Dee, I notice below that you are researching Cairns in New York. Could they possibly be John and Harriet of Staten Island, mid 1700's? ---- Dee <deesgenes1@yahoo.com> wrote: > Both Harry Macy and Henry Hoff of the NYG&B were so much help to me when I began researching more than 20 years ago.  Again, my thanks to both of them and to all those who help the newbies out there. > 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 >   >   > > From: John Dobson <johnblythedobson@gmail.com> > >To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 12:29 AM > >Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Thank you to Harry Macy and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record > > > >Dear list members, > > > >While not wishing to detract in any way from the recent and well-deserved > >outpouring of thanks to Dorothy Koening and *New Netherland Connections*, > >it has reminded me of another debt of gratitude owed by the genealogical > >community. > > > >Harry Macy, who still works tirelessly on behalf of the *New York > >Genealogical and Biographical Record*, served as Associate Editor from 1987 > >to 1988 and as Editor from 1989 to 2006, and following his retirement > >continued on as a member of the publication committee for more than a year > >to ease in the transition of the editorship to his successor. During > >Harry's twenty-year incumbency, I had the privilege of contributing several > >articles to the journal; and it would be impossible to convey the level of > >care with which he shepherded them from their crude beginnings into > >published form. Harry is able to share his vast knowledge so unobtrusively > >that even the most callow researcher feels bolstered by it. > > > >Although I have not yet had the opportunity of meeting Harry in person, I > >have been acquainted with him through correspondence for over 18 years, and > >hope he will not be embarassed by my claiming him as a long-distance mentor. > > > >Best wishes, > >John Blythe Dobson > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > > > > > > http://www.azwvgs.org/ > > ------------------------------- > 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