above ?)	20.
WILLOW GROVE
Babcock Grave 1 grave (1853) 8 x 4 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19.

ORANGETOWN

BLAUVELT
Blauvelt/Tallman Graves Blauvelt, NY 6 graves listed 8 graves (1797-1837)* 32 x 51 ft.	E of and near the tracks of the West Shore RR, about 0.5 mi N of Blauvelt Station, W of Rt 303.	5, V9; 19; 20.
Greenbush Presbyterian Churchyard Western Highway Blauvelt, NY 111 graves listed 250 x 250 ft.	Active, 1967. also called Blauvelt Cemetery	5, V7, p194; 7, V4, p 24-30; 20.
Jewish Cemetery Van Wyck Road Blauvelt, NY	Active Adj to St. Catherine’s Cemetery (see below)	23.
St. Catherine’s Cemetery Van Wyck Ave at Blauvelt Road (Orangeville) Blauvelt 400 x 500 ft.	Active	20.
St. Dominic’s Convent Cemetery Western Highway Blauvelt, NY 200 x 300 ft.	Active, 1967 Burial ground for nuns at convent, and possibly orphans.	20; 23.
NYACK
Oak Hill Cemetery West side, Rt 9W Nyack, NY 1840-present (> 2000 graves) Includes: 66 Ancient Graves from Presbyterian Cemetery near Nyack Baptist Church and from Cornelison’s Point. 200 acres Search	Active 140 N. Highland Ave. Nyack, NY 10960 845-358-0012	1;2; 5 V7, p. 260; 5, V8, V9; 20.
Oak Hill Ancient Plots (see above, in NW corner) 71 gravestones (1804-1906) 100 x 30 ft.	Removals from Nyack Baptist grounds	21.
Presbyterian Cemetery Nyack, NY ca. 50 burials to 1850	Removed to Oak Hill, 1869	2; 11; 17.
ORANGEBURG
Gesner and Conklin Family Burial Ground Orangeburg		4, V6, p74.
Orangeburg-Clausland Opposite Volkswagen Plant Old Western Hwy and Mountain View Road, opp. Mountain View Hotel Orangeburg, NY 216 rec. graves (1755-1926)* 220 x 590 ft.	Public, Abandoned.	7, V4, p20-23; 19; 20; 21.
Rockland State Hospital Orangeburg, NY 5 acres	Active, 1967.	20.
St. Agnes Convent Cemetery Kings Highway 4 acres	Active, 1967.	20.
PALISADES
Palisades Cemetery Palisades, NY 4 acres	Active. Once known as Lawrence Cemetery, rear of former George Brown house. Begun in 1774 and enlarged several times. 1964, purchased by Adolfo F. Lucas, of Brooklyn. Maintained by P.L.O.T. (Palisades Lot Owners Tribute Care Fund)	4. (BC38), V2; 20; 24.
PEARL RIVER
Blauvelt Cemetery E side of South Middletown Road, S side of Gilbert Avenue, Pearl River, NY.	Private, Disappeared. Replaced by house.	6.
Bogert Burial Plot Middletown Road (between two shopping centers), head of E Washinton Avenue 10 graves (1805 - 1907) 20 x 30 ft.	Private, Abandoned Owned by Town of Orangetown Bogert Family, lived across street.	4, V6, p125; 7, V4, p 46; 19; 20.
Middletown Burying Ground Old Middletown Road E of Medical Arts Building Pearl River, NY ca. 56 graves (1799-1853)+ 13 moved to Pearl River Cem 200 x 60 ft.	Private, Abandoned Owned by Town of Orangetown. 1797, opened by Middletown Baptist Church.	4, V2; 6; 19; 21.
Nauraushaun Burying Ground Bank of Hackensack River 2 mi S of Van Houten Mills Sickel Road Pearl River, NY. 3 recorded graves (ca. 1791)	Private, totally disappeared, covered by Lake Tappan Reservoir. Re-Interred in Orangeburg Clausland Cemetery.	4; 7, V4, p 31-36; 19.
Old Sonssont Cemetery Middletown Road Pearl River, NY	Formerly family cemetery.	7, V4, p45.
Pearl River Cemetery (formerly Rockland Cemetery) John St, S of Franklin Ave. Pearl River, NY sev hundred graves (1771-present). 200 x 300 ft.	Only active cemetery in Pearl River, in 1972. West of John Street, behind Franklin Avenue School. 1853, founded by Middletown Baptist Church, to replace the full cemetery next to the church. Sold by church and privately owned. 1973, planned to be turned over to Pearl River Cemetery Association (founded 1948) Called Rockland Cemetery during 19^th Century, re-named, 1880.	1; 4, V2; 7, V4, p37-44; 20.
Temple Israel Memorial Park Adj. St. Catherine’s Van Wyck Road at Blauvelt Road (Orangeville) Pearl River 600 x 350 ft.	Active	20.
Quackenbush Burial Vault N of Crooked Hill Road, W. of North Highland Avenue, on a hillside, in stone wall.	Site still exists, on former Quackenbush farm, privately owned. All remains removed in 1950’s and lost. Vault Sealed.	6.
Van Houten-Sickeltown Cemetery Between Sickeltown Road and Hackensack River (0.25 mi N of Van Houten Corners) (Blauvelt) Pearl River, NY ca. 164 graves (1756 - 1939)* 120 x 130 ft.	Private, Abandoned, owned by Town of Orangetown. Also called Sickeltown Cemetery	4, V2; 6; 19; 20; 21.
Family Graveyard	On the bank of the Hackensack River, ca. 0.5 mi south of bridge; formerly known as Van Houten’s Mills	4, V6, p75.
Slave Burying Ground Woods, S of Gilbert Avenue, near Uris, Blue Hills Building. Pearl River, NY	Disappeared.	6.
PIERMONT
Rockland Cemetery Piermont, NY 121 graves listed		4, V7, p.212. CHECK
Baptist Churchyard Cemetery Piermont, NY	Site is presently Piermont Village Hall. The small cemetery was in it’s rear. Tombstones used by local residents for walks and patios.	22.
SOUTH NYACK
John Gesner Farm burials in 1810 South Nyack	Location unknown	2.
SPARKILL
Rockland Cemetery Mount Nebo, off Kings Hwy. Sparkill, NY 10976 1847-present 150 acres	Kings Hwy. Sparkill, NY 10976 845-359-0172	1, 7, V2, p 14-44; 18; 20; 21.
TAPPAN
Tappan Reformed Church Cemetery Adjacent to church Old Tappan Road at Greenbush Rd Tappan, NY 93 graves (1757-1899, (old))* 110 x 350 ft. (old) 437 graves (new) 325 x 900 ft.	Active 32 Old Tappan Rd. Tappan, NY 10983 845-359-1694	1; 7, p. 1-4 (old), p. 5-38 (new); 19 (old); 4, V2.
Masonic Burial Ground Cemetery Road, off Western Highway Tappan, NY 200 x 200 ft.	Active, 1967. North of Tappan DRC.	20; 23.
Old Tappan Cemetery Tappan, NY 390 graves (1760-1890)* 150 x 150 ft.	Public, Abandoned.	19.
Andre Monument Tappan, NY former grave of Maj Andre, 1780.		19.

RAMAPO

AIRMONT
Airmont Lutheran Cemetery Airmont, NY 5 acres	Active 3 Church Road Suffern, NY 10901 845-357-3344	3; 20.
CAMP HILL
Unknown Burial Plots Camp Hill, NY 20 x 20 ft	Abandoned, Private. No readable stones.	19.
Abrams Burial Plot E side, Quaker Road, 0.5 mi N of Camp Hill Road Camp Hill, NY 6 graves (1857-1880)* 25 x 30 ft	Private E side of road, short distance S of Quaker Meeting House on Camp Hill	4, V6, p124, 19; 20.
Bishop Family Burial Plot Camp Hill Rd, 0.5 mi N of Rt 202 Camp Hill 50 x 50 ft.	1 mi W of Mt Ivy RR Station	4, V6, p103; 20.
Thomas Babcock Burial Ground Camp Hill 15 graves (field stones) 50 x 20 ft	Private Abandoned.	19; 20.
(Jackie) Jones Family BG Jerome L. Hastings Farm Camp Hill, NY 3 graves listed, 6 field stones 50 x 20 ft.	Private, Abandoned	4, V9; 19; 20.
J. Jones Family Burial Ground Camp Hill Rd, 0.25 mi S of Rt 202, on Hastings Place Camp Hill 25 x 25 ft.	Private, Abandoned. (probably same as above ?)	20.
Quaker Church Burial Grounds Quaker Road, rear of former church 20 graves (1833-40)* 40 x 40 ft.	Public, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Seemans Farm Camp Hill Road Camp Hill 6 field stones 30 x 30 ft.	Poor Cemetery, Abandoned.	19; 20.
CHESTNUT RIDGE
Colored Cemetery 2000 ft. W of Rt 45 on Hungary Hollow Road Chestnut Ridge (former S Spring Valley) 50 x 100 ft.	Abandoned	20.
HEMPSTEAD
Maple Grove Cemetery Viola Rd at Golden Rd. East of the high school Hempstead, NY	?	1.
HILLBURN
Colored Cemetery near 6^th Street (intersection of Rt 59 and Rt 17) Hillburn, NY 10 graves (< 1905 - 1926) 35 x 35 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 1967- Property of Mountain Spring Co	20; 21.
LADENTOWN
Allison & Secor Burial Ground Ladentown, NY 10 graves (1846-1918)* 40 x 40 ft	Private, Abandoned	19; 20.
Laden Burial Ground Ladentown, NY	In a field, a short distance W of Ladentown.	4, V6, p98.
Ladentown Cemetery Ramapo Twp. 225 x 75 ft.	Active, 1967. On the road westward from the village, a short distance W of the Main Road. On a dirt road.	4, V6, p101; 7; V2, p3-4; 20.
Family Burial Ground Ladentown, NY	0.5 mi NE of Ladentown.	4, V6, p114.
Seaman Burial Ground Ladentown 20 graves (1833-1879)* 25 x 25 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Ike Secor Lime Hollow Trail Ladentown 35 graves (no markings) 50 x 50 ft.	Poor Cemetery, Abandoned.	19; 20.
MONSEY
Ascension Cemetery Monsey, NY 1960-present	650 Saddle River Rd. Monsey, NY 10952 845-352-7220	1.
Monsey Cemetery Upper Saddle River Road and Maple Avenue 300 x 200 ft. 180 graves	Active, 1967.	4, V2; 20.
MONTEBELLO
Viola Rd. Cemetery Montebello, NY	?	1.
MOUNT IVY
3 Graves in Field Mount Ivy, NY 3 graves (1813-1835) 10 x 10 ft	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Coe and Gurnee Burial Plots In woodland, 0.5 mi N of English Church, near Old Schoolhouse Road and Rt 45. Mount Ivy, NY 25 graves (1765-1912)* 75 x 75 ft.	Private, Abandoned. A few hundred ft west of RR station	4, V6, p72; 19; 20; 21.
Gurnee Family Plot Rt 45, 1 mi S Conklin Fruit Stand Mount Ivy 2 graves	Private, Abandoned.	20.
Gurnee Burial Ground South Mountain Road Mount Ivy 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Former Mobry-Clarke Property	20.
Sutter Farm 700 ft N of Camp Hill Road Mount Ivy, NY Single Grave (1859) 10 x 20 ft	Location unknown Private, Abandoned. Grave of John Sutter.	5, V9; 19; 20.
NEW HEMPSTEAD
Coe Family Plot New Hempstead, NY	In field, 0.5 mi north of the English Church, Ramapo Twp..	4, V6, p62.
Community Synagogue Cemetery Cloverdale Lane New Hempstead, NY 52 burials, 1978-90		26.
POMONA
Conklin Burial Plot E side, Rt 45 Gordon Conklin Place Pomona, NY 25 x 25 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	4, V6, p108; 20.
Old Burial Ground Five Points Mission Farm Pomona, NY 75 x 25 ft.	NE corner of Mission Farm, Presently a golf course.	4, V6, p129; 20.
RAMAPO
Ramapo Cemetery Ramapo, NY 0.5 acre	Next to Ramapo Presbyterian Church, on the state road (Rt 17).	1, 7, V3, p34-44; 14; 20.
Ancient Burial Ground Ramapo Twp.	Opposite Sterlington RR Station, on a high bank, S of the road, a few hundred ft S of the station, toward Ramapo.	4, V6, p136.
Cemetery at Ramapo 152 graves listed.		4, V9.
SLOATSBURG
Sloatsburg Cemetery Sloatsburg 3000 x 1500 ft.	Active	20.
Sloatsburg ME Church Cemetery Rear of Church Sloatsburg 2 graves	Abandoned	20.
SHERWOODVILLE
Wesley Chapel Churchyard 500 ft. W Rt 202 and 22. Sherwoodville Ramapo, NY 111 graves listed 100 x 200 ft.	Active, 1967.	4, V7, p.201; 7, v2, p 10-14; 10; 20.
SPRING VALLEY
Scotland Hill Burial Ground Off South Pascack Valley Road South of Birchwood Avenue Spring Valley/Clarkstown 12 graves (1749-1839) 100 x 100 ft.	Abandoned, On the former farm of Albert Hopper. 1 mile west of Nanuet.	2; 4, V6, p. 65; 20.
Brick Church Cemetery or Reformed Church of W. Hempstead Cemetery 221 Brick Church Rd at Rt 306. (Viola Rd and Spring Valley Rd) Spring Valley, NY 643 graves listed 2.5 acres (old) (1774 - ) 30 acres (new)	Active 220 Brick Church Rd. Spring Valley, NY 10977 845-354-6785	1; 2; 5, V7, p150; 20; 21.
Congregation Sons of Isreal of Spring Valley Brick Church Road East of Rt 306, adj to Brick Church Cemetery Spring Valley, NY 0.5 acre 735 burials, 1907-90	Active, 1967.	20, 26.
Congregation Sons of Isreal of Suffern Montebello Road Adj to above. 300 x 200 ft. 193 burials, 1927-91	Active, 1967.	20, 26.
Chevra Kadisha Brick Church Road 31 burials, 1969-90		26.
De Ronde Burial Ground Spring Valley, NY 75 x 200 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 1 mi N of Spring Valley on road to English Church (Rt 45). 1967 - property of Dr. Henry Kaplan and Jerome Brown.	4, V6, p76; 20.
Gates of Zion Brick Church Road Ramapo, NY 110 burials, 1978-91		26.
Jewish Community Center Cemetery Adj to Brick Church Cemetery Spring Valley 200 x 200 acre 489 burials, 1920-90	Active 1967.	20., 26
Jewish Memorials of Rockland	15 State St. Spring Valley, NY 10977	1.
Knights of Pythias Brick Church Road Ramapo, NY 56 burials, 1970-90		26.
Russian Orthodox Cemetery (Novo Diveevo) Smith Road at Convent Road Spring Valley, NY 5000 graves (1950-present)	Active	3.
Small Family Plot Spring Valley, NY	In the Salvation Army Park, ca. 1 mi S of Spring Valley, Lakeside School grounds	4, V6, p126.
Salvation Army Farm Cemetery next to Lakeside School Route 45 Spring Valley, NY 7 graves (1830 - 1923) 20 x 20 ft.	near Scotland Road	21.
Tallman Family Burial Ground Lakeside School property Rt 45, Spring Valley 25 x 25 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Workmen’s Circle Cemetery Adj to Brick Church Cemetery Brick Church Road Spring Valley, NY 200 x 300 ft. 174 burials, 1929-90	Active, 1967.	20, 26.
Outside Workmans’s Circle Brick Church Road 80 burials, 1904-91		26.
SUFFERN
Sherwood Family Burial Ground Suffern, NY 0.25 acre	Private, Abandoned. On a sandy knoll, beside Mahwah Creek, 2 mi N of Suffern, E of Valley Road and a little S of road leading to Viola.	4, V6, p132; 20.
TALLMAN
Small Cemetery Tallman, NY	S side of Nyack, Turnpike (RT 59).	4, V6, p127.
Tallman Cemetery Main highway to Suffern Tallman, NY	Opposite Church	7, V3, p18-21.
Evergreen Cemetery Rt 59, opp. Tallman Bible Church 700 x 2000 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
VIOLA
Cedars of Lebanon Cemetery Viola Road 500 ft. W of Methodist Church 120 x 300 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Churchyard of the Baptist Church Viola Road W of Morgan’s Corner Viola, NY 200 x 350 ft.	Active, 1967. 1 mi W of Viola	4, V6, p90; 20.
Cemetery at Masonicus Airmont Road Viola, Ramapo Twp, NY	A short distance W of the Lutheran Church	4, V6, p83.
Rockland County Cemetery/Veteran’s Cemetery Rockland County Community College grounds Viola Road Viola, NY 2 acres	Active	1; 20.
Viola Cemetery	S side of road, short distance W of Viola	4, V6, p95.
County Welfare Cemetery Potters Field Rockland Community College Grounds, adj to Veteran’s Cemetery. Viola, NY 75 x 400 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.

STONY POINT

GRASSY POINT
Waldron Cemetery Grassy Point 100 graves (1804-1872)* 150 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Entrance on S side of East Main Street, W of RR overpass. Near Penny Bridge. One of oldest in Stony Point Twp. (Contains Brewsters.)	4, V6, p66; 5; 19; 20; 21.
STONY POINT
Abandoned Cemetery Stony Point Park Stony Point, NY 6 graves (1811-1815)* 10 x 12 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Abandoned Cemetery 350 ft. SE of Beaver Pond Dam 5 graves (field stones) 10 x 20 ft.	Poor Cemetery, Abandoned.	19.
Babcock, Odell, Baisley Graves E of Gate Hill Cemetery Gate Hill Road 0.25 acre	Private, Abandoned. (Adjacent to Jones Cemetery, below)	19; 20.
Blanchard Burial Ground Rt 210 Stony Point Dr and Pine Meadow Rd Gate Hill, NY 9 graves (1845-1875)* 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. (near Dikens Burial Plot)	19; 20.
Burn & Thiell Family Burial Ground at Marian Shrine Stony Point, NY 30 graves (1812-1895)* 40 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 300 ft. NE of Filors Lake & 40 ft. West of road.	19.
Old Bulson Cemetery Bulsontown Road Stony Point, NY 40 graves (1812-1904)* 75 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 75 ft E of Mary Lent house.	19; 20.
Cedar Hill Cemetery Crickettown Road Stony Point 50 x 50 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Crickett Town Road Cemetery 0.25 mi N of Rt 202 Stony Point, NY 20 graves (1821-1880)* 30 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 0.25 mi W of Presbyterian Church	19; 20.
Dikens Burial Plot Rt 210, 800 ft. SW intersection Stony Point Rd, S of Gate Hill. Stony Point, NY 1 grave (1829), 8 x 4 ft.	Private, Abandoned. 400 ft SW of Lent Home (1936).	19; 20.
Casselee-Hoyt Cemetery Rt 9W, 1 mi N of former Tomkins Cove School 100 x 100 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
James & DeCamp Burial Ground Crickettown Road Stony Point, NY 13 graves (1850-1861)* 50 x 75 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Job DeCamp Graves Adler Place, 2 mi N of Thiells Stony Point, NY 4 graves, plus vault 25 x 25 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Fehsal Property.	19; 20.
Call Family Burial Ground near Willow Grove Schoolhouse E of Willow Grove Rd. Stony Point, NY. 12 graves listed (1840-1852)* 30 x 40 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Babcocks, Calls	5, V9; 19; 20.
Gate Hill Cemetery 1 mi. W of former Willow Grove School 50 x 50 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Jones, Allison Graves W side of road from Stony Point to Thiells, 1 mi N of Thiells Stony Point, NY 11 graves (1834-1867)* 75 x 100 ft.	Private, Abandoned. Evergard Property.	19; 20.
Jones Cemetery Stony Point, NY 40 graves (1847-1854) 0.5 acres	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Lowland Hill, near Hillview Restaurant Stony Point, NY 17 graves (1804-1851)* 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Stony Point, NY 158 graves listed		5, V7, p187.
Mount Rest Rt 210, W of 9W Adj to Methodist Church Stony Point, NY 500 x 500 ft.	Active, 1967 AKA Creek Church AKA Hoyt Burial Ground	1; 20.
Rose Family Cemetery 100 ft to rear of Paul Rose House Wayne Avenue Stony Point 50 x 50 ft.	Active, 1967	20.
Rose Burial Ground 600 ft W of Robert M. Weyant home Stony Point 40 x 40 ft.	Active, 1967.	20
John Thompson Burial Ground Washburn Lane Stony Point 3 graves (1850-1853)* 15 x 15 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Waldron Family Burial Plot Stony Point Village 17 graves (1826-1891)* 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned. On Springman Property (1936) N side of road, running W from Stony Point along Cedar Pond Brook, ca. 1.5 mi W of Stony Point Village.	4, V6, p140; 19; 20.
Samuel Wiant Burial Ground Washburn Lane Stony Point, NY 20 graves (unreadable) 40 x 30 ft.	Poor Cemetery, Abandoned	19.
TOMKINS COVE
Small Burial Ground Tomkins Cove Corners 33 graves (1817-1889)* 1 acre	Public, Abandoned. 0.75 mi W of Tomkins Cove Corners, the corners being 0.3 mi S of the M. E. church	4, V6, p137; 19.
Small Burial Ground	On a hill, short distance W of the road which leaves the main E-W highway through village of Stony Point, 0.25 mi W of the Presbyterian Church. 0.25 mi N of road junction.	4, V6, p137.
Old Rose Cemetery W of Franck Rd, next to Rose Family Cemetery Tomkins Cove 20 graves, 1 vault 100 x 100 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Mount Olivet NW of Rosstown Rd and Rose Lent Burial Ground Tomkins Cove 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19; 20.
Rose - Lent Cemetery 500 ft. NW of school RT 9W Tomkins Cove 40 x 40 ft.	Active, 1967.	20.
Tomkins Burial Ground S of ME Church Tomkins Cove 1 acre	Private, Abandoned. Trap Rock Property	20.

PALISADES PARK SYSTEM

Palisades Interstate Park (PIP) Includes Rockland County and Orange County Portions of the Bear Mountain and Harriman State Parks.

St. John’s in the Wilderness St. John’s Road PIP 1 acre	Active, 1967. Next to old stone church on St. John’s Road (Old Johnsontown Road), 0.25 mi E of Lake Welch Drive and 0.5 mi S of Rt 106.	9; 16, p. 49, p. 87; 20.
Baileytown Town of Woodbury, Orange Co. 2 graves	3.5 mi from Long Mountain Circle (Rt 6), South side of Baileytown Road, 0.5 mi past Upper Twin Lake.	16, p. 77.
Bailey Family Plots Baileytown, NY 7 marrked graves ca. 14 unmarked graves	Family cemetery on family farm, Baileytown, S of Rt 6, 4 mi from Central Valley (Orange Co).	5, 9, 14; 16, p. 36.
Becraft Seven Lakes Drive PIP 2 graves	0.2 mi from Harriman Park Sign on Seven Lakes Drive.	16, p. 77.
Blanchard Cemetery (Gate Hill) Stony Point 10 graves	North side of Gate Hill Road, near the PIParkway.	14; 16, p. 78.
Charles Blanchard Pine Meadows Road 20 graves (no stones) 50 x 50 ft.	Private, Abandoned.	19.
Clarksfield, also called Lakeside June Cemetery Doodletown, NY PIP 100 x 100 ft.	Active, 1967. New family cemetery, begun in 1840, one acre. S side of a park reservoir, on path from Doodletown Road.	5; 20.
Count Grabouski grave		16, p. 79.
Doodletown # 1 June Cemetery Doodletown, PIP 2 graves	SE corner of former park nursery, Lemmon Road.	15; 16. p. 80.
Doodletown # 2 June/Lakeside Cemetery Doodletown, NY 27 marked graves	Near Lemmon Road, on land of Ethiel June. May have vanished. Includes June family graves, and about 150 unmarked graves (1982)	5: 9; 16, p. 37.
Doodletown # 3 Herbert Cemetery Doodletown	Active, 1967. large number of graves	15; 16, p. 39; 20.
Doodletown, NY PIP 65 recorded graves	Major Herbert and Johnson families.	9 .
Lake Welch # 1, Odell PIP 8 marked graves ca. 50 field stone, or unmarked.	Active, 1967. Odell Family, near entrance to Lake Welch, off Rt 210, at end of parking lot # 1.	9; 16, p. 45, p. 84; 20.
Lake Welch # 2 Rose grave 1 grave	near Lake Welch boat launch.	16, p. 17.
Lake Welch # 3 Beaver Dam Pond 6 graves	Removed to build Lake Welch, Re-interred, Stony Point Methodist Church. East end of Lake Welch.	16, p. 84.
Lake Welch # 4 Rockhouse Mountain Cemetery/ John R. Jones 20 x 20 ft.	East of rockhouse Mountain, a steep climb from the Beech trail, outer edge of Sandyfields.	14; 16, p. 85; 20.
Lewis (Silvermine) Town of Woodbury	South side of Seven Lakes Drive, overlooking parking lot. All unmarked graves	16, p. 19.
Pine Meadow # 1 (Ramsey Conklin) 4 graves 50 x 50 ft.	East side of Pine Meadow, near Ramsey Conklin’s cabin.	16, p. 85; 20.
Pine Meadow # 2 (James H. Conklin) 8 graves 100 x 100 ft.	South side of Pine Meadow Lake	16, p. 85; 20.
Pine Meadow # 3 (Samuel Conklin)	Somewhere under Pine Meadow. Lost.	16, p. 22.
Queensboro Traffic Circle PIP 18 marked graves ca. 100 unmarked	Incl. Brooks, Weyant. East side of Long Mountain Circle (Rt 6 and PIP).	9; 16, p. 46, p. 87.
Johnsontown 6 graves 25 x 15 ft	Active, 1967 (?) Private, Abandoned. 400 ft SW of school	19; 20.
Johnsontown 12 graves (1821-1884)* 100 x 75 ft	Active, 1967 (?). Public, Abandoned. 500 ft NE of school.	19; 20.
Edward Conklin Burial Ground Kanawaukee Dr near former ME Church Johnsontown 8 graves (1885-)* 20 x 20 ft	Private, Abandoned	19; 20.
Sebago # 1 Beach Johnsontown		16, p 47.
Sebago #2, Entrance Gate Lake Sebago Beach (Johnsontown Cemetery) 12 marked graves ca. 150 nmarked	PIP	9, 14; 16 , p. 48.
Sebago # 3 Johnsontown 3 graves plus unmarked graves 150 x 100 ft.	near church site (ME), (Old Johnsontown Church) on the road bank, east side of Seven Lakes Drive.	16, p. 83; 19.
Sebago # 4	Parkway Utility area near the filter beds, near Sebago Beach no marked graves	16, p. 16.
Sebago # 5 Island Hill	Seven Lakes Drive unmarked graves	16, p. 16.
Sebago # 6 Tim’s Pond	Inland from Seven Lakes Drive North, slightly beyond Sebago Beach. unmarked graves	16, p. 16.
Summit Lake Town of Woodbury	S side of Long Mountain Parkway (Rt 6), 11 mi from a locked entrance gate at top of hill. 10-12 unmarked graves	16, p. 27.
Waldron Pleasant Valley 1 grave	Seven Lakes Drive, opp. Sebago Cabin Camp, ca. 50 yards from Road. .	16, p. 88.
Abram Waldron Burial Ground 20 graves 1864-1897)* 60 x 60 ft.	Seven Lakes Drive, 500 ft W of entrance to Pine Meadows	19; 20.

REGIONS NEIGHBORING ROCKLAND

Conklin-Gesner Burial Ground Above Rt 340,, just S of NY line Rockleigh, NJ 100 x 100 ft.	Private, Abandoned Begun in 1788. Includes burials of Rockland Co families from across the border.	20; 24.
Hillside Cemetery Corp.	50 Mulberry St. Middletown, NY 10940	1.
St. Stephen's Cemetery	75 Sanfordville Rd. Warwick, NY 10990	1.
Fort Montgomery 1 grave (Cole)	Route 9W, Town of Highlands	1, p. 82.
Old St. Mary’s on-the-hill (Roman Catholic) Arden, NY	On Rt 17, slightly S of entrance to Clove Furnace at Arden.	14; 16, p. 68.

Notes:

* death dates on oldest and latest surviving stones.

1. Abandoned is used for cemeteries which are inactive. A cemetery is considered abandoned if there have been no burials for 20 years. Many are on private property, and the current owners have no connection to the graves, but own the ground. Other cemeteries may have family owners, but are inactive, and legal ownership is unknown.

2. The original list was compiled by Laurie Byrd <navy81flash.net>, August 1998. Sources included the book Cemeteries of the U.S. by Deborah M. Burek, information from the Historical Society of Rockland County, and the website "Political Graveyard" at http://potifos.com/tpg/geo/NY/kmindex.html. Also HV/Net has a small list at http://www.hvnet.com/tour/ro/hist/chruch.htm.

3. Addition information may be obtained from funeral homes in Rockland County. The Genealogical Society of Rockland County is in the process of copy, recording, computerizing and sorting both cemetery and funeral home records for eventual paper or electronic publication. For further information about these projects and available records, contact:

Les Baisley

Mike Secora

Information on Jewish Funeral records may be available from:

Hellman Memorial Chapels, Inc.

15 State Street

Spring Valley, NY 10977

845-356-8600

Additional information was abstracted from the references below by Robert L. Protzmann.

References:

2. Krell, Peter: So That All May Be Remembered, Vol 1, Clarkstown Bicentennial Commission, 1989 (out of print).

3. Rockland County Yellow Pages, Bell Atlantic, 1998-99.

4. Budke, George H.: Tomb Stone Inscriptions: Small Cemeteries in Rockland County, NY and Bergen County, NJ; The Budke Collection, NY, 1916-1920. (manuscript) Vol 2, 6 - 9. [NCL RR 929.5 BUD].

Note: The Budke Collection is a series of manuscripts by George Budke, Rockland County Historian. The originals are in the Manuscript Collection of the Main Branch of the New York Public Library. Copies of selected portions are available in the New City Library. The Tombstone Inscriptions for Rockland County are in sections BC-38, BC-42, BC-43, BC-44 and BC-45.

5. Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie: Footprints in the Ramapos, Life in the Mountains before the State Parks, Bookmasters, Inc. Ashland, OH, 1993. [NCL 974.728 STE].

6. Knight, Robert: Centennial History of Pearl River New York, Pearl River Centennial Committee, 1973. [NCL 974.728 KNI].

7. Barber, Gertrude A.: Graveyard Inscriptions of Rockland County, NY, Including Cemeteries in Tappan, Nyack, Ladentown, Sparkill, Germonds, Wesley Chapel Center, New City, Ramapo, Nanuet, Congers, Orangeburg, Pearl River, Blauvelt, New York, 1931 (manuscript). [NCL RR 929.5 BAR].

Note: Each Volume contains an alphabetical index.

8. Clark, Alan R.: Tombstone Inscriptions. Cemetery located corner of Congers Road and Evergreen Road, New City. [NCL RR 929.5 CLA].

9. Helms, Thomas: A Compilation of Cemetery Stone Recordings within the Harriman-Bear Mountain Interstate Park System. (Vanished towns and the Episcopal Church of St John’s in the Wilderness). [NCL RR 929.5HEL].

10. Helms, Thomas: Cemetery Stone Records of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. [NCL RR 929.5 HEL].

11. Johnson, Beatrice Davis: Disinterments, Presbyterian Church, Nyack, NY. (A listing of burials removed to Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, NY, 1869.)

12. Koestler, Marie S.: M. Montgomery Maze Cemetery Records. (Listings of grave markers from cemeteries in Pearl River, Blauvelt and Tappan.) Indexed. Includes Tappan Cemetery; Old Cemetery, Pearl River; Old Sickeltown, Greenbush Road; Old Clarkstown First Reformed Dutch Church, Germonds Road; Mosestown (Martinus-Hogencamp); Pearl River Methodist Episcopal; Greenbush Methodist Episcopal; Old Gisner; Pascack Reformed Church, NJ; Old Perry Cemetery; Haring (Old Tappan, NJ); Old Post Cemetery (Rivervale, NJ); Old Palisades Cemetery (Old Tappan, NJ); Snyders Burying Ground (Valley Cottage), New City Cemetery; Johnsontown Cemetery. [NCL RR 929.5 KOE].

13. Loescher, Frederick: List of Active and Abandoned Cemeteries in the County of Rockland.

14. Stevenot, Marjorie S.: Footprints in the Ramapos,

15. O’Meara, Edward J.: Tombstone Inscriptions in the HERBERT and JUNE cemeteries in the Palisades Interstate Park, New City, NY 1984. [NCL RR 929.5 OME].

16. Smeltzer-Stevenot, Marjorie: Old Burying Grounds within Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks, Bookmasters, Inc., Ashland, OH 44805, 1992. Contains maps locating individual cemetery and garve sites. [NCL RR 929.5 STE].

17. Johnson, Beatrice Davis: Disinterments, Presbyterian Ground, Nyack, NY, 1869, Typescript, 1974. 50 graves listed. [NCL RR 929.5 JOH].

18. Wales, William: Rockland Cemetery, Illustrated, Anson D. F. Randolph & Co, New York, NY, 1881. (a history) [NCL RR 929.5 WAL].

19. 1936 WPA RCPB SURVEY. Performed for the Rockland County Planning Board. [GSRC files]

20. Loescher, Frederick, Rockland Couny Burial Commissioner: List of Active and Abandoned Cemeteries in the County of Rockland, July 26, 1967. [NCL, GSRC Files].

21. Mellet, Dorothy W.: Gravestone Art in Rockland County, New York, Hudson Valley Press, Tappan, NY, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 MEL].

22. Private communication, Piermont Village Historian to Sally Dewey.

23. Private communication, Sally Dewey to R. L. Protzmann

24. Haagensen, Alice Munro: Palisades and Snedens Landing, From the Beginning of History to the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Pilgrimage Publishing, Tarrytown, NY, 1986.

25. Worden, Jean D.: Revised Master Index to the New York State DAR Genealogical Records Volumes, Book 1.General Peter Gansevoort Chapter, Albany, NY 1998. [NCL RR 369.135 REV]. Index by name of NY individuals whose cemetery records are in the DAR records.

26. Private Communication, Marie Koestler to R. L. Protzmann, May 2, 1999

The larger cemeteries in Rockland County can be found on street maps. The following list of cemeteries (which may not be on the above list) was taken from:

Hagstrom’s Bergen/Rockland Counties Atlas, Large Scale Edition, Hagstrom Map Company, Inc., Maspeth, NY, 1989

*Grid*	Pg	*Cemetery*	*Street Location*	*Town*
K-3	1		Off Doodletown Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd	PIP
F-6	2		Johnsontown Road	St Johns, PIP
E-7	2			Johnsontown, PIP
L-4	3		Rosetown Road	Tomkins Cove
K-6	3	Hillside Cemetery	Old Rt 210 at Reservoir Road	Stony Point
B-10	7		Orange Tpk (Rt 17) at Sloatsburg Rd
D-12	10		Ruby Blvd, off Oakdale Manor	Suffern, NY
E-13	10	Airmont Cemetery	South Airmont Road, at foot of Church Road	Airmont, NY
L-15	11		Sickletown Road	Orangetown, NY
L-15	11		Van Wyck Road at Blauvelt Road	Orangetown, NY
M-15	11	Greenbush Presbyterian Churchyard	Western Highway	Blauvelt, NY
L-15	12		Off Palisades Parkway, east of Rockland Psychiatric Center grounds	Orangeburg, NY
L-16	12		NW Orangeburg Road at Blaisdell Rd	Orangeburg, NY
L-16	12		SW Orangeburg Road at Blaisdell Rd	Orangeburg, NY
N-17	14	Palisades Cemetery	Behind houses off Closter Road	Palisades, NY

Additional information will be added in the future.

Additional References - Cemetery Information

WebPages

A database of over 3,000 interment records for Mount Repose can be searched at http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/. Pull down the "Location" menu and select "Rockland Co, NY". Then fill in your desired surname and select "Search". Unfortunately, you can only search for one surname at a time, and cannot simply browse the database.

Rockland Co. interment records submitted by individuals can be found at the Cemetery Records Online site at http://www.interment.net/us/ny/rockland.htm

For the meanings of symbols on old tombstone carvings, see This and That Cemetery <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/cemetery.htm>

For information about the Rockland Room collection at the New City Library, see <http://www.newcitylibrary.org/rockland.html>. For specific information about their cemetery record holdings, see <http://www.newcitylibrary.org/rockland/CEMETERY.html>

Maps for locating cemeteries, see <http://www.sar.org/geneal/cemtmaps.htm>. Although limited numbers of cemeteries are listed, the links provide maps from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which can be ZOOMed to show exact locations of listed cemeteries. The listings are by state and county. The Rockland Co, NY listing contains 14 cemeteries.

Books

Mellet, Dorothy W.: Gravestone Art in Rockland County, New York, Hudson Valley Press, Tappan, NY, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 MEL].

Meyer, Richard E., edit: Cemeteries and Gravemarkers, Voices of American Culture, Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, 1992. [NCL RR 731.76 CEM]

Schafer, Louis S.: Tombstones of Your Ancestors, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowle, MD, 1991. [NCL RR 731.76 SCH].

Strangstad, Lynette: A Graveyard Preservation Primer, AASLH Press, 1988. [NCL RR 736.5 STR].

Last edited 4 February 2001.

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