Direct answer and scope
Evidence-backed directory dimensions are limited to the eight fields printed in the official PDF: county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. A directory entry may reproduce those values as they appear in the dated source. The cemetery number may identify the published row, but its meaning should remain limited to an administrative identifier appearing in that artifact.
The endpoint checked on August 26, 2026 redirected to an official PDF bearing a revision date of December 11, 2024. The validated snapshot contained 48 physical-crematory listing rows distributed across 30 counties. Both counts describe the contents of that revision only. They do not establish the number of active facilities, current county coverage, or the completeness of the official information at a later date.
No other requested dimension is supported as a published field. In particular, the artifact has no field for current active or licensed status, services, ownership, operator, public access, distance, quality, capacity, availability, popularity, rating, recommendation, or paid priority. The absence of those fields leaves the corresponding facts unresolved rather than negative, false, or equivalent to zero.
How to use the supplied evidence
Each value should retain the scope of its source column. County is the county printed for the row. Name is the published name. Address, city, state, and ZIP code are separate location fields, while telephone number is the contact field appearing in the PDF. A cemetery number can distinguish one published row from another without being treated as proof of an additional attribute.
Names and location fields should not be enriched through assumptions drawn from wording, maps, marketing material, or third-party descriptions. For example, an address establishes only that an address was printed in the December 11, 2024 revision. It does not establish that the location remains available, that members of the public may approach it directly, or that any particular service is offered there.
The source wording should remain date-specific: listed in the official New York Department of State PDF revision dated December 11, 2024, with the current endpoint verified on August 26, 2026. Endpoint reachability on the later verification date does not transform the older revision into a statement that every listed entity was then active, licensed, open, or recently updated.
Decision framework
A requested dimension is supported only when it corresponds directly to one of the eight published columns. County and the separate address components can be represented according to their printed values. Name, cemetery number, and telephone number can likewise be represented without extending their meaning beyond the source record.
A requested dimension is unsupported when answering it would require a fact not printed in the PDF. Current status would require a status field or separate current evidence; none is present in the artifact. Services, ownership, operator identity, public access, capacity, and availability also lack corresponding fields. Distance is not published, even though an address appears, because the PDF supplies no distance value.
Evaluative or commercial dimensions are outside the artifact’s contents. It does not publish quality, popularity, rating, recommendation, or paid-priority fields. The row order, presence of contact information, or existence of an administrative identifier cannot be substituted for any of those missing dimensions.
The same boundary applies to relationships. A published row does not establish that another business arranges cremation through the listed facility. Similar names or shared location wording do not establish ownership, operation, management, or an arranger relationship. Those matters remain unresolved under the supplied evidence.
Evidence limits and unresolved questions
A row’s presence proves only that the row appears in the December 11, 2024 PDF revision served by the endpoint checked on August 26, 2026. It does not by itself prove current active or licensed status, current operations, available services, ownership, direct public access, or a relationship with a funeral arranger. A cemetery number does not resolve any of those questions.
The measured total of 48 rows across 30 counties must remain attached to the dated snapshot. It cannot be restated as the current number of operating crematories or as complete statewide coverage. Likewise, a county without a measured row in that artifact cannot be treated as proof that no crematory exists or operates there.
Changes to the source hash, filename, columns, control totals, or endpoint require renewed review before the existing snapshot can continue to be described as unchanged. A new revision may alter the available fields or measured contents. Until such a revision is validated, questions concerning current status and all unpublished dimensions remain unresolved.
Questions people ask
Common questions divide into two groups: what the dated artifact expressly publishes and what would require evidence outside it. The answers below preserve that division and keep all counts, dates, and field meanings tied to the verified snapshot.
Evidence behind this page
Each point below is restricted to what the cited primary source supports. Administrative listing status is not a quality endorsement.
| Evidence | Supported point | Scope and limitation |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence 1 | Publish exact rows from the immutable validated PDF snapshot with the source revision date, verification date, measured row count, measured county coverage, source URL, and interpretation limit. | The measured 48 rows and 30 counties describe this dated PDF snapshot, not active-facility totals, current statewide completeness, quality, availability, public access, or a live operating-status roster. |
| Evidence 2 | Reproduce those exact published fields and identify each row by its cemetery number without enriching it from names, maps, marketing, or third-party sources. | A cemetery number is an administrative identifier as published in this PDF; it does not by itself prove current status, services, ownership, direct-to-public access, or an arranger relationship. |
| Evidence 3 | State listed in the official DOS PDF revision dated 2024-12-11 and verified at the current endpoint on 2026-08-26. | Do not shorten that wording to currently active, currently licensed, currently open, complete, or recently updated; stop publication if the source hash, filename, columns, control totals, or endpoint changes before review. |
Questions people ask
Which fields does the dated New York crematory PDF publish?
It publishes county, cemetery number, name, address, city, state, ZIP code, and telephone number. These eight fields may be reproduced according to the PDF. The cemetery number is an administrative identifier printed for the row and does not prove attributes beyond that limited role.
Does the PDF publish an open, active, or licensed-status field?
No current open, active, or licensed-status field appears in the artifact. A row’s presence means only that it was included in the official PDF revision dated December 11, 2024. Endpoint verification on August 26, 2026 does not establish the listed entity’s status on that date.
Does it publish services, ownership, operator, public-access, or capacity fields?
No. The PDF does not publish fields for services, ownership, operator, public access, or capacity. A name, address, telephone number, county, or cemetery number cannot resolve those missing attributes or establish a relationship with a funeral arranger.
Does it publish quality, rating, recommendation, popularity, or paid-priority fields?
No. Quality, rating, recommendation, popularity, and paid priority are not fields in the official PDF. Nothing in the published county, identity, location, or telephone fields supplies those dimensions.
Does a published address or telephone field prove current availability?
No. An address or telephone number establishes only what was printed in the dated PDF row. It does not prove current availability, current operations, services, direct public access, ownership, or active or licensed status.
What happens if the official source fields or control totals change?
A change to the source hash, filename, columns, control totals, or endpoint requires renewed review before the existing snapshot can continue to be treated as the same evidence. The 48 rows across 30 counties remain properties of the December 11, 2024 revision verified at the endpoint on August 26, 2026.
Primary sources
- New York State Department of State, Find a Crematory By County Verified 2026-08-26