Deb, that is wonderful - no wonder you are excited. FYI, Rome NY is near Utica, on a line between Syracuse and Albany. Sort of a straight east-west line across the eastern part of the state. Hope that helps. Probably a map would be better.LOL Dorrice deb Christensen wrote: > Through a series of somewhat obtuse decisions, I actually found some > information about the father of Lewis (Louis) N. Atwood. I resorted to a > search on his mother's second marriage over at familysearch.org > > Lo and Behold! > > Frank Atwood and Melissa Catherine Reymore (Remore), both born in Rome, > Oneida, NY, had a son named Louis N. Atwood in Wisconsin on 25 May, 1859. > > Frank Atwood was born about 1839, Melissa Catherine Remore (Reymore) was > born Jan 14, 1843, both in Rome, NY. > > She married the second time to Thomas Joseph Conley, July 26, 1864 in > Watsonville, CA. By 1870, they had moved to Tulare County CA. > > At any rate ... i'm not sure I've found the Holy Grail, but I'm sure jazzed. > I'll be looking into and verifying all these details. We'll need to find out > when Frank Atwood died, and where, and when they got married, and where ... > and all that jazz! > > If there are folks here with Atwoods living in Rome, NY during this time > period, let's talk! I haven't even looked to see where in the world Rome, NY > is yet! (I told you I was jazzed!) > > (Melissa) Catherine Remore Atwood Conley died May 14, 1930, and is buried 20 > miles away from me in the Dinuba Smith Mtn Cemetary. (!) > > I feel more like an Atwood today. I almost have east coast roots. :) > > deb (Atwood) Christensen > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > deb Christensen ([email protected]) > Graphics Connection Forum > http://www.computingcentral.com/forums/graphics/ > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. -- MZ