Casino Lawn Cemetery Index
CHESTNUT LAWN CEMETERY
NEW BALTIMORE, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK
Casino Lawn Cemetery Index Prices
The earliest burial in the index took place in 1840 at Green Hill Cemetery. There are approximately 500 burials dating prior to 1900, all at Green Hill. The earliest burial at Maplewood took place in 1900 and the earliest at Forest Lawn was in 1915. The Cemeteries Division also maintains the City of Greensboro's oldest African American cemetery. Casino General Cemetery appears to have been established in the mid-19th century. The earliest inscription extant is dated 1859. Burials have continued until the present day but the numbers are relatively few during the past decade suggesting that the cemetery is now closed except for reservations. Original data: Casino Friendly Society Hospital Admissions, 1913-1927, and Casino Funerals & Monuments, Funeral Directors Records, 1959-1997. Casino Lawn Cemetery Records, 1999-2017. Casino and District Family History Group, Casino, New South Wales, Australia. Description Casino Lawn Cemetery was consecrated and dedicated in 1961 and occupies a site of almost 1 hectare. The grounds include several columbaria and toilet facilities and a gazebo shelter are on site. It is maintained in excellent condition by the Richmond Valley Council.
Above are two photos of the cemetery. The top photo (our section 1)depicts the cemetery a few years after burials commenced on the west side of the road, and the bottom photo was taken in the Fall of 2004, about 50 feet further west than the first one.
It is a medium sized cemetery with about 3, 500 known burials there, not including those at the old cemetery which is just across the road, on the east side of Route 9W.
In the Fall of 2004, Ed Fink took the time and painstakingly photographed every marker now existing at both the 'new' cemetery and the 'old' one across the road as well. He returned there day after day until he completed the monumental task. I am grateful for all of his work and determination.
_(2).jpg/1200px-Palácio_Fronteira_01_(31038195615)_(2).jpg "Lawn")
During the course of this photographing Ed met the caretaker, and was given permission to make copies of their books. He was able to copy all but one book. That final book may become available at a later date. If it does, the information will be added to the work already here.
By comparing the books to the photographed markers, we were able to determine some burials that do not have markers and some burials that do not appear in the books. It was as difficult reading some portions of the books as it was reading some of the markers, so there are undoubtedly some errors.
The books contain the lot numbers, but we weren't able to determine how the lot numbers were assigned. Absent a marker, the lot numbers are the only indication of where in the cemetery the burial took place. Ed assigned section numbers as he was working, and we have placed those section numbers on the entries that have a markers.
The sections numbers are in sequence beginning with section 1 at the highway and ending with section 12 at the west end of the cemetery. The sections are clearly defined by the access roads. The section numbers will give you the general location of the marker.
Burials of known veterans are highlighted. They appear individually within the files.