[MassHistPres] Abandoned cemeteries of Massachusetts

[Dcolebslade at aol.com]

Please look at the website we have done for Westport.  We know of 117  
"private" historic burial grounds but could only document 101 because the others 
 were destroyed for various reasons, sometimes plowed under and the stones  
removed. We note the condition of each burial site. 
 
We are now doing photos and inscriptions for the town-owned  cemeteries.  
 
_http://westport.loreprojects.com/home.cfm_ 
(http://westport.loreprojects.com/home.cfm) 
 
Betty Slade
Westport
 
 
In a message dated 5/20/2010 12:13:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
KZunino at lowellma.gov writes:


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_ 
(file://www.lowell.org/)  
kzunino at lowellma.gov  
LOWELL  Alive. Unique. Inspiring.  


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