Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- Rochester

Abstract

This series is comprised of Rochester City Historian Blake McKelvey's research notes used to write his four volume history of Rochester, New York. The materials were assembled between 1937 and 1970. The series includes handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and journals; newspaper clippings, source and illustration citations, pamphlets, and notes.

Content Description This collection consists of records from Waad Hakolel (Stonewod Avenue) and Britton Road cemetery associations. Founded in the late 1800s to serve Rochester's growing Jewish population, these cemeteries in the southeastern part of the town of Greece merged in 1954 to form the Britton Road Association for their management and upkeep. The collection consists primarily of records from the merger and post-merger periods. Earlier records are from the files of attorney William Eber, and reflect...