This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/3262.2 Message Board Post: I'm researching the Zukoff family; do you have any data on Carmine's wife Irene?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4465 Message Board Post: I am looking for the parents of a John Crissey/ Crissy born March 26, 1807(per census records B. NY) d. Jan. 21, 1886 in Sussex Co., NJ. He is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Vernon Twp, NJ. The grave site is where the birth & death date were found. He married Amanda Arvis and had Charles Arvis Crissey who after the Civil War married Catherine Baxter lived the rest of his life in Warwick NY working in a bank. The rest of the chlidren of John & Amanda were George Clark(married Lucinda King in Huron Co., Ohio), Emily V. (died young), Lydia (married twice, Cyrus Bennett, second Jesse Martin), Edward A Crissey, Florence A (married James Martin), Anna Laura (married Clarence Valentine and lived the rest of her life in NY) and Nelson who married Rose Stickney daughter Charles & Louisa (Dennis) Stickney. If anyone could help with this it would be very appreciated Laura

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4464.1 Message Board Post: Try searching on the web of the address and phone of Jim Reilly. Go to www.libraryspot.com and scroll down to telephone directories and that will take you to several servers to try a local this person. Hope this will help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4463.1 Message Board Post: I am traveling right now but I have some suggestions for you to find the death notice. Usually the local library will have the newspapers on microfilm and will do a search for you. It seems that Green Farms is a small town to find the biggest city near the town. If you go to www.libraryspot.com on the left hand column go to public libraries. This will take you to several listing go to public libraries online or 50 state and do a search for the nearest library to Green Farms. Also if you go to www.google.com and type in Green Farms that will give you some idea of the location, I hope. Another thing is if you can call the town clerk office and ask them for the library and also the historical society. I think Fairfield may have one for the county but not sure. I would suggest you follow up at the cemetery. Sometimes you will find more relatives. If you are still having trouble please email me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4454.2.1 Message Board Post: My many thanks to Maureen for her most valuable suggestions. I will "hunt "up those probate records although I did search for them at one time at the Ct. state library but found nothing. However, there wa noone free to help me either so that may explain it. I found throughout my research that My 4th ggrandmother, Lucy Ann Brush has been confused with another Lucy but my Lucy was married only once to Silas Smith Downs. Sometimes in family lines given names are repeated so often such as in my Downs and Lounsbury lines, that even I have gotten confused more than once. However the repeatition of names in each generation has helped me to determine my ancestry. I found it interesting that there is not one repeating name in my Mead line. Again my many thanks to Maureen for her most valuable input.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4464 Message Board Post: HI, I'm searching for Jimmy reilly. originally from Scotland but last known living in Norwalk, CT 1963. Charlie would like to be back in touch.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALABY, ATABY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4456.1 Message Board Post: Hi, The only information I find on an Alaby at CTFAIRFI is the following, taken from the Barbour Records for Stratford: ALABY Harriet, m Sheldon TYLER of Washington, Conn., June 5, 1831, by Stephen Booth, J.P. James P*, of Stratford, m Anne V MERRITT of Trumbull, June 13, 1830, by Oliver Sykes (*Written "James P ATABY") link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/stratford/stratford_a-beardsley.htm Then more Barbour Records for Stratford: MERRITT, MERRET, MERRETT Aner V, m James P ALABY, June 13, 1830 Anne V., of Trumbull, m James P ATABY of Stratford, June 13, 1830, by Oliver Sykes link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/stratford/stratford_m.htm and finally: TYLER Sheldon, of Washington, Conn., m Harriet ALABY, June 5, 1831, by Stephen Booth, J.P. link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/stratford/stratford_t.htm It looks like you need to perhaps pursue some records in Stratford. Here's the Stratford Town Index at CTFAIRFI: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/stratford/stratford_index.htm "Please be aware that Stratford's land mass used to cover what is now: * Bridgeport, established 1821 * Huntington, established 1789 * Shelton , established 1789 * Monroe, established1823 * Newtown, established 1741 * Trumbull, established 1797 and Woodbury" The address of the Stratford Town Coordinator for CTGenWeb, Keith M. Smith, is listed at the bottom of the page. Good luck, Ken! Maureen Mead CTGenWeb Project Volunteer CC: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRUSH, DOWNES, DOWNS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4454.2 Message Board Post: Hi, Marianne Please check the Stamford Probate District records, which included Greenwich prior to 1853. Spencer Mead says " The Probate Court for the District of Greenwich was created by an Act of the General Assembly, passed July 4, 1853." Stamford Probate Office Town Hall 888 Washington Blvd. Stamford, CT 06901 Main Office: (203) 977-4054 Title Search: (203) 977-5452 Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Probate Records: 1650 to Present Note: Records may also be found at the Fairfield Probate Offices and at the CT State Library. Spencer P. Mead lists Captain Benjamin BRUSH in his "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich," page 513, with the following lineage 3. Benjamin, Captain, b. about 1739, d. Nov. 22, 1822, m. 1st, a dau of Rev. Benjamin Strong, m. 2d, Feb. 22, 1775, Rebecca Finch, b. Feb 10, 1752, d. May 7, 1826 and had by his first wife: 1. Lucy Ann, b. , m. Downs *snip* (Benjamin's sister, Mary Brush, married my 6 great-uncle, Brigadier-General John Mead of Grenwich.) Then, when I did a search for Lucy Ann Brush, I found the following Cemetery record for North Stamford Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/cemetery/cm_stmfrd/northstamford.htm "Weed, Seth [Jr.], died Dec. 26, 1822, age 68 yrs. Revolutionary War. [son of Hezekiah Weed & Mercy Seely] Weed, Lucy, wife of Seth, died July 31, 1818, age 65 yrs. [Lucy Ann Brush, daughter of Benjamin Brush & ? Strong]" Is this your Lucy Ann who died after a second marriage? Please do consult the Stamford Probate office or the CT State Library. Have you also checked Revolutionary War records? Both for Pension and other Rev. Military records? Sometimes there is a bounty of valuable genealogical records, which have been submitted by the Veteran and his family, in the process of proving one's right to a pension or other military awards. You can find out more here: http://archiveseleanor.nara.gov/research_room/genealogy/research_topics/military.html Good luck! Maureen Mead CTGenWeb Project Volunteer CC Fairfield Co., CT

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GYORKE, CHILES, SEYMOUR, GYORKE-SEYMORE, ROBERTSON, HEGEDECZ, BATT, GOOD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4462 Message Board Post: Andrew 'Andy' Gyorke, Sr. Andrew "Andy" Gyorke Sr. died in Carmichael Sunday June 27, 2004, at age 78. Born Dec. 8, 1925, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Hungarian immigrant parents, the late Andrew and Barbara (Hegedecz) Gyorke, Mr. Gyorke had been a Yolo County resident for 40 years. He entered Tufts University, Medford, Mass., in 1942. In early 1943, during WWII, he joined the Naval ROTC program and was transferred to Coyote Point, South San Francisco, where he became a diesel engineer for the fleet in the South Pacific. He worked in the white collar crime department in the Yolo County District Attorney's Office. He was later self-employed as a commodities broker and warehouse owner. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Sue Chiles Gyorke; children, Drew Gyorke and wife Mary, Barbara Batt and husband Bill, Teresa Gyorke, Andrew Gyorke Jr. and wife Sarah, David Gyorke and wife Alison Good, Elizabeth "Libby" Seymore and husband Will Jr.; and grandchildren, Michelle and Ryan Gyorke, Christopher, Edward and Angela Rose Batt, Clare and Drew Gyorke, and Myles Gyorke-Seymore. Also surviving is his brother, George; niece, Barbara Robertson and family of Gracemont, Okla.; and nephew George Gyorke Jr. and wife Delores of Nova Scotia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Barbara (Hegedecz) Gyorke; and sister, Barbara (Gyorke). The family requests memorials be directed to Knights of Columbus, St. James, 200 West 14th St., Davis 95616. Services: A memorial Mass and celebration of life is scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday, July 2, at St. James Catholic Church, Davis, with a reception to follow. Davis Funeral Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. (Obituary from the Woodland "Daily Democrat," Wednesday, June 30, 2004, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/> Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4461.1 Message Board Post: Contact the Fairfield Historical Society they maybe able to help you. Sometimes the cemetery will change names or is now near or on private property. Fairfield Historical Society 636 Old Post Road, Fairfield CT 06824 Tel: (203) 259-1598 Fax: (203) 255-2716 Email to; [email protected] HOURS Museum and Library: Tues.-Sat. 10 am-4:30 pm Sun. 1 pm-4:30 pm -- Closed Mondays

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4461 Message Board Post: Does anyone know of Wesley Grove Cemetary in Fairfield. Has the name changed? My great-grandparents were buried there in the 30's.Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/287.2334.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Maurine Humphreys, I would be pleased to exchange information via email.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Husted most of my family records are from Fairfield Co and Stampford ,Conn. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/287.2334.1 Message Board Post: I have some information on Angel/Angell Husted if you care to exchange info e-mail is great just put Husted in subject place.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4460.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for info on Solomon. I believe he was in what was Hillsdale or Noblestown, Columbia Co., NY just over the border from Great Barrington, Mass. The children may have been born in Mass or NY as they were so close to the current border. Alanson was married in Great Barrington, NY in 1823. I was up and went through the libraries but was not able to come up with any data that was of use. I would appreciate any info you have on his birth. We have it as 1Jul 1796 and I believe it is in Hillsdale, NY. He is buried in Delmar Twp. outside of Wellsboro, PA. In the 1835 NY census that is kept in Pen Yan, NY I found a record where Solomon states he "was born in Westchester, NY". That raises more questions than it answers for me. I have been looking in the border area on NY and CT as I believe he was born in Greenwich Twp., Fairfield Co., CT in 1753. I have not been able to get up there to prove or disprove my thoughts. All of my research so far has shown that most information is close but wrong due to shifting borders of the states and realignment of counties, etc.. Solomon and Mary are buried at Porters Corners, NY which is east of Barrington, Yates Co., NY. I was not able to come up with Mary's name in any of the records that I found in the historical society. I am a descendant of Alanson and have a large portion of the genealogy of his descendants.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4460 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Solomon Wilson. I know he was in Fairfield, Conn in 1790 and he had at least one son, Alanson J. Wilson, who was born in 1799 in Mass. If anybody has any information on Solomon, please e-mail me. Thanks, Steph

Hi Marianne - you probably already have these, but........in case you don't..... Hope they help, Dianne * * * * * * * CT  FAIRFIELD  GREENWICH  1860  Series: M653  Roll: 73   Page: 110   Seth B. Downs, age 43, blacksmith, b. NY Amy, age 45, b. CT Rhoda P., age 22, b. CT Silas, age 18, day laborer, b. CT Sarah Downs, age 16, b. CT David C., age 14, b. CT Timothy W., age 11, b. CT I *finally* found Seth in 1850 by searching for just Amy, and it popped up Amy "Denn" age 36....lol Seth B. Downs, age 34, blacksmith, b. CT Amy, age 36, b. CT Ruth M., age 19 Rhoda P., age 12 Emila, age 10 Silas S., age 8 Sarah M., age 6 David C., age 4 Timothy W., age 1 Home in 1850 (City,County,State):   Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Page:   210 Roll:   M432_38 * * * * * in the 1850 census there is: Benjm Downs, age 30, shoemaker, b. CT Lucy Ann, age 52, b. CT Charles, age 4, b. CT Rocksana, age 2, b. CT next house.... Benjm Brush, age 76, farmer, b CT Rachel, age 72, b. CT Wm., age 47,farmer, b. CT Margarett, age 55, b. CT Sarah Downs, age 30, b. CT Patrick Powers, age 22, laborer, b. Ire. Home in 1850 (City,County,State):   Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Page:   233 Roll:   M432_38 * * * * * again in 1850.... Seth Downs, age 18, farmer, b. America Sarah, age 73 Henry, [age looks like 52] shoemaker, b. America Wm. age 33, farmer Mary J., age 30 Charles, age 4 Home in 1850 (City,County,State):   North Castle, Westchester, New York Page:   65 Roll:   M432_615 * * * * * * Page 148 North Greenwich Congregational Churchyard 1981. Nellie Downes, d. 9.Sept.1868 ae 5 mos. (dau. of Silas Smith Downes & Mary J., gr.dau. of 1982). Page 146 North Greenwich Congregational Churchyard 1982. Seth B. Downes, d. 31 Oct.1876 ae 60 yrs. 1 mo. 3 ds. 1983. Amy Downes, (Amy Scofield, wife of 1982), d. 21. Dec. 1893 ae 79 yrs. 28 ds. Page 91 Brush Family Yard At Stanwich 1224. Silas S. Downes, d. 18.July.1822 ae 27 yrs.11 mos.23 ds. Source: Greenwich, Conn. Inscriptions copied from gravestones. Arranged with genealogical notes and list of Revolutionary Soldiers & Index. Part II, Francis F. Spies, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1930

Thank you for your suggestions (re city hall ). There is evidence to show that Seth Brush Downs was born in North Castle, N.Y. but any available information of his adulthood was in Greenwich, Connecticut. I had gone to the Hartford, Ct State Library where so many recods are kept but found nothing and it never occured to me to try city hall. I don't know if those probate records would be in Greenwich but it's easy enough to make a phone call. A word of caution to anyone trying to research in New York state: it is a miserable experience. You are met with a horrendous lack of courtesy and assistance. The way records; especially church records were kept, or rather NOT kept wherever I inquired was shameful. Access to public records is almost nonexistant and any request was met with resistance and indifference. I'm not talking about an isolated incident but rather 13 yrs of research. Connecticut is just the opposite. People bend over backwards to try to help and even when they can't, they try to steer you in another helpful direction. Connecticut seems to take pride in their ancestors and most of the time you will find easy accesss to whatever records are out there. I will call City Hall in Greenwich. I think that is my last hope to try to find out if I can prove Seths parentage. Thank You, Marianne in Wingdale, N.Y. PS. Assuming I am correct in my assumption of my Down/Downes ancestry, I have quite a bit on the Downs line back to John Of New Haven and also alot on the Brush family and the Lounsbury family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4459 Message Board Post: There is a John and Annie Basson listed in the 1920 census for Bridgeport. John is age 78 and Annie is age 56. Living with them are Henry and Peter Brown, ages 47 and 36, listed as stepsons. Does anyone recongnize this family.

This morning I found a web reference to "Marvin Tavern" on the National Register of Historic Places. With a little more searching I found: http://westporters.com/page.php?page=history_woog 1789 Washington visited Marvin Tavern (in Westport?) http://noyes.rootsweb.com/wga69.html Matthew Marvin (1706-1760) son of Samuel Marvin (1671-1743) kept a tavern in Lyme. http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:6Ffv9kORjJEJ:www.westporthistory.org/news/whsmarchapril2002.pdf+marvin+tavern+wilton+connecticut&hl=en Washington stayed overnight at Marvin Tavern "on Point Road West" The text might suggest that this took place in 1775. http://www.acorn-online.com/answer/b-hist.htm Marvin Tavern, "adjacent to Wilton High School" on National Register of Historic Places http://www.chc.state.ct.us/NR-Fairfield.htm Marvin Tavern (Matthew Marvin House), 405 Danbury Road, Wilton http://geonames.usgs.gov/ has an entry for "Marvin Tavern" So, now I'm wondering: are there more than one "Marvin Tavern"? is there general agreement whether/when George Washington visited the tavern? which Marvin was the proprietor? Frances Van Scoy [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/4454.1 Message Board Post: You don't state the city you are researching but when I was looking for probate records I went directly to City Hall. I was mainly in Danbury, CT but all probate records have an index and I found lots of information. I would suggest you go or hire someone to go directly to the town where you think that the records were filed. The people at Danbury were very helpful and I have found that with many of the people in Connecticut. Hope this may help you.