GREAT ideas on ways to search. I am pretty good on searching but some you suggested I never thought of! Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ On Oct 17, 2011, at 15:00, "denchief@earthlink.net" <denchief@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > 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? >> > > > My idea is to go to http://Fulton history.org and do a Boolean search for > several different things - their faq page gives excellent instructions and > one or two little points may be specific to the site, so it is worth > reading. What would I search? > > 1. The address she died at. I found at least one obit this way, and lots > of other interesting info about my families as well. > > 2. Pick a Manhattan newspaper, put in the date of death, or year of death, > and search on "Cemetery" or any other synonyms for the times. An ad may > reveal possible suspects. > > 3. If no result, repeat #2 with other Manhattan papers. They have few for > that time period. > > 4. Do a Boolean search on all variations of her name and see if you get > anything. ALSO search for the names of likely survivors - various > children, etc. Again, you can limit these to one paper and time frame at a > time, or just search the site in general. > > 5. If I am remembering correctly, and I could be wrong, Grandma might be > in a Jewish Cemetery? There is probably some group that keeps track of > what these were at different time periods, although I would not know what > that group is, although in a pinch you might call Riverside Memorial > Chapels. (I think that's the name, but I am not sure - they advertize as > having been around a long time and they may have lists of what places were > around. > > 6. I had one death certificate where the names for the deceased person's > mother and father were the last name of the friend who was possibly the one > who brought her to the hospital. I have another one where the deceased's > mother' s name was actually the deceased's name, or something like that. > So, is it possible that the cem. was actually the doctor or whoever's name? > Is there anything else that might give you a clue? (Probably not, you're > very good at this and would probably have noticed, but you asked, so...) > > Wish you great success! > > Theresa > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Theresa,   Wow, great suggestions for searching.  I'm going to give this my best shot.   Barbara From: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> To: "denchief@earthlink.net" <denchief@earthlink.net> Cc: Barbara <barkie@bellsouth.net>; "NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com" <NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com>; "nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com" <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [BKLYN] what cemetery could this be? GREAT ideas on ways to search. I am pretty good on searching but some you suggested I never thought of! Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ On Oct 17, 2011, at 15:00, "denchief@earthlink.net" <denchief@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >  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? >> > > > My idea is to go to http://Fulton history.org and do a Boolean search for > several different things - their faq page gives excellent instructions and > one or two little points may be specific to the site, so it is worth > reading.  What would I search? > > 1. The address she died at.  I found at least one obit this way, and lots > of other interesting info about my families as well. > > 2. Pick a Manhattan newspaper, put in the date of death, or year of death, > and search on "Cemetery" or any other synonyms for the times.  An ad may > reveal possible suspects. > > 3. If no result, repeat #2 with other Manhattan papers.  They have  few for > that time period. > > 4. Do a Boolean search on all variations of her name and see if you get > anything.  ALSO search for the names of likely survivors - various > children, etc.  Again, you can limit these to one paper and time frame at a > time, or just search the site in general. > > 5.  If I am remembering correctly, and I could be wrong, Grandma might be > in a Jewish Cemetery?  There is probably some group that keeps track of > what these were at different time periods, although I would not know what > that group is, although in a pinch you might call Riverside Memorial > Chapels.  (I think that's the name, but I am not sure - they advertize as > having been around a long time and they may have lists of what places were > around. > > 6. I had one death certificate where the names for the deceased person's > mother and father were the last name of the friend who was possibly the one > who brought her to the hospital.  I have another one where the deceased's > mother' s name was actually the deceased's name, or something like that. > So, is it possible that the cem. was actually the doctor or whoever's name? > Is there anything else that might give you a clue? (Probably not, you're > very good at this and would probably have noticed, but you asked, so...) > > Wish you great success! > > Theresa > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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