At 07:47 AM 7/15/99 -0400, you wrote: >I found this on the LDS library catalog site. The book is not on microfilm. > >Anne Futch > >Title: The descendants of James Brisbin of New York State, 1724-1983 >Stmnt.Resp.: compiled by Perry A. Brisbin >Authors: Brisbin, Perry A. (Perry Alexander) , 1957- (Main Author) > >Notes: William Brisbin (b.1724) was the son of James Brisbin and his first >wife of Scotland and northern Ireland. He emigrated from Ireland in 1750 to >New York and settled in Dutchess Co., where he married his (1) wife Selitje >Matthis of Rumbout, Dutchess Co., NY in 1755. He married (2) Elizabeth >Ferguson, by whom he was the father of seven sons. They were: John, Samuel, >James, William, Robert, Joseph and Patrick. This book contains the first >four generations of the New York branch of the Brisbin family and traces 8 >generations of the male descendants of the seven sons of William Brisbin, >the "Old United Empire Loyalist". Several generations of ancestors are also >given. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > Includes Taylor, Grise, Harris, Fraser, Boxall, Hodgson and other related >families. > Anne, good that you put this out. I am in contact with Perry Brisbin on occasion and believe that he is a subscriber. Whether he wants closer contact is a decision he would have to make. But think I am safe in passing along his stated intent to, early next year, publish an update of the book. I'm certainly looking forward to it. Perry has provided me with some great information on my ancestors, when the prospects of finding them seemed bleakest. Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention - now all one has to do is find a copy of the limited press run! For those who have not tried it out but have Brisbins in Illinois and Wisconsin, suggest typing BRISBIN in the surname slot of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO) site for the Eastern States. Quite a few Brisbin land patents there for some folks. don in laos - a generation away from being surnamed Brisbin