Do you have any information on the RC Churches on the East side of NYC in the 1880's? Genie ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Shelly Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:38 PM To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Fwd: Re: DOHENY People are reluctant to give any information to strangers over the phone. We're lucky they don't say "I'm busy" and hang up, as I do to those infernal solicitors who ask how I'm going! When I call people who are possible family, I try to tell more about me and ask nothing about them in the first phone call ..... just give my info and ask if they think they may have a connection of any kind ..... give them my phone number and email address ...... and then follow up with a note referring to the phone call that has my full name and home address written clearly on the envelope ..... I feel that I need to earn trust before people will share, because I know I would expect that of anyone calling me (especially a man!) ..... and so I let them know who and where I am and they can look me over a bit before they open up. But I always make certain they can reach me several ways if they decide they are willing. Once I got a huge envelope with a copy of the whole family tree (from a sister of the person I had called), years and years of her hard work, after a cross-country phone call and a follow-up note! Pedigree chart, family groups sheets, name index, the whole works! So don't give up! Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: GaelEire@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:05 PM To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Fwd: Re: DOHENY Forwarded from cpurcell1@cox.net Hi Ellen; Our Purcells are - from latest to 'earliest known' - New Jersey, Brooklyn, Scranton, PA and then Ireland. I'm still digging back. As to names: Parents; Lewis Purcell (Brooklyn) and Mary Johnston Purcell (Bronx) Grandparents: James Vincent Purcell (Scranton) and Ellen T. Lewis (Franklin Furnace, NJ) G-Grandparents: Patrick ? Purcell (Ireland, then Scranton) and Catherine Kelly Purcell (Ireland, then Scranton) Even though there is a large contingent of Purcells in Scranton, they are very reserved about their genealogy. I've tried several Purcells that I am sure are related, asking for Scranton info, without a response. I'm now digging thru all the 'usual suspect' routes. Recently found a cache of old records in a box in my brother's basement that held lots of genealogy goodies. Still culling through that. Regards, Larry Purcell ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== List Administrators: Tracy Cassidy GaelEire@aol.com Jim McCarthy SPAGHETTICOWBOY@cs.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com