I am researching our Flood line, the first of whom to come to the United States was my great grandfather, Patrick Flood. I have not located his arrival record, although census and other records state that he was born November 1844 in Ireland and entered the US in 1866. I have reviewed the passenger records at NARA NE, as well as those online at Castle Gardens and Ancestry, to no avail. At the heart of this is handed down family history. My uncle, Rev. Francis X. Flood, S.J., interviewed many family members in the 60's and 70's collecting family data. I have records that he interviewed his 1st cousin Thomas Flood. Thomas told him that he and his father, also Thomas, visited his father's close friend, John F. Dwyer, at the office of the Appraiser of the Port of New York, and that Mr. Dwyer showed them an entry in a book that the Floods (12 of them) had arrived in New York in their own boat. Thomas Flood was not sure of the date, but thought it might have been 1857. Dwyer was also the leader of a Democratic club in Brooklyn's 18th Ward. I have verified that John Dwyer was a close friend of Thomas Flood senior, as he was the executor of his estate, and that Dwyer was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Cancellation of Revenue Stamps (Stamp Deputy) in the Port Collector's office in 1914. This story is well known in the family and it is most probably true, subject to memory such as the date. In all my research I have not found a passenger list of 12 Floods in their own boat - all I find are passenger manifests apparently from commercial vessels. Am I looking in the wrong place? Would a privately owned boat be listed elsewhere? May those that love us, love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts, and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limp. Irish Prayer[KPF>] "Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat."- Alex Levine. Kevin Patrick Flood, Esq.[KPF>] http://www.clanflood.org Jacksonville, FL & New York City 904-380-6758 Cell: 904-874-7838 Fax: 800-728-9619 -----Original Message----- From: nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Garrity Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:04 AM To: rhlnj@aol.com Cc: NYBrooklyn@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Cemeteries Lutheran All-Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens. rhlnj@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know where Norwegian Lutherans would have been buried in 1888-89? They lived in Brooklyn. > > Thank you > > > > > > > rita > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message