Update on the Work at the Evangelical Protestant Cemetery

For those who are following the saga of the Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery in Albany, here is a long overdue update. For background information on this story click here. If you read the background story, well, now the cemetery is back to way that it should always be; neat, orderly, and nicely landscaped. But... this is only temporary. As we all know, the grass will continue to grow until early November. Within another two weeks, maybe sooner, the grass will need to be cut again. The grass cannot be allowed to grow to the extreme length that it was previously.

So far the present owner of the cemetery and its accompanying South End church building is missing in action. He cannot be located by the authorities. We do not think that the municipality is trying very hard though. However, when I decide to tackle the task of finding our absentee cemetery owner. Oh, he will be found. Those who are in hiding need to realize that I am a genealogist with super skills and have the ability to find information and people. Enough on that.

The primary individuals who tackled this project were Travis, Mike, and Dan. These three amigos worked at the cemetery for about two weeks and they got it done. There was help from a lot of other people including a crew from Albany Med, workers from Mater Christi, UAlbany football players and their coaches, and numerous lot owners. However Travis, Mike, and Dan were present at the cemetery on a daily basis.

Will the city of Albany invoke their "Action Plan" so that this does not happen again? I very seriously doubt they will do anything. But, time will tell what happens here.

Below are a series of before and after photos at the cemetery detailing the amount of work and effort that those who helped with this project undertook. While the cemetery was overgrown, deer, skunks, and groundhogs were plentiful.

Below are before and after shots at the front of the cemetery on Krumkill Road.

Where are the gravestones?

Oh, here they are

Overgrown entrance road

Entrance road looking good