If anyone has information or pictures of Broome Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn as well as Greenpoint itself, Please post THANKS!

Hi Thank-you to all those who replied, especially those who also checked the 1910 Census as well. It would appear Elizabeth OCONNELL is not the Elizabeth he married as she is listed as aged 27 in 1900 but his wife is listed as aged 54 in 1910. However the 1910 reveals Marian Kennedy is with them in 1900 and 1910 (the name varied in every census, but was Marian on her birth record in Ireland) and is Elizabeth's sister. It also tells me Elizabeth and John A HALTON married in 1904 - although we still do not know where. Thank-you for all your help. Bernard.

Lain's 1897 Brooklyn Directory is online at http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/1897/index.html I searched the 1888-1890 Brooklyn Directory at Ancestry and there were no "Spargo" listed May those that love us, love us; and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts, and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limp. Irish Prayer "Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat."- Alex Levine. Kevin Patrick Flood Jacksonville FL - formerly of Brooklyn, NY 904-380-6758 FAX 800-728-9619 -----Original Message----- From: nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Spargo IV Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:28 AM To: NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com Subject: [BKLYN] Brooklyn City Directories - Look-up Please I live in Tallahassee , FL and I'm trying to access Brooklyn City Directories for the years 1898 through 1910 in order to locate some of my relatives. I would be very grateful if someone would be willing to help me by photocopying pages of these Directories that contain individuals with my surname and emailing or snail-mailing me the pages found. I will reimburse the person for photocopying and mailing expenses. I assume that the Brooklyn Public Library has these publications in their collection Let me remember how it used to be and bring one morn back again.                                                                       David Copperfield   ___________________________________ The Bklyn Info Pages Website: www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com ___________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi... Does anyone know if there are published records for Schermerhorn Church? I believe that this church was a German Evangelical Church. I attempted once to find records but didn't get very far. I am looking for a baptism from the late 1860s or early 1870s. Thanke, Bev W ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

I live in Tallahassee , FL and I'm trying to access Brooklyn City Directories for the years 1898 through 1910 in order to locate some of my relatives. I would be very grateful if someone would be willing to help me by photocopying pages of these Directories that contain individuals with my surname and emailing or snail-mailing me the pages found. I will reimburse the person for photocopying and mailing expenses. I assume that the Brooklyn Public Library has these publications in their collection Let me remember how it used to be and bring one morn back again.                                                                       David Copperfield  

Karen is right about not overlooking Probate records. We started our research with City Directories. We really only knew our great grandparents names (and had to ask a funeral director for their given names, at that !!) Being Irish, it seemed as though everyone shared the same common names, which served to complicate things. A person named Simon, with the same surname as our family, shared an address with our family members at several points, and was listed in the town for a longer time period than our known ancestors were. My sister said to, "Let him go. He's not ours.") I refused, saying I'd let him go when it was proved he wasn't "ours". We finally found death dates for several family members and I contacted the cemetery. A couple of phone calls later we had the burial information and Simon turned out to have been the purchaser of the burial plots !!! Jackpot !! Another day we were at a research facility and I just happened to take down a big book to look at while waiting for my sister to finish with the film she was viewing. It turned out to be a Lis Pendens volume. There was Simon's name recorded !! He had owned property. And there were dates. (Duh!!) Our thoughts went wild with trying to figure out where we could get more information. At that point, finding new information just couldn't happen fast enough to satisfy us, but we weren't very well versed on just what was available or where to find it. So, back to Probate records, sort of. We somehow found out that we should go to the Surrogate Court and see what was there. Wow ! Simon had died intestate, and remember, he owned property. I reeled when reading the list of next of kin and couldn't believe my eyes. That led to finding court notes and newspaper articles. They were all suing each other. It was great !!! I'm not quite sure what that says about these ancestors, but I am grateful for all of it, and am very fond of them all. It kind of helped put some flesh on their bones, as it were. Gotta love those feisty Irish. **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Hi, Some years ago, when I had access to the above census, I obtained a third hand image of my 2xgreat uncle John A HALTON, (Reporter & Editor) at that time my interest was in tracing him and his brother Dr Frederick J HALTON who was staying with him, both having been born in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland and moved to New York in Jun 1866. The image had the following details:- STATE: New York; Kings County; City of Brooklyn, New York. Supervisor Dist: 2; Enumerator Dist: 115; Ward: 9; Sheet 5. The actual address is blurred but appears to be 60 Stirling Place. I since learnt he 'married' between 1900 and 1909 a lady known as Elizabeth, although the marriage record has never been found and they went to live at 103 St John's Place, Brooklyn until his death in 1929 (from his obituary in the NY Times and Standard Union) and Elizabeth's will. Now a note in one of Frederick's letters home suggests Elizabeth may have been boarding with them both in the 1900 census, but on my copy her surname cannot be deciphered, (line 84) as is the name above hers (line 83) also a boarder and possibly her cousin. Does anyone on the list have access to a better image or transcript and can provide the details? Does anyone have any further information? Thank-you for your help, Bernard.

It just did not work better than Ancestry for me either. B ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

The LDS address is familysearch.org. Barb ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Here is the URL that will get you to the 1900 US census: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1325221;p=2;t=searchab le If you dont have adobe Flash Player installed on your computer it will not work. This didn't work for me. I don't see a 1900 option there... what am I doing wrong? ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

In a message dated 9/21/2008 2:04:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Bbokken@aol.com writes: The 1900 US census is on line at the LDS web site and the images are often times better than what is on ancestry... http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 ----------- Hi This didn't work for me. I don't see a 1900 option there... what am I doing wrong? Allen **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Bernard - the name is OCONNELL, Elizabeth - boarder / born Nov 1872 / age 27 / b Ireland / came to US in 1873 the other person you asked about is: KENNEDY, Madior / b June 1855 and widowed. Came to the US in 1872 hope this helps. Kelly Jane O'Hara , Greer, SC **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

The 1900 US census is on line at the LDS web site and the images are often times better than what is on ancestry... http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 Some years ago, when I had access to the above census, I obtained a third hand image of my 2xgreat uncle John A HALTON, (Reporter & Editor) at that time my interest was in tracing him and his brother Dr Frederick J HALTON who was staying with him, both having been born in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland and moved to New York in Jun 1866. The image had the following details:- STATE: New York; Kings County; City of Brooklyn, New York. Supervisor Dist: 2; Enumerator Dist: 115; Ward: 9; Sheet 5. The actual address is blurred but appears to be 60 Stirling Place. I since learnt he 'married' between 1900 and 1909 a lady known as Elizabeth, although the marriage record has never been found and they went to live at 103 St John's Place, Brooklyn until his death in 1929 (from his obituary in the NY Times and Standard Union) and Elizabeth's will. Now a note in one of Frederick's letters home suggests Elizabeth may have been boarding with them both in the 1900 census, but on my copy her surname cannot be deciphered, (line 84) as is the name above hers (line 83) also a boarder and possibly her cousin. Does anyone on the list have access to a better image or transcript and can provide the details? Does anyone have any further information? Thank-you for your help, Bernard. ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Hi Cissi, Bear in mind that the borders of the New York City Borough of Brooklyn (coterminous with the New York County of Kings) and the U.S.P.S. "Brooklyn, NY" postal zone are NOT THE SAME: a place can have a "Brooklyn, NY" mailing address and be in the New York City Borough of Queens (coterminous with the New York County of Queens). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5769, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY * L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH) Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of "L'Shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem" (or, to women, "L'Shannah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." This year, the two-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Rosh ha Shannah (Lev. 23:23-25) will begin at sunset on Monday, September 29 on the civil calendar.

331 Highland Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11207-1910 http://maps.live.com/?v=2 <http://maps.live.com/?v=2&where1=331%20Highland%20Blvd%2C%20Brooklyn%2C%20N Y%2011207-1910&encType=1> &where1=331%20Highland%20Blvd%2C%20Brooklyn%2C%20NY%2011207-1910&encType=1 Once you access this link, click "Aerial" or "Bird's Eye" view. Hi Everyone - The link above is from <http://www.live.local.com/> www.live.local.com and shows 331 Highland Boulevard, Brooklyn. 331 Highland was/is definitely in Brooklyn, located at the corner of Barberry Court and Highland Boulevard. This address appears to be the house with the red roof immediately behind the arrow marker. If you look closely, there is a street running along the left side of the red-roofed house. This is Barberry Court. The map's highlighting for Barberry Court is wrong. It's off center and runs through a house located two houses left of the red roofed house. Left of Barberry Court is Heath Place. Both of these short streets run from Highland Boulevard back to another - unlabeled - street. That unlabeled street used to be the private road running behind 331 Highland. It was in Queens County and was the outlying border of Wilson Avenue police precinct. I'm wondering if the NYC Municipal Archives cannot locate older photos of 303 and 331 Highland Boulevard, Brooklyn, as they may now be considered part of Queens. Are any of you familiar with the area of 303 and 331 Highland Avenue area? Is it possible someone could send me some photos of the area? With your help, I'm hoping to identify these two family homes. Thanks for your replies. Cissi

If you have the names and date and cettificate nr you can get the record from the LDS for ywo dollars. If someone has the book for the lookup for marruage I think I may have one from 1893 that might give me some info. So Please if you do lookups can you let me know also Eliz ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

If someone has the book for the lookup for marruage I think I may have one from 1893 that might give me some info. So Please if you do lookups can you let me know also Eliz **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

If you go to keyword and put in Highland Blvd it will give you links I clicked on 177 Highland blvd and they even gave me a map. It is up from Jamaica Ave .Somewher between what was Pennsylvania Ave and Euclid Ave. It is in Brooklyn. I will even show you where the reservoir is. Eliz **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Hi Cissi, I sent to Steve Morse's website and searched street name changes for Brooklyn. There isn't a Highland Blvd. on the list but there is a Highlawn Ave. The street becomes Ave. R (or as listed R Ave.) in the higher numbers according to the information on his site. Could this be it? Barbara in Jax -------------- Original message from Bobbi Cesternino <mscissi@gmail.com>: -------------- > Hello to all: > > > > The c. 1919 Will of Andrew Watson bequeathed two (2) Highland Boulevard, > Brooklyn, properties to his heirs. Below are the addresses, along with the > Block and Lot numbers found listed on the NYC assessors' website: > > > > 303 Highland Boulevard Block 3891 Lot 500 and > > 331 Highland Boulevard Block 3891 Lot 451 > > > > NYC Archives - tax photo collection - advised that neither of these > addresses could be located. Naturally, if they can't locate the addresses, > they cannot provide photos for me. I'm hoping the following information > will allow a list member identify these properties so I may obtain photos. > > > > According to my cousin, both 303 and 331 Highland Boulevard, Brooklyn, were > (around 1915-19120) located in the 75th Police Precinct of Miller Avenue and > Liberty Avenue. Also, 303 Highland Boulevard cornered on Barberry Court and > behind it ran a private road. That private road was in Queens County and > was the outlying border of Wilson Avenue police precinct. (I'm assuming the > Wilson Avenue precinct is in Queen's County.) > > > > I am totally unfamiliar with Brooklyn's layout and am hoping my cousin's > description will mean something to someone. > > > > Thanks everyone, > > Cissi > > Searching: WATSON, GALLETLY, MOIR and HUGHES. > > > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

www.mapquest.com shows Highland Blvd sent to Steve Morse's website and searched street name changes for Brooklyn. There isn't a Highland Blvd. on the list but there is a Highlawn Ave. The street becomes Ave. R (or as listed R Ave.) in the higher numbers according to the information on his site. ************** Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)