Come home to Forest Lawn, where history, beauty and Family legacy live. The Forest Lawn Group is proud to serve our community with twelve beautiful and peaceful cemeteries to select from. Our Western New York cemetery group includes the nationally recognized 269-acre Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg, St Matthew's Cemetery in West Seneca, Lancaster Rural Cemetery, The Oakwood Cemetery in East Aurora, Griffins Mills Cemetery in West Falls, Freedom Rural and Freedom Cemetery society in Freedom, Forest Hill Cemetery in Attica, Quaker Settlement Cemetery in Warsaw, Williamsville and Gethsemane Cemetery in Williamsville. We also own and operate the Forest Lawn Cremation Company in Buffalo. There is truly no place like Forest Lawn. One of the first creatively designed and professionally landscaped rural cemeteries in the United States. The first interment took place in 1850. Today, there are nearly 170,000 permanent residents in Forest Lawn's flagship, not-for-profit cemetery, where all are welcome. Forest Lawn is also at the heart of Western New York's cultural tourism renaissance. Each year, we're proud to welcome thousands of visitors who come to enjoy all that Forest Lawn has to offer. Breathtaking natural beauty – hills, valleys, lakes and streams, sculptural masterpieces, and living history. Most importantly, the stories of those who now rest in peace under our care including a U.S. President, foreign royalty, captains of industry, indigenous leaders, artists, inventors, veterans from every U.S. conflict since the Revolutionary War and people like us who have proudly built the community that our families enjoy today. History, and memories live on through the expansive archives and genealogical resources of the Margaret L. Wendt Archive and Resource Center and through our many tours, lectures and special events.