And Mead or Meade in this ledger? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devi Conley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [NYALLEGA] James Caldwell b. June 12 1815 in ? County, NY > Hi Lois- > > My name is Devi Conley- I'm the town of Centerville historian. Today I > met with a friend that brought an old ledger from a store in Centerville > dated 1847. Many pages in the front of the book had obituaries glued onto > them and if I'm not mistaken- I believe your Mr. Caldwell was among them. > I will call my friend and have her check what is in the book. In the > meantime, would you please check the spelling of the individuals last name > and make sure it isn't Cadwell and e-mail me? > > Hope to hear from you! > > Devi. [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lois J Lane <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 5:14:36 PM > Subject: [NYALLEGA] James Caldwell b. June 12 1815 in ? County, NY > > Does anyone know where and how to research a birth when the > counties changed over the years. For instance, in the 1875 State Census, > it says that James Caldwell was born in Wyoming County, but Wyoming > County did not exist yet. I can only assume that in 1875 the area he was > born in was in Wyoming County. Other information has said he was born in > Allegany County. I would love to find out more about his parents and > siblings, but am not sure what direction to go. I spoke to a Historian > in Wyoming County and he said that Pike, Eagle and Genesee Falls were a > part of Allegany County at one time. They are now a part of Wyoming > County. Does anyone else have any ideas? > > Lois Lane > NY > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >