This parish's secretary has a soft spot in her heart for family historians. She is well organized, and on Tuesdays she concentrates on researching the registers and preparing certificates for the good priest to sign. St Vincent's, located in the Williamsburgh section, was established in 1860 and was primarily Irish and German for a good number of years. So, if you have good reason to think that your have records to be found at St. V's, do write to the parish sec'y: Marie Petitto at the parish office: 167 N. 6th St., Brooklyn 11211. If Marie can locate your records, please know that a contribution to the parish would be very much appreciated. Only about 100 parishioners attend Sunday Mass these days, and the future of the parish is not certain. Let's help them out! My Mahon family arrived from Ireland in 1871 and were members of the parish until at least 1914. Pat Wood Fircrest, WA

My experiences with St. V. de Paul were very different. Marie was great but had no time to look anything up in the two years that I spent sending money and letters. I have come to the conclussion that I will have to fly out and look myself, which Marie assures me is possible. It is such an old parish it is a shame that someone doesn't help them computer index their records. Pam Jeter researching: KING,MCCUE, BRIDGEWOOD, EGLESTON, McDANIELS all Williamsburgh

Hi Pat; You will probably get an e-mail from my cousin Rose Ann, if she spotted your mention of Mahon in your St. V. dePaul e-mail. We have Mahons and they came from Ireland and they are buried in Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City. St. V. dePaul may not have been (?) their parish, but we certainly had a covey of Mahons. Our Mahons (date of death) are as follows: Martin Mahon May 4 1870 Age 38 Maggie Mahon Oct. 19 1874 Age 8 Annie E. Mahon July 22 1881 Age 20 Ann Mahon May 26 1888 Age 53 I don't know whether this is any help, if there is a connection or what. It is, however, another good opportunity to connect on this thread with fellow Irish. I hope there's a connection and we can trade info. If not, maybe my cousin unraveled the other Mahons when she was looking for our gang and can pass it along. Take care and God bless, Larry Purcell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Wood" <twigs3@juno.com> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: [IRISH-NYC] St. V. de Paul parish in Brooklyn > This parish's secretary has a soft spot in her heart for family > historians. She is well organized, and on Tuesdays she concentrates on > researching the registers and preparing certificates for the good priest > to sign. > > St Vincent's, located in the Williamsburgh section, was established in > 1860 and was primarily Irish and German for a good number of years. > > So, if you have good reason to think that your have records to be found > at St. V's, do write to the parish sec'y: Marie Petitto at the parish > office: 167 N. 6th St., Brooklyn 11211. > > If Marie can locate your records, please know that a contribution to the > parish would be very much appreciated. Only about 100 parishioners > attend Sunday Mass these days, and the future of the parish is not > certain. Let's help them out! > > My Mahon family arrived from Ireland in 1871 and were members of the > parish until at least 1914. > > Pat Wood > Fircrest, WA > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please don't flame anyone on the list. If you do, you will be unsubscribed. If you are flamed, please contact the list admin privately. > > ============================== > 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=1237 >