Thank you Cadia! Yes, Stony Brook was the museum...I never would have remembered that! Someone did find them in the 1890 Directory...that's where John J. Murphy is listed as "carriage builder" and his son Thomas is listed as either painter or blacksmith. He is listed in 1893 as a blacksmith on his daughter's birth certificate. On his death certificate in 1899 he is listed as a painter. Thomas had four children and three of them died before he did. My grandmother was the only surviving child. Her mother remarried but had no more children. I too live pretty far from NY now. I was born there but I live in California since 1972 or 73. Thanks for your help. Joanie Cadia Los wrote: >Hello, Joanie ... > >Possibly you mean the Stony Brook Carriage Museum? The following link provides >a list of all museums in New York State: > >http://www.worldartantiques.com/NewYork.html > >As for locating your carriage builders, I suggest consulting 1890s city >directories for Long Island City, available at many libraries. If you are not >in the area, perhaps someone could do a lookup for you. (I'm 3000 miles away!) > >You might also try a name or keyword search in the Brooklyn Eagle, which is >online up to 1902. I found a number of citations for my great-grandfather in >the Eagle, even though he lived and worked in Nassau County. > >Your own library's business section may have business directories that provide >information on now-defunct companies throughout the U.S. > >~~Cadia > > > >==== NY-LONGISLAND Mailing List ==== >Karima, List Administrator mailto:NY-LONGISLAND-admin@rootsweb.com >List Guidelines: http://home.insightbb.com/~karima/LongIslandWelcome.html > > > >