I think that during this period of time, there was some serious commuting across the Hudson. We have families that were back and forth regularly - less to move in those days, I guess. In any event - try to include the names you are researching in your queries - never lose a chance to advertise..... Gail Benson Researching in Hudson County and NYC: Lambert/Lembert, Schiesser, Lawless, Braham --- niccispark@halcyon.com wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I have the same problem. Have you located your > people in any census > schedules yet? They should be enumerated in at least > the 1855/65 NY State > Census and/or the 1860 US Federal Census for NY. If > you can get their > addresses, you can start researching the churches in > their local > neighborhoods... > > If you come up with any tricks, can you let me know? > > Best, > Nicci > (Researching BELL, PATTON and SHAW in NYC, circa > 1820 - 1880) > > > > > At 2:50 AM 7/13/00, Thomas Novak wrote: > >I have two people in my family research that were > born in NYC in the 1850s, > >then the moved to Hudson county in the 1868s. > > > >I have written to NYC records to get their birth > certificates, but I have > >gotten my request, both times, with the notation > "not indexed". And, > >naturally, no birth certificate. > > > >I called them and asked what should I do, and they > suggested I should go to > >the church records. Since I don't have the > foggiest idea where they lived, > >or what church they would have attended, I am > stuck. > > > >Anybody with any suggestions? > > > >Tom Novak > > > > > >==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Hudson County N.J. GenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhudson/ > > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes NJHUDSON > possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier > Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/