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Greenealogy: Genealogical Research at Green-Wood. As one of New York City’s oldest and largest cemeteries, Green-Wood is an extraordinary resource for genealogists and anyone seeking information about their family members. With more than 570,000 burials, the earliest dating to 1840, Green-Wood estimates that its genealogical information ...
Details. Completed 1838. David Bates Douglass, cemetery architect. Address. 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232. + Google Maps. Why is this site significant? Predating both Central Park and Prospect Park, Green-Wood was one of the most significant public green spaces in 19th-century America.
500 25th Street. Brooklyn, NY 11232. United States. Get Directions. Website. http://www.green-wood.com. Sixteen Union generals, including Henry Halleck, Henry Slocum, Abram Duryee, and Fitz-John Porter, and two Confederate generals are buried at The Green-Wood Cemetery.
Burial Search - Green-Wood. Please note that this database of those interred at Green-Wood is not complete; some names, particularly of those interred in the earliest years of the cemetery, may be missing from it. We do have complete records at the Cemetery, so please contact us if you need further assistance.
1 day ago · RECOMMENDED: Green-Wood Cemetery is home to a flock of feral parrots. The memorial took over a section of Green-Wood’s historic wrought-iron fence, near the main entrance at Fifth Avenue at 25th ...
1 day ago · Four years after the start of the pandemic, a new memorial at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery remembers the lives lost to Covid-19 and those still affected by the pandemic. Created by Naming the ...
1 day ago · The memorial will be on display through June 3, and there will be a dedication ceremony open to the public at Green-Wood Cemetery on May 19 from 4-6 p.m. News 12 New York Download the News 12 App
