In a message dated 11/22/2005 10:49:24 AM Mountain Standard Time, bosax54@yahoo.com writes: Does anyone know which Catholic Church in NY my Czech/Bohemian ancestors might have attended between 1884 and 1891? If you can find a NYC city directories for 1885 and following years you can find an address for each James Michael and a listing of others living in the same household. That may be enough to find the right family. The address should point at the closest Bohemian church. NYC library probably has the old city directories. There may be some that are available for interlibrary loan if you are willing to pay something. They may be on microfiche. Write to the library and inquire. Also inquire at the NY Historical Society. There is a mailing list just for NY Genealogy. You might try asking your question there. If the ancestors were from Moravia they may have been Moravian Brethren or Evangelical Lutheran or Roman Catholic. If they were Brethren theyt may have settled near one of those churches. There is some history of NYC Brethren at: http://www.svu2000.org/cs_america/bmcolonial.htm and at http://hometown.aol.com/rechcigl/myhomepage/faith.html Karen