Hi Rose- Good question! Find My Past has a great number of NYC Catholic parishes available as databases (I’ve linked…
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How absolutely fascinating! Great post. I have a question about the easiest access to the NY archdiocese sacramental records. Everything…
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The Hope diamond was sold to a Parisian jewel merchant named Simon Rosenau for $80,000 in 1909. Rosenau would then…
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How interesting! I was always curious what meaning was of the name Rosenau. I’m Dutch/indonesian. The name Rosenau is from…
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Extremely informative article. Thank you.
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Zach, since you are interested in cemeteries, I hope you will at some time visit Mt. Olivet in Hugo Oklahoma,…
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Grange is still active in Massachusetts.
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The symbol for the Sons of Temperance indicates membership in that organization, which paid for grave markers for its members.
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