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Alert to Those With Ancestors Buried in Jersey City Cemetery

May 12, 2008 – JERSEY CITY, NJ. — The Hudson County Genealogical Society has recently become aware of the apparent abandonment of the Jersey City Cemetery, formerly known as Harsimus Cemetery. The Jersey Journal has just published an article concerning the current state of the cemetery.

The 179-year-old graveyard, now without a caretaker, is being overrun by vegetation and has many toppled grave markers. The New Jersey Cemetery Board, which regulates non-religious ceremonies held a meeting recently discussing the state of the cemetery and several people said they want a new board of directors to be set up because the previous one has vanished as its members died off.

The NJCB told interested parties that a new board can be formed through a meeting of all current plot owners.

If anyone has family in the cemetery, please contact Bob Murgittroyd, President of The Hudson County Genealogical Society as soon as possible as you can be viewed as the heirs of the plot holders and participate in the election of the new board.
 
To learn more, see the May 12, 2008 Jersey Journal article by Paul Koepp "Some See New Life for Abandoned Graveyard"


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Additional Information about Jersey City Cemetery / Harsimus Cemetery:
User-submitted burials on Findagrave.com
Additional user-submitted burials on Findagrave.com
Jersey City Past & Present - Jersey City/Harsimus Cemetery