According to an article in today's (Friday, June 16) NEWSDAY, "Bridgehampton is preparing to celebrate another milestone in its heritage, 350 years after Josiah Stanborough settled in what was then known as Sagg." The article continues, "Everybody's very excited," said Ann Sandford, chairwoman of the 350th anniversary committee. Bridgehampton was settled in 1656, she said, and is one of the oldest hamlets on Long Island." For the complete article, "BRIDGEHAMPTON: Summer-long celebration of 350th anniversary", please go to: http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-li350164783444jun16,0,7 364226.story?coll=ny-linews-print The pertinent geography: Bridgehampton is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the east section of the Town of Southampton, in the southeast part of Suffolk County, along the Southampton/East Hampton town line. There are currently 7 villages (municipal corporations) and 16 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Southampton. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.) Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Bridgehampton in the Town of Southampton is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Noyack and the Village of Sag Harbor; on the east by the Hamlet of Wainscott in the Town of East Hampton (the Southampton/East Hampton town line) and the Village of Sagaponack; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Water Mill. And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31 villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Bridgehampton has a different border than does the "Bridgehampton, NY 11932" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Bridgehampton mailing address and not be in Bridgehampton and a place can be in Bridgehampton and have other than a Bridgehampton mailing address). Those places that have a "Bridgehampton, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton are in the Village of Sagaponack and also in the Hamlet of Wainscott in the Town of East Hampton. At the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Bridgehampton that have a "Sag Harbor, NY 11963" mailing address. For those who have their copy of the 2005 or earlier edition of the LI Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of Bridgehampton in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 28 (map) and 29 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY . Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State New York State is divided into counties. County A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations. City A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Town A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be sub-divided into villages and hamlets. Village A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Hamlet A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Postal Zone "City" and "Town" A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.

ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASE: MARRIAGE INDEX FOR RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK In addition to the Troy Irish Genealogy Society mailing list, this message is also being sent to the following genealogy mailing lists: MAILING LIST COVERS Rensselaer County List - Research in Rensselaer County. Albany County List - Research in Albany County. Schenectady County List - Research in Schenectady County. Saratoga County List - Research in Saratoga County. Genealogy NYS List - Research in New York State. Chenango County List - Research in Chenango County. NY-Hudson River List - Research in counties bordering Hudson River; (Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam Westchester) & Schenectady County. NY-RollCall List - Research on New York State kin. NY-Mohawk Valley List - Research in Mohawk Valley Region of NYS, covers Albany, Fulton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie Counties. NY-WarWashSar List - Research in Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties. NYC-Roots List - Research in New York City. New York List - Research in New York State where County is unknown. Irish-NY-Troy List - Research of Irish Ancestry in City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. NY-Irish List - Research on Irish immigrants who landed, lived in or passed through New York State. NY-Southern List - Research in Southern counties of New York, covers Broome, Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan,Tioga, Ulster & Westchester Columbia County List - Research in Columbia County A. The message can be forwarded to other lists where you feel it would be appropriate. If posted to any other lists, please copy: seamus@nycap.rr.com B. The largest project the Troy Irish Genealogy Society has undertaken so far is the automation of the Rensselaer County Marriage Index. This 10 Volume Marriage Index of Rensselaer County marriages, from 1908 to 1935, has over 60,000 names. Volume I, with its 5,000 marriages and 10,000 names was the initial step of this major project and is now available on the TIGS website. C. You can view these marriage records by going to the Troy Irish Genealogy website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on TIGS PROJECTS and then click on TIGS Projects In The Works. It should be noted that these records, like most of the TIGS data series, cover the general population in the area and are NOT restricted to Irish surnames. D. If you are researching relatives with a RENSSELAER COUNTY, NY area connection, you will be interested in this new on-line, name searchable, data base of 10,000 names of local residents who were married in Rensselaer County, New York. If you live in a nearby county or even further away, you might want to check out the data base. There are also marriages in the data base where both individuals lived in Albany County or other nearby counties, and where some individuals lived in other states, especially Massachusetts and Vermont, or even foreign countries. One record even was for a bride and groom who both lived in Pennsylvania. You may even find earlier marriages that you were unaware of. Take a look at the data base, you never know what you will find. E. In order to appreciate the marriage index on the TIGS website, you need an understanding of the set up of the Marriage Index book at the County Clerk's Office. All marriages, along with complete detailed information on the bride and groom and their parents, were first entered into the Record of Marriages Book. Brides and Grooms names were then posted to the Marriage Index Book which served as a locating device to find the complete record in the Record of Marriages Book itself. Without the Marriage Index, you could not locate a name in the Record of Marriages Book. The Marriage Index Book has SEPARATE pages of data for Brides and SEPARATE pages of data for Grooms. For example, for the letter "A", there is a page of Brides names beginning with "A" and ANOTHER page of Grooms names beginning with the letter "A". The data on each page is limited to the first and last name, a page reference number, a marriage license number and the date of the marriage. The name of the SPO! USE is NOT shown in the index. The only linkage to the spouse in the Marriage Index is the marriage number. F. The TIGS data base has greatly improved the usefulness of the Marriage Index as follows: 1. By using the marriage number, the TIGS Marriage Index now links the names of the brides AND the grooms on ONE LINE of data, thus providing a much more useful research tool. 2. Some entries in the Record of Marriages Book were never posted to the Marriage Index Book. These missing records were identified by TIGS workers and added to the TIGS Marriage Index. 3. A number of records in the Marriage Index showed only INITIALS for either the bride or the groom. In many cases TIGS workers were able to determine the ACTUAL names from the original source documents and added them to the TIGS data base. 4. Several records for grooms names were originally posted to the brides pages of the Marriage Index Book and a number of brides names were posted to the grooms pages of the Marriage Index Book. TIGS workers corrected these errors in developing the TIGS index. 5. A number of transcribing errors when the Marriage Index Book was created were discovered by TIGS workers and corrected. 6. Last but not least, the TIGS Marriage Index is in strict alphabetical order unlike the original index. For example, on the original index, you may have four or more pages of Grooms names all beginning with the first two letters "Ma" and in no order whatsoever. G. In using the TIGS Marriage Index data base, keep in mind the following: 1. Handwriting in some cases was very difficult to read and there could be some problems with spelling. 2. At times, the original posting to the Marriage Index Book showed the marriage filing data instead of the date of the marriage. 3. Remember, the TIGS index is a transcription of the Marriage Index Book and NOT the Record of Marriages Book itself. It is always possible that the original source documents, the Affidavit For License To Marry, the Certificate And Record of Marriage and the Certificate of Consent, (for minors), were not posted correctly to the Record of Marriages Book, or that entries in the Record of Marriages Book were not posted correctly to the Marriage Index Book, or that TIGS transcribers misread the handwriting. If there is a question on any entry, the actual source documents at the County Clerk's Office would have to be referenced. The TIGS website has a PRINTABLE FORM that can be used to request copies of the above documents from the Rensselaer County Clerk's Office. Mailing instructions and fees are on the request form. H. An example of two entries in the Record of Marriages Book is shown on the TIGS website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click on PROJECTS, then click on TIGS PROJECTS IN THE WORKS and then click "See Sample Record". The following information for the bride and the groom is shown in the Record of Marriages Book and in the primary source documents: 1. Name. 2. Residence. 3. Occupation. 4. Birthplace. 5. Color. 6. Age. 7. Number of Marriage. (first, second, etc.) 8. If widowed or Divorced, Where & When. 9. Father's Name and Birthplace. 10. Mother's Name and Birthplace. 11. Consent By & Relationship (For Minors) 12. Date of License. 13. Date of Marriage. 14. Place of Marriage. 15. Official Performing Marriage & Profession. (Priest, Minister, Rabbi, etc) 16. Names of Witnesses. I. The original pages of the Marriage Index Book were scanned by TIGS members. The resulting pdf files were then sent to the volunteers working on the project as an attachment to an email, along with an Excel spreadsheet for data entry. This extensive data base was made possible by the following volunteers who did a fantastic job on Volume I., the initial phase of this project. Please note that we had volunteers from all over the United States and even up into Canada. Kay Brearton - Wynantskill, New York Linda Christian-Herot - Newton, Massachusetts Penny Christopher - Melrose, New York Bill Delaney - California Lynn Carey Grice - New Paltz, New York Joan Howe - Iowa Jeanne Keefe - Troy, New York Stephanie Kinney-Dewey - Logan, Ohio Marilyn Mahoney - Arlington, Massachusetts Bob McConihe - Haverhill, Massachusetts Cathy & Bill McGrath - Clifton Park, New York James L. Owens, Rockville, Maryland Jayne Paradis - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Carol Schrom - Troy, New York Barbara Skerritt - South Carolina Lizette Strait - New York State Janice Sullivan - Clifton Park, New York Lori Taylor-Blitz - Escanaba, Michigan Susan Toomy Russell - Georgia Pam Trudeau - Advance, North Carolina Carol Waldron - Saratoga Springs, New York Eileen Callahan Werth - Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania Valerie Werth - Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania Donna Vaughn, New York State J. We invite you to explore the TIGS website where you will find local history articles, resources and genealogy research tips as well as a number of free data bases. The TIGS mailing list, which is also free, is ideal for posting your Troy area genealogy queries. There are also some interesting photographs on the TIGS website from our group tours of the Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery, the Burden Iron Works Museum and the Watervliet Arsenal Museum. To see these photographs click on "NEXT" on the first page of the website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and then click on "TOURS" on the left side of the next screen. Also, you can search your surnames in the following additional records transcribed by TIGS members and other volunteers. These data bases are part of a continuing effort by the Troy Irish Genealogy Group to make available on line, Troy and other nearby area records, that may be of interest to genealogy researchers, especially those outside ! the Capital Area. Burden Iron Company Steam Mill Payroll Records. (8,236 names) Troy Area Marriage Records. (1,448 names) Troy Area Death Records. (6,031 names) Index-History of the Troy Police Department. (668 names) Bank Officers in Troy Banks From 1801-1891. (299 names) Prominent Citizens of Troy, NY & Rensselaer County. (1,800 names) Representative Young Irish-Americans of Troy, NY - 1899 (400 names) Deceased Troy, NY Area Individuals Listed in 1902 City Directory (700 names) Alderman/Assistants In Troy, NY (1,400 names) K. The next step in the Marriage Index Project will be Volume II, which is another 5,000 records and 10,000 names. Volume II covers Rensselaer County marriages from April 23, 1913 to June 17, 1918. (Note: There will be a few records in Volume II with dates prior to April 23, 1913). If you want to be added to the list of volunteer transcribers, send an email off list to: seamus@nycap.rr.com with your name, address and telephone number. You will be contacted when work on Volume II starts in a few months time. L. TIGS would like to hear from you if this marriage index was helpful in your family research. Regards, Bill McGrath TIGS Project Coordinator Clifton Park, NY

Hello, I wanted to offer new information about the "British Home Children." The researcher in Canada who started up the BHC List and the BHC web site has just officially formed a "British Home Children Society." http://members.shaw.ca/persnow/ I have posted information about the "Home Children" before, but not recently ! In general, between ~1860 and ~1930, "Great Britain" sent over 100,000 unwanted children over to Canada ! * They were ages 18 down to Age 3, and many times siblings were separated ! Great Britain sent many more "unwanted children" (not necessarily orphans) down to Australia and New Zealand ! (And, they had first started doing this in the 1600's !) More information can be found on the BHC web site - which should be linked in the above (new) web site ! Or, the terms, "British Home Children" or "Home Children, Canada" are searchable terms ! (In England, the children were referred to as "child migrants." And, in Australia, I believe they are now called "Former Child Migrants.") My great-grandparents were teens when they were sent to Nova Scotia in 1874. But, my great-grandmother's 4 younger siblings were ages 11 to 3 ! And, each went to a different home in N.S. My great-grandparents married there in 1879 and migrated to Boston in 1881. And, because I've been on the BHC List for 5 years, I now that many of the "home children" made their way down to the U.S. Since many of the children were initially sent to "homes" or homes in Quebec and Ontario Provinces, they could have very easily made their way down into New England or New York ! If you have the time, and a box of tissues handy, you should read the archives of the BHC List -- especially the first few years of postings ! (It is under "Canada" in the Index to the Lists.) www.rootsweb.com Enjoy your week ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Joseph ROBBINS served in the Revolutionary War from KILLINGLY, Windham Co., CT. He married Elizabeth/Betsey GRANT on 1 January 1777. He served in the army until the end of the war, and after his discharge they lived with Betsey's parents, Thomas and Sarah (HOSMER) GRANT. They had four daughters, Polly, Asenath, Sally and Betsey. In Elizabeth ROBBINS application for a pension, she says that Joseph died in 1817, and that they had moved from Killingly in the winter of 1793 to BRIDPORT, Addison Co., VT, and in 1806 moved to Brookfield (a village in WILLSBOROUGH), Essex Co., NY. The censuses don't seem to completely back this up. The 1800 census has Joseph in Willsborough with one male 45 and over, one female 10-16 and one female 45 and over. Then the 1810 census for Willsborough doesn't show Joseph, but there is a listing for Elizabeth ROBBINS, with one female 16-26 and one female 45 and over. After Joseph's death in 1817 (per the pension) Elizabeth moves back to BRIDPORT, Addison Co., VT, and dies there 13 September 1839, aged 87. On 5 Mar. 1816, Betsey ROBINS and family are warned out of FERRISBURG, Addison Co., VT. For over ten years prior to her death, she is provided for by community members by being bid off at town meeting each year. She applied for a pension for his service in 1838. It was finally granted to her in December 1839, three months after she died. According to records I have found, I believe Polly (Mary), born 17 Aug. 1778 was married on 2 Feb. 1803 in Bridport to Samuel WILSON. Asenath/Sena, born 22 Aug. 1780 was married 25 Dec. 1817 in Bridport to Daniel WOOD. Sally, born 3 Sept. 1786 was married to Gideon COREY [,Jr.], probably in Willsborough, NY area. They are my ancestors. The last daughter, Betsey, was born 6 Nov. 1789 in Killingly, CT, and I have no record of her marriage. While living in BRIDPORT, Joseph purchased two acres of land from Obadiah Janes on 24 May 1797, both men being from Bridport. On 27 Sept. 1802, Joseph Robbins of WILLISBOROUGH, Essex Co., NY sold the property for $60 to Ezra Fitch of Bridport. So, it appears that Joseph and Sally were living in Willsborough by 1802 rather than 1806 as stated in the pension. Can anyone give me additional information on this family? I would especially like to learn the ancestry of Joseph ROBBINS. He was probably born a few years before Elizabeth GRANT; she was born about 1752 according to her death record. Thanks, Joann Nichols

I had a listing of the articles / subjects found in the Year Books of the Holland Society of NY showing the contents of each year book 1886 - 1929 and I misplaced it and have no idea where I got it -- anyone out there have a copy of the list (about 3 pages as I recall) or know where I can find it. Dan B dhb48@frontiernet.net

I am happy to relate that the transcription project for this census has been progressing and I am currently getting the 1st ward online. It is a gradual process to get the pages formatted and connected online and I hope in the next couple of days to get the whole ward online. It includes 3958 individuals, living in 465 dwellings and 849 families. The people to thank for giving their time to this project are the following transcribers: Kay Brearton, Lynn Grice, Marie McConky, Bev DeFilippis, Bob McConihe, Terry Bora, Sharon Minkel, Marialice Mangan, Bob Miller, Sharon King, Joe Murnane and John Nolan. Without their dedication, this project couldn't be completed. The current version going online is provisional. While it has been proofread against the film, the film was hard to read at times, therefore, currently a great person living in Troy is going to take the work and check the names against the original census book at the Rensselaer County Clerk's office in Troy. When that is completed, it will be noted on the 1st ward page but it may take another month or so. You can find a link to the 1st ward (with map) on the Troy section of my website using either URL under my name. There will also be links from the Rensselaer website on both the census and Troy sections which I will be adding after this email goes out. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com http://www.connorsgenealogy.net

H. Daniel Wagner's article "Genealogy As an Academic Discipline" in the Spring 2006 issue of AVOTAYNU, the Jewish Genealogical Journal, reviews current shifts and modern research tools in genealogy, and can be accessed by going to: http://www.avotaynu.com/wagner.htm H. Daniel Wagner is a Genealogist and a Professor of Materials Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He was a co-chairman of the 24th International Conference of Jewish Genealogy held in 2004 in Jerusalem. He is on the board of directors off Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, coordinator of the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Archive Project, the Zdunska Wola JRI Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator and Town Leader, as well as the chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of Zdunska Wola in Israel. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

Any information on the family of Joseph Thompson who came to Chenango County, N.Y from North Stonington, Ct. North Stonington, Ct.in the 1780's. Married Cathrine Coates there in 1789. They had five children, four went to Wellsboro, Pa.in about 1817. The fifth one is the one I'm looking for Joseph Thompson, he was born about 1793. His father Joseph left Chenango co. in 1820 to join his children in Wellsboro, Pa. My question is there any record of his son Joseph staying in Chenango co. being married or dieing there. Joseph wife Cathrine must have died there as there is no record of death aor being buried in Wellsboro with her husband. Also is there a Historical Society for Chenango County, N.Y. Wallia Thompson

My name is Cyndi. I am researching the following: Ruth BROWN born in Vermont in 1801 or 1802. She married Leonard DANIELS on 3 March 1822 in Genesee, LeRoy, New York. Her father might be Stephen Brown. Her mother might be Hannah Fifield. His father is probably Samuel Daniels and his mother, Abigail Pinkham. Does anyone have any idea where I can find the marriage record/church record of the marriage of Leonard DANIELS and Ruth BROWN? I got the date and place from a family book of account written after the fact. Would like to see marriage record to see if parents are listed. Thank you.

I have recientely added a lot of biographies for people from New York to my web site. These include 504 from Genesee County, 210 from Saratoga County and about 200 from Jefferson County. These include a lot of information from Surrounding Counties, espically the ones for Saratoga County, which inclide a lot of people from Albany, Washington and Rensselear Counties. Some are real short, but other go back several generations for the person (and/or the spouce). Only a few of these, mostely the ones for Jefferson County are in Google search, hopefully they will be there at the end on May update to Google. They are in the Freefind Search that you can access from the Search this web site link on my main page. These can be located by clicking the Biography link from my main page. http://www.rays-place.com Cheers Ray Brown

On 5/19/06 (11:21:44 AM MDT), in a posting to NEWYORK-L@rootsweb.com, JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR (designs@hevanet.com) asked, "I have an obituary from 1932 that lists the birthplace of the person as Grandstone Island, NY in 1859. What is that locality today? I can't seem to find it on a current map of NY. Thanks for your help and information on this." Could Grandstone Island actually be Grindstone Island, because if it is Grindstone Island, then it's one of the largest of the Thousand Islands, and is an island hamlet in the Town of Clayton in Jefferson County. Jefferson County is in that part of NYS known as the "North Country", adjacent to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and the Canadian Province of Ontario. I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Sincerely, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY .....Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State New York State is divided into counties. County A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations. City A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Town A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be sub-divided into villages and hamlets. Village A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Hamlet A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Postal Zone "City" and "Town" A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.

Hi all, More items have been added to Ontario and Yates counties for Ontario: 1. I've added a family Photo page, for pictures before 1950, of individuals (not groups)who you are trying to get pictures to a rightful descendant, or just a picture of a family member who had lived in Ontario Co. Take a look under the tab for Family Pages & Family Photos. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/family/ontfampicsindex.htm 2. I've added some cemetery information and I've also added a "Non Cemetery" list. This is information on persons who have died in Ontario Co. but list no place of burial, IF in fact they were buried at all. Since so many persons are going the way of cremation, and not having their ashes buried or put in a cemetory wall, or whatever other reason (like my uncle whose body was donated to science), I'm trying to create a valid record of those that died in Ontario Co., and perhaps were later buried, when the families were ready, but not known WHERE they were buried. If anyone has more of these types of "Non or unknown Burials" please contact me if you'd like to make an addition. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/cems/NONceme.htm 3. More bios have been added, with more to soon be added this week, and some more history info for the various towns. Some of the bios also cover Yates Co. area persons who lived in Ontario Co. at one time. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/ For Yates Co., I've added a few more bios and working on more bios, as well as additional cemetery information. As always, contributions of information for these two sites are welcome, by contacting me. Thanks! Dianne http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/

Looking for information on Simeon and Brian Bradley. Simeon Bradley lived in Monroe County during the 1840's -50's and Orange County during the 1860's. May also have lived in Fishkill in Orange County. Simeon was born in Connecticut. He was a farmer with substantial real estate holdings in Monroe and later Orange county. He is believed to have built a stone house on the Erie Canal just west of the village of Brockport in SW Monroe county. Son Benjamin, also a farmer. Born in NY lived in Orange county in 1860. May have participated in father's land purchases. Looking for family information that verifies the Monroe County timeline. I am not related to either of these individuals, but am currently doing research for a client on the stone house in Monroe County New York. Rick Porter

Hello, I am looking for any information regarding a "Zep" (possibly Zeph or Zephaniah) ARNIM or ARNHEM, a doctor who emigrated from Germany to New York before WW2. He was later joined by his widowed sister, Clara (possible married surnames are LOEWENHEM, LOEWEN or LEWIN), and they used to summer in the Catsgills. Some degree of Jewish ancestry is suspected, but not known for certain. Clara died in 1972 or 1973 in New York, although we have no records relating to this branch of the family. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thank you, Graeme.

I just added 100 Biographies of people from Genesee County, NY to my web site. These are mostely small but do contain a lot of information for Genealogy, such as whare the person was born, spouce name, parents of person and spouce, Ect. Some are longer and have some interesting stories along with them. The book I am using has about another 400 that will be added over time. They are not in order by name or location so I can't look up who will be added later. These may be found at: http://history.rays-place.com/bios/ny-genesee/index.htm Or by following links from my main index or the history index. There are also over 400 history files for New York in the New York local history section of the web site at: http://history.rays-place.com/ny/index.htm I think you will fand something of interest when you visit. If on these biographies you fand one to be of interest and you are on the surname list for it please feel free to let that list know whare to find them. Cheers Ray Brown http://www.rays-place.com

If you have any info regarding descendants of this couple, living or dead, please contact me. Thanks. Allison E IRONS b 18 Sep 1847 Cazenovia, Madison, NY d 23 Jun 1928 Syracuse married Lillian Dale CREGO b ? d 14 Dec 1927 Allison was the son of John F Irons and Mary M Calkins of Cazenovia. Allison and Lillian are supposedly buried in Oakwood Cemetery in or near Syracuse. It is not known whether Allison and Lillian had any children, but if they did I'd love to contact their living descendants, to share family info. Marty Irons Goshen NY k2mi@frontiernet.net All e-mail scanned by Norton 2005 anti-virus, updated online daily.

ANNOUNCING NEW TIGS DATA BASE This message is being sent to: Rensselaer County List Troy Irish Genealogy Society List Albany County List Saratoga County List Schenectady County List Genealogy-NYS List Irish-NY-Troy List NY Irish List NY-Hudson River List NY-Rollcall List NY-Mohawk-Valley List NY-Warren-Washington-Saratoga County List If you haven't looked at the Troy Irish Genealogy Website lately, there is a new, but small, data base of young Irish-Americans of note in Troy, NY. There are almost 400 names on this data base index which includes, in addition to the young Irish-Americans, the names of their spouses, parents and in some case other names of individuals connected with the individual such as who they worked for, etc. NOTE: ALL names (wives, parents, other relatives, business connections, etc) mentioned in the biography of the men are listed in the index. So, when you click on a name and the biography comes up for a DIFFERENT named individual, please read the biography as that name will be mentioned in the text. Information in this data base is from the book, Representative Young-Irish-Americans of Troy, NY, by E. H. Lisk, 313 River St., Troy, New York, printed in 1889. One of the most interesting elements of this new data base is a sketch of the individual shown alongside his biography. There is also a three page introduction about the founding of Troy, NY. To see the new data base go to: Troy Irish Genealogy Society website http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ And click on PROJECTS and then click on "Names From Representative Young Irish-Americans of Troy, NY 1889" Thanks to TIGS member Joan Howe from Iowa who purchased this book on a CD and to Jeanne M. Keefe, TIGS Webmaster for formatting the data base. Bill McGrath TIGS Project Manager Clifton Park, NY

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline I believe West Farms & Morrisania are now in the Bronx. For those days, I would consider them to be quite far from each other; it probably would be about a 45 minute drive today., so I imagine it would have been an all-day trip in the 1850s. --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT GEN-NYS-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 19 Today's Topics: #1 Westchester County Help [BSKTBTQUE@aol.com] #2 1850 Milo census ["D Thomas" <dizlynn1@earthlink.net] #3 1850 Yates Co. census complete ["D Thomas" <dizlynn1@earthlink.net] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from GEN-NYS-D, send a message to GEN-NYS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:15:23 EDT From: BSKTBTQUE@aol.com Subject: Westchester County Help To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <2fe.3b3004e.3176244b@aol.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #1 Hi Looking for information on the following families: Michael (born 1814, Prussia) and Katherina (Nordt) born 1816, Prussia) HERMANN Children: Katherine, born 1836 in Germany/Prussia John, born 1846 in Germany/Prussia In 1860 I find them in West Farms, Westchester Co. In 1870 in Morrisania, Westchester Co. By 1880 they are in Manhattan and 1900 Katherine is a widow in the Bronx living with her son. Second Family: John and Margaretha (Nordt) DORSTE/DORSTY Daughter: Mary Elizabeth was born abt. 1852 Son John was born in Croton-on-Hudson abt. 1855. Are these areas in Westchester Co. close to each other for the two families abt. 1850? Where would I find vital or church records for the early years, believe family was Protestant? Hope someone can help me. Thank you Marie ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:20:57 -0400 From: "D Thomas" <dizlynn1@earthlink.net> Subject: 1850 Milo census To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <001c01c662f3$4fcf04a0$ae7ba8c0@thomas8kvxoa25> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #2 The 1850 Milo, Yates Co., NY census has just been added online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/ ______________________________ --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:29:54 -0400 From: "D Thomas" <dizlynn1@earthlink.net> Subject: 1850 Yates Co. census complete To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <001401c66409$2a2cf330$ae7ba8c0@thomas8kvxoa25> Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Message: #3 I have just added Barrington to the 1850 census listings, completing the entire 1850 census for Yates Co. Some persons researcing Ontario Co., may want to peruse this census for the family names on this site, since Yates was once part of Ontario Co. There is also an alpha listing for each town section of the census. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/ Dianne --Boundary_(ID_ab5JFwh6hT/2iPbRwF3Yjw)--

I have just added Barrington to the 1850 census listings, completing the entire 1850 census for Yates Co. Some persons researcing Ontario Co., may want to peruse this census for the family names on this site, since Yates was once part of Ontario Co. There is also an alpha listing for each town section of the census. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/ Dianne

The 1850 Milo, Yates Co., NY census has just been added online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/