I am sorry, but I missed the beginning of this thread. However, I will be happy to provide you with the names of the taxpayers with the surname of Griggs, who resided in the Half Moon and Ballstown Tax Districts of Albany County, NY between 1779 and 1789 should that information be of any use to you. Sincerely, Leslie Glen Mills, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <EShampang@aol.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] How I discovered I have Dutch ancestry > For Halfmoon, Saratoga County, NY located north of the Mohawk river & > Schenectady, try Google or the following publication: "Bits of Clifton > Park > History" by John Scherer. There are references in this book to early > Dutch, etc. > families: Van Vranken, Van Brockhoven, Arent Bradt, Jean La Liberte AKA > Jan > Fort, Visscher, Vedder and more. It gives a clear depiction of the lives > of the > first settlers. There is no index so I didn't find Griggs though there > might > be a reference. > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message