Jacquie, Long Island is really 4 counties, but none of them is Richmond. Richmond is Staten Island (part of New York City). Long Island is made up of Queens Co., Kings Co. (which is Brooklyn), both part of New York City, and then Nassau County and Suffolk County, east of the City limits. Long Island is 118 miles long from the NY City part at the west to the twin forks at the east: plenty of territory for lots of communities. Joy Jacqueline Baral wrote: > Dear List: > > Let me try a resend - the address is coming back as not > recognized................ > > Many THANKS to everyone who replied to my query of the location of > Franklin Square, NY. (Nassau County - Long Island) > > Question: Is Long Island split into 2 counties? On another list I was > told that Long Island was Richmond Co. > > Everyone has been most kind. > Jacquie (California - but, "home" is Union Co., Oh > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you seen the GEN-NYS-L mailing list archives? > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEN-NYS-L/ -- mail to: [email protected] Locations of Long Island Friends Meetings: http://www.nyym.org/liqm Outline trees for: HALLOCK, HEAD, PALMER, SELDEN at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/e/a/Joyce-R-Weaver/ USA (northeast): Burnside, Green, Hallock, Head, Merritt, Morris, Palmer, Selden, Weaver./ CANADA (ON/QC): Brown, Clark, Grant, Weaver./ ENGLAND(Lanc.): Hunt, Wall. POLAND (Krasnik, Zaklikow, Lublin): Blumberg, Fogiel, Rozenel./ BELARUS (Wisoke-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno): Feinberg, Vilner, Greenberg, Petrusnitz, Deibach.

Dear List: Let me try a resend - the address is coming back as not recognized................ Many THANKS to everyone who replied to my query of the location of Franklin Square, NY. (Nassau County - Long Island) Question: Is Long Island split into 2 counties? On another list I was told that Long Island was Richmond Co. Everyone has been most kind. Jacquie (California - but, "home" is Union Co., Oh

Looking for Jim Upright who posted world connection at Rootsweb for the Upright Family -- listed email bounced. Dan Burrows [email protected]

Dear List: I received a Canadian ancestor's Florida obit that mentions he had a sister, Margaret (Bishop) Kraft living in Franklin Square in 1974. Where is Franklin Square, NY? Thank you. Jacquie in California

Onondaga Public Library in Syracuse, N.Y. also has this index.

New York has a death index, a marriage index, and a birth index. To my knowledge they are NOT online yet, but I was told last summer that they will be "someday". I understand you may search these indexes at the State Library in Albany and I know you can search them at the Public Library in Rochester - at the Bausch Building. I make a few trips there each summer while I'm in Rochester. If I can help, please email me personally. Bev in Tucson

Can anyone tell me if New York has a Death Index and is it on line? If online, what is URL? Thank you, [email protected]

Hi, everyone... Below please find a piece transcribed from *The History of Saratoga County, New York* by Nathaniel Sylvester, 1893. This paragraph mentions the disappearance of an old burying ground at Bemus Heights, where a great battle took place within the Battle of Saratoga in the fall of 1777. It is interesting that the author, whose work was published in 1893, was lamenting the disappearance of the old burying ground. It had become a hog pasture. 'Tis a theme that is echoed today, more than two centuries later... Susan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ezra BUELL was here before the Revolution. His name is frequent in the early records and early history. He was in the battles of Bemus Heights, and was the old guide who went over the battleground with visitors for many years. He was the first crier of the county court. He was a bachelor. His home was with the BACON family. He was buried at Bemus Heights, in the old burial ground. Upon the fallen stone lying upon the grave may be read, "Major Ezra BUELL. Died October 23, 1838, aged ninety. He was a noted Whig in the time of the Revolution, guide to the army." Charles ENSIGN, of the present hotel in Stillwater, well remembers being sent from his father's tavern up the river, when a little boy, to bring Major BUELL to assist visitors in studying up the battleground. The graveyard where the old major sleeps deserves a better destiny than to be turned into a hog pasture, as it now is. The patriotism that would crown these summits with a monument to the memory of the great conflict, may well devote a portion of its strength to marking the late resting place of the individuals who fought and won in this decisive battle." Transcribed by S.L. Willig, 2002

Cemetery experts: Can anyone out there tell me the significance of a Maltese Cross as a headstone? In this old, closed cemetery there is a large, black marble Maltese Cross surmounting a marble base on which the inscription has been placed. The deceased was daughter to a general, but otherwise had no special distinction that I am aware of. I doubt that she was a member of the Order of Saint John of Malta! TIA Verne Marshall

Could someone who hangs out at the Orange Co. Historical Society do a look-up for me? I understand that there's a booklet there called Marriages of the Rev. Joseph McCarrell 1823-1864 by Ralph H. Weller. These are marriages at the Associated Reformed Church of Newburgh, I believe. I need to find the marriage of Mary BROWN to a WEAVER (could be John, Jacob, or Henry) prior to 1860. If there's also a record of baptisms for that church, could you also check for their son, John A. WEAVER, b. Nov. 1859? In gratitude! Joy Weaver -- mail to: [email protected] Locations of Long Island Friends Meetings: http://www.nyym.org/liqm Outline trees for: HALLOCK, HEAD, PALMER, SELDEN at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/e/a/Joyce-R-Weaver/ USA (northeast): Burnside, Green, Hallock, Head, Merritt, Morris, Palmer, Selden, Weaver./ CANADA (ON/QC): Brown, Clark, Grant, Weaver./ ENGLAND(Lanc.): Hunt, Wall. POLAND (Krasnik, Zaklikow, Lublin): Blumberg, Fogiel, Rozenel./ BELARUS (Wisoke-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno): Feinberg, Vilner, Greenberg, Petrusnitz, Deibach.

One of the reasons we created our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com was that we were committed to seeing that the history of poorhouses did not remain "invisible" ... but more importantly, that those "paupers" who lived and often died in poorhouses did not remain anonymous and unknown to their descendents. An early feature of the website was the NEWS ALERTS page where we could alert people to situations where such poorhouse history might be at risk. We think that is now the case in Albany NY. Our very first NEWS ALERT dealt with the issue of what was to be done with the remains in the old Albany City/County Poorhouse cemetery which was being excavated for a construction project. It has continued to surprise us that there has been so little local interest in the fate of that cemetery. Recently there has been more discussion of what should be done with the remains of those buried in the old poorhouse cemetery. The land is being commercially developed. Since we published an item about this cemetery 2 years ago, developers and officials insist, despite a "public notice" published in the newspaper (which apparently resulted in only one descendent responding) and some other media coverage, there has been little or no public interest in what is done with those remains. However, none of that media ever provided the actual NAMES of those buried at this current construction site. We are providing that list on-line in the hope that these "paupers" will not remain anonymous to the public. If you will go to http://www.poorhousestory.com/ALBANY.htm and scroll to the bottom of the page you will find links marked with big yellow NEW arrows. Today we put up the names of those buried in 1880-1883; and the other names will be published over the next couple of weeks. If you think this is a valuable service, please contact the volunteer who is transcribing that interment list. He would appreciate knowing that his work is helpful; and he could probably use some help getting the list transcribed sooner. If you want to see something respectful done about the cemetery, please contact Cathy Woodruff, Staff Writer with the Times-Union newspaper, and/or county officials. There is some urgency in this matter, because despite the fact that The Charitable Leadership Foundation trustee Richard Liebich was quoted (in a January 29, 2002 Times-Union article)as saying that the foundation was merely "conducting a series of preliminary studies to determine the feasibility of such a project" and that there would be no movement of graves at the site "until all appropriate formalities are completed" -- burials began to be removed about one week from when this statement was issued. Sincerely, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

Searching for information and/or a portrait of August Mietz (1834-1915) of NY and/or his oil engine company Mietz & Weiss of 128 Mott St. NY. Anything related would be appreciated. Cheers Dusty M. Erickson Erickson & Erickson, Inc. 7950 e. Redfield #160 Scottsdale, Az. 85260 480-948-1644-voice [email protected] www.gameguns.com

Looking for info on the following: My ggrandmother's death certificate lists her parents as Charles COLLINS b Mass date unknown Ann (Sophia) BALL b Mass date unknown their daughter Lucy Ann COLLINS b 1835 Mass possible brother Charles and one sibling apparently given up for adoption or sent to live with relatives unknown. From letters I know the following: Her father Charles has some connection to the Fitzwilliam branch of Collins descended from Henry COLLINS of Lynn Mass. The family lived in the Fitchburg Mass area during the 1850's. The family migrated to the Onieda County area of NYS by the late 1860's. Ann BALLS brother was Alonzo who lived in the Jefferson County area of northern NYS. Thanks in advance for any assistance. Rick

Carolyn Hassenback is not a member of this list so I am putting this information on the list for her. She has a family bible that she wants to give to a descendent if one can be found. HARRY T CLEMENT born 1874 son of THOMAS JONES CLEMENT born 1832 wife MILLICENT married in 1854, second marriage to MAY PECK 1870 . she was from Naples, New York, born 1848 it is thought these people are from central Western, NY, one from Naples other people mentioned John Dana Clement, Jessie May Clement, Nellie E Clement, Carrie Louise Clement, Reply privately to [email protected] Bob Coomber Rochester, NY Bob Coomber

Hi listers: If any of you kept the Timothy Jackman bio I sent earlier, from the book "Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis.", there is an error in it. I think the copy machine image was set just a tad too light because I've noticed once in a while that numbers or letters sometimes weren't fully filled in. Anyway... Timothy was born in 1800 - NOT 1860. Please make this correction on your end if you kept it. Thanks. Carol

Hello: Could some kind soul please lookup an obituary for BENJAMIN SEITZMAN in the New York Times? He died New York, NY on July 21, 1988. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh Brown _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

This came over on the Genesee List, just in case any of you are missing a Rosey Cook. Since she left her hubby, who knows where she went. ------------------------------------------------------------ Batavia, Genesee County NY Republican Advocate Friday May 27 1831 WHEREAS my wife ROSEY, has conducted herself in an unbecoming manner, and has taken my goods. This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her or her child, on my account, for I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date. William COOK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ Experience the town of Alabama in Genesee County, New York. History, tombstone inscriptions, census records, history of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians and the Iroquois. Enjoy a good murder mystery? Read about the murders of Polly Frisch. APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys/ Genesee County, NY website. Includes History Department, (under "Historian") http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The Genesee Area Genealogy Society lists the names and addresses for all the Genesee & Wyoming County Historians http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygags/hist.htm

Hello: Could some kind soul please lookup a naturalization for me at the Kings County Courthouse? Please contact me if willing to help. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Josh BrownGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Daniels, John N married to Mahala? ----- abt 1860. First child Arcelia 1865 born in Livingston Co., NY. Looking for marriage and other siblings. Thank You, Deb Faith

I passed this information along to some of the lists a long time ago. Many new people have joined so I thought I would share it again. I do a lot of talks during the year on a subject which I now call "How to Think Like an Abstractor". I title search property in my real job, I'm also a town historian in NY State. So I put what I know from both jobs together in a simple manner for genealogists to use. I then put it all on my web site. http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/Roots.html If you learn how to look in deeds the right way you won't miss anything. If you can't find a deed and you know gggreatgrandpa was there, theres a reason you can't find it. There are other records you should be looking in that may not have occured to you, and records you probably don't even know about that you should be looking in. Or you may have a will and think thats a good enough explaination of who got what and where they were, but its not. So take a look and you may find a new avenue to hunt! Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ Experience the town of Alabama in Genesee County, New York. History, tombstone inscriptions, census records, history of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians and the Iroquois. Enjoy a good murder mystery? Read about the murders of Polly Frisch. APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys/ Genesee County, NY website. Includes History Department, (under "Historian") http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The Genesee Area Genealogy Society lists the names and addresses for all the Genesee & Wyoming County Historians http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygags/hist.htm