[MassHistPres] Abandoned cemeteries of Massachusetts

[Heli Meltsner]

David Allen Lambert's A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries is a very  
through listing of historic cemeteries in the state. It provides some  
description of each but does not list abandoned cemeteries  
separately.  I believe that since its publication in 2002, another  
has been found associated with the former Boston Almshouse on Long  
Island.

Heli Meltsner

On May 20, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Zunino, Kim wrote:

>
> I am interested in knowing the number of pre-1960 "abandoned"  
> cemeteries/burial grounds there are in Massachusetts.
>
> My definition of an abandoned cemetery is a burial site of  
> undetermined ownership, usually found in some state of neglect. If  
> ownership is clear but it has not been maintained for a number of  
> years than I would classify it as abandoned also.
>
> These sites include pioneer cemeteries, family/community burial  
> grounds, churchyard burial grounds, and potter's fields. I would  
> also be interested in more modern cemeteries that have not had a  
> burial in fifty years or more and are currently neglected.
>
> Is there a place where I can find data on such sites? Or, data for  
> individual towns or cities?
>
> Is there a list of such sites that were adopted by local towns or  
> cities after a period of neglect?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kim Zunino | Assistant Administrator
> Lowell Historic Board
> The City of Lowell
> 50 Arcand Drive Lowell, MA 01852
> t: 978.446.7200 x1444 | f: 978.446-7104 | www.Lowell.org
> kzunino at lowellma.gov
>
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