RE * below...If a grave is listed as MM, that means you walk back 26 headstones from A-Z, then the alphabet begins again. This, to explain how you can easily end up in an isolated spot. I always suggest that visitors to NYC tell us locals when you will visit Calvary and the NYC Municipal Archives, and someone here may be able to meet up with you. I will be at the Archives on Tuesday. What day do you want to go to Calvary? Barb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> Hi Kathy, Larry, Joyce, and all, I'm including Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina in this email, the author of "New Yorker's Carved in Stone." Also including Jim GARRITY from Irish History Roundtable./// Yes, I have been to Calvary and it's a genealogcial "must" to me. Don't go to any NYC cemetery alone or when the office is closed. (Once we had a flat tire there on a Saturday afternoon; even NYPD could not locate us.)/// To describe Calvary with two words: "urban humungous." Four sections are divided by major highways; some areas are very isolated./// (1) CEMETERY MAP>>>http://calvarycemeteryqueens.com/pdf/Calvary-Cemetery-Map.pdf (2) OFFICE is in 2nd Calvary. Check in there first. Put office phone number in your cell. (3) Bring your LIST of burials*, by section. Drive between sections. (4) Funerals are in mornings, so even more people and staff are around then. (5) SHOES for comfort. (6) Lock handbags in trunk of car. (7) Charge CAMERA. (8) ENJOY!/// I stand for the national anthem, Barb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lanzaro <[email protected]> The sign atthe entrance on Queens Blvd says the gates are open daily from 10 til 4:15,but their webpage says 9am til 4:30pm. The phone number for the cemeteryoffice is (718) 786-8000. The office is closed on Sunday and only open onSaturday until 1pm.Here is the cemetery webpage - http://www.calvarycemeteryqueens.com/Good luck.Larry K H <[email protected]> wrote:> I’ll be in NY this coming week and had planned to visit Calvary but my> host tells me it’s too dangerous. I don’t want to put anyone in danger so> wanted to check with those of you who might know! Should I skip Calvary?> She said it’s like a big forest of tombstones and trees.>> Kathy