The address you mention, 323 E. 61st Street was indeed a Roman Catholic Church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, established in 1874 - I believe between lst and 2nd Avenue. It was probably also the address of the priests of the parish. The address still exists; it is occupied by the Redemptorists priests - in a newer building. I have a picture - it is a four-story brick building -- the sign on the outside says O.L.P.H. (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Redemptorists. Several years ago, the records of this church were sent to another church, Our Lady of Peace, 237 E. 62nd Street. Both of these churches are Roman Catholic; I believe Jan Hus is Presbyterian; Another church I found in my family records for New York City is S.S. Cyrilla a Methodej -- I believe this is another Roman Catholic Church. - pastor or priest at this church in 1886 was Rev.d. Bedrich Henn, Cyril & Methodius (or Constantine & Methodius) were brothers (Slavs) born in 827 and 826.S.S.R. I did find a current listing for what I believe is this church -- it is referred to as Croatian Church of St. Cyril & Methodius and is located at 502 W. 41st Street, NYC 10036. My mother was baptized in 1912 at 323 E. 61st Street and I wrote to the church where they referred me to Our Lady of Peace. I was and am searching for a marriage certificate and baptismal records for my great grandmother and grandmother. The pastor of Our Lady of Peace, Bartholomew Daly, responded to me and sent me a new copy of my own mother's baptismal record (I already had the original which is how I found the church to begin with). I was disappointed though because I had hoped to search through church records -- I don't believe the diocese allows that, probably for privacy reasons. Hope this helps. Susan W. > There was/is a Czech community on Long Island. The town of Bohemia was > settled abt 1860's or 1870's. The area around it also had many Czech's. Wish > I knew more to help but I'm sure there are others out there with more info. > > Teresa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ann trouble" > To: > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 9:37 PM > Subject: [CZ] CZECH CHURCH IN NYC? > > > > Hello List, > > > > I have just received a copy of my gr uncle's New York marriage > certificate dated nov 28, 1897. It was signed by the pastor, Joseph Wild, > but no name of a church is on the document. > > > > Under the pastor's signature the box for residence lists 323 East 61st > street. > > > > Can anyone tell me how to find out if this address is for a church, just > the pastor, or both? I know this isn't the Jan Hus Church where his sister > was married. I was wondering if there was yet another church more > frequented by the Czech population. > > > > > > > > > > > > ONE NATION UNDER GOD, > > > > > > ANN > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > > Czech-L's webpage is at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm > > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail. >