New York At 06:47 AM 8/14/00 -0500, you wrote: >What state are these counties in? I would be glad to look up the changing >lines if I knew. I have read several of the messages and have not found a >state mentioned. It might help you connect with others easier if you also >listed them with the counties. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gail Rogers" <rogersga@wpe.com> >To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:29 PM >Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] French in Otsego County > > >> I have been doing some checking. It might be worth while to check out >> Herkimer County which borders Otsego to the north.(Who knows what county >> was formed from what county! That has certainly sidetracked me before!) >> Here are some more sites to check out and next time i get to the Library >> I'll recheck French, but unfortunately it won't be before next Saturday. >> Have another week before vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/ >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/ >> >> http://nysha.org/research.htm >> Gail >> >> At 04:23 PM 8/12/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >to Gail Rogers >> > >> >Yes, I know of the Wilders in Bristol, Ontario County, for whom Wilder >> >Creek was named. My great-great-grandfather, William Gooding, writes >> >fondly of playing on the banks of Wilders Creek as a child, and of the >> >school there in the first decade of the 19th century. I also have a >> >sketch map of the creek (I think it was in the family papers) which >> >indicates the Wilder's property. >> > >> >I am particularly interested to hear about the French family, however, in >> >Otsego County. Gideon Burgess, who married the Sally French I am looking >> >for, kept a tavern on the old Cherry Valley Turnpike (then called the >> >Burgess Tavern, but later the Angel Tavern, which burned down in the >> >1960s), across from the Burgess farm between Winfield, Herkimer County, >> >and Richfield Springs, Otsego County. All of that family are buried there >> >(I have visited their graves) and old John Burgess (Gideon's father) had >> >his will probate by Gideon in Cooperstown. Since you have found Frenchs >> >in Otsego County, that may be where Gideon Burgess and Sally French met >> >after all. If so the autograph book ties the Otsego County French family >> >to Plainfield in Connecticut. It also means I should be looking in Otsego >> >County for them. >> > >> >What detail do you know about the French family in Otsego County? Is >> >there a good source for that family there? >> > >> >DEAN >> > >> >> >

Ok, I am going to try to do this. I hope it makes sense to everyone. I got it off my animap. 1791- Herkimer, Otsego, Tioga formed from Montgomery County, NY. 1791- Otsego (OT) Founded: 1791 County Seat: Cooperstown Location: Central 1794- Onondaga from Herkimer, Tioga 1795- Schohalie from Albany, Otsego 1796- Steuben from Ontario 1797- Delaware from Ulster, Otsego, Montgomery gained from Herkimer 1798- Chenango From Herkimer, Tioga Oneida from Herkimer 1799- Cayuga from Onondaga 1800- Greene from Ulster, Albany 1816- Herkimer gained from Otsego. 1817- Delaware gained from Otsego. Herkimer gained from Montgomery 1822- Otsego gained from Delaware Apparently Otsego stayed the same from 1822 until at least 1915. There were other changes in the state but I was only looking for the area around Otsego County, NY. I forgot the years you were looking for so I hope this helps you to figure out what other counties might have your family records. If I can help anymore please let me know. Good luck, Tommie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Rogers" <rogersga@wpe.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] French in Otsego County > New York > > At 06:47 AM 8/14/00 -0500, you wrote: > >What state are these counties in? I would be glad to look up the changing > >lines if I knew. I have read several of the messages and have not found a > >state mentioned. It might help you connect with others easier if you also > >listed them with the counties. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gail Rogers" <rogersga@wpe.com> > >To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:29 PM > >Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] French in Otsego County > > > > > >> I have been doing some checking. It might be worth while to check out > >> Herkimer County which borders Otsego to the north.(Who knows what county > >> was formed from what county! That has certainly sidetracked me before!) > >> Here are some more sites to check out and next time i get to the Library > >> I'll recheck French, but unfortunately it won't be before next Saturday. > >> Have another week before vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >> > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/ > >> > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/ > >> > >> http://nysha.org/research.htm > >> Gail > >> > >> At 04:23 PM 8/12/00 -0400, you wrote: > >> >to Gail Rogers > >> > > >> >Yes, I know of the Wilders in Bristol, Ontario County, for whom Wilder > >> >Creek was named. My great-great-grandfather, William Gooding, writes > >> >fondly of playing on the banks of Wilders Creek as a child, and of the > >> >school there in the first decade of the 19th century. I also have a > >> >sketch map of the creek (I think it was in the family papers) which > >> >indicates the Wilder's property. > >> > > >> >I am particularly interested to hear about the French family, however, in > >> >Otsego County. Gideon Burgess, who married the Sally French I am looking > >> >for, kept a tavern on the old Cherry Valley Turnpike (then called the > >> >Burgess Tavern, but later the Angel Tavern, which burned down in the > >> >1960s), across from the Burgess farm between Winfield, Herkimer County, > >> >and Richfield Springs, Otsego County. All of that family are buried there > >> >(I have visited their graves) and old John Burgess (Gideon's father) had > >> >his will probate by Gideon in Cooperstown. Since you have found Frenchs > >> >in Otsego County, that may be where Gideon Burgess and Sally French met > >> >after all. If so the autograph book ties the Otsego County French family > >> >to Plainfield in Connecticut. It also means I should be looking in Otsego > >> >County for them. > >> > > >> >What detail do you know about the French family in Otsego County? Is > >> >there a good source for that family there? > >> > > >> >DEAN > >> > > >> > >> > > > >