We recently saw an interesting exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York which may be of interest to anyone in that area. It is CATHOLICS IN NEW YORK 1808-1946 and runs until December 31, 2008. It looks at many aspects of the catholic church in NYC--hospitals, schools, orphanages and social welfare organizations. One area I found interesting were the record books and letters written by mothers of babies given up to foundling hospitals. The record books were under glass but a lot of Irish names were on the pages we were allowed to look at. The web site for the museum is _www.mcny.org_ (http://www.mcny.org) . The museum is at 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd street. JUDY **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Very interesting site, Judy.  Loved the map with the pins marking Catholic schools!    I was going to send this link to my brother who is an historian of American Catholicism.  But--going to brag here--he is giving one of the lectures associated with the exhibit!  Guess he knows about it.   kathleen