On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:04:13 -0400, Darusa <deliarye777@yahoo.com> wrote: > Does anyone have a list of names from the headstones...perhaps family members might be interested > Dar I don’t yet have any details other than this: “One of the stones is for a 16 month old child who died in the mid-1800’s." Possibly they’re hard to read. I got an invitation this morning to call and schedule an appointment to go look at them, so if that works out I’ll go with camera, soft brush, water-sprayer, D/2 Biological Solution. I think the address is on O’Connell near McKown Park, which would put it even closer to where St. John’s Cemetery was than just O’Connell and Second. O’Connell used to continue north to connect to Delaware Ave just west of the cemetery. The cemetery was created in 1841, so it could easily have had a headstone from the mid 1800s. Unless this turns out to be some weird Craigslist scam (Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff was a former SUNY Albany student!), I think it’s very likely the headstones are from St. John’s. Maybe if I get some names and dates it would be possible to trace descendants, as you suggest - though it’s possible these headstones wound up as a walk because there weren’t any descendants. If I can take temporary custody of them I might do that - I’d rather they wind up at a cemetery, historical society, or with descendants than as decor inside some random person’s apartment or house, or reused for a walk elsewhere! Chris

Thank you Sent from my iPad > On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Christopher Philippo <toff@mac.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:04:13 -0400, Darusa <deliarye777@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Does anyone have a list of names from the headstones...perhaps family members might be interested >> Dar > > I don’t yet have any details other than this: “One of the stones is for a 16 month old child who died in the mid-1800’s." Possibly they’re hard to read. I got an invitation this morning to call and schedule an appointment to go look at them, so if that works out I’ll go with camera, soft brush, water-sprayer, D/2 Biological Solution. > > I think the address is on O’Connell near McKown Park, which would put it even closer to where St. John’s Cemetery was than just O’Connell and Second. O’Connell used to continue north to connect to Delaware Ave just west of the cemetery. The cemetery was created in 1841, so it could easily have had a headstone from the mid 1800s. Unless this turns out to be some weird Craigslist scam (Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff was a former SUNY Albany student!), I think it’s very likely the headstones are from St. John’s. > > Maybe if I get some names and dates it would be possible to trace descendants, as you suggest - though it’s possible these headstones wound up as a walk because there weren’t any descendants. If I can take temporary custody of them I might do that - I’d rather they wind up at a cemetery, historical society, or with descendants than as decor inside some random person’s apartment or house, or reused for a walk elsewhere! > > 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