Dear Anthony (and List), You checked for Dr. John Patrick Gilroy for me at Congressional Cemetery some time ago and could find nothing there. He was shown in DC on the 1860 Census, died at the newly opened Providence Hospital in October of 1861 and supposedly was buried at Congressional Cemetery. He was from Charles County, Maryland, and was a contract physician with the Union Army. Is the information for the years 1861 and 1862 new materal? Betty GILROY Lawson bglawson@atlnet.com Atlanta, GA Anthony Long wrote: > > Dear Bill and list > I have been wanting to pass this on for years and time has slipped by. > Now that Bill is working as a part time Genealogist at Congressional > this could help him and some on the list. There is a book there named > Burial Register of United States Personnel in Congressional Cemetery. > The names of some cover the missing years June 1861 > threw 1862 and 1862 threw 1866. These years were missing in Washington > DC I guess because of the Civil War. > Many of the names in this Book are surnames from Fairfax Co Va > Alexandra Va and Charles Co Md.{ Union Personnel that is} > The Confederate names were from the old Capitol prison and from the > southern states not DC. > I have found some DC names in this book that was not listed any were > else. I hope this may help someone as I was going to list the names on > the list but there are to many. If you go there or Bill looks for you I > would give a donation as this is one of the best Cemetery's to do > research in. Thank you Bill. > Anthony Long > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Betty: I checked the book Anthony was speaking of and it is still available for viewing. It is listed by Range location which makes it a little more difficult to search. However, going through the interment index helps if the person is actually located there. I did not find Dr. John Patrick Gilroy listed in the interment index, which by the way, omits a number of persons who are actually buried there. The index is in the process of being updated and plans are being made to publish it to both print and internet in the near future. There is a Mollie Gilroy buried there on Feb 16, 1966 (Range 71, Site 381). The Range Book shows she is the only one buried in this location. I don't know if there's a connection with her and Dr. Gilroy. Bill Boswell Volunteer Genealogist Congressional Cemetery -----Original Message----- From: bglawson [mailto:bglawson@atlnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:18 AM To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Congressional Cemetery Dear Anthony (and List), You checked for Dr. John Patrick Gilroy for me at Congressional Cemetery some time ago and could find nothing there. He was shown in DC on the 1860 Census, died at the newly opened Providence Hospital in October of 1861 and supposedly was buried at Congressional Cemetery. He was from Charles County, Maryland, and was a contract physician with the Union Army. Is the information for the years 1861 and 1862 new materal? Betty GILROY Lawson bglawson@atlnet.com Atlanta, GA Anthony Long wrote: > > Dear Bill and list > I have been wanting to pass this on for years and time has slipped by. > Now that Bill is working as a part time Genealogist at Congressional > this could help him and some on the list. There is a book there named > Burial Register of United States Personnel in Congressional Cemetery. > The names of some cover the missing years June 1861 > threw 1862 and 1862 threw 1866. These years were missing in Washington > DC I guess because of the Civil War. > Many of the names in this Book are surnames from Fairfax Co Va > Alexandra Va and Charles Co Md.{ Union Personnel that is} > The Confederate names were from the old Capitol prison and from the > southern states not DC. > I have found some DC names in this book that was not listed any were > else. I hope this may help someone as I was going to list the names on > the list but there are to many. If you go there or Bill looks for you I > would give a donation as this is one of the best Cemetery's to do > research in. Thank you Bill. > Anthony Long > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB