The tombstones at NYC's Calvary Cemetery that indicate an Irish origin (and other tombstones) have been transcribed by Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina in _Old Calvary Cemetery: New Yorkers Carved in Stone_ and _Second Calvary Cemetery - New Yorkers Carved in Stone_. I understand she completed (or nearly completed) Third Calvary, but it remains unpublished. (There is a Fourth Calvary, but as far as I know, she did not do any extractions there. For those unfamiliar with Calvary, it is so large, it is divided into four separately-named portions, but is all one cemetery). The first volume (Old Calvary) includes: headstones containing Irish names and places, almost indecipherable stones, any stone with a place of birth, and Civil War and Spanish American War veterans. She examined all the monuments in the cemetery, and transcribed 5,315. The original publisher, Delia Publications, shows this title as out of print, but Amazon shows it in print from Heritage Books. The second volume (Second Calvary) includes tombstones: that show a place of origin, that state Civil War or Spanish-American War service, or that are in poor condition and may soon become unreadable. There is both a name index and an index of origins (more than 3,000 Irish origins, 70 Italian origins, 109 other origins) to the 3,305 entries. Delia Publications shows this volume as still in print. Although the 8,000+ transcriptions in these two volumes are a drop in the bucket of Calvary's 3 million+ burials, they are a great resource for anyone researching Irish emigrants to NYC. ALL tombstones that indicate an Irish origin (anything from county to townland) have been transcribed. For more information, see: Amazon listing for Old Calvary: http://www.amazon.com/Old-Calvary-Cemetery-Yorkers-Carved/dp/0788404539 Heritage Books (Old Calvary): http://heritagebooks.com/ Delia Publishing (Second Calvary, orig. pub. Old Calvary): http://www.deliapublications.com/ The books may also be available at your local library. (And, BTW Michael, nice piece of serendipity recounted in your blog. It's so nice to be rewarded for our good deeds, especially when the reward is so prompt!) Hope this helps. Regards, Claire K. On May 31, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Michael Cassara wrote: > ...I spent the day visiting > Calvary Cemetery, which is just down the street from where I live in > Sunnyside, Queens (NY). ...it's really a > goldmine for genealogists - particularly those of us with NYC-Irish roots. > Many of the monuments include detailed genealogical information - and many > of the Irish monuments include information on the deceased's birthplace.