County Clerk
Records Storage Center & Archives
Almshouse Burial Permits
| Record Series |
Almshouse Burial Permits |
| Index |
Index |
| Dates |
1911-1933 |
| Location |
Warren County Records Storage & Archives |
| Format |
Preprinted burial permit forms |
| Arranged |
Chronological by File Date |
| Volume |
0.1 cubic ft |
| Department |
Social Services |
| Legal Restrictions |
Restrictions May Apply |
| Use Restrictions |
Staff will access all records and must approve all requests for
copies
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| Historical Background |
Provisions for the issuance of burial permits are found within
the State's Vital Statistics Laws including but not limited to
Chapter 270 of 1885, "An Act for the preservation of the public
health and the registration of vital statistics." and Chapter
309 of 1888, as well as Ch. 661, Section 23 of the Laws of
1893. Within these are contained provisions for the issuance of
burial permits upon the filing of death certificate with the
local registrar. Of the very few that are in the almshouse
collection, Form 6 (c. 1911 period), which specified that the
stub be kept by the issuing officer, and the permit by the
keeper of the cemetery. A later permit, Form VS 61 c. 1930,
included extracts of the Vital Statistics Law, and cited
responsibilities of filing, issuance, retention. That we have
both stubs and/or permits illustrates that keepers of the
period 1911-1933 may not have followed instructions to the
letter. Nonetheless they provide additional evidence of the
role of Superintendents of the Poor to the end illustrated in
the Laws of 1885.
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| Description of Record Series |
Preprinted burial permit forms (NYS Dept. of Health Form 5, Form VS
61) with handwritten entries and containing: name of deceased,
dates of death, burial, and permit, age, cause of death,
undertaker, place of burial, certificate of death, signature of
registrar/clerk; not all information provided for each permit.
Total # of permits - 51. These do not represent a complete
set of permits for the time period. Burial permits may also be
found in the town where the decedent was buried. Series item #
CO-2 # 633.
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| Purpose of Record |
A record of permit authorizing the burial of inmates of the County
Home in the Almshouse or other cemetery in accordance with the Laws
of New York.
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| Other Formats |
None |
| Finding Aids |
Indexed with summary containing name, date of death, place of
death, burial date and place, age. Series location on inventory
database.
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| Related Series |
Almshouse Admission Records, Almshouse Card Files, Almshouse Fiscal
Records, Almshouse Reports of Death. Photo of Almshouse and
cemetery in Public Works Construction Photographs. County
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors document government
operation of the Almshouse and services to the Poor c. 1831+. Also
available: Almshouse Cemetery with index and map.
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