Hi Lisa I was very interested in your New York Furlongs and wondered if you have a Charles Edward Furlong amongst them. Depending on whwether you take his age from his death certificate (70) a 1870 Census for Vicksburg (26) or the 1900 New York City Census (53) he was born in 1837, 1844 (in New York) or 1847 (in New York). He is buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn in 1908 having died on 25 Sept 1907. Not as horrific as it sounds as he was placed in a receiving tomb on 30 Sept 1907 and interred in Lot 32831 on 11 Aug 1908. I do not know the reason for this. He served in the Wisconsin 17th Volunteers in the Civil War, was Sheriff of Vicksburg, Mississippi before coming to New York in about 1875 where he spent the rest of his days in Room 357 of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He was a member of Senator Thomas Platt's Amen Corner club which met at the hotel to discuss matters of politics. Somewhere along the line he became a General but NARA have no record of him as such. His cousin, Charles Furlong, was in the 6th New York Cavalry and was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. This family seemed to have lived in New York state rather than the city. The towns of Waterford, Oswego and Watervliet are mentioned in publication that includes a brief biography. As a UK resident I hope that I have not confused state and county. My Furlong family seems to have originated in England (probably Devon) moved to Newcastlewest, Limerick, Ireland in the late 1600's from whence some members of later generation went to America and others to Pembrokeshire, South Wales. I would very much like to obtain the Probate Package for General Charles E. Furlong that I KNOW is at the NY Surrogate's Court, 31 Chambers Street, Newy. However when I telephoned them they said it would cost $70 just to look up the index then a further $5 per A4 sheet to photocopy. Although I am prepared to pay for it I thought this rather exhorbitant and they would not allow me to pay by Visa Card only by a cheque drawn on a American Bank. As a UK resident this is not possible. Bye for now Joy