"Rueben Brooks" .... do you mean perhaps Reuben Brooks. If you mean the Reuben Brooks that married Ann(a) Terry, you're into some exciting territory. Ann Terry is descended from Ann Marbury Hutchinson, co-founder of Rhode Island. Once you get to Ann Marbury Hutchinson, it's a well-researched, four-lane genealogy highway back from there. Descendants of AMH include Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George Bush, cousins .... albeit distant. Lynn Brooks >>> Christopher Brooks <[email protected]> 01/22 5:45 PM >>> Forwarding this from Michael Shaw, [email protected] Please direct any replies to him directly or to the list, and *not* to me as the forwarding agent. The family he's researching was also found in Williamsburg (now Brooklyn?), NY. Chris ==================================== Hi Have Henry Brooks in Redbanks NJ 1910, Dad was Rueben Brooks ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== NO ATTACHMENTS or HMTL to the list, please.

Ron Hughes wrote: |While reviewing the 1920 census in Helena, Montana, I ran across a |Herbert Brooks, born in New Jersey. Age-32. He was a U.S. Land |Agent. | |1920--MT--Lewis and Clark--Helena--District 97--page 5 Thanks, Ron. You never know when a snippet will turn out to be the missing piece of someone's puzzle. Chris

Ron Hughes wrote: |While reviewing the 1920 census in Helena, Montana, I ran across a |Herbert Brooks, born in New Jersey. Age-32. He was a U.S. Land |Agent. | |1920--MT--Lewis and Clark--Helena--District 97--page 5 Thanks, Ron. You never know when a snippet will turn out to be the missing piece of someone's puzzle. Chris

While reviewing the 1920 census in Helena, Montana, I ran across a Herbert Brooks, born in New Jersey. Age-32. He was a U.S. Land Agent. 1920--MT--Lewis and Clark--Helena--District 97--page 5

Since several people have queried about a ROSWELL BROOKS, I'd thought I'd share another Roswell sighting, from the Barbour Collection index of Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, courtesy of David Hoffman. Roswell, of Chatham, m. Mrs. Lucinda TRYON, of Glastonbury, 12 May 1839, by Rev. William B. Ashley [3, 151] I can't match him to any of the other four Roswells I'm aware of. Chris

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I'm going to be changing ISPs, and thus email addresses, several times within the next few months. However, you'll only have to revise your address book once. Such a deal! :-) While my current address of [email protected] will work through the end of January, the new address is in place, has been tested for a month, and will be good forever. It won't change because, like Victor (Remington shavers) Kiam, "I bought the company." :-) Effective immediately: [email protected] Thanks, Chris Christopher Brooks, List Administrator: ==================================== BROOKS-NE (Brooks Families of New England), HAPGOOD, and MERRIAM lists at RootsWeb. ==================================== [email protected]

J - I cannot say for sure but the John Brooks shown at "Niskayuna", Schenectady County, could be John William Brooks born Schodack, Rensselaer Co., NY. I have his birth date as 25 Jun 1800, but sometime the census ages are off by a few years. Also I have his wife married 21 Dec 1822 as Lany Haber. If so, he would be a brother of my 3rd great grandfather Abraham L. Brooks born Nassau, Rensselaer Co., on 12 Jan 1805. They were sons of Casparus Brooks, bp. Kinderhook 20 Jun 1776, who married at Claverack 11 Dec 1798 Christina Brooks. If you think this is the right family for your John I will be happy to share with you what I know of the family. Valentine Van Zee Atlanta, GA J wrote: > This was taken from a typed copy of the 1855 New York State census at the > Schenectady County Historical Society. I am interested in the John Brooks > and William Brooks families in Niskayuna. > > Family Number First Last Age County/Place Born Status Years in Present > Location Occupation > > "Second Ward, Schenectady City, Schenectady County, NY" > > 206 Isabella Brooks 60 Schenectady Widow 1/12 > Elizabeth Strong 52 Schenectady Sister 1/12 > > 309 Susan Brooks 48 Saratoga Boarder 1 > > "Forth Ward, Schenectady City, Schenectady County, NY" > > 149 Aaron S Brooks 37 Schenectady Married 10 Teamster > Fanny Brooks 42 Schenectady Wife 10 > Peter H Brooks 17 Schenectady Child 10 > Peter D Brooks 14 Schenectady Child 10 > Maria Brooks 86 Albany Mother / Widow 4 > > "Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY" > > 305 Jacob Van Patten 47 Schenectady Married 13 Farmer > Frances Van Patten 43 Schenectady Wife 12 > Martha Van Patten 12 Schenectady Child 12 > William Brooks 66 Schenectady Father In Law 12 > > "Niskayuna, Schenectady County, NY" > > 53 William Ketchum 49 Albany Married 11 Farmer > Nancy Ketchum 41 Schenectady Wife 11 > George Ketchum 22 Schenectady Child 11 > P H Brooks 26 Schenectady Son in Law 2/12 Railroad Man > Judith Brooks 20 Schenectady Child 2/12 > > 124 John Brooks 53 Rensselaer Married 12 Farmer > Helen Brooks 56 Rensselaer Wife 12 > Mary Brooks 16 Schenectady Child 12 > > 172 William Brooks 24 Rensselaer Married 14 > JA [Julia Ann] 27 Albany Wife 3/12 > EA [Elizabeth Ann] 3/12 Albany Child 3/12 > > "Glenville, Schenectady County, NY" > > 238 Christian H Brooks 54 Schenectady Married 54 > Maria Brooks 59 Montgomery Wife 40 > Francis Brooks 21 Schenectady Child 21 > Sarah Brooks 16 Schenectady Child 16 > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > No answer to your query? Did you use a meaningful > subject line? Did you provide enough information? > Please try again in a month or two ...

--=======619535A8======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Same deal as the last post -- but this time I have IGI batch numbers from David Hoffman for Rhode Island towns. To request a copy of the file, send me a blank email OFFLIST with an ALLCAPS subject line of SEND RI IGI. Santa has been good to us this season. :-) Thanks to David for his hard work and generosity in sharing this information. Chris --=======619535A8======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======619535A8=======--

--=======13AD7A4E======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here's what David Hoffman, who created the file I'm offering, has to say about it: "I can send you IGI batch numbers for about 250 towns in Massachusetts--marriages and births. Time periods covered are hit-or miss--some 17th century, some strictly 19th. It will not fit well into an email; so I'd have to send it as text file--about 16 KB." David has kindly forwarded said email and I'm offering to share it with anyone interested. If you'd like a copy, please post me OFFLIST with an ALL-CAPS subject line of SEND MA IGI. Thanks, Chris --=======13AD7A4E======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======13AD7A4E=======--

--=======71D4FBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jane Devlin, as always, was clear in her part of the presentation, but I bollixed up my role. Since the Barbour Collection is for Connecticut towns, the Part One which I previously posted is all there is for that subject line and thread. So my "series" of posts was a series of one. More on IGI batch numbers for Massachusetts births/marriages will follow in a separate post. Chris --=======71D4FBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1505439A Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======71D4FBB=======--

--=======123F270A======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-2F133FEA; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PART 1. INSTRUCTIONS. (Jane Devlin's original, edited.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected] To: <[email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11: 03 AM Subject: [CTMID] Barbour Records via IGI SKS on the general CT mailing list posted a way to access the Barbour listings of Connecticut vital records on the LDS site. It starts out fairly complicated because, while the Barbour film numbers are listed in the catalog, you need to find a "Batch Number" in order to search them. The post gave one batch # and directions for searching for one surname. Since then, I've been playing around with it - I've added over 150 birth records! In the process, I've been making a list of the surnames and the batch #s that will access them which I'll paste in below. The information on the LDS site is a transcription [by volunteers] of the microfilmed original Barbour transcriptions, so I suppose it would be considered a 3rd hand source, but the LDS practice of double keying transcriptions of records [two different people type the data in and any discrepancies are analyzed by a third person], it's going to be fairly accurate, in my opinion. To access the data, first go to the FamilySearch site at http://familysearch. org/Eng/Search/frameset_search. asp and choose the International Geneological Index. Using the guide below, enter a surname & a batch number. Be sure to set the region for North America. If the surname you want isn't listed, play around a little and try a number on either side of the unsuccessful one. The batch numbers run sequentially and correspond with the alphabetically sorted films. Barbour - IGI Batch Numbers BAILEY - 7450303 BEARDSLEY - BECKWITH - BIRDSEY - 7450307 BRAINERD - 7450309 BROOKER - 7450310 BULKLEY - 7450311 BUNCE - 7450311 BUSHNELL - 7450312 CHURCH - 7450315 CLARK - 7450316 CONE - 7450317 CRUTTENDEN - 7450319 DAY - 7450321 EDWARDS - 7450326 FLETCHER - 7450328 FULLER - 7450329 GATES - 7450330 GAYLORD - 745330 GILBERT - 745331 GRAVES - 745332 GREENFIELD 7450333 GRIMES - 7450333 HANFORD - 7450334 HARRIS - 7450335 HAWLEY - 7450335 HITCHCOCK - 7450337 HUBBARD - 7450339 HUNGERFORD - 7450339 PORTER - 7450359 SHERMAN - 7450365 SPARROW - 7450368 SPENCER - 7450368 STARR - 7450368 STEELE - 7450369 STEVENS - 7450369 STONE - 7450369 SUTLIFF - 7450370 THOMAS - 7450371 TILLOTSON - 7450372 TRYON - 7450372 VENTRES - 7450373 WAKELEE - 7450374 WALKER - 7450374 WELD - 7450375 WELLS - 7450375 WRIGHT - 7450380 FHL Film listing from the on-line catalog: General index Aa - Alk FHL US/CAN Film 2887 General index All - Andr FHL US/CAN Film 2888 General index Ands - Az FHL US/CAN Film 2889 General index Ba - Bale FHL US/CAN Film 2890 General index Balf - Barr FHL US/CAN Film 2891 General index Bars - Bed FHL US/CAN Film 2892 General index Bee - Ber FHL US/CAN Film 2893 General index Bes - Blaj FHL US/CAN Film 2894 General index Blak - Bow FHL US/CAN Film 2895 General index Box - Bri FHL US/CAN Film 2896 General index Bro - Brown, I-N FHL US/CAN Film 2897 General index Brown, N - Burl FHL US/CAN Film 2898 General index Burm - Bz FHL US/CAN Film 2899 General index Ca - Carz FHL US/CAN Film 2900 General index Cas - Chapl FHL US/CAN Film 2901 General index Chapman - Ci FHL US/CAN Film 2902 General index Cl - Cn FHL US/CAN Film 2903 General index Co - Con FHL US/CAN Film 2904 General index Coo - Coz FHL US/CAN Film 2905 General index Cra - Crz FHL US/CAN Film 2906 General index Cu - Cz FHL US/CAN Film 2907 General index Da - Daz VAULT US/CAN Film 2908 General index De - Diz FHL US/CAN Film 2909 General index Do - Dov FHL US/CAN Film 2910 General index Dow - Dz FHL US/CAN Film 2911 General index Ea - Ec, Ee - Ez FHL US/CAN Film 2912 General index Edg - Edz FHL US/CAN Film 2984 General index Fa - Fis FHL US/CAN Film 2913 General index Fit - Foz FHL US/CAN Film 2914 General index Fra - Fz FHL US/CAN Film 2915 General index Ga - Gaz FHL US/CAN Film 2916 General index Ge - Gon FHL US/CAN Film 2917 General index Goo - Gray FHL US/CAN Film 2918 General index Gre - Gz FHL US/CAN Film 2919 General index Ha - Harp FHL US/CAN Film 2920 General index Harre - Haw FHL US/CAN Film 2921 General index Hax - Hill, L FHL US/CAN Film 2922 General index Hill, M - Holm FHL US/CAN Film 2923 General index Holn - Hoz FHL US/CAN Film 2924 General index Hu - Hunting FHL US/CAN Film 2925 General index Huntington - Hz FHL US/CAN Film 2926 General index Ia - Johnson, F FHL US/CAN Film 2927 General index Johnson, G - Jz FHL US/CAN Film 2928 General index Ka - Kim FHL US/CAN Film 2929 General index Kina - Kz FHL US/CAN Film 2930 General index La - Led FHL US/CAN Film 2931 General index Lee - Lon FHL US/CAN Film 2932 General index Looby - Lz FHL US/CAN Film 2933 General index Ma - Marr FHL US/CAN Film 2934 General index Mars - Merril FHL US/CAN Film 2935 General index Spa - Staz FHL US/CAN Film 2954 General index Ste - Stq FHL US/CAN Film 2955 General index Stra - Sz FHL US/CAN Film 2956 General index Ta - Thz FHL US/CAN Film 2957 General index Ti - Ts FHL US/CAN Film 2958 General index Tu - V FHL US/CAN Film 2959 General index W - Was FHL US/CAN Film 2960 General index Wat - Wels, A-L FHL US/CAN Film 2961 General index Wels, M - White FHL US/CAN Film 2962 General index Whitf - Wille FHL US/CAN Film 2963 General index Williams - Wit FHL US/CAN Film 2964 General index Wod - Woz FHL US/CAN Film 2965 General index Wr - Z and Miscellaneous FHL US/CAN Film 2966 Vital records Andover - Burlington FHL US/CAN Film 2967 Vital records Canaan - Cornwall FHL US/CAN Film 2968 Vital records Danbury - Ellington FHL US/CAN Film 2969 Vital records Fairfield - Griswold FHL US/CAN Film 2970 Vital records Groton - Hartford FHL US/CAN Film 2971 Vital records Hartland - 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--=======73A46759======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-474F1DF3; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good morning, Those of you researching in Connecticut will want to keep your eyes peeled today. Some other folks (I don't know who to credit) have developed a method to access the Barbour Collection records extracted in the IGI (the International Genealogical Index of the LDS). While the Barbour film numbers are listed in the LDS holdings catalog (www.familysearch.org), you need a "Batch Number" in order to search the records themselves. As I understand, someone on a CT list posted one batch number and directions for searching one surname. Jane Devlin, listowner of CTMIDDLE-L at RootsWeb, took that tip and played around with it to refine the search technique, and has since worked out batch numbers for the Middlesex County, CT Barbour films. David Hoffman, of CTMIDDLE and our list has well, has added many towns and has kindly sent me batch numbers he's worked out for CT, MA and RI. I will be forwarding several posts. The first will contain general instructions on the technique. Subsequent posts will contain the batch numbers I've collected, one state per post. As/if I can get my hands on more batch numbers I'll update each affected state for the list. Enjoy! Chris --=======73A46759======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-474F1DF3 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======73A46759=======--

This was taken from a typed copy of the 1855 New York State census at the Schenectady County Historical Society. I am interested in the John Brooks and William Brooks families in Niskayuna. Family Number First Last Age County/Place Born Status Years in Present Location Occupation "Second Ward, Schenectady City, Schenectady County, NY" 206 Isabella Brooks 60 Schenectady Widow 1/12 Elizabeth Strong 52 Schenectady Sister 1/12 309 Susan Brooks 48 Saratoga Boarder 1 "Forth Ward, Schenectady City, Schenectady County, NY" 149 Aaron S Brooks 37 Schenectady Married 10 Teamster Fanny Brooks 42 Schenectady Wife 10 Peter H Brooks 17 Schenectady Child 10 Peter D Brooks 14 Schenectady Child 10 Maria Brooks 86 Albany Mother / Widow 4 "Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY" 305 Jacob Van Patten 47 Schenectady Married 13 Farmer Frances Van Patten 43 Schenectady Wife 12 Martha Van Patten 12 Schenectady Child 12 William Brooks 66 Schenectady Father In Law 12 "Niskayuna, Schenectady County, NY" 53 William Ketchum 49 Albany Married 11 Farmer Nancy Ketchum 41 Schenectady Wife 11 George Ketchum 22 Schenectady Child 11 P H Brooks 26 Schenectady Son in Law 2/12 Railroad Man Judith Brooks 20 Schenectady Child 2/12 124 John Brooks 53 Rensselaer Married 12 Farmer Helen Brooks 56 Rensselaer Wife 12 Mary Brooks 16 Schenectady Child 12 172 William Brooks 24 Rensselaer Married 14 JA [Julia Ann] 27 Albany Wife 3/12 EA [Elizabeth Ann] 3/12 Albany Child 3/12 "Glenville, Schenectady County, NY" 238 Christian H Brooks 54 Schenectady Married 54 Maria Brooks 59 Montgomery Wife 40 Francis Brooks 21 Schenectady Child 21 Sarah Brooks 16 Schenectady Child 16

Chris, Jonas Brooks (b 1794, Packersfield, NH); wife Rachel M. Richardson and family of 9 children lived in Huntsburg, Geauga Co. OH. Their son Daniel Brian is my ggrandfather. I haven't see the name Almond or Almon in any of my research in the Huntsburg area and I don't remember seeing any gravestone with that name in the Huntsburg cemetery. I would be interested in any information on the family though and will share what I have on the Jonas Brooks line. John Brooks Stevens Stevens, Brooks, Montgomery, Chinnock, Jones, Jerome, Christensen, Erickson, Hammerberg [email protected]

--=======83E5CBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1C0E7B88; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cindy Schroeder wrote: >In researching Almond (father-Daniel, prob. gr-father Azariah of St.= Albans) >Brooks in Cuyahoga Co. OH land records, I found another Almond Brooks. = Does >anyone know anything about an Almond Brooks with wife Christiana? They= lived >in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., OH, per 1847 land records. Someone checked >and could NOT find them on the 1840 or 1850 census in Cuyahoga Co. OH. > >I have no idea whether they were related to the Brooks of St. Albans, VT, >that moved to Cuyahoga County. However, there is mention of a Bliss in= these >land records. Almond (son of Daniel Brooks, probable son of Azariah= Brooks) >named a son Leonard Bliss Brooks. Since most northern OH settlers came= from >the NE, I thought I would post a notice here. > >So as not to confuse the two Almond Brooks - this is some of what I know of >Almond, son of Daniel: >Almond D. Brooks born 1808 in St. Albans, died 1891. > >I know that the Aaron Bliss mentioned in the deeds may not have any >relationship to the Brooks family - he may just have laid out part of the >town. I started to giggle =97 I've always seen the name (which isn't often) as=20 Almon -- and thought this was a transcription error until I saw his=20 signature noted as Almond Brooks in the second deed you referenced. I've=20 just been transcribing a Civil War letter home from Harvey Brooks, who=20 signs his name Harvy. Wouldn't you think that, even with a limited=20 education, spelling your own name would be a given? Can Filbert, Brazil and= =20 Hazel be lurking nearby? We could rename the euphonius Cassius Clay Brooks= =20 to Cashew C. :-) Anyway ... Almon or Almond is an uncommon name. I've only seen it twice=20 before. One of those is an Almon Brooks, son of Aaron (parentage unkn., who= =20 was b. 1802 in VT) and Chloe Elva BANNISTER. Almon is probably born in MA,= =20 marries Emily SHIE at Huntsburg, Geauga, OH, and dies at Huntsburg in 1893.= =20 Isn't Geauga County adjacent to Cuyahoga? This is Marta Howell's line ...=20 are you listening, Marta? Cindy's Almond would descend from Henry Brooks, in the Woburn line. Marta's= =20 line is undetermined, but the given name Aaron is usually found in the line= =20 of Capt. Thomas Brooks. The BLISS name early on (pre-1675) is associated with Springfield, MA and=20 the adjacent Connecticut River valley towns. Since hundreds of thousands of= =20 New Englanders went west in this period, there would have been many people= =20 with this name around. Maybe Almond's wife had a favorite brother named=20 Leonard Bliss Plummer, or Leonard Bliss was best man at their wedding, or=20 ... who knows? Sorry I can't be of more help. Thanks for the information. Chris ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||= ||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||= ||||||||||||||||| --=======83E5CBB======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1C0E7B88 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======83E5CBB=======--

In researching Almond (father-Daniel, prob. gr-father Azariah of St. Albans) Brooks in Cuyahoga Co. OH land records, I found another Almond Brooks. Does anyone know anything about an Almond Brooks with wife Christiana? They lived in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., OH, per 1847 land records. Someone checked and could NOT find them on the 1840 or 1850 census in Cuyahoga Co. OH. I have no idea whether they were related to the Brooks of St. Albans, VT, that moved to Cuyahoga County. However, there is mention of a Bliss in these land records. Almond (son of Daniel Brooks, probable son of Azariah Brooks) named a son Leonard Bliss Brooks. Since most northern OH settlers came from the NE, I thought I would post a notice here. So as not to confuse the two Almond Brooks - this is some of what I know of Almond, son of Daniel: Almond D. Brooks born 1808 in St. Albans, died 1891. Wife: Fedilia Plummer married 1835 Union Co. OH Residences: Miamisport, Miami Co., IN 1840 Pike Twp., Madison Co., OH 1850 IL 1870 Hastings, Adams Co., NE 1885 Sherman Precinct, Nuckolls Co., NE 1890 These are the deeds related to the unknown Almond: 1847 APR 26 Charles E. Morton and wife Huldah of Cuyahoga Co. OH to Almon Brooks of same. $100; land in Chagrin Falls Twp. being numbers 9 and 10 range of townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve, known by part of lot 18 of A. Bliss allotment in the village of Chagrin Falls being all of said lot 18 except what is S of a line drawn parallel with Orange Street and 100 feet N of Orange Street and subject to all reservations in a deed from Aaron Bliss to C. E. Morton of July 25, 1843, and these premises are 100 feet on Cottage Street and 139 feet deep by the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Wits: C. T. Blakeslee (also the notary public), George Barker. Signed: Charles E. Morton, Huldah Morton. (39-464/465) 1847 DEC 7 Almond Brooks and wife Christiana of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co., to Jeduthan Freeman Jr. of same place. $50; land in Chagrin Falls Twp. # in R9 & R10 of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve, known as part of lot 18 of Aaron Bliss allotment in the town of Chagrin Falls being all of said lot 18 except so much thereof as lies S of a line drawn parallel with Orange Street and 100 feet N of Orange Street and subject to all reservations in a deed from Aaron Bliss to Charles E. Morton of July 25, 1843, and the lot of land hereby conveyed is 100 feet on Cottage Street and 139 feet deep by the same more or less. The condition of this deed is such that whereas the said Brooks on 2 DEC 1847 executed and delivered to the said Freeman a promissory note of hand for $41.14 payable in one year from date. If said Brooks pays the note according to the terms thereof, then the above deed shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Wits: Alanson Knox (also the J. P.), Mary Brooks. Signed: Almond Brooks, Christiana Brooks. (40-417) I know that the Aaron Bliss mentioned in the deeds may not have any relationship to the Brooks family - he may just have laid out part of the town. Cindy Schroeder

--=======5D905928======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-471E427F; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John Tuttle wrote: >Because I live near Lansing, MI, curiousity got the better of me. >Not seeing a reply to your question, I checked the LDS CDs for >the 1880 census and found Alfred Brooks and wife Cornelia were >living in Lansing, Tompkins County, NY. [snip] Thanks, John, for the "extra mile." Happy New Year to you as well, and to all our readers. Chris --=======5D905928======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-471E427F Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======5D905928=======--

--=======2E6E20B8======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-620E318E; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ron Hughes passed along: > Brooks, Alfred (1816-1899). Married Cornelia > Horton. Buried in No. Lansing Cemetery. Possibly > had a son named George F. Any idea in what state No. Lansing might lie, Ron? You mentioned your brother's notes -- was there a particular state (I'm guessing NY, but perhaps also MI) that he was researching, or that has significance in your family history? Thanks, Chris --=======2E6E20B8======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-620E318E Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.311 / Virus Database: 172 - Release Date: 12/27/2001 --=======2E6E20B8=======--

Hi Chris, Thanks for the great response!! Yes, citations were listed in the back of the book; however, I've since returned the book to the library. Next time I go over there, I'll check out the citations and get back to you. I can't do a "cut and paste" with this old DOS-based email program, so can't include the section regarding the citation you requested. Sorry about that. (Good news! My new computer, currently under construction, should be here in a couple of weeks!!) Peace and Gentle Sunsets, --Pam http://www.geocities/orcawind