Ed, it seems that the Parish may still be open. Some websites list it...others don't. I would call first to make sure that it's open. Then I would write directly to the Pastor, enclosing a donation...and I wouldn't mention your earlier experiences! Good luck. Terry in Mich. WATERVLIET St. Brigid's 701 Fourth Ave. Main Office: 695 Fifth Ave. 12189 Tel: (518) 273-2913 Pastor: Rev. Joseph C. Busch ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward broecker" <edward.enteract@rcn.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Marriage records before 1880 >I may well be on the wrong mailing list for this, and if so I include my > apologies. Can anyone tell me about the current situation at St. Brigid's > Church in Watervliet, the parish of my KEENAN, LYNCH and HENNESSY > families. > I found some help there a number of years ago, but then my welcome wore > out > and I had several painful phone conversations with the guardian of the > records - "...they are in the basement and no I will not go there for you > ...." Then it got personal. > > Is St. Brigid's still open, has there been a change in personnel or > attitude, was it just me or what. > > Ed Broecker >

St. B rigid's is still open; we go to Bingo there. I, myself, was going to try to find some records there as soon as the weather gets a little warmer. My g-grandmother was buried from there and I need to find any records of her wake and/or funeral. There's a Hennessey and Lynch in my g-grandmother's family, also. Her name was Margaret Doyle from Albany, NY. She married Luke G. Cranney, also from Albany. Regina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Bora" <terrybora@wowway.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] St. Brigit Watervliet > > Ed, it seems that the Parish may still be open. Some websites list > it...others don't. I would call first to make sure that it's open. Then > I > would write directly to the Pastor, enclosing a donation...and I wouldn't > mention your earlier experiences! Good luck. Terry in Mich. > > WATERVLIET > St. Brigid's > 701 Fourth Ave. > Main Office: 695 Fifth Ave. 12189 > Tel: (518) 273-2913 > > > Pastor: Rev. Joseph C. Busch > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "edward broecker" <edward.enteract@rcn.com> > To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:14 PM > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Marriage records before 1880 > > >>I may well be on the wrong mailing list for this, and if so I include my >> apologies. Can anyone tell me about the current situation at St. >> Brigid's >> Church in Watervliet, the parish of my KEENAN, LYNCH and HENNESSY >> families. >> I found some help there a number of years ago, but then my welcome wore >> out >> and I had several painful phone conversations with the guardian of the >> records - "...they are in the basement and no I will not go there for you >> ...." Then it got personal. >> >> Is St. Brigid's still open, has there been a change in personnel or >> attitude, was it just me or what. >> >> Ed Broecker >> > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

St. Bridgid's combined with 2 other churches, and is now renamed Immaculate Heart of Mary. I think the building is still being used. I called them this morning to get information about older records (273-6020). They told me to write to their acrhivist: Tom Hanley, Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2416 7th Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189 Rebecca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Bora" <terrybora@wowway.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] St. Brigit Watervliet > > Ed, it seems that the Parish may still be open. Some websites list > it...others don't. I would call first to make sure that it's open. Then > I > would write directly to the Pastor, enclosing a donation...and I wouldn't > mention your earlier experiences! Good luck. Terry in Mich. > > WATERVLIET > St. Brigid's > 701 Fourth Ave. > Main Office: 695 Fifth Ave. 12189 > Tel: (518) 273-2913 > > > Pastor: Rev. Joseph C. Busch > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "edward broecker" <edward.enteract@rcn.com> > To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:14 PM > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Marriage records before 1880 > > >>I may well be on the wrong mailing list for this, and if so I include my >> apologies. Can anyone tell me about the current situation at St. >> Brigid's >> Church in Watervliet, the parish of my KEENAN, LYNCH and HENNESSY >> families. >> I found some help there a number of years ago, but then my welcome wore >> out >> and I had several painful phone conversations with the guardian of the >> records - "...they are in the basement and no I will not go there for you >> ...." Then it got personal. >> >> Is St. Brigid's still open, has there been a change in personnel or >> attitude, was it just me or what. >> >> Ed Broecker >> > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1345 - Release Date: 3/26/2008 > 6:50 PM >

Tom is very helpful, he did some research for me and did a great job, and timely. I met him when he and his wife came to Jeanne's presentation on Troy, which was at the Renss. Co. Historical Society awhile ago. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Rector" <rrector1@nycap.rr.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] St. Brigit Watervliet > St. Bridgid's combined with 2 other churches, and is now renamed > Immaculate > Heart of Mary. I think the building is still being used. I called them > this > morning to get information about older records (273-6020). They told me to > write to their acrhivist: Tom Hanley, Immaculate Heart of Mary, 2416 7th > Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189 > Rebecca > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Theresa Bora" <terrybora@wowway.com> > To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] St. Brigit Watervliet > > >> >> Ed, it seems that the Parish may still be open. Some websites list >> it...others don't. I would call first to make sure that it's open. Then >> I >> would write directly to the Pastor, enclosing a donation...and I wouldn't >> mention your earlier experiences! Good luck. Terry in Mich. >> >> WATERVLIET >> St. Brigid's >> 701 Fourth Ave. >> Main Office: 695 Fifth Ave. 12189 >> Tel: (518) 273-2913 >> >> >> Pastor: Rev. Joseph C. Busch >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "edward broecker" <edward.enteract@rcn.com> >> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Marriage records before 1880 >> >> >>>I may well be on the wrong mailing list for this, and if so I include my >>> apologies. Can anyone tell me about the current situation at St. >>> Brigid's >>> Church in Watervliet, the parish of my KEENAN, LYNCH and HENNESSY >>> families. >>> I found some help there a number of years ago, but then my welcome wore >>> out >>> and I had several painful phone conversations with the guardian of the >>> records - "...they are in the basement and no I will not go there for >>> you >>> ...." Then it got personal. >>> >>> Is St. Brigid's still open, has there been a change in personnel or >>> attitude, was it just me or what. >>> >>> Ed Broecker >>> >> >> ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== >> Did you pay your 2008 Dues? >> Troy Irish Genealogy Society >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1345 - Release Date: >> 3/26/2008 >> 6:50 PM >> > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Did you pay your 2008 Dues? > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >