Lori, I read your story (below) decided to add my two cents worth! I went to Columbiana County , OH cemetery, where I knew some of my relations were buried, some I had already "found: some years back, but ended up not rediscovering the stones! My, I did find one of my uncles that died a couple years back, by just browsing the cemetery. So there's a "method to the madness" so to speak. Ya never know what you'll find. My grandmas grandparents stones that I had discovered about three years ago, was really getting weathered, even under a tree! Don't forget to take a camera, take as picture! That always is a plus, because if nothing else, you'll have date or two, so you have some information that perhaps you didn't have, without having to check with the office! The day I went to the cemetery office, I never did meet up with the mistress, but not long after I left, my mom did, after we'd left for home! Funny how things worked out, she got the interment records, brought them home to me that day! I wandered around for about two hours! And mom ended up rescuing my kids I from having to walk home, thank goodness, because we were exhausted! Happy hunting, Cathy Raber ----- Original Message ----- From: To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 11/6/01 11:06:10 AM Subject: [PITTSBURGH] My weekend in Pittsburgh - Long story I don't know if it should be called Accidental Tourist or Weekend at Bernie's. Who knew dead people would be so hard to find. We got out to the 'burgh about 2 Friday afternoon. Using my husband's scant memory (his family is from Pittsburgh), we went searching. First we went to Mt. Calvary. Pat, (husband) thought his aunt was buried here. They were expecting a funeral and weren't sure if they could help us. After explaining we drove in from the other side of the state and couldn't come back Monday they agreed to look in computer. Guess what, not there. It seems in 1960s they only buried Lutherans, we were looking for Catholics. 2. Right up the street was St. Mary's. Not having written done Norm's info, I wasn't sure if it was the right one for the Markey family. We got to the office, hours 9-5 M-F and there was a sign on the door. Hours by appointment only and no one was around. But we did get a beautiful view of the whole city. At this point I was ready to give up. Looked at the map and decided Resurrection looked like it might be a Catholic cemetery. Hit PAYDIRT. The gentleman at the counter was wonderful!!!! When he couldn't find anyone we were looking for at Resurrection he checked Holy Souls and found someone with the McCaffrey surname. He gave me a map and counted out rows so we could find the correct gravesite. We almost missed Holy Souls because we missed the right exit and drove past it on the Parkway. Frustrated I said skip it. My husband, (not into genealogy) said we were going to find a dead person we knew. Going back was worth it, we found my mother in law's long lost father's gravesite. I couldn't believe the luck. I thought he fell off the face of the earth. The thing that really bothered my was that at Holy Souls and St. Philip's in Crafton, they graves were in such a sorry state. Broken tombstones, embedded in the ground. It was really sad. Just wanted to share. I finally found something even if we really had to work for it. Lori ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --- Cathy Raber --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.