More records added to Fresh Pond Crematory index

The German Genealogy Group recently updated information for its Fresh Pond Crematory and U. S. Columbarium Interment Index. It added 5,424 records for the years 2015-2017.

The Fresh Pond Crematory and Columbarium is the oldest operating crematory in the United States. The crematory is located in Middle Village, New York.

This database contains an index to over 215,000 cremations that took place at the Fresh Pond Crematory, many of which are interred in niches at the U. S. Columbarium on the same property. It also includes over 4,000 people cremated elsewhere and whose cremains are in niches at the columbarium.

The crematory has additional information for each individual including: age, marital status, last residence, birthplace, date of birth, date of death, information on the next of kin, and funeral home. Some of the files may also contain family correspondence and obituaries that appeared in newspapers.

To obtain this information fill out the form found on the website with the name of the person of interest, the case ID, and your mailing address. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. The fee for this information is $36.

Please note: They will not give any information for persons that died less than 50 years ago except to people who can supply proof that they are direct relatives.

To search the index, go to: www.germangenealogygroup.com and on the left side of the page select “Database Searches” and then select Crematory.

New records available for Troy, NY area

The Troy Irish Genealogy Society has made some recent additions to its database collections.

There is a new database of cemetery interments for St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Cohoes.The database covers burials from 1862-12013, many of which are French in origin. Information in the database includes: maiden names, where born, address at time of death and parish (which includes locations outside of New York State).

Also new to the website is the database of Marriage Notices Appearing in Troy Newspapers, 1797-1860. The index includes 6,177 marriage notices from five different newspapers.

To see these records, go to the Troy Irish Genealogy Society website at: wwww.troyirish.com and click on Projects and then under Cemeteries or Marriage Records.

Other databases on the site include military records, death records and government and business records.