Volunteers are needed for the Jordan Village Cemetery headstone cleaning taking place in the Town of Elbridge (Onondaga County) on Saturday, May 25. Participants will be gathering outside the Jordan Cemetery at 10 a.m. and the event will continue until 4 p.m. Pizza, water and
Friends of Lakeview Cemeteries in Patchogue (Suffolk County) will be part of the Great Brookhaven Cleanup on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will be planting flowers around the property and removing invasive plants from Union Cemetery to allow for excavation
The Genesee Country Village and Museum is hosting a new exhibit “Everybody’s Going to Be There: American Rural Cemetery Movement.” The exhibit will present a wide variety of art, maps, memorial art, mourning jewelry, and cemetery tourism ephemera of the 19th century. Several programs will
The Western New York Genealogical Society will present a “Save Our Cemeteries” workshop on Saturday, July 13 from 9 am to 4 p.m. in Niagara Falls. The morning program include presentations at the Calvin K. Richards Community Center. 10 – 10:45 am – “Uncovering the
The Mount Hope Cemetery, located in Rochester, has two volunteer events scheduled in May. Second Saturday Volunteer Landscaping – Saturday, May 11 – 8:45 – 11 a.m. Help beautify Mount Hope Cemetery. Activities include raking leaves, weeding, mulching and performing other general landscape maintenance. Events
