Chris, the link was working but is not working now. Is there another way to see the photos? I was able to view them yesterday. kris6851@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Philippo via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: TIGS <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Oct 29, 2014 10:58 am Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] photos of Troy burial books Alysia took some photos of Troy’s burial books at the City Engineer’s office https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=cb7f2ce3babaf4a8&page=browse&resid=CB7F2CE3BABAF4A8!783&parId=CB7F2CE3BABAF4A8!115&authkey=!ApUKT_P_kRAskZU&Bpub=SDX.SkyDrive&Bsrc=Share&sc=Photos&type=5 She didn’t photograph everything, but is going to try to go back to take some more. Having those scanned rather than merely photographed, and printing duplicate copies might also be a good idea so the originals don’t have to be handled, and perhaps rather than going to the expense of rebinding the original books (I doubt the city ever would) they could use rare book storage boxes like these to hold them together: http://www.universityproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=870&primary=1&parentId=&navTree[]=870 There might be somewhere local that sells those. Transcribing from the originals would be much easier than working from the microfilms that are at the Troy Library and NYS Library, and I’m not sure that all the books were microfilmed. I’m pretty sure the loose documents like deeds for cemetery lots, receipts for funerals, property survey maps of cemetery lots, newspaper clippings, etc. were not microfilmed. In some of these records, like the “Alphabet of the Old and New Grounds”: Old Grounds=Old Mount Ida Cemetery at Cypress Street (begun 1814, bulldozed 1990) New Grounds=Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue (opened 1832) Old and new grounds would have been the designations before the purchase of New Mount Ida Cemetery in 1854, and maybe before the formal naming of Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue in 1850. Many records are for people who may have never had headstones (though they might have had wooden headboards at one time). Some of the records correspond to the DAR’s transcriptions of visible, readable headstones around 1915: Henry H. Betts at “New Grounds”: "Henry H. Betts, d. July 20, 1852, 45 yr.” Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYmida.html “D.D.T. Brockway” at “Old Ground”: "D. D. T. Brockway, son of Reed & Betsy Brockway, d. March 11, 1821; 1 yr.” Old Mount Ida Cemetery at Cypress Street http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYold.html ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hear you, but I'd suggest the boat not be rocked until the chance to photograph them is complete. Who knows what rules or roadblocks another department might impose! - Stan Broderick -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Philippo via Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:44 PM To: TIGS Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] photos of Troy burial books "Wondering why these bks are housed at the City Eng. Office—?” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Troy-Irish-Genealogy-Society/264980077964 I don’t know. Ideally they ought to be in a fireproof vault. The Troy Charter article 13, § C-81 (C) puts the cemeteries under the Department of Parks and Recreation, not the City Engineer: "Duties of Commissioner of Recreation. The Commissioner of Recreation […] shall have the duty of supervising, managing, constructing, improving and maintaining the […] cemeteries, together with the buildings thereon; and he/she shall make such rules and regulations consistent with laws as may be necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties.” http://ecode360.com/11129587?highlight=cemeteries#11129587 I’d be curious to know if interment records have been kept for the municipal cemeteries from 1954-present (seemingly the last entries in the books were made in 1953). Someone was buried in Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue just last year, and a few people were buried in New Mount Ida Cemetery on Pinewoods in the 2000s. Chris ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Saranac Lake is in Essex County (part may also be in Franklin Co.), so you might sign on to that List and ask for help. Also, RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) has a Facebook page. If you're not on FB, I'd be willing to post the question there for you and see if there are any replies. Terry -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darusa via Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 7:47 AM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Saranac Lake Are there any researchers available in the Saranac Lake area of NY? I am out of state and need fleshing out of 1937 death. Thanks for any leads you might be able to provide Darleen Lansing

"Wondering why these bks are housed at the City Eng. Office—?” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Troy-Irish-Genealogy-Society/264980077964 I don’t know. Ideally they ought to be in a fireproof vault. The Troy Charter article 13, § C-81 (C) puts the cemeteries under the Department of Parks and Recreation, not the City Engineer: "Duties of Commissioner of Recreation. The Commissioner of Recreation […] shall have the duty of supervising, managing, constructing, improving and maintaining the […] cemeteries, together with the buildings thereon; and he/she shall make such rules and regulations consistent with laws as may be necessary for the proper performance of his/her duties.” http://ecode360.com/11129587?highlight=cemeteries#11129587 I’d be curious to know if interment records have been kept for the municipal cemeteries from 1954-present (seemingly the last entries in the books were made in 1953). Someone was buried in Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue just last year, and a few people were buried in New Mount Ida Cemetery on Pinewoods in the 2000s. Chris

Are there any researchers available in the Saranac Lake area of NY? I am out of state and need fleshing out of 1937 death. Thanks for any leads you might be able to provide Darleen Lansing Sent from my iPad

I never knew before why I couldn't find the census records for Cohoes . Thanks. PAT B On Oct 29, 2014 9:37 AM, "Dfmarr via" <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > The 1892 NYS census is available free at familysearch.org. > > Unfortunately, Rensselaer is among the counties whose records have been > lost. > > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529100 > > Dennis Marr > Troy, NY > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The 1892 census is online (free) through www.familysearch.org. Go to Search, then to Browse all published collections, then to United States, then to NY, then scroll down to 1892 census and do your search. Good luck, Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Tom Breedlove via Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:54 PM To: mriley7212 ; ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Riley Mike, The best substitute for the 1890 census, would be the New York State census taken in 1892. This has been microfilmed, and is available thru LDS (mormons). Microfilms to be borrowed and used at the LDS library in Loudonville and elsewhere, have to be ordered on-line at www.familysearch.org. Some local libraries also will accept LDS microfilms on interlibrary loan. If you can't easily access an LDS facility, this might be a workable alternative. Check with your local library. Tom Breedlove >I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents >are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 >and died in 1926 in Watervliet. > I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have > checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I > also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept. > The 1990 census would have helped. > I have Ancestry > Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? > I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was > a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. > I have tried different spelling also. > > Any tips or suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Mike > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alysia took some photos of Troy’s burial books at the City Engineer’s office https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=cb7f2ce3babaf4a8&page=browse&resid=CB7F2CE3BABAF4A8!783&parId=CB7F2CE3BABAF4A8!115&authkey=!ApUKT_P_kRAskZU&Bpub=SDX.SkyDrive&Bsrc=Share&sc=Photos&type=5 She didn’t photograph everything, but is going to try to go back to take some more. Having those scanned rather than merely photographed, and printing duplicate copies might also be a good idea so the originals don’t have to be handled, and perhaps rather than going to the expense of rebinding the original books (I doubt the city ever would) they could use rare book storage boxes like these to hold them together: http://www.universityproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=870&primary=1&parentId=&navTree[]=870 There might be somewhere local that sells those. Transcribing from the originals would be much easier than working from the microfilms that are at the Troy Library and NYS Library, and I’m not sure that all the books were microfilmed. I’m pretty sure the loose documents like deeds for cemetery lots, receipts for funerals, property survey maps of cemetery lots, newspaper clippings, etc. were not microfilmed. In some of these records, like the “Alphabet of the Old and New Grounds”: Old Grounds=Old Mount Ida Cemetery at Cypress Street (begun 1814, bulldozed 1990) New Grounds=Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue (opened 1832) Old and new grounds would have been the designations before the purchase of New Mount Ida Cemetery in 1854, and maybe before the formal naming of Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue in 1850. Many records are for people who may have never had headstones (though they might have had wooden headboards at one time). Some of the records correspond to the DAR’s transcriptions of visible, readable headstones around 1915: Henry H. Betts at “New Grounds”: "Henry H. Betts, d. July 20, 1852, 45 yr.” Mount Ida Cemetery on Pawling Avenue http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYmida.html “D.D.T. Brockway” at “Old Ground”: "D. D. T. Brockway, son of Reed & Betsy Brockway, d. March 11, 1821; 1 yr.” Old Mount Ida Cemetery at Cypress Street http://www.onentofl.com/tcsnyrenTROYold.html

Do you mean Renss. Cty is not in the 1892 census? Any ideas on capturing people from that era? Mike On Oct 29, 2014 9:37 AM, "Dfmarr via" <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > The 1892 NYS census is available free at familysearch.org. > > Unfortunately, Rensselaer is among the counties whose records have been > lost. > > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529100 > > Dennis Marr > Troy, NY > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The 1892 NYS census is available free at familysearch.org. Unfortunately, Rensselaer is among the counties whose records have been lost. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529100 Dennis Marr Troy, NY

Mike, The best substitute for the 1890 census, would be the New York State census taken in 1892. This has been microfilmed, and is available thru LDS (mormons). Microfilms to be borrowed and used at the LDS library in Loudonville and elsewhere, have to be ordered on-line at www.familysearch.org. Some local libraries also will accept LDS microfilms on interlibrary loan. If you can't easily access an LDS facility, this might be a workable alternative. Check with your local library. Tom Breedlove >I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents >are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 >and died in 1926 in Watervliet. > I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have > checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I > also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept. > The 1990 census would have helped. > I have Ancestry > Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? > I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was > a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. > I have tried different spelling also. > > Any tips or suggestions. > > Thanks, > > Mike > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Gay, the 1890 Troy City Directory, image 99, shows the offices of Davenport & Hollister at 17 First St. Nelson Davenport & Wm. H. Hollister, Jr. are attorneys. Mr. Davenport lived at 146 First St. and Mr. Hollister, Jr. lived at Pawling Ave. corner of Grove (image 145). Terry -----Original Message----- From: ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ny-troy-irish-gensoc-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gay Greenleaf via Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 5:20 PM To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] John T. Booth Troy 1880s Dear Friends at TIGS: <<<<<2. He prepared for his law career at the firm of Davenport & Hollister (Hallister?). I would be interested to know the full names of the principals, and any other information.( Where was their office?) >>>>> Gay Booth Greenleaf Denver, Colorado -------------------------------

Yes, Mark Bodnar had suggested that. On Oct 26, 2014 1:54 PM, "Pat Connors via" < ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Are you talking about a Family History Library, usually attached to a > Mormon temple and run by the Mormon church? > > Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? > > > If so, I have used the one near me in Sacramento since 1999 and love it. > They have all the genealogy programs (Ancestry, etc) on their computers, > free to use. If there are records for the area you are interested in, you > can order the film online and then look at it at the FHL where you had it > sent. > > To see what films are available, go to: > https://familysearch.org > > After you order the film and you are still on the site, check out what > records they have there. At the top of the screen, click on SEARCH, and > then click on RECORDS. Go to the bottom of the page and click on: Browse > on all Published Collections > > This will take you to a page that on the left will list areas in the > world. Click on your area of interest and it will narrow down to places in > the world. There are mostly transcribed records that you can search but > also records that are not transcribed but you can actually look at them in > their original form. They have most of the passenger records from NYC, all > the tithes from Ireland, etc. that you can browse through on your computer > at home. They also have all of the NYS censuses that you can browse > through. > > The website, in my estimation, leaves a lot to be desired. It is quirky. > If you need help, please feel free to email me and I will try to help you. > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > nymets22@gmail.com > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have a Sarah Jane MacDonald whose first husband was a Reilley. Slim chance maybe it is her. She was born in New York state in 1867, probably Morristown.  When she remarried in 1900 to Lorin Bradley Lewis in Irvington, she gave her surname as Reilley. I have looked and looked for her first husband and/or any children.I don't know of any association with Troy and will have to look at a map to see if it is anywhere near Morristown.Peggy On Sunday, October 26, 2014 12:45 AM, Peter Reilly via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: Have you found your grandfather on the 1892 NY State Census with or without his parents. If he was an orphan where and by whom was he raised? Often relatives, sister of your great-grandparent perhaps? There may be a guardian record also on file, or a will/probate record? | The Death certificate may also be wrong about where he was born. What is the earliest census or other record you have of your grandfather? Did he have any siblings or cousins you know about? Lastly, where did your grandfather die and where was he buried. People are not necessarily buried with their parents but still buried in the same cemetery.Have you found your grandfather's wedding or possibly military records? ________________________________ From: mriley7212 via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:51 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Riley I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 and died in 1926 in Watervliet. I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept. The 1990 census would have helped. I have Ancestry Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. I have tried different spelling also. Any tips or suggestions. Thanks, Mike  Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**.  See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**.  See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you talking about a Family History Library, usually attached to a Mormon temple and run by the Mormon church? Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? If so, I have used the one near me in Sacramento since 1999 and love it. They have all the genealogy programs (Ancestry, etc) on their computers, free to use. If there are records for the area you are interested in, you can order the film online and then look at it at the FHL where you had it sent. To see what films are available, go to: https://familysearch.org After you order the film and you are still on the site, check out what records they have there. At the top of the screen, click on SEARCH, and then click on RECORDS. Go to the bottom of the page and click on: Browse on all Published Collections This will take you to a page that on the left will list areas in the world. Click on your area of interest and it will narrow down to places in the world. There are mostly transcribed records that you can search but also records that are not transcribed but you can actually look at them in their original form. They have most of the passenger records from NYC, all the tithes from Ireland, etc. that you can browse through on your computer at home. They also have all of the NYS censuses that you can browse through. The website, in my estimation, leaves a lot to be desired. It is quirky. If you need help, please feel free to email me and I will try to help you. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com nymets22@gmail.com

Was at this cemetery over 40 years ago..... Sent from my iPad > On Oct 26, 2014, at 12:08 AM, Christopher Philippo via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > “Brunswick's Forest Park Cemetery: clam chowder, corn roasting, camping, and rye farming " > http://gravelyny.blogspot.com/2014/10/brunswicks-forest-park-cemetery-clam.html > > Lots of people showed up for the tour there Saturday afternoon. Brunswick Town Historian Sharon Zankel brought a number of photos, blueprints, stock certificates (it had originally been run for-profit, which is now illegal in NYS), the interment book, and more. > > The book was quite interesting. Many entries indicated disinterments from Troy cemeteries to Forest Park, or disinterments from Forest Park to Troy cemeteries. > > I’ve never been to the Country Club of Troy, which is on former grounds of Forest Park Cemetery that were never developed. I wonder if they would let TIGS have a meeting there? Their lunch prices aren’t bad, and where else can one dine on former cemetery grounds? > > Dining & Entertainment http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=22 > Menus http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=2608 > Culinary Staff http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=758 > > Chris > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

“Brunswick's Forest Park Cemetery: clam chowder, corn roasting, camping, and rye farming " http://gravelyny.blogspot.com/2014/10/brunswicks-forest-park-cemetery-clam.html Lots of people showed up for the tour there Saturday afternoon. Brunswick Town Historian Sharon Zankel brought a number of photos, blueprints, stock certificates (it had originally been run for-profit, which is now illegal in NYS), the interment book, and more. The book was quite interesting. Many entries indicated disinterments from Troy cemeteries to Forest Park, or disinterments from Forest Park to Troy cemeteries. I’ve never been to the Country Club of Troy, which is on former grounds of Forest Park Cemetery that were never developed. I wonder if they would let TIGS have a meeting there? Their lunch prices aren’t bad, and where else can one dine on former cemetery grounds? Dining & Entertainment http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=22 Menus http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=2608 Culinary Staff http://countrycluboftroy.com/?page_id=758 Chris

Have you found your grandfather on the 1892 NY State Census with or without his parents. If he was an orphan where and by whom was he raised? Often relatives, sister of your great-grandparent perhaps? There may be a guardian record also on file, or a will/probate record? | The Death certificate may also be wrong about where he was born. What is the earliest census or other record you have of your grandfather? Did he have any siblings or cousins you know about? Lastly, where did your grandfather die and where was he buried. People are not necessarily buried with their parents but still buried in the same cemetery.Have you found your grandfather's wedding or possibly military records? ________________________________ From: mriley7212 via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 2:51 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Riley I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 and died in 1926 in Watervliet. I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept. The 1990 census would have helped. I have Ancestry Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. I have tried different spelling also. Any tips or suggestions. Thanks, Mike Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Mike, I have ancestors named Riley from Roscommon who went first to RI and then to CT. You say you've checked other spellings but don't say what those alternatives were. Have you also tried O'Riley or O'Reilly? Also, plain Reilly or Reily? I think Reilly was the more common spelling in Ireland though that's just opinion. If there's any chance John and Sara may have moved to Troy before Charles was born, you might try Rutland, VT. There was a great deal of mobility between Rutland and the NY Capital District and I know there were many Reillys in Rutland from Roscommon's Strokestown-Kilglass area. Good luck. Mary Lee Dunn -----Original Message----- From: mriley7212 via <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> To: ny-troy-irish-gensoc <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 2:53 pm Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Riley I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 and died in 1926 in Watervliet. I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept. The 1990 census would have helped. I have Ancestry Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. I have tried different spelling also. Any tips or suggestions. Thanks, Mike Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a death certificate for my grandfather, Charles Riley. His parents are listed as John and Sara Riley. My grandfather was born in Troy in 1886 and died in 1926 in Watervliet.  I can't find a John and Sara Riley who passed away after 1886. I have checked Troy city hall, Renss. City historical, and the Troy library. I also checked in Watervliet and with NYSOSC Health dept.  The 1990 census would have helped.  I have Ancestry Someone suggested the Mormons in Latham. Has anyone used their research? I had seen a John and Sara in Lishakills, Watervliet, when Watervliet was a large town. I don't think they would have moved like thar but who knows. I have tried different spelling also. Any tips or suggestions. Thanks, Mike   Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®|PRO