Jim, it's too bad most of your interview was cut, but it was a treat nevertheless to put a "face" to a "name"! Thanks for sharing the site with us. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Garrity" <jimgarrity@earthlink.net> To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future Jerry, I was there yesterday - it was a beautiful service! Check out the link below: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=7825572 You may even see me on there for about 3 seconds - the interview was much longer, but most of it got left on the edit room floor! Jim

Please, she asked timidly, would you all remember to change subject lines when you change topics? People are now posting other questions under the Basilica header, and many of us delete w/o reading if we are not interested in a topic. thanks, Elizabet

In a message dated 12/7/2010 11:13:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, jimgarrity@earthlink.net writes: > One other thought, Douglas - have you checked GenealogyBank.com to see > if there was a contemporary newspaper account of his death? If there is > one, it might mention the disposition of his remains. There are Loyalist > newspapers on the GB site. > > Being an officer and a doctor fighting with the British forces, I'm > wondering if his remains might have been returned home. Have you checked > to see if that was a possibility? > > Jim > First--didn't realize GB on those newspapers so thanks. While I have no proof his body did not go home I would think that very unusual in that time frame. I have been to his hometown in Scotland to go through records there. Never found anything mentioning a burial. I have some records named in several files but frankly I have been unable to find where they are held. His wife, who was a Virginian, and their two children went back to England/Scotland with him in 1776 but after the peace treaty was signed and the son graduated from Medical School at Edinburgh they came back to Va--1792. I do have a reference in an 1904 book on the NYHS about a letter of administration for his estate in NY and the librarian at the NY State Library, the NY State Archivist, and the NYHS believe the city court still has the record. After looking at the rates they charge to look for it--$90 plus $6 per page I am going to try some other things first Going to look for newspapers now--Thanks Doug

I loved it, and it was great seeing Jim "live" too! :-) Dianne

Thank you, Irene! It was a wonderful event. I was proud to be a part of it. Jim Irene wrote: > I am very grateful for the posting and it was great to see Jim in "person" > at last! > -MD Irene > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hahahaha! Thank you, Mary - I never look to be interviewed, but I couldn't avoid speaking with several reporters that had television cameras along with them this time, because the basilica event was so well attended by the media. My position as volunteer historical researcher for the Old Cathedral kind of put me in "the cross hairs" of the reporters. Jim Mary Kyritsis wrote: > Jim, what fun to see what you look like after so many years of reading your posts! > Mary in Greece > > >> You may even see me on there for about 3 seconds - the interview was >> much longer, but most of it got left on the edit room floor! >> >> Jim >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

One other thought, Douglas - have you checked GenealogyBank.com to see if there was a contemporary newspaper account of his death? If there is one, it might mention the disposition of his remains. There are Loyalist newspapers on the GB site. Being an officer and a doctor fighting with the British forces, I'm wondering if his remains might have been returned home. Have you checked to see if that was a possibility? Jim DougB81042@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/7/2010 12:01:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jimgarrity@earthlink.net writes: > > >> The whole Old St. Patrick's campus is a genealogical gem - the >> place IS genealogy! I've done loads of historical and genealogical >> research on the founding members of the congregation, many of whom are >> buried in the churchyard cemetery which surrounds the church, or down in >> the mortuary vaults below it. >> >> >> > > While we have a lot of action here-guidance please. I am looking for the > burial site of a British Officer who died in New York--assuming NYC since his > letter of administration was issued in NYC--between Jan and June 1777. He > was a British Captain James McCaw (McCAA) serving under Clinton. He died > within six weeks of his arrival. Write up did not indicate if he died from > battle wounds or other health issues. He was also a Dr. > Any assistance would be appreciated > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Jim, what fun to see what you look like after so many years of reading your posts! Mary in Greece >You may even see me on there for about 3 seconds - the interview was >much longer, but most of it got left on the edit room floor! > >Jim

Hello Douglas, Off the top of my head, my first thought would be to ask you if you've checked with the folks at Trinity Church - St. Paul's Chapel to see if his burial was noted in their records? These are Episcopalian/Anglican churches, so it's a definite possibility that he might have been buried in one of those churchyards. I do not know how well the records were kept of burials in the Colonial/Revolutionary War time period, though. It can never hurt to ask! Jim DougB81042@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/7/2010 12:01:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jimgarrity@earthlink.net writes: > > >> The whole Old St. Patrick's campus is a genealogical gem - the >> place IS genealogy! I've done loads of historical and genealogical >> research on the founding members of the congregation, many of whom are >> buried in the churchyard cemetery which surrounds the church, or down in >> the mortuary vaults below it. >> >> >> > > While we have a lot of action here-guidance please. I am looking for the > burial site of a British Officer who died in New York--assuming NYC since his > letter of administration was issued in NYC--between Jan and June 1777. He > was a British Captain James McCaw (McCAA) serving under Clinton. He died > within six weeks of his arrival. Write up did not indicate if he died from > battle wounds or other health issues. He was also a Dr. > Any assistance would be appreciated > Douglas Burnett > Satellite Beach > FL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

In a message dated 12/7/2010 12:01:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, jimgarrity@earthlink.net writes: > The whole Old St. Patrick's campus is a genealogical gem - the > place IS genealogy! I've done loads of historical and genealogical > research on the founding members of the congregation, many of whom are > buried in the churchyard cemetery which surrounds the church, or down in > the mortuary vaults below it. > > While we have a lot of action here-guidance please. I am looking for the burial site of a British Officer who died in New York--assuming NYC since his letter of administration was issued in NYC--between Jan and June 1777. He was a British Captain James McCaw (McCAA) serving under Clinton. He died within six weeks of his arrival. Write up did not indicate if he died from battle wounds or other health issues. He was also a Dr. Any assistance would be appreciated Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL

Jim, How does one find out who is buried in the cemetery at Old St Pat's? Joanne Novarro

I am very grateful for the posting and it was great to see Jim in "person" at last! -MD Irene

Thank you, Carol! It was my pleasure to share the URL with the list members. The whole Old St. Patrick's campus is a genealogical gem - the place IS genealogy! I've done loads of historical and genealogical research on the founding members of the congregation, many of whom are buried in the churchyard cemetery which surrounds the church, or down in the mortuary vaults below it. Jim G. Carol Head wrote: > WOW!!!! One of the members of this list got interviewed! I am impressed! > That was great, Jim! Thanks for posting the url! > > Carol C. Head > <cch@netdoor.com>, <cchcap@comcast.net> > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Garrity" <jimgarrity@earthlink.net> > To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future > > > Jerry, I was there yesterday - it was a beautiful service! Check out the > link below: > > http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=7825572 > > You may even see me on there for about 3 seconds - the interview was > much longer, but most of it got left on the edit room floor! > > Jim > > Gerald Tobin wrote: > >> Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick’s Old >> Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new >> basilica. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

WOW!!!! One of the members of this list got interviewed! I am impressed! That was great, Jim! Thanks for posting the url! Carol C. Head <cch@netdoor.com>, <cchcap@comcast.net> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Garrity" <jimgarrity@earthlink.net> To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future Jerry, I was there yesterday - it was a beautiful service! Check out the link below: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=7825572 You may even see me on there for about 3 seconds - the interview was much longer, but most of it got left on the edit room floor! Jim Gerald Tobin wrote: > Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick’s Old > Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new > basilica. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for posting this, Gerald! Carol C. Head <cch@netdoor.com>, <cchcap@comcast.net> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm Carol C. Head <cch@netdoor.com>, <cchcap@comcast.net> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Tobin" <tobinger@frontiernet.net> To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; "ny irish" <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 5:10 PM Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new basilica. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That article has PLENTY to do with genealogy. Your rude comment had nothing to do with genealogy. Your Listowner, Carol C. Head cch@netdoor.com, cchcap@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Treborpie@aol.com> To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future > And that has absolutely nothing to do with geneaology. > > Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick’s Old > Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new > basilica. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

EEEEWWWW....... YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THIS SITE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HELP EACH OTHER FIND INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO THE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, I HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM THE GOOD PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS POSTED IS OF IMPORTANCE TO EVERYONE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS TO SOME AND FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING SO RUDE IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME AND I SUGGEST YOU UNSUBSCRIBE, I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED HELP FROM SOMEONE LIKE YOU AND YOU BEST BELIEVE YOU WOULD NOT GET IT FROM ME! HAVE A GOOD DAY ----- Original Message ----- From: <Treborpie@aol.com> To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Cc: <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future > Lots of things are in the news. This a geneaology board not a > news board. .Thats what CNN and Fox are for news.... > > bring an landmark up when it is in the news > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I didn't realize you saw it on CNN or Fox. I would have appreciated any historical information like this. I don't know if all our fellow members view CNN or Fox. Jerry On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Treborpie@aol.com wrote: > Lots of things are in the news. This a geneaology board not a > news board. .Thats what CNN and Fox are for news.... > > bring an landmark up when it is in the news > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For Pete's sake. If you don't like it delete it. L -----Original Message----- From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Madelyn Klaffky Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:11 PM To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future It did to me. My descendents came into NYC and would have gone to that church. It was so nice to see the pictures and read the story. I feel closer to them. Madelyn -----Original Message----- From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Treborpie@aol.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 7:01 PM To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com; ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Cathedral With a Past; Basilica With a Future And that has absolutely nothing to do with geneaology. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new basilica. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hopefully it will give some people an idea for more ideas for genealogical research during the early 1800's. On Dec 6, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Treborpie@aol.com wrote: > And that has absolutely nothing to do with geneaology. > > Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan led a procession into St. Patrick’s Old > Cathedral, which included a striped umbrella to be entrusted to the new basilica. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/nyregion/06church.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message