This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bari_burke Surnames: Blackwells/Welefare/Roosevelt Island Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.institutions.poorhouses.general/114.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please provide the name and approx date of death; NYC records can be checked. Death certificates usually include the name of the burial cemetery on the bottom left. Families often reclaimed their kin and buried them in family plots off the island. BTW, Ellis Island, the port of Immigration into NYC harbor beginning in 1898, has nothing to do with burials on Blackwells aka Welefare aka Roosevelt Island. B 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.