I suggest contacting Kelly Grimaldi at St. Agnes Cemetery. -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Philippo Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 7:12 PM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] "Old Marble Headstones (Downtown Albany)" > Old Marble Headstones (Downtown Albany) > O Connell Street at Second Ave. > When we purchased our home 15 years ago there was a marble path along the side of the house. When we had to have some plumbing work done it was discovered the marble slabs were actually old headstones. I'd like to dispose of these so I can put in a new walk. Anyone who would like them must be able to lift them as my husband and I are both retired and disabled. First person who can come for them gets them. Must pick up. Cannot deliver. http://albany.craigslist.org/zip/4487897828.html Listing no longer online, though brief entry still appears in Google search results as of the time of this e-mail to TIGS https://www.google.com/#q=http:%2F%2Falbany.craigslist.org%2Fzip%2F448789782 8.html&safe=off I'd been informed of the above listing and got in touch - O'Connell Street at Second Ave is only about 1,000 feet or so from where St. John's Catholic Cemetery was on Delaware Avenue around Mona Terrace and View Avenue. That's the cemetery TIGS has been transcribing the records for. Other headstones from that cemetery had also wound up in inappropriate places: Benjamin, Elizabeth. "Boys on a mission unearth signs of past." Albany Times Union. September 3, 1999: B1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=59446 80 Lamere, Cliff. "Irish Headstones Found in Albany, NY Alley." Albany & Eastern New York Genealogy. January 2001. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clifflamere/Cem/CEM-AlbAll ey.htm The Craigslist post was taken down around the time they responded to me: "Thanks for the info. Before I just give them away, I'll try to get them back to their rightful owners. One of the stones is for a 16 month old child who died in the mid-1800's. I'll keep you posted on how we do." They later wrote: "If I don't find an organization interested in them I'm just going to give them away to one of the people who responded to my Craigs List ad. Hope you have a nice weekend. " Any idea what should be done with them? If they were from St. John's my first thought was that they should go to Calvary Cemetery in Glenmont or St. Agnes in Menands. If not to them, I'm less sure. Would TIGS be interested? Chris ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- 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