I guess that would explain why, in his will, James Dearment referred only to "the Catholic cemetery of Huntingdon" and not one with a church name. I guess he would definitely be there, whether recorded anywhere or not. Thanks so much for the help. Janet --- kemp <ayeh@pennswoods.net> wrote: > > > >Janet, > > > >--- There is a history booklet (maybe several) at the HCHS library > for the > >parish in Huntingdon. Without actually referring to it, I believe > that I > >recall that the land itself was owned by the Huntingdon Catholics > for many > >decades before Huntingdon had a resident priest. Priests from > elsewhere, maybe > >Bedford, Newry, would visit Huntingdon and say masses and celebrate > the > >sacraments. Perhaps they recorded some Huntingdon events in their > own church > >books, but Ledoux's book should have that covered. Actually I > believe that > >Catholics were the first group to put up a church building in the > old town, > >made of logs, I think before 1800. The only other Catholic parish in > the > >county with any antiquity is St. Mary's at Shade Gap, at the > opposite end from > >West Township. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/