Continuing... The Fultons of New York Jane Osterberg, a descendant of William and Martha (Crawford) Fulton of Seneca Twp, Ontario Co, NY, through their oldest son, Isaac W. Fulton, shared her family research with Roberta Hirth. Now you know the source behind the second Post-It note in Roberta's Fulton database. Based on information supplied by Mrs. Osterberg, Roberta learned that these Fultons lived in New Windsor, Ulster County, New York, prior to 1790. Ref: Case, Howard E., "New Windsor Orange Co, NY, Presbyterian Church (Organized 1764) Marriages, 1774-1810 (Sussex, NJ: Nov 1985), p 7, obtained at the Orange County Genealogical Society in New Windsor, Ulster County, New York (Red Binder #15). Marriages performed at New Windsor Pres Church 25 Jan 1786: Phebe Fulton m Francis Hartford 13 May 1786: Jane Fulton "of New Windsor" m James Furden 25 Mar 1788: William Fulton m Martha Crawford -- Oct 1788: Sarah Fulton m Thomas Crawford 13 Nov 1792: Anna Fulton m Francis Harford Checking the 1790 US Census for New Windsor, Ulster County, New York... Age categories: Col 1: Males 16+, Col 2: Males und16, Col 3: Females Col 4: All other free Col 5: Slaves William Fulton 1 2 1 0 0 )adjacent to Elizabeth Elizabeth Fulton 0 2 3 0 0 ) : ) James Ferdon 1 1 2 0 0 )2 households after Elizabeth : ) Thomas Crawford 2 0 4 0 0 )12 households after Jas Ferdon : ) Francis Hartford 1 0 3 0 0 )4 households after Thomas Crawford What a great find! William and Elizabeth Fulton, adjacent households in Ulster Co, New York, migrated together (before 1800) to Ontario Co., NY. Recap: Looking back at the information I copied regarding the 1800 census: 1800 US Census index, Seneca Twp, Ontario Co, NY (Accel. Index, 1976) Age categories are the same for males and females. und10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ Page Name Males Females All Others/Slaves 492 Elizabeth Fulton 0 1 0 0 0 // 0 0 0 0 1 // 0 0 494 John Fulton 1 0 1 0 0 // 0 0 1 0 0 // 0 0 496 William Fulton 1 0 1 0 1 // 1 1 0 1 0 // 0 0 It certainly looks like William and Elizabeth Fulton (from NY) are the households shown on page 492 and 496. And John Fulton on page 494 is part of the Pennsylvania group... And that's where this research project took a really interesting turn. Roberta wrote: "Pat -- according to Florence's notes, William Fulton is age 26-45 on the 1800 US Census. I asked her to recheck her information and she confirmed that there is a "1" in column 4, age 26-45." So I compared my information to the information sent to me by Clark and Ernie. Sure enough, I had copied it wrong (or had I?) Accelerated Index: 496 William Fulton 1 0 1 0 1 // 1 1 0 1 0 // 0 0 Clark & Ernie: 496 William Fulton 2 0 0 0 1 // 1 0 1 0 1 // 0 0 Sure enough, my information is drastically different from that copied by Clark & Ernie. (Not to worry, I doubled-checked all the census index entries that I've sent to you and all the other entries matched!) Despite the differences, both versions show a 1 in column 5, "age 45+". So where did Florence get her information? To settle the matter, I visited the Denver branch of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and pulled out Microfilm "M32", roll 28 (Ontario County, New York). I turned to page 496 and ... this is a very difficult record to read. It's dark and clear enough, but it is a photograph of two pages from a bound book that has been cut apart and laid out flat. The names and the first three columns for males appear on the left-hand side (even number pages, 492, 494, 496, etc.) while the remaining columns appear on the right-hand side (odd number pages). Unfortunately, the two pages are not properly aligned and the record is ambiguous. There are 26 rows of names on the left, and 26 rows of numbers on the right. William Fulton is in row 14. What is the correct information? Who do you think is right? Patrice? Clark & Ernie? Florence? Patrice (Fulton) Stark Lone Tree, Colorado