Hi: This was in the Ancestry.com newsletter today, Saturday, May 26. This site is free for the next 10 days. I am posting the Hinds info in this database below the article but there may be other names you may wish to enter into the search mechanism. Note that the second name of the child is actually the middle name. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5538.htm "============================================================ NEW DATABASES ADDED TODAY ============================================================ NEW YORK BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS, EASTERN REGION, 1660-1916 First settled by the Dutch in the 17th century and later acquired by the British, New York is one of the most important states in the history of the United States. This collection of birth and baptism records, compiled by Arthur and Nancy Kelly, was taken from the New York church registers of 1683-1928, and town birth records 1846-49. It contains over 82,028 records from Columbia, Rensselaer, and Albany counties and provides details on more than 320,000 individuals. In addition to the child's name and date of birth or baptism, researchers can find information on parents' names, names of sponsors, and notes included in these vital records. Further information and books from which these records were taken can be obtained from Arthur and Nancy Kelly, 305 Cedar Heights Road, Rhinebeck, NY, 12572. Source Information: Kelly, Arthur and Nancy. "New York Births and Baptisms, Eastern Region, 1660-1916." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data extracted by Arthur and Nancy Kelly of Kinship Publishers from various church registers and town birth records in Columbia, Rensselaer, and Albany counties in New York. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5538.htm ____________________________________________________________________ New York Births and Baptisms, Eastern Region, 1660-1916 Search Results U.S. Census. View original documents online! Viewing records 1-3 Matches Albany Reformed Baptism Date: - 1804 Father: Isaac Slingerland Mother: Elizabeth Hinds Item #: 12716 Child: George Hinds Birth Date: 21 Nov 1803 Click to view full context --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Baptism Record Linlithgo Reformed Church: Livingston Linlithgo Reformed Church 1722-1889 Baptism Date: 24 Feb 1793 Father: Samuel Wheeler Mother: Elisabeth Daniels Item #: 2138 Child: Anne Hinds Sponsor: Abraham B. Ten Eyk; Mary Parre Birth Date: 19 Jan 1793 Click to view full context --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Baptism Record Linlithgo Reformed Church: Livingston Linlithgo Reformed Church 1722-1889 Baptism Date: 24 Feb 1795 Father: Samuel Wheeler Mother: Elizabeth Mc Daniels Item #: 2185 Child: Anna Hinds Sponsor: Abraham Ten Eyck; Mary Parre Birth Date: 19 Jan 1795 Page: 98