A Tunnel of Horrors as subway crash crash killed 97 persons, mostly women, on their way home from work. A five-car Brooklyn Rapid Transit Brighton Beach line train, just entering the Malbone Street Tunnel (because of this accident, Malbone Street later renamed Empire Boulevard) on the evening of Nov. 1, 1918, derailed, obviously out of control, and the resulting crash killed 97 persons, mostly women, on their way home from work, and injured many more. For more info: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=23&id=47110 If the above URL breaks-up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/3hvkp5q I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

Indian villages, paths, ponds, and places in Kings County. C.W. Nenning. 1946. Brooklyn Historical Society Map Collection: http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/B-B-1946.fl.jpg If the above URL breaks-up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/6ktwkz2 This map dates from 1946 and shows Native American communities in Kings County. It was created by James A. Kelly, who served as the Borough of Brooklyn Historian from 1944 to 1971. If you are interested in learning more about Kelly, his papers are available in the BHS Archives. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

WOW!!!! If indeed all power was out how did you get all these 'facts"?. Have you an "eye in the sky"?????...We're sure if you were out & about to eyeball all this in your area so was everyone else. Seems to us this rant should have been on your "Blog" and not an "off topic" on this list, but I forgot you have it like that. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 12:23 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Bklyn list OFF TOPIC FYI NYS was declared a State of Emergency by Governor CUOMO in the early afternoon Saturday. Statements yesterday said thousands w/o power may be restored by Tuesday. Wonder where Andy was? NYC folks were quick to blamed NYC Mayor Bloomberg last winter, while he was on holiday, when a storm crippled the city. PRIMARY RESOURCE, from YOURS TRULY Radio reports did not forewarn drivers that the Taconic State Parkway and RT 84 were closed, so that traffic was rerouted to US RT 9, the only N-S route that trucks and tractor trailers may utilize. Two lane US RT 9, south of Fishkill, was not ploughed or sanded until 6am Sunday! CRVs and trucks passed cars, into stalled oncoming traffic, then five tractor trailers jackknifed and fouled up everything. There were no hotel rooms to be had. Some hotels in Fishkill, gave stranded travelers pillows and blankets to sleep in their lobbies. Some drivers were in cars 12-15 hours for normal 1-2 hour trips. The Sheriff's Department of Garrison, New York assigned one cool, calm, efficient sheriff to handle the mess, that is until *someone* phoned news stations, the same Sheriff's Office, and finally the NYS Department of Transportation; then two ploughs, an MTA observer, and tree cutters arrived on the scene about 6:20am, that is once we had cell service working. On US routes in NYS, only DOT has the authority to order road crews, not the little towns along the way. This route from Fishkill to Peekskill, NY was mysteriously clear by the Garrison Country Club and Graymoor south. NJ & CT Reports Governor Chris Christie declared New Jersey a State of Emergency too. Residents were told they may receive power by Thursday. Connecticut probably was hit the hardest, also without room at the inn. So that's the scoop with the tri-state area. Barb Metro NYC Researcher [email protected] writes: > > > I received one today but last one on 26th. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MIKE MCHENRY" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > > > > The last email from the list I have is Friday the 28th. The storm > probably > > kept a lot of people busy. > > > > > > > > > > > > MIKE > > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > > > > I have not been able to receive any mail from the list. Is it possible > > that > > I am not the only one. I do miss the back and forth of information in > the > > hopes of getting an unexpected idea or two. Is it just me and my AOL > > Eliz > > > ------------------------------- 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

FYI NYS was declared a State of Emergency by Governor CUOMO in the early afternoon Saturday. Statements yesterday said thousands w/o power may be restored by Tuesday. Wonder where Andy was? NYC folks were quick to blamed NYC Mayor Bloomberg last winter, while he was on holiday, when a storm crippled the city. PRIMARY RESOURCE, from YOURS TRULY Radio reports did not forewarn drivers that the Taconic State Parkway and RT 84 were closed, so that traffic was rerouted to US RT 9, the only N-S route that trucks and tractor trailers may utilize. Two lane US RT 9, south of Fishkill, was not ploughed or sanded until 6am Sunday! CRVs and trucks passed cars, into stalled oncoming traffic, then five tractor trailers jackknifed and fouled up everything. There were no hotel rooms to be had. Some hotels in Fishkill, gave stranded travelers pillows and blankets to sleep in their lobbies. Some drivers were in cars 12-15 hours for normal 1-2 hour trips. The Sheriff's Department of Garrison, New York assigned one cool, calm, efficient sheriff to handle the mess, that is until *someone* phoned news stations, the same Sheriff's Office, and finally the NYS Department of Transportation; then two ploughs, an MTA observer, and tree cutters arrived on the scene about 6:20am, that is once we had cell service working. On US routes in NYS, only DOT has the authority to order road crews, not the little towns along the way. This route from Fishkill to Peekskill, NY was mysteriously clear by the Garrison Country Club and Graymoor south. NJ & CT Reports Governor Chris Christie declared New Jersey a State of Emergency too. Residents were told they may receive power by Thursday. Connecticut probably was hit the hardest, also without room at the inn. So that's the scoop with the tri-state area. Barb Metro NYC Researcher [email protected] writes: > > > I received one today but last one on 26th. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MIKE MCHENRY" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > > > > The last email from the list I have is Friday the 28th. The storm > probably > > kept a lot of people busy. > > > > > > > > > > > > MIKE > > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > > > > I have not been able to receive any mail from the list. Is it possible > > that > > I am not the only one. I do miss the back and forth of information in > the > > hopes of getting an unexpected idea or two. Is it just me and my AOL > > Eliz > > >

I received the same thing. Definitely SPAM. I deleted it. In a message dated 10/31/2011 7:00:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: In a message dated 10/31/2011 4:44:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Friends must help each other so I think you should improve your health > immediately.... > http://excelencia.edu.pe/com.friend.page.php?ltype=37yt3 > ------------------------------- 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

In a message dated 10/31/2011 4:44:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Friends must help each other so I think you should improve your health > immediately.... > http://excelencia.edu.pe/com.friend.page.php?ltype=37yt3 >

I received one today but last one on 26th. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MIKE MCHENRY" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > The last email from the list I have is Friday the 28th. The storm probably > kept a lot of people busy. > > > > > > MIKE > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BKLYN] Bklyn list > > I have not been able to receive any mail from the list. Is it possible > that > I am not the only one. I do miss the back and forth of information in the > hopes of getting an unexpected idea or two. Is it just me and my AOL > Eliz > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Eliz, If you check the archive, there has not been many posts to this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NYBROOKLYN/ I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

The last email from the list I have is Friday the 28th. The storm probably kept a lot of people busy. MIKE [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BKLYN] Bklyn list I have not been able to receive any mail from the list. Is it possible that I am not the only one. I do miss the back and forth of information in the hopes of getting an unexpected idea or two. Is it just me and my AOL Eliz ------------------------------- 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

I have not been able to receive any mail from the list. Is it possible that I am not the only one. I do miss the back and forth of information in the hopes of getting an unexpected idea or two. Is it just me and my AOL Eliz

Thank you to Barb and Kathleen for all your help I did see the first indication of the business was in the 1892 Brooklyn directory. Then Kathleen from the ListServ found that Henry R Ruescher died in 1900 (just after the Census was taken) and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The funny thing is that he is buried just a few graves away from the family I am trying to connect the photo to. I don't see an indication of the business after 1900, so it may have closed with his death. But I think it is fair to say, at a minimum. that the H.C. Ruescher Photography Studio operated between 1892 and 1900. That helps a lot! Phil On Oct 28, 2011, at 5:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > H.C. Ruescher 362 & 364 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY. > > Correct name of business. > It someone went to the BKLN County Clerk, they could tell you how long it ran. > > Barb > Metro NYC Researcher > > [email protected] writes: >> I have a cabinet Card Photo that appears to have been developed at the Ruescher Studio in Brooklyn. According to cabinet card, they were located at: 362 & 364 Fulton Street. >> >> Does anybody know what years that studio operated at that address? I'd like to date the photo. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Phil Hayes > > > > Philip L. Hayes http://www.hayesfamily.us Monroe, CT USA "Genealogy is where you confuse the dead and irritate the living." Researching: CT: Yerks, Condos, Smith NY: Tierney, Lewis, Beattie, Yerks, Hone and Hanley NH: Sheehan, Hayes, Kelty IA: Smith Wales: Lewis Scotland: Beattie Ireland: Hayes. Roach (Roche), Sheehan, Tierney, Kelty and Hanley

Thank you to Barb and Kathleen for all your help I did see the first indication of the business was in the 1892 Brooklyn directory. Then Kathleen from the ListServ found that Henry R Ruescher died in 1900 (just after the Census was taken) and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The funny thing is that he is buried just a few graves away from the family I am trying to connect the photo to. I don't see an indication of the business after 1900, so it may have closed with his death. But I think it is fair to say, at a minimum. that the H.C. Ruescher Photography Studio operated between 1892 and 1900. That helps a lot! Phil On Oct 28, 2011, at 5:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > H.C. Ruescher 362 & 364 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY. > > Correct name of business. > It someone went to the BKLN County Clerk, they could tell you how long it ran. > > Barb > Metro NYC Researcher > > [email protected] writes: >> I have a cabinet Card Photo that appears to have been developed at the Ruescher Studio in Brooklyn. According to cabinet card, they were located at: 362 & 364 Fulton Street. >> >> Does anybody know what years that studio operated at that address? I'd like to date the photo. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Phil Hayes > > > > Philip L. Hayes http://www.hayesfamily.us Monroe, CT USA "Genealogy is where you confuse the dead and irritate the living." Researching: CT: Yerks, Condos, Smith NY: Tierney, Lewis, Beattie, Yerks, Hone and Hanley NH: Sheehan, Hayes, Kelty IA: Smith Wales: Lewis Scotland: Beattie Ireland: Hayes. Roach (Roche), Sheehan, Tierney, Kelty and Hanley

Thank you, Catherine! Lisa On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Cathy <[email protected]> wrote: > Lisa, > I find that if you hit "reply to all" that will take care of it. > Catherine > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Lisa Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oops, sorry, I see that I just posted an answer to a question that had > > already been answered! (I have been away for a couple of weeks & although > > catching up, am not doing so in the right order.) > > > > I also have a question. Very basic and obvious, perhaps, but I can't > figure > > it out & hope someone will help: Is there an "easy" way to reply/post > to > > this list? When I hit "reply" it brings up the address of the last person > > who posted -- therefore, whatever I write will presumably go to that > > person's email only, not to the list at large. So I type in the address ( > > [email protected]) -- but then that doesn't include the original > post > > that I am replying to...unless I copy and paste it into the text of my > own > > (which for some reason I am not very good at doing). > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Lisa > > > > (Researching the lives of her Irish-Brooklyn ancestors remotely from > > Scotland) > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >

Oops, sorry, I see that I just posted an answer to a question that had already been answered! (I have been away for a couple of weeks & although catching up, am not doing so in the right order.) I also have a question. Very basic and obvious, perhaps, but I can't figure it out & hope someone will help: Is there an "easy" way to reply/post to this list? When I hit "reply" it brings up the address of the last person who posted -- therefore, whatever I write will presumably go to that person's email only, not to the list at large. So I type in the address ( [email protected]) -- but then that doesn't include the original post that I am replying to...unless I copy and paste it into the text of my own (which for some reason I am not very good at doing). Thanks for your help! Lisa (Researching the lives of her Irish-Brooklyn ancestors remotely from Scotland)

Someone asked about ward maps -- aren't there some available on the (very wonderful) Brooklyn genealogy site -- www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com ? I downloaded part of one from 1870-ish a few years ago. Lisa

Lisa, I find that if you hit "reply to all" that will take care of it. Catherine Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Lisa Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, sorry, I see that I just posted an answer to a question that had > already been answered! (I have been away for a couple of weeks & although > catching up, am not doing so in the right order.) > > I also have a question. Very basic and obvious, perhaps, but I can't figure > it out & hope someone will help: Is there an "easy" way to reply/post to > this list? When I hit "reply" it brings up the address of the last person > who posted -- therefore, whatever I write will presumably go to that > person's email only, not to the list at large. So I type in the address ( > [email protected]) -- but then that doesn't include the original post > that I am replying to...unless I copy and paste it into the text of my own > (which for some reason I am not very good at doing). > > Thanks for your help! > > Lisa > > (Researching the lives of her Irish-Brooklyn ancestors remotely from > Scotland) > > ------------------------------- > 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

I have a cabinet Card Photo that appears to have been developed at the Ruescher Studio in Brooklyn. According to cabinet card, they were located at: 362 & 364 Fulton Street. Does anybody know what years that studio operated at that address? I'd like to date the photo. Thanks. Phil Hayes

Thank you, Walter. You always provide the most interesting and esoteric information. As a supplement to your post, here is the famous sonnet by NYC born Emma LAZARUS, written in 1883 to honor the Lady of the Harbor.: "The New Colossus" Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame, "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Barb Metro NYC Researcher ===================== [email protected] writes: > Give me your tired, your poor — your Internet-connected masses yearning > to > see. > > Lady Liberty is getting high-tech gifts for her 125th birthday: webcams > on > her torch that will let viewers gaze out at New York Harbor and read the > tablet in her hands or see visitors on the grounds of the island below in > > real time. > > The five torch cams are to be switched on Friday during a ceremony to > commemorate the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on Oct. 28, 1886. > > For more info: > http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/23/torch-cams-to-give-masses-views-from > - > lady-liberty/ > > If the above URL breaks-up, then try: > http://tinyurl.com/3lzl9mh >

Hi... I would like to know if the Brooklyn Standard Union has been added to any of the online Newspaper Collections? I have found two articles regarding my ancestor Samuel Rawlins (Rawlings) in online records of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and in Fulton Postcards. The first incident was in 1877 and the second in March of 1882. Each rendering of the incidents provides a bit more information. I had wondered what other newspapers would be worth checking. By 1882, my family was living in Williamsburg. Thanks, Bev W

Rootsweb Message Boards allow you to attach photos, too. Although the Rootsweb Surname lists are usually not location specific, they are searchable by place. Folks should add a location abbreviation to their titles, to assist other researchers. Barb Metro NYC Researcher (NYC, Westchester & Putnam) ======================== [email protected] writes: > > The Rootsweb Surname Message Boards now allow uploads of files to postings > too, and I add the certificates there, including those I send for, that > turn > out not to be my people, so that others can benefit from what I paid for > them. > > In almost all cases the Rootsweb Surname Message boards aren't location > specific. It does however, allow people who may not have a location, find > information by surname. > > > Judy H >