Hi Gail,   Well, I tried your suggestions this morning in the Fulton history site.  I did boolean, fuzzy to various per cents.  No luck there.  Perhaps I haven't hit on the right formula with the right words.  But, thanks for the suggestion.   Barbara From: Barbara Kiersh <barkie@bellsouth.net> To: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com>; "denchief@earthlink.net" <denchief@earthlink.net> Cc: "nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com" <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; "NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com" <NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] what cemetery could this be? 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 ------------------------------- 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