I have had direct contact with both St. Mary's church and cemetery both places were extremely helpful and nice. The Church has much of its info indexed and on computer, it is very easy for them to find records (I believe this only pertains to marriages and christenings). I have exact dates for three relatives which had masses at St. Mary's when they died, but I have not been able to get any info on them. ...But while I was asking about these deaths, the lady did find a marriage that I didn't even ask for. The Cemetery has a book with names by date of burials and they have index cards of plots by owners. The lady (Sandy I believe), is very nice. She will do searches if you have a small enough time period. She also went the extra step and found a bunch of names that I didn't even know were buried there.(Its good to have uncommon surnames ;) I too am interested in finding out what St. Joseph's Cemetery has for info. I walked the Cemetery when I was back in NY and found the grave for my GGgrand uncle (thanks to the Cemetery data on the Renss. genweb page) and would like to know if they have more info. BTW, when you enter the Cemetery, there is a big map of the place. Its past the Caretakers building if you go in straight. Good Luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bmyers" <bmyers@du.edu> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: [NYRENSSE] church info. > Hello Listers, > > Quick question...as I prepare to head back to NY and visit family both alive > and in cemetaries, I'm curious if anyone who has ancestors in St. Joe's > Cemetary and St. Mary's (both in Troy) knows the answer to this question. > Where are the cemetary records for both of these places at? Is there a > caretaker still for St. Joe's and Mary's? The secretary at St. Joe's Church > did not know about the cemetary records, and I haven't been able to speak with > anyone at St. Mary's church yet. If anyone knows, I'd really appreciate your > help. > > Also, thanks for the response to my last census abbrev. question. I went > back and verified that the letters next to the names (NOT in place of the > names) on the census are "dg," and not "do." I still have no idea what this > stands for. > > Thanks, > Brooke Myers > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > Listowner: Pat Connors mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net > >