If you've upgrade's to the new MacKiev version of Family Tree Maker, you probably know there is a color coding option. Here 's an article with tips on how to use it. http://simplygenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/07/exploring-color-coding-and- filters-with.html?m=1 Lisa

1802-1855 Mainly Town of Oyster Bay (which was part of Queens County at the time) http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org:8001/vital/access/services/Download/aql:12301/SOURCE1?view=true

Town Historian of Eastchester...that's who you need! -----Original Message----- From: daniel_lewis_frommherz <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Jul 14, 2017 1:59 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team My nana the one who played basketball was living in Mount Vernon until at least 1920 when her father, Samuel Fair Smith passed away in Chicago on 4 February of Pulmonary Tuberculosis which was said to have been non life threatening, his body was returned to his former home and 4 children listed as survivors. His wife Cynthia Ann Wood refused to be listed as a survivor. The widow and 2 unmarried daughters moved to Peakskill I think soon afterward the funeral in Mount Vernon and burial at St. Paul's on 11 February where his parents are also buried. Mount Vernon was a train station for the Hartford New York city line and it was also a post office for Eastchester Township. they incorporated after 1890. Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > No, not NYT. It was Westchester County affiliated. > Mt. Vernon. which, I think was once part of the Town of West Chester > or....? Westchester County Archvives ..ask for Jacie who can tune you into > the county historian. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> > To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:51 pm > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > Daniel, > > The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle > which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. > Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has > the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is > online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org > > Hope this helps. > > Diane Jacobs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NYC-ROOTS > [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com > Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: dlf > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens > Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nana the basketball player in WW1 said that their hoop was a wicker basket meant for Peaches with the bottom cut out. They played to entertain my nana said and remained life long friends when the men were gone to the war. Daniel Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > World War 1 years? Where? NYC? > > World Series of Women's basketball. No such title then. I played for > 8 years and two years college. > > My father's sister b 1917 NYC. d 1960 left me a gold basketball > charm from HER days playing and its marked "Champions." This was > way before they thought women could run full court. > > > Who are the "Portland Oregon Trail Blazers?" In NYC, never heard of them. > > What year was the bookkeeping degree? Chances are women's basketball > then was affiliated with a CYO or other church league. You need a > Mt. Vernon historian. > > So much hearsay, Dan. But in my experience family lore proved true. > > Your "facts" are too oblique to build a case on. > > Find out what years she was in Mt Vernon and contact a historian there, > and maybe you an come forward with something. > > I'm thinking that around that era, Mt Vernon may have been part of > the town of West Chester; > part stayed in Westchester County, part became Bronx. > > Try the Westchester County Archives. Ask for Jackie. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: daniel_lewis_frommherz > <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> > > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My nana the one who played basketball was living in Mount Vernon until at least 1920 when her father, Samuel Fair Smith passed away in Chicago on 4 February of Pulmonary Tuberculosis which was said to have been non life threatening, his body was returned to his former home and 4 children listed as survivors. His wife Cynthia Ann Wood refused to be listed as a survivor. The widow and 2 unmarried daughters moved to Peakskill I think soon afterward the funeral in Mount Vernon and burial at St. Paul's on 11 February where his parents are also buried. Mount Vernon was a train station for the Hartford New York city line and it was also a post office for Eastchester Township. they incorporated after 1890. Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > No, not NYT. It was Westchester County affiliated. > Mt. Vernon. which, I think was once part of the Town of West Chester > or....? Westchester County Archvives ..ask for Jacie who can tune you into > the county historian. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> > To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:51 pm > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > Daniel, > > The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle > which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. > Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has > the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is > online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org > > Hope this helps. > > Diane Jacobs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NYC-ROOTS > [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com > Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: dlf > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens > Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

TRUE, so keep it alive. -----Original Message----- From: Rover Barth <barthrover@gmail.com> Hi Elizabeth, This is so sad-end to a great resource and wonderful group of people. Marie On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Elizabeth Knowlton < knowltonew@earthlink.net> wrote: > Yes, Marie, that is why I provided the link in my post below. :-) > Almost all the lists, including my own, have been put out of business > by being off-line last year and by new ways of doing research, too bad. > The NYC list is almost the only one still active. > Elizabeth > >

Nancy Lutz existed a few months ago when she emailed me accusing me of playing list manager. She has not answered anyone since Rootsweb crashed last year....but hey, that's Brooklyn. Where is NYC's List Manager CAROL??? Who's heard from her? FYI Nancy worked w/ Steve Morse to include her list after yet another Rootsweb crash. -----Original Message----- From: Rover Barth <barthrover@gmail.com> Hi Elizabeth, I don't know if Nancy is still "on". I have written her a few times and no answer. Also, the Brooklyn list seems to be too quiet. I do know that Steve Morse now has the Brooklyn Free pages: http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ This might be where to send new or added information. Just want to alert everyone. Marie knowltonew@earthlink.net> wrote: > Yes, Bill, send them to Nancy Lutz of the Brooklyn web page > NancyL916@aol.com > > http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ > Elizabeth > > On 7/12/2017 3:00 AM, nyc-roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:33:41 +0000 >> From: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> >> To: "NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com" <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>, >> "NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com" <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Providing Certs to Others >> >> >> >> >> I have a number of LDS microfilms (NYC birth/marriage/death certificates) >> at a local library for at least the next 90 days. Because of all the >> wonderful help I have received from member of this list over the years, I >> was thinking of ?paying it forward? by offering to provide list members >> with copies of certificates (at no cost) if they need one that is on these >> films. Before doing this, I want to be sure that it is okay to do so and >> that I am not violating any rules, terms of agreement, norms, etc. If I >> move forward with this, I would post the LDS film numbers (and >> corresponding cert years/numbers) on this list and ask people to contact me >> directly with requests. Looking forward to feedback. >> >> *Also, I have a few certs that ended up not being a person in my tree. Is >> there a place to send these certs? * >> Thanks. >> >> Bill >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Didn't I say that on another list, just minutes before? hmmmmm Yes, Bill, send them to Nancy Lutz of the Brooklyn web page NancyL916@aol.com http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ Elizabeth On 7/12/2017 3:00 AM, nyc-roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:33:41 +0000 > From: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> > *Also, I have a few certs that ended up not being a person in my tree. > Is there a place to send these certs? * > Thanks. > > Bill

A kind and generous offer. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> I have a number of LDS microfilms (NYC birth/marriage/death certificates) at a local library for at least the next 90 days. Because of all the wonderful help I have received from member of this list over the years, I was thinking of “paying it forward” by offering to provide list members with copies of certificates (at no cost) if they need one that is on these films. Before doing this, I want to be sure that it is okay to do so and that I am not violating any rules, terms of agreement, norms, etc. If I move forward with this, I would post the LDS film numbers (and corresponding cert years/numbers) on this list and ask people to contact me directly with requests. Looking forward to feedback. Also, I have a few certs that ended up not being a person in my tree. Is there a place to send these certs? Thanks. Bill

It was if you wanted "cause of death." I'm not sure if being in the direct line of descent helped, -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Scarlett O'Hara Naylor <kathleen.scarlett.ohara@gmail.com> To: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> Cc: nybrooklyn <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jul 10, 2017 12:55 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] [BKLYN] NYC Death Certs 1949-1965 Hi Bill, I was able to get a 1949 DC from the DOH for a 2x great-grandmother; I'm not sure if being in the direct line of descent helped, but they didn't make it easy, and returned my application the first time. Don't leave any blank fields, and don't use a form of ID set to expire in the coming months! I wrote about it here: http://whereyoucamefrom.blogspot.com/2015/08/ordering-vital-records-from-new-york.html Kathleen On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> wrote: > The NYC DOH website says that you must be on their entitled persons list > (spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, > etc.) in order to get any death certificate from them. > > > I sent them an email asking if death certificates more than 50 years old > could be obtained by people not on their entitled persons list and they > responded, "NYC is a closed jurisdiction and death certificates from 1949 > to present are not public records and you need to be one of the entitled > relationships listed on our application." > > > I found a number of death certificates of ancestors/relatives in the > 1949-1965 database but I do not have an "entitled relationship". Has > anyone had success in obtaining 1949-1965 death certs where you didn't have > an entitled relationship? > > > Bill > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:34 -0700 > From: Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] NYC Death Index - 1949-1965 > > Larry: > > You can obtain the death certificate from the NYC Dept. of Health for $15. > Here's a link: > > http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page > > A death record 50 years or older is available to anyone. You do not have > prove kinship or a legal need for the certificate. I recommend you order > by mail. Write on the application, preferably in red ink, "This record is > over 50 years old." > > Mark Lomax > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lanzaro <larrylanzaro@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks, Mark. After all these years I finally found the death date for my > > great-uncle William Leier (1877-1957). Now that I have the exact date, > > location (Manhattan) and certificate number, is it possible to obtain a > > copy of the death certificate? The NYC Department of Records website says > > they only have copies available up to 1948. > > > > Larry Lanzaro > > > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Ancestry.com has posted a new database containing the NYC death index > for > >> 1949-1965. > >> > >> Mark Lomax > >> Pasadena, CA > > > ------------------------------- > 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 unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

UNTRUE. You must be direct line to "get" cause of death. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mayrose <wmayrose@hotmail.com> To: nybrooklyn <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jul 10, 2017 10:38 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] NYC Death Certs 1949-1965 The NYC DOH website says that you must be on their entitled persons list (spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, etc.) in order to get any death certificate from them. I sent them an email asking if death certificates more than 50 years old could be obtained by people not on their entitled persons list and they responded, "NYC is a closed jurisdiction and death certificates from 1949 to present are not public records and you need to be one of the entitled relationships listed on our application." I found a number of death certificates of ancestors/relatives in the 1949-1965 database but I do not have an "entitled relationship". Has anyone had success in obtaining 1949-1965 death certs where you didn't have an entitled relationship? Bill ________________________________ Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 11:39:34 -0700 From: Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BKLYN] NYC Death Index - 1949-1965 Larry: You can obtain the death certificate from the NYC Dept. of Health for $15. Here's a link: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page A death record 50 years or older is available to anyone. You do not have prove kinship or a legal need for the certificate. I recommend you order by mail. Write on the application, preferably in red ink, "This record is over 50 years old." Mark Lomax On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lanzaro <larrylanzaro@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mark. After all these years I finally found the death date for my > great-uncle William Leier (1877-1957). Now that I have the exact date, > location (Manhattan) and certificate number, is it possible to obtain a > copy of the death certificate? The NYC Department of Records website says > they only have copies available up to 1948. > > Larry Lanzaro > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Mark Lomax <mlomax1074@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ancestry.com has posted a new database containing the NYC death index for >> 1949-1965. >> >> Mark Lomax >> Pasadena, CA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"Professional" meaning the closest women could get to it. There was no real association for women. -----Original Message----- From: daniel_lewis_frommherz <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> Grandmother called Nana born March 1893 said that this was in response to the men fighting the WW1 being gone she worked and and didn't go to college but was a graduate of a business college in bookkeeping. She was really good with numbers. So no it wasn't college type and she said professional.

That's baseball. Basketball was another story. LEAGUE OF OUR OWN -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Knowlton <knowltonew@earthlink.net> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 4, 2017 10:52 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Women's Basketball League I sent a reply to the question about this league back on July 2, it never went through, I pulled it up from my sent file today, and then it vanished when I tried to resend it, so here is an abbreviated reply. Daniel, if your grandmother is talking about when she was a young person ca. 1910-1930, then I suspect the women she entertained in her home were part of a women's college "league," traveling around playing at each others' colleges. I find no record of something official, separate from college games, during that time period for women. The first national league I know of was documented by the movie A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN, time frame WWII, beginning 1943 when so many American men were drafted that men's leagues were decimated. We were not in WWI long enough for that to be a problem. Women's basketball was very popular all over America in the 1930s-1950s (according to the mothers of many Southern women I knew in Women's Liberation during the 60s and 70s). That professional league, mostly in the mid-west, lasted until the early 1950s when women were again "persuaded" to stay home if their husbands made enough money to keep them there. We support the Dream basketball team here in Atlanta and hope you all have such professional teams in your area. -- Elizabeth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

#1 we don''t know. Not being snobby but NY/NYC is not like any Southern town, ot most other towns. Google "Joy Malchodi + "basketball" Read about her coaching. I played with her 1960-1966. WE were NY Archdiocesan Champs 2 yrs. That's Archdiocese of NY, meaning... "It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the Counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester in New York." 10 counties...We were the champions. Play offs at Cardinal Hayes H.S. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Knowlton <knowltonew@earthlink.net> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 4, 2017 10:52 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Women's Basketball League I sent a reply to the question about this league back on July 2, it never went through, I pulled it up from my sent file today, and then it vanished when I tried to resend it, so here is an abbreviated reply. Daniel, if your grandmother is talking about when she was a young person ca. 1910-1930, then I suspect the women she entertained in her home were part of a women's college "league," traveling around playing at each others' colleges. I find no record of something official, separate from college games, during that time period for women. The first national league I know of was documented by the movie A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN, time frame WWII, beginning 1943 when so many American men were drafted that men's leagues were decimated. We were not in WWI long enough for that to be a problem. Women's basketball was very popular all over America in the 1930s-1950s (according to the mothers of many Southern women I knew in Women's Liberation during the 60s and 70s). That professional league, mostly in the mid-west, lasted until the early 1950s when women were again "persuaded" to stay home if their husbands made enough money to keep them there. We support the Dream basketball team here in Atlanta and hope you all have such professional teams in your area. -- Elizabeth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Lisa. You're always helpful. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Thompson <pupsnpaper@gmail.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 5:34 pm Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] no more FHC microfilm rentals after August 31st "FamilySearch has announced that this service will end<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.familysearch.org%2ffamilysearch-digital-records-access-replacing-microfilm%2f>Aug.31. Reasons<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fask%2ffaq%23overview>includedeclining demand for film, dramatic increases in the costs of reproducingfilms, and the difficulty of supporting aging microfilm technology."“'The remaining [eligible] microfilms should be digitized by the end of2020,' according to the announcement.'For more details visit:Family Tree blog<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2017/06/28/WhyFamilySearchIsEndingMicrofilmRentalHowToGetGenealogyRecordsNow.aspx>Lisa -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In 1961-2 women's basketball meant two dribbles then pass. Men did not believe that we, women, could run the full court. We could and we did. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Knowlton <knowltonew@earthlink.net> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jul 3, 2017 8:26 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Sent response re Women's Basketball League to list yesterday Hi, I sent a response re Women's Basketball League to list yesterday but do not see it posted. Am just checking to see if this shows up. -- Elizabeth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mt. Vernon Argus...THAT'S the newspaper! Try searching via Fulton postcards. We're talking burbs compared to THE city. Huge difference. Lived here my whole life. -----Original Message----- From: Rover Barth <barthrover@gmail.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 10:13 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team Everyone, Thank you, Diane. In addition to the Brooklyn Eagle, a wonderful resource, there is also this: Here is the link for the Brooklyn Freepages. For those who aren't familiar with this site, this was a compilation of information gathered and transcribed by the webmistress Nancy Lutz for former Brooklyn Rootsweb site and volunteers from libraries and the LDS genealogy resources since 1997. It included a wide pallette of information. I sincerely hope this aids you in your research. http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> wrote: > Daniel, > > The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle > which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. > Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has > the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is > online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org > > Hope this helps. > > Diane Jacobs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NYC-ROOTS > [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of > daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com > Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: dlf > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens > Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No, not NYT. It was Westchester County affiliated. Mt. Vernon. which, I think was once part of the Town of West Chester or....? Westchester County Archvives ..ask for Jacie who can tune you into the county historian. -----Original Message----- From: Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:51 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team Daniel, The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org Hope this helps. Diane Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: NYC-ROOTS [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com Cc: dlf Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. Thanks Daniel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat Richardson? -----Original Message----- From: Patricia Richardson <liz3638@hvc.rr.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 8:53 am Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] I Sent from my iPad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

World War 1 years? Where? NYC? World Series of Women's basketball. No such title then. I played for 8 years and two years college. My father's sister b 1917 NYC. d 1960 left me a gold basketball charm from HER days playing and its marked "Champions." This was way before they thought women could run full court. Who are the "Portland Oregon Trail Blazers?" In NYC, never heard of them. What year was the bookkeeping degree? Chances are women's basketball then was affiliated with a CYO or other church league. You need a Mt. Vernon historian. So much hearsay, Dan. But in my experience family lore proved true. Your "facts" are too oblique to build a case on. Find out what years she was in Mt Vernon and contact a historian there, and maybe you an come forward with something. I'm thinking that around that era, Mt Vernon may have been part of the town of West Chester; part stayed in Westchester County, part became Bronx. Try the Westchester County Archives. Ask for Jackie. -----Original Message----- From: daniel_lewis_frommherz <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. Thanks Daniel