Ms. Maxwell: The New York Irish History Roundtable Journals have carried several articles about Brooklyn cemeteries and the funerals there. Unfortunately, I can't give you the citations. You might try e-mailing them at [log in to unmask], but would probably get better results from snail mail to New York Irish History Roundtable, PO Box 2087, NY, NY 10008-2087 Emily Leonard PS: How does one apply for membership in the Historical Fiction discussion list? I would be most interested in joining. ---------- >From: Marina <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Brooklyn burials 1860s >Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 7:27 PM > > Hello > > I am an historical novelist and, at the suggestion of someone on the > Historical Fiction discussion list, I am writing to find out if you can help > me with some information I need about how funerals were conducted in NYC > during the early 1860s. > > My writing involves a real character who died in Manhattan in 1861 and whose > body was > transported by ferry across the East River for burial at Greenwood Cemetery, > Brooklyn. I need to find out how such a funeral would have been organized, > length of traveling time, etc. > > Any help you can give me would be enormously appreciated! > > Many thanks > Marina Maxwell