St. Monica's is in Jamaica.  THe church closed years ago, and the cemetery was in rather poor condition when I visited it 20 years ago.  According to their death certificates, some of my ancestors are buried there, but we were not able to find any grave markers.   Pam McLaughlin    looking for McLAUGHLIN, GREENE, and GWYDIR in the Jamaica area ________________________________ From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:35 PM Subject: [NYQUEENS] Jamaica, Long Island, Catholic Cemetery, 1868 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JamesPMiller Surnames: Maher, Meagher, Mahan, Whelan, Whalen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.queens/4424/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My ancestor, Mary (Whalen?) Maher (Meagher, Mahan, etc) died in Jersey City, N.J., in 1868. Her obituary says she was to be buried at Jamaica, Long Island, but it does not name the cemetery. Anyone familiar with Catholic cemeteries in/near Jamaica that would be good candidates to check for her and her relatives? I'm pasting the obit below in case it may be of help to anyone else. >From the New York Herald, Jan. 13, 1868: "MAHER - At the residence of her son-in-law, William Whealan, 106 Bergen street, Jersey City, Mrs. Mary Maher, aged 79 years, 5 months and 12 days, a native of Newtownforbs, county Longford, Ireland. The friends of her family are respectfully invited, and those of her sons, John, William, James and Peter, also her sons-in-law, William Whalen, Thomas Thompson and William Boyle, to attend her funeral, from St. Peter's Church, where there will be a requiem high mass celebrated for the repose of her soul on Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock. Her remains will be interred at Jamaica, L.I. Cincinnati papers please copy." Mary was the widow of William Maher. I descend from their daughter, Catherine, born about 1825, who married William Whelan. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYQUEENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message