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    • #ShareTheCare of our community gardens
    • Help build UMNA's organizational capacity
  • 📣Hot Topics
    • UMNA Work Plans & Budgets
      • 2025 UMNA Work Plan
      • 2025 UMNA Budget
      • Multi-year Monroe Avenue Revitalization Plan
    • Monroe Avenue Revitalization Coalition (MARC)
      • Monroe Avenue Community Mobilization
      • Homelessness, poverty & vagrancy along the Monroe Avenue Corridor
      • Commercial Vacancies at Monroe Avenue & South Goodman Street
    • Public Safety Task Force
      • List of Recent Incidents
        • Vehicle Vandalism
        • Conflicts associated with vagrant individuals
        • Conflicts associated with a group of juveniles
    • Digital billboards proposed near Upper Monroe & Cobbs Hill on Rt. 490
    • Conversion to LED Streetlights
    • Landmark Status For All Of Cobbs Hill Park
      • The Backstory: Two Pavilions, Two Standards
      • What About A Master Plan for Cobbs Hill Park?
    • Code Compliance "High Priority" Cases
      • Case: Vacant Properties on Crosman Terrace
      • Case: Parking Lot - Code Compliance & Maintenance
    • Zoning Alignment Project (ZAP)
      • ZAP Community Engagement Through January, 2024
      • ZAP Final Phase
    • Care Of Our Green Streetscape
    • Cobbs Hill Village Redevelopment
    • Invasive Species & Pests
    • Road Related Construction or Redesign Projects
      • PROJECT: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project (Culver/University)
  • 🗓️Events & Meetings
    • Saturday, May 3: CLEAN & PREEN
    • Saturday, June 14th | Lady Bug Day
    • Online Calendar Link
    • 🗓️Past
      • 2025
        • 2025 March 16th: UMNA Annual Meeting
        • 2025 February 5: Security & Public Safety | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 February 3: Community Forum on Vehicle Vandalism/Theft, Homelessness & Other Concerns
        • 2025 February 3: Economic Development | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 January 28: Beautification & Livability | MARC ACTION TEAM
        • 2025 January 25 | Discussion: Conversion to LED Streetlights
      • 2024
        • 2024 December 2nd | Help Reboot Monroe Avenue
        • 2024 November 30th: Small Business Saturday
        • 2024 November 13: UMNA General Meeting
        • 2024 November 10th: Monroe Branch Library 110th Anniversary Celebration
        • 2024 October 29: Results of the Monroe Avenue Revitalization Community Input Survey
        • 2024 October 19: Plant Exchange + Cider Social
        • 2024 October 14: Sunrise Ceremony | Indigenous Peoples Day
        • 2024 October 1: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project Public Meeting #2
        • 2024 September 7th: Discussion of Public Safety in the Pinnacle Rd Area
        • 2024 September 5th: Exploring The Architectural Heritage of Upper Monroe
        • 2024 August 31st: Vacant Properties on Crosman Terrace
        • 2024 August 29: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2024 August 21: A discussion about bringing "Garden Walk" to Upper Monroe
        • 2024 August 20: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at TRATA
        • 2024 August 14: Help tidy up Monroe Avenue with Walking For Rochester
        • 2024 June 27: Ladybug Day
        • 2024 June 24: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at Bar Bad Ending
        • 2024 June 19 & 22: Invasive Plant Removal on Pinnacle Hill
        • 2024 June 20: Monroe Avenue Community Input Launch Party
        • 2024 June 12: UMNA General Meeting
        • 2024 May 23: Plant Exchange + Lemonade Social
        • 2024 May 21: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at Bar Bad Ending
        • 2024 May 11: Restore The Children's Garden
        • 2024 May 4: Clean & Preen | City of Rochester Clean Sweep Program
        • 2024 April 25: Walking Tour of Washington Grove
        • 2024 April 23: Informal UMNA leaders conversation at TRATA
        • 2024 April 16: 2025 Preventative Maintenance Project Public Meeting #1
        • 2024 March 30: Tidy Up Monroe Ave For Eclipse Visitors
        • 2024 March 23: UMNA Annual Meeting
        • 2024 February 13: Alternatives to a downtown Business Improvement District
        • 2024 January 13: Special Meeting regarding the Zoning Alignment Project
      • 2023
        • 2023 November 14th: General Meeting
        • 2023 October, 27th: "Thousands Of Bodies Buried In Upper Monroe! Where Are They?"
        • 2023 September 10th: Monroe Avenue Clean-up with Walking For Rochester
        • 2023 September 7th: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2023 August 31st: "Architecture In The Wild: Exploring Upper Monroe"
        • 2023 August 19th: #UMNAsocial at Cobbs Hill Park
        • 2023 August 3rd: #UMNAsocial at TRATA
        • 2023 July 30th: Monroe Avenue Clean-up with Walking For Rochester
        • 2023 June 15th: Guided Walk Through Washington Grove
        • 2023 June 6th: General Meeting
        • 2023 April 29th: Clean & Preen | Clean Sweep
        • 2023 13th & 15th April: #UMNAsocial
        • 2023 April 4th: General Meeting
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    • e-News April 28, 2025
    • e-News April 15, 2025
    • e-News March 28, 2025
    • e-News March 14, 2025
    • e-News March 7, 2025
    • e-News February 19, 2025
    • e-News February 10, 2025
    • e-News February 3, 2025
    • e-News January 27, 2025 (Special Edition)
    • e-News January 23, 2025
    • e-News January 17, 2025
    • e-News January 08, 2025
    • e-News December 28, 2024 (Special Edition)
    • e-News December 19, 2024
    • e-News December 13, 2024
    • e-News December 2, 2024 (Special Edition)
    • e-News November 27, 2024
    • e-News November 21, 2024
    • e-News November 11, 2024
    • e-News November 4, 2024
    • e-News October 27, 2024
    • e-News October 16, 2024
    • e-News October 10, 2024
    • e-News September 13, 2024
    • e-News September 3, 2024
    • e-News August 29, 2024
    • e-News August 22, 2024
    • e-News August 13, 2024
    • e-News August 7, 2024
    • e-News July 30, 2024
    • e-News July 22, 2024
    • e-News July 15, 2024
    • e-News July 11, 2024 (Special Edition)
    • e-News July 08, 2024
    • e-News July 02, 2024
    • e-News 2024 ARCHIVE
    • e-News 2023 ARCHIVE
  • 🚓Police & Public Safety
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  • 🚛City Services
  • 📚Monroe Branch Library
  • 📞Citizen Advocacy & Voting
    • Voting & Elections
    • Elected Officials
  • 🏫Resources for Renters
    • Property Condition Related Issues
    • Eviction Related Issues
    • Rent Stabilization Related Issues
    • Additional information
  • 🛠️Contractor & Business Services List
  • 🌟Awards & Recognition
    • Pinnacle Award for long-term commitment to Upper Monroe
    • Reservoir Award for community building in Upper Monroe
    • Wendell Harrison Award for business commitment to Upper Monroe
    • Highland Award for commercial or rental property ownership in Upper Monroe
    • Portage Award for organizational partnership with Upper Monroe
    • Crosman Award for a notable gardenscape in Upper Monroe
    • Culver-Cobb Award for the notable restoration or improvement of the exterior of a residence
  • 📧Contact
  • ⛓️Information & Links About Rochester Neighborhood Groups
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  • The researcher and presenter was noted local amateur historian, Dick Halsey.
  • Additional resources
  • A D&C article from 1907

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  1. About The Neighborhood
  2. Neighborhood History & Lore

Thousands Of Bodies Buried In Upper Monroe! Where Are They?

This program was developed & produced by the UMNA Local History Nerds and presented by Dick Halsey on Friday, October 27, 2023 at Artisan Church.

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Use of the facility was donated by the congregation of . The was a co-sponsor of this program. , , and all supported this program in various ways.

The researcher and presenter was noted local amateur historian, .

Additional resources

A D&C article from 1907

Dick Halsey's email

Dick Halsey's webpage on this particular topic. The information includes the list of those formerly interned at St. Patrick's cemetery on Pinnacle Hill.
dick@rochistory.com
Dick Halsey's Genealogy & History Corner (Blog)
Links to current and past cemeteries in Rochester & Monroe County
GenWeb of Monroe County
Links to other genealogy pages
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Artisan Church
Swillburg Neighborhood Association
Luci & Dona
Boldo's Armory
Dogtown
Hydra Coffeehouse
Dick Halsey
Slideshow presented on October 27, 2023
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