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    1. [SH] Re: Holy Cross cemetery in Brooklyn
    2. Maura
    3. Janet, No, the records of Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn are held by the diocese and you have to pay quite a bit for them ($50 a plot now if you want full info including death cert #s and dates of interment). There are no plans to publish them in any form according to the lady who runs the office there. Most of my Irish line in Brooklyn are buried there, and so I deal with the ladies there in the office quite often. They are very nice, but this is the policy of the Diocese. Even if you go in person (as I had hired someone to do) you can't just view the plot info, you have to pay for it. But if you get a plot listing, it is wonderful... that's how I filled in so much on my McGlynn's... and how I'm hoping to do my Farrell's there. Anyone who's interested can go to http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt/paternalirish and see some photos and plot listings of my McGlynns in Holy Cross for an idea of what you get (of course that was when it was only $25 for a plot listing... I haven't gotten any recently since the charges went up.. tho I -think- you can get two plot listings for the $50, but there's no guarantee of how many are in a plot. I've had them have 2 people and then I"ve had them have 9 people). If anyone is doing any serious research in Brooklyn, I'd advise looking at the death indexes for Brooklyn to find some dates and some of those registers are filmed, but I found some of my relatives in there and when I asked Holy Cross they could only say "buried here but no data" or " no data" even tho the Death Book said they were buried in HC. Of course that is the early days .. 1850ish to 1870. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maura Petzolt mpetzolt2@webtv.net <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> SHAMROCK ROOTS homepage http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/SHAMROCKROOTS Helpful Hints for Successful Searching http://community.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/helpfulhints

    02/18/2001 04:52:28