Does a New NY Crematory PDF Revision Mean Every Facility Row Changed?

Direct answer and scope

The document revision date and the endpoint verification date answer different questions. December 11, 2024 is the revision date shown for the official source served by the endpoint. August 26, 2026 is the date on which that endpoint was checked. The later verification date establishes that the endpoint remained reachable and served the dated source at that time; it is not a second revision date and does not establish when an individual row was edited.

The snapshot measurements also operate at the document level. The PDF contained 48 listing rows associated with 30 counties, but those counts do not establish present statewide completeness or the current operational condition of the listed facilities. A document-level count cannot be converted into a conclusion about a particular facility without row-specific evidence.

The published columns are county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. A cemetery number can identify a row within the source, but the identifier alone does not establish the present condition of the organization, its services, ownership, public access, or any relationship with a funeral arranger.

How to use the supplied evidence

Start with the source as a dated snapshot. Record its December 11, 2024 revision date separately from the August 26, 2026 endpoint check. Preserve the measured row and county counts as properties of that snapshot rather than treating them as live totals.

Next, identify the exact facility row by the cemetery number published in the PDF. Keep each published field separate: county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. Names, nearby addresses, maps, promotional descriptions, or other third-party material cannot replace an exact row match under the supplied evidence model.

To describe a field-level change, both compared field states and deterministic evidence of the difference are needed. For example, a revision date alone does not show whether a name or telephone field changed. Without the earlier value, later value, and exact row match, the field-change question remains unresolved.

A relationship involving an arranger and a physical crematory requires separate evidence for the arranger’s identity, the physical facility, and the case-specific authorization. Each link may be documented, conflicting, or unknown. A row in the crematory PDF supplies only the published physical-facility fields and cannot fill an absent relationship or authorization link.

Decision framework

First, determine whether the official source metadata is present and still matches the validated snapshot. The relevant elements include the source revision, filename, columns, source hash, control totals, and endpoint. If those elements change before review, the existing snapshot cannot support a new publication decision without renewed validation.

Second, determine whether the exact row is available and matched by its published cemetery number. A similar organization name or address is not a substitute for exact row identity. If the row cannot be matched, neither a row change nor continuity between source states can be asserted.

Third, evaluate each field independently. Evidence that an address changed does not establish that the name, telephone number, or another field changed. Conversely, the absence of documented change evidence does not establish that a field remained unchanged. Each conclusion must be limited to the particular compared field and source states.

Fourth, keep documentary states distinct from present-condition questions. The PDF fields do not include service offerings, facility capacity, current availability, ownership, direct public access, or arranger relationships. The dated listing and its cemetery number therefore do not supply those conclusions. Separate evidence would be required for each distinct proposition.

Finally, preserve unresolved results. Missing, inaccessible, conflicting, unmatched, unavailable, or stale row evidence does not convert into a negative or affirmative finding. It remains unknown until the exact row, compared field states, and supporting change evidence are available.

Evidence limits and unresolved questions

The official PDF supports a bounded statement: a facility was listed in the New York Department of State PDF revision dated December 11, 2024, and that source was verified at the endpoint on August 26, 2026. Shortening this to a claim about the facility’s present condition would exceed the supplied evidence.

The snapshot does not resolve whether a listed facility later changed its name, address, telephone number, or other published field. It also does not reveal whether an omission or apparent difference reflects an actual facility change, a document correction, formatting, or another cause. No reason for a difference should be inferred without evidence addressing that question.

Questions about a specific row remain unresolved when the validated source metadata, exact row, compared field values, or deterministic change evidence is absent. The same treatment applies where evidence conflicts or cannot be matched. A later endpoint check cannot repair those missing row-level elements.

An arranger-to-crematory chain is a separate evidence question. Arranger identity, physical-facility identity, and case-specific authorization must each have their own support and verification date. The editorial states documented, conflicting, and unknown describe the evidence available for those links; they are not state-issued relationship determinations or proof of the route ultimately used.

Questions people ask

Questions about revision dates often combine document-level and row-level evidence. The answers below keep the source revision, endpoint check, row identity, individual field states, and unresolved present-condition questions separate.

Evidence behind this page

Each point below is restricted to what the cited primary source supports. Administrative listing status is not a quality endorsement.