Hi, Dolly - What a wonderful story about your parents! I loved reading it. My great-grandfather was also a policeman in Hell's Kitchen. I also belong to a German group since my Father was German (it was my mother who was Irish). One day a woman wrote in and asked if anyone ever heard of George ......I'll call him "Schmitt" (since I don't want to use his actual name). Anyway, I knew the name and I wrote back to ask if he had been a harness maker in Hell's Kitchen. She wrote back, said "No," but he did own a factory on 38th St. I was positive I knew the name but couldn't place it. A few days later, the light bulb clicked on and I realized I had a newspaper article from 1886 concerning an arrest my great-grandfather (Peter Rebholz) made and, yes, he arrested George "Schmitt!" I sent her the article and she wrote back with a remark about policemen. I made it a point not to tell her that my husband had also been a NYC policeman. And should anyone be interested, I got the article from someone who belonged to The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. I've since joined (online) and I've been able to access the New York Times from days of old. Dorothy

At 07:44 PM 6/13/05, Dorothy wrote: >And should anyone be interested, I got the article from someone who >belonged to The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. I've >since joined (online) and I've been able to access the New York Times >from days of old. Perhaps you could give us some corroboration on a story we have about my husband's Irish great-grandfather in NYC :-). According to my hunny's great uncle, in "Emigrant Ancestors: John And Bethia Hall" http://silver-gateway.com/fam-tree/hall-history/index.html : >Editor's Note: The Flanagan branch of the Hall Clan were, and are, a >most musical family. My father soloed in many Christian Churches, >and also at Carnegie Hall. My mother, whom I feel was a musical >genius, was a tremendously gifted sight reader and pianist who >taught for many years. My parents and my sister Emily gave many >benefit concerts for the Archdiocese of N.Y. and for the City. They >also led the choir at Sacred Heart Church in the Bronx for 26 years. >Most practicing was done at our home, my mother being the one to >play the music. Many times she was challenged to play a piece by >putting the music in front of her. She always responded beautifully! >Once, when Mom, Pop, Sister Emily, and a baritone rendered Verdi's >"Ti Prego Padre", windows flew open around the neighborhood >apartments and shouts of "Bravo!" rang out. It made me so proud! The parents he speaks of are Edward John Flanagan and Emma Augusta (Hall) Flanagan, who can be found at http://silver-gateway.com/fam-tree/flan-hal.html Edward is something of an enigma, since I haven't been able to find much about his parents and nothing about any siblings. I thought I'd found a birth record on FamilySearch.org, but when I sent the info to the city of NY they didn't find him. Anyway, if you have a chance to look for anything about the Flanagans at Carnegie Hall (or anything else about them, really *G*) would be appreciated. Thanks! Lorena /|\ Searching for: F l a n a g a n (NY state), F l o r i o, C o c c i a, M a r t i n g a n o; F o l e y, F e r g u s o n, M o r g a n <http://silver-gateway.com/fam-tree/>