My Finnegan ancestors lived in the Spuyten Duyvil area of NYC in the late 1800s. They then moved to Van Corlear Place in the early 1900s. Looking for any Catholic Churches in these areas where they may have been married. Can anyone give me a lead? Rob

See: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/genea.html Genealogy and History Division of the New York Public Library http://www.archives.nysed.gov/holding/fact/natur-fa.htm New York State Archives Naturalization and Immigration Records http://www.archives.nysed.gov/holding/fact/vital.htm Vital Records for New York state http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nyirish/research.html The Irish in 19th Century New York City http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/vr/vr.html New York City, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/index.html Municipal Archives of the City of New York http://www.irishnyhistory.com/ New York Irish History Roundtable http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island, New York City http://germanroots.home.att.net/ellisisland/ Immigrant Processing Centers for New York City These, and other useful links, can be reached from the TIARA web site. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dennis Ahern | The Irish Ancestral Research Association Acton, Massachusetts | Dept. W, P.O. Box 619, Sudbury, MA 01776 ahern@world.std.com | http://www.tiara.ie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

"Rob Stieglitz" <rstieglitz@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:<Q0%n8.6041$S_5.1171608677@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>... > My Finnegan ancestors lived in the Spuyten Duyvil area of NYC in the late > 1800s. They then moved to Van Corlear Place in the early 1900s. Looking for > any Catholic Churches in these areas where they may have been married. Can > anyone give me a lead? > > Rob Rob, Spuyten Duyvil refers to a area where the Harlem River meets with the Hudson River in the west section of the Bronx. At one time the was a communuty in that area at the end of WWII. It was just west of what was then the NY Central RR yards. The Catholic Churches in that area would be St John's on Kingsbridge Ave. and Church of the Visitation at 240th street. In the early 1900's I would say that St. John's RC Church would be the dominent parish. I grew up and went to school in the area and knew many Irish families. Being Irish / American (1st Generation) all of my family was from the "OtherSide" as it was known. Hope this was of some help, Good Luck!

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:50:40 GMT, "Rob Stieglitz" <rstieglitz@prodigy.net> wrote: >My Finnegan ancestors lived in the Spuyten Duyvil area of NYC in the late >1800s. They then moved to Van Corlear Place in the early 1900s. Looking for >any Catholic Churches in these areas where they may have been married. Can >anyone give me a lead? > >Rob > > Van Corlear Place is in Marble Hill (same thing as Spuyten Duyvil). After June 1895 Marble Hill was separated from Manhattan by the Harlem Shipping Channel. At that point it became an island and was later joined to the Bronx when Spuyten Duyvil Creek was filled in. All this goes to the point that they would have been in a Manhattan parish, not a Bronx one. The nearest I can find is Good Sheperd on Broadway at 207 Street. The NYC Municipal Archives have the marriage records for that era. http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doris/html/index.html#VitalRecords There is a microfiche of the NYC Marriage index available at some libraries. The NY Public Library at 42 Street has a copy. Good luck, Brian Wickham