I visited the St. Joseph's rectory and they were extremely helpful. They made me a cup of tea and let me browse through their marriage and burial books to find my Moran relatives. I took digital photos of the entries (no photocopier), so I didn't have to transcribe everything and it took a lot less time. I got there on a weekday, with no prior notice to them. Sending a letter in advance would be an excellent idea. I also visited the cemetery, but several relatives that should have had tombstones there weren't found. That's still a mystery to me. Anyway, good luck with your research. Asa Gage ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
Although the church had a record of my grandparents' burials in St. Joseph's cemetery, there were no stones until I put them there. When he died, in 1938, money was tight and stones expensive. I don't think this was uncommon. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <AsaK@aol.com> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Deposit >I visited the St. Joseph's rectory and they were extremely helpful. They > made me a cup of tea and let me browse through their marriage and burial > books > to find my Moran relatives. I took digital photos of the entries (no > photocopier), so I didn't have to transcribe everything and it took a lot > less time. > > I got there on a weekday, with no prior notice to them. Sending a letter > in > advance would be an excellent idea. > > I also visited the cemetery, but several relatives that should have had > tombstones there weren't found. That's still a mystery to me. > > Anyway, good luck with your research. > > Asa Gage > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >