Barb, Did you try land deeds? I have researched Orange Co NY families and a few that did not have wills but did have land I found records in the land deeds. That is also in Goshen. Robin -----Original Message----- From: nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nybrooklyn-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of nybrooklyn-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:00 AM To: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com Subject: NYBROOKLYN Digest, Vol 9, Issue 139 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Orange County, NY (Marie V Melchiori) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:02:53 -0400 From: Marie V Melchiori <marievm407@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Orange County, NY To: mizscarlettny <mizscarlettny@aol.com> Cc: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAM9_nyvYJk8SroQyhvDxBuh9X0XVxV+T5-tJzmTRukGHb3HH+Q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Have you checked his military records and a possible pension record at the National Archives, DC? Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL *Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C.* --------------------------------------------------------------- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ? , used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:30 PM, mizscarlettny via <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Dear David, > ? > I read your posts online about WILLS & Probate records. > ? > Last week I drove to Goshen NY in search of a WILL or Letter of > Administration for Irish immigrant, a resident farmer, Patrick McGHAN > [family also spelled McGANN/McGAHAN and deriv.], who died between 1875 > and 1880.?In 1880 the wife Rebecca is listed as a widow. > ? > After a thorough search of the Index Books, I found no?records > pertaining to him. > ? > The farm was certainly valuable, and by 1880 his son ran it. > ? > What would you suggest that I search next??Before Patrick's move to > Orange County, he served in the Civil War?and resided in Ossining, > Westchester, New York. > ? > Is it possible that his WILL was probated in another county?? > I don't have an OBIT or DC, although I certainly tried finding both. > ? > Thank you for your advice, > Barb. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------ To contact the NYBROOKLYN list administrator, send an email to NYBROOKLYN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the NYBROOKLYN mailing list, send an email to 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 email with no additional text. End of NYBROOKLYN Digest, Vol 9, Issue 139 ******************************************