There are people who appraise quilts.  Check with your local quilt shops and see if they have someone in your area.  I think I paid $30 for each quilt I had appraised (written appraisal).  Well worth it, and my quilts date from about 1926 to 1955.  All hand sewn. Dee in Phoenix When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Pat & Walter Wardell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pat & Walter Wardell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] a Nyack Quilt To: "Regina Haring" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 1:17 PM Regina -- I would love to see a photo of this quilt -- thanks. Also,  I'd be interested in any comments you receive about it. Do you have  any idea of the value of these old quilts? I'm interested because I  wonder if I should insure mine, and if so, how much to insure them for. I have a quilt made by my ancestor, Maria Haring, in 1776 (the date is  in the center of the quilt. Years ago, because the edges were fraying,  my mother sewed a brown border on this quilt -- unfortunately she  sewed it on using a sewing machine!!! I can't see well enough to pick  those tiny machine stitches out, and I'm not sure that I wouldn't end  up damaging it, even if I could manage to see well enough to get those  tiny machine stitches out. She meant well, but..... I have another quilt -- a "friendship quilt, in red and white. This  one is just the pieced top; it was never made into a quilt. This is  part of what got me interested in local history and genealogy all  those many years ago -- I wanted to find out how all those names fit  into the family history. Here are the names embroidered on the quilt -- Names on Haring-Sneden friendship quilt owned by Patricia A. Wardell  (Note: Jessie Blacklidge, whose name appears on the quilt, lived only  from 1873-1875, so the quilt would seem to date from those years as  only living persons' names seem to appear on it): Evalyn Smith        Martha Haring            Mercer S. Smith John Riker            Dellie Smith        Jennie Sneden Sadie Sneden        Edith Riker        Lizzie Quackenbush Smith Sneden        James B. Quackenbush Frank Sneden        John C. Holdrum Isaac Quackenbush Hattie Haring        Mamie Sneden        Lois Haring Ira Haring            Kate E. Sneden Jessie Holdrum        Maud Sneden John J. Blacklidge   Cornelia A. Sneden   Warren N. Haring Maggie Blacklidge   Leonard B. Sneden   John A. Haring Jessie Blacklidge       Evva Sneden         Wilbur Haring Minnie Holland         Kittie A. Sneden     Grettie Haring John Holland        J. Wesley Sneden Lizzie Sneden        Rudd Sneden       Elizabeth Riker Emily Holdrum        Mary Sneden        John Riker Jr. Jacob Sneden J. Arthur Blacklidge   Charlie Sneden   Kate D. Holdrum Edward Riker Please, when you get a chance, send me a picture of the Nyack quilt --  I'd really love to see it. Also -- how did you photograph it? I'd like  to photography my two famiily quilts, but I don't quite know how to do  it. Pat On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Regina Haring wrote: > The Nyack Historical Society has recently come into possession of a  > pieced > quilt with the words "Nyack" and "1862" appearing on it. > > The identical blocks are signed in their centers mostly by young  > women - a > few older ones - 44 in all.  There were among them seven Haring  > signatures > and six Blauvelts and many other familiar Rockland and Bergen county  > names. > > We're wondering if perhaps the quilt was made in some way to support  > the > Civil War effort? The pastor of the Greenbush Presbyterian Church  > did go to > Virginia as a chaplain for a time, and some of the signers were  > members of > that church, but not all. It doesn't have the romantic look of a  > bridal > quilt. > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. I can send a picture privately to  > anyone > who wishes to see what it looks like. > > Regina Haring > Nanuet, NY > http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >  with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and  > the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message