Don't discount the Lutherans. My husband's great grandmother and her children were German Jews who came to NYC when they were sponsored by a Lutheran church. They are buried in a Lutheran cemetery. You never know... Kelli in Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Kiersh <barkie@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:49 PM To: Lisa Thompson <lisajtmo@yahoo.com>; nyc-roots@rootsweb.com <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] what cemetery could this be? Hi Lisa,   Definitely not Lutheran.  They were Jewish.   Barbara From: Lisa Thompson <lisajtmo@yahoo.com> To: "nyc-roots@rootsweb.com" <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; Barbara <barkie@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] what cemetery could this be? Definitely could be Lutheran Cemetary (Queens)! Many of my Manhattan relatives are buried there, including ones who died in the late 1800's. Lisa * * * * Paper and Pawprints - http://paperandpawprints.blogspot.com Design Team Member for DigiStampBoutique - http://www.digistampboutique.co.uk/ From: Jim Garrity <jimgarrity@earthlink.net> To: Barbara <barkie@bellsouth.net> Cc: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com; NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] what cemetery could this be? Could it possibly be LUTHERAN? Jim Barbara wrote: > I just got a coroners report for, I'm positive, my great grandmother.  > It's a report from 1887.  All information on the report, jibes with her > year of birth (which I only know approximately), place of birth and how > long she has lived in America.  The question is the cemetery.  The > handwriting is a bit florid but still quite readable.  Except for the > cemetery.  I've never heard of this one.  It could be Hittman Cemetery, > Fittman Cemetery, can't think of anything else.  There's no clue as to > where the cemetery may be.  Her place of death was 323 W. 53rd St., so > she could be in Manhattan, Bronx, maybe Brooklyn?  Maybe it's Hithman or > Fithman.  Still makes no sense.  I've searched the web and no such > place.  Any ideas? > > Barbara Kiersh > Jacksonville, FL > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >  -------- [The entire original message is not included]