Who can double-jump a flea market when some irresistible "find" reminds you of a long-loved ancestor? This was the case with my just-purchased, still-useful Foley food mill. Memories of my German-American grandma were written all over it. Move over Mott's! You can't get more delicious applesauce than quartered, unpeeled New York apples, simmered with cinnamon sticks, then run through a Foley food mill. And, you can't use an easier kitchen appliance for making applesauce, cuz all the seeds, skins, and stems collect in the base. What object revives sweet memories of your ancestor? Barb [email protected] @21Oct15

If you submitted burials at Calvary Cemetery, Queens NYC, on Interment.com, please be sure to update any changed email addresses. User submitted page>>>>> http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/queens/calvary/calvary_cemetery_sub.htm I hope this brings you closer to yourancestors, Barb [email protected]

Mark your calendars for next weekend> Date: Sat., October 24 & Sun., October 25th 10am-4pm http://www.thegenealogyevent.com/ Sat., October 24th After Party, 5-7pm [additional fee] McGettigans, 70 West 36th St, betw 5th & 6th aves. http://www.mcgettigans.com/ Place: Scandinavia House NYC 58 Park Avenue (near 37th St.) NY, NY MAP> http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=58+Park+Ave&city=New+York&state=NY&zipcode=10016&redirect=true

2015 marks the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act, enacted under President Lyndon Johnson. This legislation changed the face of U.S. immigration policy by eliminating nationality quotas, and emphasizing job skills and uniting immigrants with their American relatives. I hope this brings you closer to yourancestors, Barb [email protected]

St. Barnabas convent in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx is posing to house former incarcerated woman. http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Bronx-Irish-angry-over-Churchs-plans-to-sell-convent-as-ex-convicts-shelter.html I hope this brings you closer to yourancestors, Barb [email protected]

Hi Barb, I found Kim's email by searching the discussion list archives: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/misc.html Kim's email: < [email protected] > Regards, Sherri Does anyone have an email address for Kim who's researching OSTERBY? Thanks, Barb [email protected]

Here's a partially transcribed marriage certificate that I viewed at NYC Archives. Manhattan Marriage 1888/Nov 29 Certificate # 13171 2nd marriage for both Groom: William CANFIELD, from Orange, NJ Parents: William CANFIELD & Martha PLATT age: 51? Bride: Ella McDONALD, b PA Parents: Cynthia Terrels FERROLE Barb

These were transcribed at the NYC Municipal Archives. Manhattan Marriage. 1889/Nov 12 #12584 Groom: George L[aurence] NICHOLAS physician, born Elizabeth NJ Bride: Anny MICHELL born London, England; resides Montclair NJ Kings Co Marriage. 1890/Oct 13 Groom: W.B. ROBESON Bride: Annie F MITCHELL Married at M.E. Church, 214 Clinton St BKLN Manhattan Marriage. 1892/Nov 2 #14572 Groom: John LYNCH, WSM, 25y; b IRE; 1st marriage Parents: James LYNCH & Kate FITZSIMMONS (b Co. Cavan IRE) Bride: Elizabeth KEATING, white single female, age 23y Address: 250 Broome Parents: Michael KEATING & Maggie CAHILL Officiant: Alderman Charles SMITH Kings Marriage.1894/Oct 10 #4342 Groom: Jos F LYNCH engineer, resided at 474 Pearl Street Bride: Alice MITCHELL [email protected]

Does anyone have an email address for Kim who's researching OSTERBY? Thanks, Barb [email protected]

Hi Lauri, He's listed in: Cook County, Illinois Death Index Name: Elias Garza Death Date: 21 Dec 1979 Death Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 6027927 Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk Index only on-line at ancestry.com Regards, Sherri

RE: In search of obituary for GARZA I forgot to add that the month of death was December. ( December 1979 ). Thanks, Lauri On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Lauri Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for someone to help find an obituary for me. The person's name > was Elias Garza, born in Manhattan, NY and died in 1979 - I do not know the > location of where he was living at the time of his death. He should have > been 37 years old when he passed away. Very possible that he had a twin by > the name of Roberto. > > Any help is appreciated, > > Thanks, Lauri >

I'm looking for someone to help find an obituary for me. The person's name was Elias Garza, born in Manhattan, NY and died in 1979 - I do not know the location of where he was living at the time of his death. He should have been 37 years old when he passed away. Very possible that he had a twin by the name of Roberto. Any help is appreciated, Thanks, Lauri

A few random thoughts re: Orphan Asylums, an area near to my heart. 1) You are more likely to get records if the facility is closed and the nuns no longer reside on the "home's" property. 2) For Catholic institutions of all types, contact the archivist for the Archdiocese/Diocese where the "home" was located. BROOKLYN Joseph Coen Chair, Archivists of Religious Institutions R. C. Diocese of Brooklyn Archivist 310 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718)-965-7301 [email protected] NEW YORK Rev Michael P. Morris, M.A., M.Div., Archivist of the Archdiocese of New York (914) 968-6200 Ext. 8369 [email protected] ROCKVILLE CENTER Diocese of Rockville Centre P.O. Box 9023 Rockville Centre, NY 11571-9023. (631) 423-0491 [email protected] 3) Since the best sources on life in a "home" is a person who lived there, check out regional list archives. You may also find blogs and reunions of former residents. You might appreciate comedienne Rosie Perez' memoir about St. Joseph Home, Peekskill, NY> "Handbook for an Unpredicatable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother" (Mar 31, 2015) It's eye-opening about the home and fragmented families. I hope this brings you closer to your ancestors. Barb

On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 10am at Bethpage Public Library Sponsor: The Irish Family History Foundation Judy Russell will present two 45 minutes talks, with a coffee break in between, "Don't Forget the Ladies - A Genealogist's Guide to Women and the Law." Please find details here> http://www.ifhf.org/ Barb

Saturday, 21 November 2015 Sponsor: Irish Family History Foundation at http://www.ifhf.org/ 10:00am – Bethpage Public Library Judy Russell will be presenting two 45 minute talks starting at 10:00 am ending at 12:30 pm. There will be a coffee break in between. “Don't Forget the Ladies - A Genealogist's Guide to Women and the Law" A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law In early America, women were all too often the people who just weren't there: not in the records, not in the censuses, not on juries, not in the voting booth. The common law relegated women to “protected” – second-class – status and understanding how they were treated under the law provides clues to finding their identities today. "Dowered or Bound Out: Records of Widows and Orphans" Widows and orphans have always had a special place in the law. But it's not always the place that 21st century researchers might expect. An orphan in the early days wasn't a child whose parents had died, but rather a child whose father had died. The law didn't care much about the mother. She was just the widow, entitled to her dower rights and generally not much more. Learn more of the way the law treated widows and orphans, and what the records may tell us about them.

Dear Friends, especially Virginia in MA, And so it goes...another US state moaning about overstuffed archives and half implying they want to dump history, as the AZ State Archives did. (Please share Dee in AZ about how your political honchess wanted her new office is archival space.) http://www.telegram.com/article/20150913/NEWS/150919625 Wouldn't you think that one of the earliest thirteen colonies just *might* have a wealth of historical documents? And, folks, let us not forget that Boston MA was a critical port for our disenfranchised Irish Catholic immigrants, who were flung from the land of their births, as Boston MA was cheaper steerage passage than New York City. Makes me wonder where the Pope was then... Barb

Dear Friends, Today's Westchester County, NY, shares its southern border with the Bronx. There was a town called West Chester [and East Chester] within Westchester County. 1868 Beers map> This was the southernmost section of Westchester Co. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~21172~610001:Westchester,-N-Y- Including> West Farms, Morrisiana, Wakefield, Olinville, Bronxdale, Unionport, Stinard Town, Middletown, Schuylerville, Wrights Island and Fort Schuyler In the yellow (western) section, see Woodlawn Cemetery? In the NW green section marked Catholic Cemetery is today's St. Raymond's Cemetery. You can use these cemeteries and bodies of water as definitive points in your research. I hope this brings you closer to your ancestors, Barb

Dear Friends, Before the IGG/GGG transcribed NYC Marriages, the go to place online was the Brooklyn List's pages. Brides and grooms are co-mingled alphabetically here>>> http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Marriage/AZ/index.html Please note: l) Some of these do NOT match the IGG/GGG Marriages; 2) Some of these date back to the 1830s. I hope this brings you closer to your ancestors, Barb [email protected] “Walk On Air Against Your Better Judgement”

Dear Friends, This online book is a real find! "A Church Directory for NYC" (1867) by Lewis E. Jackson Page 3 Churches by Ward # https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n5/mode/2up Page 17 Clergymen, alphabetical https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n19/mode/2up Page 32 Pastors by Denomination, alphabetically https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n35/mode/2up Page 48 Churches by Denomination https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n51/mode/2up Page 85 Churches that relocated https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n87/mode/2up Page 93 Church Benevolent Societies https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_5684799_000#page/n95/mode/2up May this bring you closer to your ancestors, Barb [email protected] “Walk On Air Against Your Better Judgement”

H Barb, Boy, did I get befoozled on this one. First I got the CIA mixed up with the ICA (Irish Countrywomen's Association), then to make it worse I got fixated on the President's Daily Briefs, which seemed to be taking things to a much too personal level. However, I finally sorted it out. Thanks for the tip. Jack Langton -----Original Message----- From: mizscarlettny via <[email protected]> To: NY-IRISH <[email protected]>; NYNEWYOR <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Sep 24, 2015 1:05 am Subject: [NY-IRISH] New Documents Released On 16 September 2015 the CIA released a collection of presidential briefings from the Kennedy & Johnson presidential administrations. This large-scale release of The President’s Intelligence Checklists (PICLs) [an acronym pronounced “pickles”] and The President’s Daily Briefs (PDBs) includes almost 2,500 documents exclusively written for the president each day except Sunday. They summarized the day-to-day intelligence and analysis on current and future national security issues. President Kennedy received the first PICL -- a seven-page 8 ½- by 8-inch booklet -- on Saturday, 17 June 1961 at his country home near Middleburg, Virginia... http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/PDBs ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message