Yeas. I've seen it both ways too. I was wondering if maybe I "browsed" the ward the convent was in if I could find it that way. Does anyone know two things--1) the ward St. joseph's Academy in McSherrystown is in, and 2) the ward the convent in Chestnut hill in Philadelphia is is? -- Monica Mullikin Goose Creek, South Carolina -------------- Original message from "Pat and Gary kelly" <pgkelly10@comcast.net>: -------------- > In my experience some censuses listed the woman by the name she took as a > nun; in a couple of other > instances I have found her surname listed prior to her religious name. I > did not search the censuses > by the name of the convent or religious institution, but rather by the > individuals name. It can be tricky > so you need to pull out all the stops. Good luck! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:44 PM > Subject: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > > >I have just learned that an ancestor of mine was a nun belonging to the > >order of Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut hill in Philadelphia, > >Pennsylvania. She taught at St. Joseph Academy in McSherrystown, PA, and on > >March 28, 1904 died there. Does anyone know how I can go about finding the > >convent there in the census files? How do you go about finding nuns in the > >census? Her name was Julia Farrell, but as a nun she was known as Sister > >Mary Peter. Any help will be appreciated. > > -- > > Monica Mullikin > > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS > > ********* > > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are > > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > > ************ > > Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are gatewayed to > this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a > list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link > and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message