Cliff Williams wrote: > > I have the LDS holdings catalog CD here, and can search for availability >of > > sources such as published histories of Ira, microfilmed local and vital > > records, cemetery inscriptions, etc. Have you tried this route already? >[Not yet.] * "Middletown Springs and Ira cemetery inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont." Transcribed June-July 1982 by Margaret R. Jenks. Privately printed Kirkland, WA, ca 1983, 58 pp. includes index, ill., maps. FHL US/CAN Book 974.37 V3 * "History of the Baptist Church of Ira, Vermont : A.D. 1783-June 1925 inclusive : containing a complete list of more than 1000 members who have belonged to this church since its organization ..." edited by W.G. Cooper ; assisted by Simon L. Peck Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Company, c1925 78 p. : ill., ports. Contains 1862 - 1927 church records. 974.37/I2 K2 * "History of Ira, Vermont : to which is added the author's early experiences upon the plains and the Rockies of the great West during the years 1866-1867, from his diary of the period." Peck, Simon L., Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Company, c1926 83 p. : ill., ports. 974.37/I2 H2p * Town Records, 1753 - 1908. Microfilm of original records in the Town Hall, Ira, Vermont. Additional indexes are found within most volumes. Includes land records, proceedings of town meetings, records of births, marriages, deaths, earmarks, school districts, other miscellaneous town records. on 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. * Index to land records in v. 1-6 1771-1866 || FHL US/CAN Film 28383 Item 1 * Index to land records in v. 7-8 1865-1908 Town records v. 1 1753-1788 || FHL US/CAN Film 889337 Items 1-2 * Town records v. 1-3 1753-1815 || FHL US/CAN Film 28383 Items 2-4 * Town records v. 4-5 1778-1841 || FHL US/CAN Film 28384 * Town records v. 6 1817-1866 || FHL US/CAN Film 28385 * Town records v. 7 1867-1908 || FHL US/CAN Film 889337 Item 3 * Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1995; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1753-1995. Microfilm of original records in the Town Hall, Ira, Vermont. Additional indexes are found within some volumes. References in the indexes to births, marriages, and deaths before 1857, may be found in vols. 1-6 of the town records. * Card index to births A-Collins, C. 1753-1995 || Film 2030447 Item 12 * Card index to births Collins, C.-Z 1753-1995 Card index to marriages A-Z 1776-1995 Card index to deaths A-Ryan, B. 1784-1995. || Film 2030448 * Card index to deaths Ryan, B.-Z 1784-1995 Card index to burials A-Z 1903-1995. || Film 2030449 * Index of marriages 1776-1862 Index of births & deaths 1753-1853 Births, marriages, deaths v. BMD-0 1857-1867 Births, marriages, deaths v. BMD-1 1868-1883. || Film 28386 Items 1-4 * Births, marriages v. BMD-1 1868-1883 || Film 2030447 Item 1 * Births and deaths v. BD-5 1883-1896 || Film 28386 Item 6 * Births and deaths v. BD-5 1883-1896 || Film 2030447 Item 2 <sic> * Births v. B-6 1896-1902 || Film 2030447 Item 6 * Marriages v. 4 1883-1899 || Film 28386 Item 5 * Marriages v. 4 1883-1899 Marriages v. M-2 1897-1904 Deaths v. D-3 1896-1902 || Film 2030447 Items 3-5 * Births, marriages, deaths v. BMD-7 1903-1920 Births, marriages, deaths v. BMD-8 1921-1939 (births 1921-1930 only) Marriages, deaths v. BMD-9 1940-1969 (marriages 1940-1950 only) Deaths v. BMD-10 1970-1988 Deaths v. D-11 1989-1995 || Film 2030447 Items 7-11 ====================================== Those ought to keep you busy for a little while, Cliff. Be sure to let us know what you find. :-) Chris > > Have you looked for NARA military records for these men? >[Yes, I have obtained all available pension files and service documents for >Roswell and Loomis. There were no further clues.] > > > > Finally, have you researched the other two Brooks men listed on your > > Buffalo Barracks page? Are they known to be unrelated to Roswell and >Loomis? >[Not yet......excellant idea.] > >------------------------------------ > >There was a query yesterday about the Brooks Family of Greene CO, NY. >One of the sons was a Roswell......but, this is not my Roswell. >That descendant eventually took up farming in Western New York >(I believe it was in Niagara CO.) I meant to write the lady (Sharon) >who posted the query, but accidentally deleted the message and >do not have her email address. > >------------------------------------ > >Thank you, >Cliff