Hi Many thanks for the info. I will try and trace by contacting them. A senior moment to leave out the year 1906!! Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Soyamaven@aol.com> To: <NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 1:12 AM Subject: [NY-LONGISLAND] Cold Spring - Robert Young > > On 1/24/04 (12:21:27 PM MST), Mike (m.dowding@virgin.net) asked, > > "I have found a ships manifest via Ellis Island site with a party of Youngs > going to the Husband/Father Robert Young at Blackford Hall, Cold Spring, Long > Island. At the moment I am not sure these are mine as Robert Young is a bit of > a common name for Scottish immigrants. However, all the names tie up and > certainly my grandmother Jean Young ended up in Huntington as did my grandmother > and grandfather. for a time. > > QUESTION What is/was Blackford Hall? Where in Cold Spring is it?" > > > Whatever Blackford Hall was in the unspecified year you're seeking > information about, Blackford Hall is now the dining facility at Cold Spring Harbor > Laboratory and, thus for questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Cold > Spring Harbor Laboratory as well as the Cold Spring Harbor Library: >