Thanks! At 04:58 PM 8/14/00 -0500, you wrote: >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 >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >