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.

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>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