New York Crematory Row Source and Date Checklist

Direct answer and scope

The minimum record accompanying a rendered New York crematory row is the identity of the official source, its revision date, the endpoint verification date, and an exact locator for the facility row. The record should also show which fields were supplied, which fields remain unresolved, and the limited relationship scope supported by the evidence.

For the Department of State listing, the source identity is the official Find a Crematory By County endpoint and its PDF revision dated December 11, 2024. The endpoint was checked on August 26, 2026. The exact locator is the cemetery number as published in the PDF, together with the row's position or other precise row reference used for reproduction.

This provenance describes what was present in a dated source snapshot. It is not current licence evidence, open or closed status, service evidence, capacity evidence, availability evidence, ownership evidence, case routing, endorsement, or a recommendation. The PDF's measured 48 rows and 30 counties must likewise remain tied to that snapshot rather than presented as current totals.

How to use the supplied evidence

Start by recording the official publisher and source name exactly enough to distinguish the Department of State crematory listing from other New York records. Next record the source revision shown on the PDF and the date the endpoint was verified. These are different observations: one identifies the age of the document, while the other records when the endpoint was checked.

Record the facility's exact row locator, using the cemetery number published in the PDF. Reproduce only the listed county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. Do not enrich a row from a similar name, map result, marketing material, or third-party source.

For every field, distinguish supplied from unresolved. A supplied value is the value appearing in the dated PDF. An unresolved field is one that is blank, missing, inaccessible, conflicting, unmatched, unavailable, or stale in the evidence record. It should remain visibly unresolved rather than being converted to a blank-looking conclusion or an inferred value.

The relationship record should be equally specific. A documented arranger-to-crematory chain needs separate arranger identity evidence, separate physical-facility evidence, and case-specific authorization evidence. Each link may be documented, conflicting, or unknown, with the supporting source and verification date shown for that state.

Decision framework

Use a four-part sequence for each row. First, identify the source and revision. Second, record when the endpoint was verified. Third, locate the exact row by its cemetery number and preserve the published fields. Fourth, mark every field and relationship link as supplied, unresolved, documented, or conflicting according to the evidence actually present.

The source revision and endpoint date should never be merged into a single freshness label. The official endpoint remained reachable when checked on August 26, 2026, but it served a PDF revision dated December 11, 2024. The record should state both dates and retain the narrower interpretation: the listing is from that revision and was verified at the endpoint on the later date.

Before a row is treated as reproducible, check that the source metadata, revision, endpoint verification date, row locator, and field-level states are all present. If any of those elements is absent from the validated record, the affected evidence is unresolved. If the required provenance is incomplete, no facility row or inferred status should be published.

If the source hash, filename, columns, control totals, or endpoint changes before review, the earlier interpretation cannot simply be carried forward. The source must be treated as changed until the revised evidence is recorded and assessed within its own dated scope.

Evidence limits and unresolved questions

A cemetery number is an administrative identifier as published in the PDF. It does not by itself prove that a facility is currently operating, licensed, open to the public, offering a particular service, owned by a named entity, or connected to an arranger.

Likewise, a name or address appearing in the crematory PDF does not establish that a funeral firm physically performs cremation onsite. A relationship requires separate evidence for the arranger, the physical facility, and the specific authorization for the case. If one link is missing, the chain remains unknown; the evidence model does not turn that gap into a relationship finding.

The dated listing also does not establish capacity, current availability, hours, response time, direct-to-public access, or case routing. Those questions require evidence appropriate to each claim and should remain unresolved when that evidence is absent.

Unknown is a substantive evidence state. It covers missing, blank, inaccessible, conflicting, unmatched, unavailable, and stale provenance. None of those states should be converted to zero, false, complete, current, open, licensed, verified, related, or available.

Questions people ask

The checklist is designed to keep the source, dates, locator, supplied fields, unresolved fields, and relationship limitation together. It describes the evidence record's boundaries rather than adding operational conclusions to a dated facility listing.

A row that cannot meet those provenance requirements remains unresolved. The absence of a complete record does not supply a substitute value or establish a facility status.

Evidence behind this page

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