Hi All, If you go to Google (<A HREF="http://www.google.com/advanced_search">http://www.google.com/advanced_search</A>), and type in "Year Without a Summer" in the "Exact Phrase" box, and then add "1816" in the "All Words" box, you'll find TONS of great articles about that summer!! And it was definitely NOT exclusive to NY.....if memory serves, it was later attributed to a volcanic eruption somewhere in Indonesia or something!! Makes for some VERY interesting reading though, and it's GREAT to read the old newspaper articles on it, to see what people back then actually thought of it!!! Happy Hunting! Joan

Hi, Back in 1996 I wrote a newsletter article on The Year without a Summer. It's at http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/O&E9610.html It may come up on the Googler search as well. David Minor >Hi All, > > If you go to Google (<A >HREF="http://www.google.com/advanced_search">http://www.google.com/advanced_sear >ch</A>), and type in >"Year Without a Summer" in the "Exact Phrase" box, and then add "1816" in the >"All Words" box, you'll find TONS of great articles about that summer!! And >it was definitely NOT exclusive to NY.....if memory serves, it was later >attributed to a volcanic eruption somewhere in Indonesia or something!! >Makes for some VERY interesting reading though, and it's GREAT to read the >old newspaper articles on it, to see what people back then actually thought >of it!!! > >Happy Hunting! >Joan > > >==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== >County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: >http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 585 264-0423 dminor@eznet.net co-Webmaster for Canal Society of New York State page at http://www.canalsnys.org/ To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts (WXXI-FM 91.5), as well as news of updates to my homepage and a URL of the week, e-mail me at the address above. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1991 AD. "I would undertake to supply your demands if your generosity is equal to them." -John Bartram, U. S. naturalist