Oakland Rural Cemetery
August 22, 2025
The DAR conducted a tombstone reading at Hosmer Cemetery (now known as Oakland Rural Cemetery) between 1933-4. It was published in Volume 67 of the Genealogical Records Committee Reports. Below is a scan of the tombstone reading obtained from the New York State Library.
August 21, 2025
Since the 1910s, the Daughters of the American Revolution have been transcribing unpublished records to help preserve them. They then publish these as part of the Genealogical Record Committee (GRC) Reports.
To learn more about these reports, you can read my blog: https://jeanettesgenealogy.com/dar-grc-reports-part-1-of-3-background/.
One of the GRC Reports is a 208-page volume (#317 of the Cemetery, Church, and Town Record Reports) from the DAR Niagara Falls Chapter (of which I am a member) of records that were copied from the Niagara County Historian’s Office.
The report lists the name of the person that was buried, born, died, and the name of the cemetery.
Here is the FamilySearch link to the volume (#317): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSS9-J4SZ-S?.
Multiple volumes were put on the same microfilm reel. Here is the breakdown of the images:
Many cemeteries were listed as being represented in the volume:
Cambria
Hartland
Lewiston
Lockport
Newfane
Niagara & Niagara Falls
North Tonawanda & Wheatfield
Pendleton
Porter
Royalton
Wilson
April 14, 2025
The following digitized map was found on searchiqs.com. Info Quick Solutions, Inc. (IQS) is a site that the Niagara County Clerk has partnered with to digitize many of their books and maps.
This map of Oakland Cemetery was originally found in Book 12 on Page 1135.