In a message dated 16/07/08 15:24:57, mlomax1074@gmail.com writes: > It has been reported on this list that because of the restrictive divorce > laws in New York State in the 1940s and 1950s, spouses frequently filed for > divorce in Florida.  Does anyone know if particular cities or counties in > Florida were more popular than others?  I'm trying to locate a divorce > record for a New York couple who might have divorced in Florida in the > 1940s.  I'd like to identify places I should write. > > Mark Lomax > California > > The microfiche index to FL divorce records are available in several libraries in FL. I know they are in libraries in Orlando, Cocoa, and Vero Beach. A request with a name and date span should get you a result. Betty. ************** Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

Please feel free to pass this email on, and especially respond, if you have more definitive information, e.g., the exact phrasing of the bills presented to NYS Governor David Patterson. On Wed., 9 July 2008, The Journal News of Westchester & Rockland Counties, NY, p. B1, includes a superficial article about Patterson "signing 137 bills into law." Superficial in that the details were scanty. These two snippets include information about legislative bills that may implicitly rebound onto genealogical researchers. "Patterson also approved a bill to allow counties to adopt local laws to increase their document recording fees to $20. per document and $5. per page." "Other legislation signed into law by Patterson includes...establishing new Freedom of Information laws." Anyone know the details about this? FYI an unrelated fact about monetary increases: Last week I discovered that the copying machines at 31 Chambers Street, NY, NY increased from 25 cents to 35 cents per page. This could greatly impact documents with many pages. Folks often plan to budget which vital records they will obtain, and which they will hold some off until later. For the past two years, I've obtained all that I can, in case some 'privacy" window closes on their availability. Barb N of NYC ************** Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

THANKS SO MUCH. Joan

Hi Joan Ciccarone, Regarding the history of Coney Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island http://www.coneyisland.com/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/ http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/ http://www.brooklynonline.com/coneyisland/ I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

I'm looking for information on Coney Island history. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Joan Ciccarone

----- Original Message ----- . Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [NYQUEENS] Divorce in the 1950s In a message dated 16/07/08 15:24:57, mlomax1074@gmail.com writes: > It has been reported on this list that because of the restrictive divorce > laws in New York State in the 1940s and 1950s, spouses frequently filed > for > divorce in Florida. Does anyone know if particular cities or counties in > Florida were more popular than others? I'm trying to locate a divorce > record for a New York couple who might have divorced in Florida in the > 1940s. I'd like to identify places I should write. > > Mark Lomax > California > > The microfiche index to FL divorce records are available in several libraries in FL. I know they are in libraries in Orlando, Cocoa, and Vero Beach. A request with a name and date span should get you a result. Betty. ************** I have found marriage, divorce and death certificate information on Ancestry.com for FL..Along with cerificate #s that you can use to order the same from the State.. That was two years ago, I believe.... Ted

It has been reported on this list that because of the restrictive divorce laws in New York State in the 1940s and 1950s, spouses frequently filed for divorce in Florida. Does anyone know if particular cities or counties in Florida were more popular than others? I'm trying to locate a divorce record for a New York couple who might have divorced in Florida in the 1940s. I'd like to identify places I should write. Mark Lomax California

FamilySerachLabs has now gone live with the 1870 Federal Census. I wrote about it at: http://blog.genealogybank.com/2008/07/1870-census-now-online.html That site now has the 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880 and 1900 census indexed and available online. These indexes are free. These are All New Indexes and Images. I was using the various online census indexes to search for some of my relatives. There was a dark blotch on the page and it was difficult to make out the name. So, I went to the 1900 Census Index at FamilySerachLabs and was very surprised to see that the same image on this page was crystal clear - no blotch. Why - I asked? Answer - FamilySerachLabs made the extra effort to create all new digital images of the census pages. The 1870 census is available in two formats: Indexed and Searchable - search every name in the census for these States: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Dakota Territory, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah. Browsable - lets you look at the digital images of each page in the census for All States except Kentucky, Vermont and Virginia. FamilySearchLabs will be putting the rest of these census images & indexes online shortly.

I LOVE this site - hope you enjoy it too. >From Cyndi's List - _http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/_ (http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/) Covers history (and much more) from 1920-2006 Kathleen~CT. **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

I wanted to thank everyong for your suggestions about how I can find the two children in my family who did not survive to adulthood but whose names & graves we don't have. I'm going to start by calling Calvary tomorrow morning to ask if they can search for me. Even if I have to pay a fee it'll be worth it. I'll also call St. Stanislaus Kostka. I think I already had them look for the kids but I'll ask again. It seems there should be a baptism record if nothing else. If I still can't find them I'll check into St. John's and also St. Monica's in Jamaica. I don't think the family would have ventured into Jamaica at that point but you never know. Kathy

After years of searching, I finally found my Daniel O'CONNELL, showing as "Dan O'CONNOR" in Manhattan, with wife Anna, and children James, Andrew, and Mary. 1870 United States Federal Census > New York > New York > New York Ward 10 District 8 Would anyone please take a look, or suggest an answer? 1) FAMILY'S ADDRESS? Going through pages it might be Chrystie Street, or it might be Hester Street. 2) Where are they in the 2nd enumeration of 1870? 3) Boarder named Francisca BECKER shows clearly as born in "Brunswick." Would that be New Brunswick, as in Canada, or NJ? Many thanks, Barb N of NYC ************** Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

Happy Retirement George...God Bless You. DVMZ1@aol.com wrote: >Well said Barb - I could not agree more! > >Thanks George Miller for all you have done..... > > > >

After creating all six emails containing the faculty andseniors of Grover Cleveland High School, it was brought tomy attention that I forgot to list the address of the school.Sorry about that. The school is located at 2127 Himrod StreetBrooklyn (Ridgewood) 27, New YorkBill HinkleGrand Junction, Colorado   

FYI - I wanted you to know that I forwarded your tribute to the GENEALIB list - which is for Genealogy Librarians. There sure are some terrific genealogy librarians out there - and George Miller sounds like one of the great ones. Tom On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:25 PM, <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> wrote: > I've been meaning to suggest this, and there's no time like the present! > Let's designate tomorrow, JULY 13th as a day to thank George MILLER, who recently > retired from Queensborough Library. > > George was incredibly generous with his time, with so many faceless > researchers. He used his lunch time to perform searches for all of us. George never > had to do this; it was not a requirement of his job. What George did for all of > us was an act of love, displayed with patience and respect. > > I wish George MILLER a full and rich retirement, knowing he helped so many > souls. > I appreciate every look up you performed for me, George. You exemplify the > best of the best genealogy friends. God bless you. > > Like retired uniform numbers of star Yankees, I think Queensborough Library > should retire Goerge's keyboard, labeled # 1! No one can possibly replace him! > > Here's to GEORGE MILLER. > > Barb > N of NYC > > > In a message dated 7/12/2008 10:24:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > billmellsworth@comcast.net writes: >> >> Some years back George Miller was kind enough to locate information that >> indicated 107 Kent Ave had a shop on the first floor. I wonder where he found >> this information. >> >> Recently the archives sent me a 1939/1940 tax photo of 107 Kent Ave. I see >> no indication of a shop therefore wonder if I received the wrong photo. >> >> Does anyone have George's email address? I understand that he is no longer >> at the library. >> >> Bill > > > > > ************** > Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music > scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! > > (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have a photo of H. Schaefer and his extended family. I believe it was taken somewhere in New York City in the first quarter of the 1900's or perhaps earlier. I don't believe that he is part of my Schaefer family. Does any one think they can identify it? Bill

I finally located the paper copy of George's email about 107 Kent Ave. I too wish to thank George. I only "knew" him for a short time but considered him a friend. He was always there waiting to help. Bill

Well said Barb - I could not agree more! Thanks George Miller for all you have done..... Deb I've been meaning to suggest this, and there's no time like the present! Let's designate tomorrow, JULY 13th as a day to thank George MILLER, who recently retired from Queensborough Library. George was incredibly generous with his time, with so many faceless researchers. He used his lunch time to perform searches for all of us. George never had to do this; it was not a requirement of his job. What George did for all of us was an act of love, displayed with patience and respect. I wish George MILLER a full and rich retirement, knowing he helped so many souls. I appreciate every look up you performed for me, George. You exemplify the best of the best genealogy friends. God bless you. Like retired uniform numbers of star Yankees, I think Queensborough Library should retire Goerge's keyboard, labeled # 1! No one can possibly replace him! Here's to GEORGE MILLER. Barb N of NYC **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

I've been meaning to suggest this, and there's no time like the present! Let's designate tomorrow, JULY 13th as a day to thank George MILLER, who recently retired from Queensborough Library. George was incredibly generous with his time, with so many faceless researchers. He used his lunch time to perform searches for all of us. George never had to do this; it was not a requirement of his job. What George did for all of us was an act of love, displayed with patience and respect. I wish George MILLER a full and rich retirement, knowing he helped so many souls. I appreciate every look up you performed for me, George. You exemplify the best of the best genealogy friends. God bless you. Like retired uniform numbers of star Yankees, I think Queensborough Library should retire Goerge's keyboard, labeled # 1! No one can possibly replace him! Here's to GEORGE MILLER. Barb N of NYC In a message dated 7/12/2008 10:24:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, billmellsworth@comcast.net writes: > > Some years back George Miller was kind enough to locate information that > indicated 107 Kent Ave had a shop on the first floor. I wonder where he found > this information. > > Recently the archives sent me a 1939/1940 tax photo of 107 Kent Ave. I see > no indication of a shop therefore wonder if I received the wrong photo. > > Does anyone have George's email address? I understand that he is no longer > at the library. > > Bill ************** Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)

My ggparents BURGER lost 2 children in December of 1901. I am not sure what parish they belonged to but they lived at 66 Freeman St. I do know they were married at St. Patrick's in NYC, so they probably did belong to a Catholic parish. Both children were buried in Mt. Olivet according to their death certificates. My ggparents GRAHAM lost a child in November of 1906. They were living at 200 Java St. Again, not sure of parish affiliation at the time but were married at St. Cecilia's on Leonard St. This child was buried at Calvary according to the certificate. Good Luck, Marie Sagers

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