A Dated Official Row Remains a Dated Snapshot

Direct answer and scope

The appropriate interpretation is limited to what the official artifact contains and when that artifact was identified. The New York Department of State Find a Crematory By County endpoint was checked on August 26, 2026, and it redirected to an official PDF revision dated December 11, 2024. The endpoint verification date does not replace or update the PDF revision date.

Accordingly, a row is a dated record from the December 11, 2024 revision. The 48 measured physical-crematory listing rows and 30 counties are properties of that snapshot. They should not be restated as the number of currently active facilities, the number of currently licensed facilities, or the complete number of crematories statewide.

This distinction also limits what can be said about an individual entry. Reachability of the endpoint shows that the referenced endpoint served the artifact when checked; it does not establish that every row is currently active, licensed, open, complete, or recently updated.

How to use the supplied evidence

Use the PDF as a bounded source snapshot. Preserve the revision date of December 11, 2024 together with the endpoint verification date of August 26, 2026. Keeping both dates visible prevents a later verification of the endpoint from being mistaken for a later revision of every row.

Use only the fields that the PDF publishes: county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. A row may be identified by its cemetery number as published in the PDF. The published fields do not themselves add information about services, ownership, public access, operating status, or an arranger relationship.

The measured row count and county count should remain attached to the same dated snapshot. They describe what was measured in that artifact, rather than supplying a current total or a conclusion about statewide coverage. Names, maps, marketing materials, or third-party sources do not expand the fields published by this official PDF.

Decision framework

First, identify the artifact and its revision. The relevant official artifact is the PDF revision dated December 11, 2024, served through the endpoint checked on August 26, 2026. A changed endpoint date is therefore recorded as a verification event, not as a new revision date.

Second, separate published facts from interpretations that the artifact cannot establish. County, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number are the listed fields. The cemetery number is an administrative identifier as published in the PDF; it does not prove current status, services, ownership, direct-to-public access, or an arranger relationship.

Third, keep snapshot measurements in their original scope. The 48 rows across 30 counties can be described as measurements of the dated PDF. They cannot be used as current active-facility totals or as evidence of current statewide completeness.

Finally, do not treat a reported change to one field as a refreshed row or refreshed artifact. The supplied evidence does not establish a field-correction or whole-record update process. A changed field therefore remains a separate unresolved point unless it appears in a reviewed official artifact revision.

Evidence limits and unresolved questions

The dated PDF does not, on the supplied evidence, resolve whether an individual listed facility is currently active, licensed, open, or recently updated. It also does not establish that the measured rows are a complete current statewide roster. Those questions remain outside the stated interpretation of the snapshot.

The listed fields do not resolve whether a facility provides a particular service, is owned by a named organization, accepts members of the public directly, or has a relationship with an arranger. A cemetery number remains an identifier in the PDF and should not be used as proof of any of those matters.

Artifact integrity and source continuity are material to continued use. If the official source hash, filename, columns, control totals, or endpoint changes, publication must stop for review before a refreshed artifact is used. This is a review condition for a changed source artifact, not a method for silently incorporating a reported field change into an existing row.

Until a changed artifact has been reviewed, the unresolved point is whether the source being used remains the same validated snapshot. The available evidence does not authorize a broader status, completeness, ownership, service, or relationship conclusion.

Questions people ask

The answers below keep the official PDF's publication date, endpoint verification date, listed fields, and interpretation limits separate. They do not add provider, service, ownership, or operating-status information that the artifact does not publish.

Evidence behind this page

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