Hi Lynne, Knowing the year, address & nationality will guide you to the church. You could take the street address from the 1900 Census. On a map, the intersection of 39th St & 11th Avenue shows that the Lincoln Tunnel interferes with 39th St. Avenues run north south in Manhattan. 5th Avenue divides the east and west sides of Manhattan. From 5th Ave, you'll see that 11th avenue is 6 blocks west. So, I ran this through Google> 600 W 40th St, NY NY to get the ZIP code= 10018 Manhattan Churches in ZIP CODE order> http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Worship/Manh.Catholic.zip.html Find a church that matches your ancestor's nationality and ZIP. Voila! Barb From: Lynne Sisk via <[email protected]> Does anyone know what the closest Catholic Church would be for the W. 39th St. and 11th Ave. area in the years 1880 to 1910 and who I would contact for their records? Thanks.