Hi, I agree with Jim. I have had wonderful luck in writing to the office at St. Patrick's. They usually send me a printout with all the info on the person I am requesting, which usually includes who bought the lot, who else is buried there, the date of death and date of internment and sometimes the name of the undertaker. Very helpful. My husband and I just spent 4 hours there and put 10 miles on the car driving around looking for the locations of about 25 ancestors whose gravesites I had received over time from the office. Even with that it was time consuming, as many had no stones or markers, and we had to count the lots down the rows to find them. I wish you similar good luck. Joan

If you ask them nicely in a written request, they'll also gladly print out anyone else with the same surname. Mention the variations you have seen in spelling--they found 10 relatives--mostly infants and small children that I didn't even know existed, who were born/died between census years. When they do a surname search, they also come up with those who have a maiden name as the name you mention. Ask for copies of burial cards and plot numbers, and a map of the cemetery. Send a SASE with your request or include a generous donation for postage. I was able to find 23 relatives in unmarked graves by requesting the records. (It took about 4 weeks.) Also check out the Southern New England Irish website. They have transcribed MANY stones from Fall River cemeteries, including St. Patricks. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ussnei/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <McCarthyJH@aol.com> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] St. Patricks Cemetery? > Hi, > > I agree with Jim. I have had wonderful luck in writing to the office at St. > Patrick's. They usually send me a printout with all the info on the person I am > requesting, which usually includes who bought the lot, who else is buried > there, the date of death and date of internment and sometimes the name of the > undertaker. Very helpful. > > My husband and I just spent 4 hours there and put 10 miles on the car driving > around looking for the locations of about 25 ancestors whose gravesites I had > received over time from the office. Even with that it was time consuming, as > many had no stones or markers, and we had to count the lots down the rows to > find them. > > I wish you similar good luck. > > Joan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message