Harold Miller, or anyone on the list: To whom should I write, to get cemetery information for later 1790's or no further than 1830's for someone that lived in Berne or Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York? I am in particular looking for Simons, Simmons and McIntosh. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <nyalbany-request@rootsweb.com> To: <nyalbany@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 2:01 AM Subject: NYALBANY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 298 > > > ====NY-Albany Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website > at:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ > > Add/check your Albany surnames on the Surname Registry. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Albanyhilltowns.com (Harold Miller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:00:37 -0600 > From: "Harold Miller" <halned1@gmail.com> > Subject: [NYALBANY] Albanyhilltowns.com > To: NYALBANY-L <NYALBANY-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <8737c6880812201700m570f9513pe4ec94a61e1e9156@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > "The Hilltowns" is a colloquial term for the four Towns in western Albany > County: Berne, Knox, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville. They are called > Hilltowns because they are in the "hills" above the Hudson Valley in > eastern > Albany County. > > About two weeks ago I joined Facebook and started Albany County Hilltowns > History and > Genealogy<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1609167281&v=feed&story_fbid=42097780582#/group.php?gid=39859776842>group > where members can post and exchange information on the history of the > hilltowns of western Albany County and the genealogy of the people who > lived > there. We already have fifty members. Right off we decided to work on two > big projects: > > - A series of books on the history of each of the hilltowns and the > families that lived there. > - A web site focused on the history of the four hilltowns and the > families that lived. The idea is to have detailed information about the > families, their farms, and their homes. It will also have information on > the > history of the schools, churches, cemeteries and businesses. > > The web site is already up at > Albanyhilltowns.com<http://albanyhilltowns.com/>. > It is a Wiki site. That means anyone can add information on their > ancestors. > There are web pages for individual farms, houses, and families. Under > families there are pages for biographies, family stories, family history, > and genealogical charts. All of these pages are to be created and edited > by > family researchers. > > Here are some sample pages: > > - Farm on Berne Lot > 510<http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Lot_510> > . > - Historic home The Joannes Fisher > House<http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=The_Johannes_Fisher_House> > . > - Biography of Corporal Harold C. > Mattice<http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Corporal_Harold_C._Mattice> > . > - Dutch barn Jacob Post > Barn<http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Jacob_Post_Barn>. > Follow links from that page to other Dutch barns. > - A business Warner's > Sawmill<http://www.albanyhilltowns.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Warner%27s_Sawmill> > > > Harold (Hal) Miller > > BERNE HISTORICAL PROJECT - Bernehistory.org > > BERNE BLOG - http://berneny.blogspot.com/ > > HILLTOWNS FACEBOOK GROUP- > http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1609167281&v=feed&story_fbid=42097780582#/group.php?gid=39859776842 > - Berne, Knox, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville > > ALBANYHILLTOWNS.COM > > HAL 'n ED - http://halned.blogspot.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NYALBANY list administrator, send an email to > NYALBANY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NYALBANY mailing list, send an email to > NYALBANY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYALBANY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NYALBANY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 298 > **************************************** >