Dear List Folks, It's an easy and considerate practice for senders to cut and paste. Plus, it's really helpful to all readers, especially those on Digest mode. When you read a post, and want to respond to one point, do this. PRINT this if > necessary. > > l) With your mouse, left click and hold down, while guiding your mouse > over > the text you want to respond to. > 2) Left click on your mouse, to the word "COPY" on the right. > 3) Click on the word "REPLY" to BEGIN your new email. > 4) You will see the email address of the original sender, with the text > you > just highlighted. > 5) Now, dust those cobwebs ! DELETE any automatically attached full emails > > below > your highlighted section, including NY Irish list info. > 6) DELETE all information above the highlighted section, except for the > original sender's email address. > 7) Add your message ABOVE the original sender's email address, and the > highlighted section you chose. Push SEND. > > VOILA...nice clean email without repetitive posts and all those dang > footers! > > Barb >

The official name of the church is Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians church. I walked past the church just this evening. It is in the neighborhood that is now called Woodside, but this area used to be called Old Winfield. The church was established in 1854. The address is: 70-31 48th Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377 Jim Garrity -----Original Message----- >From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 7, 2012 5:26 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: Brooklyn List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Winfield LI > >Barbara, > >There is a little bit of information on the history of St. Mary's on the >website of the nearby St. Sebastian's: >http://stsebastianwoodside.org/history.htm This seems to be the website of >the church itself: >http://www.parishesonline.com/SCRIPTS/HOSTEDSITES/ORG.ASP?ID=10941 > >Kathleen > >On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I an looking for St. Mary's Catholic Church in Winfield. LI. Any ideas >> anyone. Thanks >> >> Barbara >> Ocala, FL >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara, There is a little bit of information on the history of St. Mary's on the website of the nearby St. Sebastian's: http://stsebastianwoodside.org/history.htm This seems to be the website of the church itself: http://www.parishesonline.com/SCRIPTS/HOSTEDSITES/ORG.ASP?ID=10941 Kathleen On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I an looking for St. Mary's Catholic Church in Winfield. LI. Any ideas > anyone. Thanks > > Barbara > Ocala, FL > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am hoping that someone has an idea for me. I believe that I may have found a 2nd cousin visiting family in Brooklyn from Norway in 1952. The ship's passenger list has Frithjof Andersen going to 5105 6th Avenue in Brooklyn. The area is right for where family lived in Brooklyn, so that is why I think he might be "my guy." I used to think Frithjof was a unique name, (and sure know that Andersen is not!), but I have found out it is pretty common. I have not been able to trace much of one line of this family in Brooklyn, which makes me think he may have been visiting them (I do know that he did come to visit occassionally).   So, how do I find out who lived at 5105 6th Avenue in Brooklyn in 1952?   Thanks, Eileen Swanberg Miller Place NY

Barbara, Prior to 1898, Winfield was a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the Town of Newtown, Queens County and is now (approximately) part of the neighborhood of Woodside in the NYC Borough/NYS County of Queens. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Happy Purim*, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY * One-day rabbinic Festival of Purim (PU-rim, PAWR-im), celebrating the events in the Megillah (m'-GILL-uh) Hadassah (Book of Esther), begins after sundown on Wednesday, March 7 on the civil calendar.

I an looking for St. Mary's Catholic Church in Winfield. LI. Any ideas anyone. Thanks Barbara Ocala, FL

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2012/03/new-york-citys-department-of-records-and-information-services-may-become-downgraded.html Simple sign in... W. David Samuelsen

I haven't donated work, but I did donate several 1930s yearbooks from Brooklyn Poly that had belonged to a deceased family member and would otherwise have been discarded.  The Society seemed pleased to have the books.  If I remember right, I just telephoned to asked if they wanted them.  Then, since I was in Brooklyn at the time, dropped them off.   J. Torre -------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:01:44 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [BKLYN] Brooklyn Historical Society Has anyone on the List donated their work to the Brooklyn Historical society. I am thinking of doing that. Thanks Barbara Ocala, FL

Has anyone on the List donated their work to the Brooklyn Historical society. I am thinking of doing that. Thanks Barbara Ocala, FL

Dear Roundtable Members and Friends, By now, you all should have received your spring 2012 Roundtable Newsletters, but I'd like to send you a few reminders of some interesting events that will take place in the coming weeks. For the fifth consecutive year, on March 10, 2012, at 12 noon, the New York Irish History Roundtable, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, and The Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral will celebrate an Irish-language Mass. We invite everyone to join us, and please bring your friends! Please see our Announcements page for further details on this wonderful event!. http://irishnyhistory.org/announ.htm For more information on this event, please see our flyer at the link below, and feel free to share it with anyone that you think might be interested: http://freepdfhosting.com/47dcb83978.pdf We are pleased to announce that our own John T. Ridge, Roundtable Vice-President for Local History and noted author, has been named the Grand Marshal of the Brooklyn St. Patrick's Day Parade by the Brooklyn Irish American Parade Committee. The parade will take place on Sunday, March 18th, 2012, commencing with a Mass at Holy Name Church at 9:00 AM, and then a noontime assembly at the beginning of the parade route at Prospect Park West and 14th Street. The parade will march through the community of historic Park Slope. For more information about this event, please call 718-499-9482 <tel:718-499-9482> Receptions of an Irish Rebel: Behan in New York 1960-1964 On Saturday, March 24 at 2:00 pm, Dr. Stephen Butler will describe and discuss the controversial issues behind Irish playwright Brendan Behan's sensational visit to New York City during the 1960s. By the time of his arrival here, Behan had become famous for innovative dramas and notorious for outrageous conduct. He quickly became a public figure loved and loathed -- and loved again -- by Irish New Yorkers. Why? Come and help discover the answers. The program will take place in the McCloskey Room, Parish House for St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, 263 Mulberry Street. A coffee/tea reception will follow. Please see our Announcements page for further details on this program. http://irishnyhistory.org/announ.htm Music Across the Ocean: The Transatlantic Impact of N.Y. Irish Musicians & Recordings On Saturday, May 19, at 2:00 p.m., the effects -- in Ireland and the United States -- of early twentieth-century Irish-American recordings that captured the rich sounds and styles of musicians in New York City will be demonstrated and described in a lively presentation (with examples) by Dr. Scott Spencer. This program will take place in the hall of Our Lady of Rosary Church, 7 State Street in Manhattan (between Pearl & Whitehall Streets). A coffee/tea reception will follow. Please see our Announcements page for further details on this program. http://irishnyhistory.org/announ.htm Symposium on Irish History Interested persons are invited to attend a free symposium on Irish History supported by Our Lady of the Rosary Church (at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton National Shrine), in conjunction with Pace University, on Saturday, May 5th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The address is 7 State Street, in lower Manhattan just opposite Battery Park. For more information, call 212-269-6865 11a.m.to 4 p.m. Thank you! Jim Garrity NYIHR

At NYC NARA, I've found vital records details for psychiatric patients on the New York State Vital Records Microfiche Indexes, which excludes Albany, NYC, Rochester and Yonkers, as follows: Births 1881-1933, Marriages 1881-1958 Deaths 1880-1958 However, finding your ancestor on the index confirms dates and locations, but is no guarantee that you'll obtain the certificates! Several municipalities informed me that the specific institutions hold NYS certificates locally, that were then filed in Albany. Many direct line descendants' requests for death certificates are ignored or refused. OBTAINING VITAL RECORDS (accoding to NYS Health Dept.) "Birth records, death records, and marriage records are considered Vital Records in New York State and generally can be accessed by the public. If you are interested in exploring this option, you can obtain more information on how to obtain these records on the New York State Department of Health's vital Records website at http://www.health.ny.gov/" RESOURCE: https://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/faq/ ========== EXCEPTIONS re BURIALS at INSTITUTIONS "...if you believe a patient was buried in one of our cemeteries. If so, then with appropriate family linkage documentation, including birth and death certificates, we could provide you with information on the individual's burial site. Requests should be sent to John Allen, Consumer Affairs, NYS Office of Mental Health, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229 " [ https://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/faq/ ] ========== A list of existing NYS Office of Mental Health Facilites is here> https://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/aboutomh/omh_facility.html Many names of institutions were altered over time, and were not originally under the NYS umbrella, but are now. The key deterring term to obtaining ancestral, patient "clinical" records, and even older death certificates, appears to be "New York State." The state has withheld access to patient records of persons deceased in 1920s/30s, to even direct line descendants. Their published rationale is that we the public don't have tha ability to understand mental health diagnoses and that by "protecting" even deceased mental patients, prejudice will end. What century are NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo et al living in? Governments put patients and disabled vets out to NYC streets in the 1970s. Aren't they aware of today's statistics of functional persons who live on presecribed medications? Yet, shouldn't certain employment fields (police, fire, teaching) have access? Ironically, NYS is promulgating the shame label, as Big Brother of clinical files. Here is NYS Commissioner of Mental Health, Michael F. HOGAN 's letter: https://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/commissioner/message.html Here are addresses of some metro area facilities Creedmoor Psychiatric Center 79-25 Winchester Boulevard Queens Village, NY 11427 Phone: (718) 264-4000 Fax: (718) 264-3627 Manhattan Psychiatric Center [located on Wards Island] 600 East 125th Street New York, New York 10035-6098 Phone: (646) 672-6767 Fax: (646) 672-6446 Pilgrim Psychiatric Center 998 Crooked Hill Road West Brentwood, NY 11717–1087 Phone: (631) 761–3500 Fax: (631) 761–2600 Rockland Psychiatric Center 140 Old Orangeburg Road Orangeburg, NY 10962 Phone: (845) 359-1000 Fax: (845) 359-3143 Kingsboro Psychiatric Center 681 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11203 Phone: (718) 221-7700 / 7259 Fax: (718) 221-7206 Barb Metro NYC Researcher @ 3/3/2012

The New York Irish History Roundtable's own Clare Curtin will be delivering her presentation of "Assisted Emigration: the Story of Brigid Egan" at the Floral Park Library on Thursday, March 15th 2012, at 7pm. "On May 18, 1888 a British ship transported over 1,000 passengers to the docks of lower Manhattan. Among them was 17 year old Brigid Egan. She and other young girls were part of a prearranged, assisted-emigration scheme whose exact origins were unknown. Seeking answers, our presenter and Brigid Egan’s granddaughter, Clare Curtin, began a quest spanning 10 years, including interviews with historians and archival research. Come learn the fascinating facts of assisted emigration through photographs and documents, beginning in West Clare and ending in the West Village of New York." Register online or at Reference. For more details, please see: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/friend.cfm?curOrg=FPARK&curApp=events&tEvt=2444773 To register for the the presentation, contact: http://www.floralparklibrary.org/ or give them a telephone call. Floral Park Public Library 17 Caroline Place Floral Park, NY 11001 516-326-6330 Enjoy! Jim

Thanks to all who offered help in locating my Dewees family in the 1920 census. The responses confirmed my suspicion that the family was probably missed by the census enumerator in PA, NJ, DE, or wherever else they were living in 1920. I try to keep track of relatives I cannot locate in a particular census. The most problematic census for my relatives has been 1910, with twice as many missing as in 1920 and a third more than in 1910 and in 1930. From time to time, I conduct another search for the missing relatives, sometimes using a different website (e.g., FamilySearch or HeritageQuest instead of Ancestry.com, on which I do most of my census searches). I estimate that I find my MIAs about 35 percent of the time. Mark Lomax California

1920 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph Peale [Joseph Perle] Age: 40 Birth Year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Norristown Ward 1, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Cora Peale Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's name: Alice Kunz Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joseph Peale 40 Cora Peale 42 Mary Peale 15 Flora Peale 11 John Peale 6 Alice Kunz 63 Arthur Dewees 31 Sophie Dewees 3 [3 4/12] Barb Metro NYC Researcher

CORRECTION: address = 201 Penn Street, near Main Street Barb Metro NYC Researcher

1920 US CENSUS State: Pennsylvania County: Montgomery--1st Ward, 1st Assembly District Town: Norristown Enumeration District: 131 Date: 16 January 1920 Address: 201 Bonn St? Sheet: 10A Line 1: daughter FLora, age 11, in school; can read and write; self and parents born PA Line 2: son John, age 6, in school; self and parents born PA Line 3: KUNZ, Alice, mother, white female age 63; Widowed; self and parents born PA, able to read and write [THIS NAME IS CLEAREST OF HOUSEHOLD] Line 4: DEWEES, Arthur; brother in law, white male age 31, Widowed; self and parents born PA; can read and write English; occuapation ??? looks like at fiber company; many factory workers on this page Line 5: DEWEES, Sophie,; niece, white female age 3 4/12; self and parents born PA On preceding page, sheet 9B Line 98. PEALE/PERLE, Joseph; head, white male age 40; self and parents born PA; occupation= motorman of trolley Line 99: wife Leora?, age 42; self and parents born PA Line 100: daughter Mary, age 15; self and parents born PA; occupation= baker at laboratory ======================= [email protected] writes: > > I'm hoping someone on this list can help me locate a family in the 1920 > census. Here are the family members: > > Name Arthur M. Dewees Emma M. Dewees Margaret L. Dewees > Birth Year 1877 abt 1877 abt 1911 > Birthplace PA PA PA > > The family was living in Tredyffrin, Chester Co., PA, in the 1930 census > (ED 76, p. 45B), and Arthur and Emma were living in Patterson, Passaic > Co., > NJ, in the 1910 census (ED 156, p. 9A). The family was living in Grubbs, > New Castle Co., DE, when Arthur registered for the draft in Newark, DE, in > 1918. > > Thank you. > > Mark Lomax > California >

Mark, unable to find them in 1920 census, but did find the following: Phila., PA Marriage indexes 1885-1851 Familysearch.com Groom's Name: Arthur M Dewees Bride's Name: Morley Marriage License Year: 1908 License Number: 229517 Image Number: 00120 Digital Folder Number: 4140419 1942 Draft Registration _https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11598-112729-31?cc=1861144_ (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11598-112729-31?cc=1861144) Name: Arthur Markley Dewees Event: Military Event Date: 1942 Event Place: Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania Residence: Paoli, Chester, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Birth Date: 26 Sep 1877 Film Number: 2240054 Digital Folder Number: 4128439 Image Number: 03242 Marriage of Daughter Margaret Lucretia Dewees May 1943 _https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3S8-LF3_ (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3S8-LF3) Hope this helps. Betty Noonan Florida

1920 US Census Leon G Egan, 29y, born in NY, father born in Ireland, mother in NY, Brakeman on steam railroad wife Lila 27y, born in NY, parents born in Canada John, son, 6y Helen 2 11/12y Francis, 8/12y All children born in NY Address: 144? Paul Ave, Syracuse, Onondago County, NY 1930 US Census Household Members: Name Age Leon Egan 40, age at 1st marriage 23, father born in Northern Ireland, conductor on railroad Lila Egan 37, age at 1st marriage 20, John Egan 16 Helen Egan 13 Francis Egan 10 Marion Egan 8 Kathleen Egan 7 Address: 230 Sunstruck Pl, Syracuse, NY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: NYBROOKLYN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 39 Today's Topics: 1. 1920 Census Syracuse, Onondaga County NY ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:37:35 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [BKLYN] 1920 Census Syracuse, Onondaga County NY To: Brooklyn List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Does anyone have access to this census. I am looking for Helen Egan who was born Jan 23 1917 and married a Vollkommer. I found some info on her SS application but have hit a brick wall. Thanks in advance Barbara Ocala, FL ------------------------------ To contact the NYBROOKLYN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NYBROOKLYN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of NYBROOKLYN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 39 *****************************************

I'm hoping someone on this list can help me locate a family in the 1920 census. Here are the family members: Name Arthur M. Dewees Emma M. Dewees Margaret L. Dewees Birth Year 1877 abt 1877 abt 1911 Birthplace PA PA PA The family was living in Tredyffrin, Chester Co., PA, in the 1930 census (ED 76, p. 45B), and Arthur and Emma were living in Patterson, Passaic Co., NJ, in the 1910 census (ED 156, p. 9A). The family was living in Grubbs, New Castle Co., DE, when Arthur registered for the draft in Newark, DE, in 1918. Thank you. Mark Lomax California

My Helen has been found and she married George Snook. Several years ago I was in touch with the family of George Snook. He is from Georgie. I will have to contact them again. Your all THE GREATEST Barbara Volkomer Ocala FL