This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeansanders69 Surnames: Cook Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/5801.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I came across an N. A. Cook living in Nebraska. His wife is Carrie and he has a son Nate. But, I can't find any more about him. Anything you might know would be useful.. thanks jean Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am looking for information on the Brooks ancestry. My GGG-Grandmother was Elmyra Louise Brooks, poss. born May 6, 1833, poss. in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY. Elmyra had a twin brother Albert Brooks. Elmyra and Albert are the eldest children of 9 of Marsena Brooks & Sarah Boss Brooks. My found info states Marsena was poss. born in Boston, Mass. Here is found info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycattar/1879history/ashford.htm "THE HISTORY OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK" Town of Ashford "It was not until 1816 that any portion of the domain now included in the town of Ashford was contracted to actual settlers, but during that year, contracts were issued by the Holland Land Company to William and George SHULTIS, of Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y., Andrew FRANK and David OYER, of Herkimer County, N. Y., and Benjamin RHODES and Marsena BROOKS. Marsena BROOKS, from Hampden County, NY did not settle in the town until about 1822. He remained till about 1829, when he removed to Ellicottville, and from thence to Ohio." "The first post-office established here was called West Valley, in honor of Mr. WEST. The first school-house erected here was in the summer of 1839, about 100 rods from the hotel. The first teacher was Juliet GIBSON. The jury list of Ellicottville for 1823 shows the names of those liable to jury duty who were residents within the portion of the town above referred to as part of the present town of Ashford, namely: Marsena BROOKS, farmer Charles BOSS, farmer Others...." The following names, taken from the assessment-roll of Ellicottville for 1822, are those of persons then occupying lands in that part of the town which is now included in Ashford: "Marsena BROOKS 53 5 6" http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/Ellicottville1879Bios/Ellicottville1879Hist.htm History of Ellicottville, NY "It is related of Mrs. Orrin BROWN that in about 1820 or 1821, she went on horseback to visit Marsena BROOKS, who was a nephew and living in Ashford. " ~~ Carrie Belle [actually Carribel] Ives' ancestors were French Huguenots, the name originally St. Eives. Her maternal grandfather, Marsena Brooks, from Boston, married Sarah Boss of Albany, NY, settling in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. They had nine children, including Carrie Belle's [Carribel's] mother Elmyra Louise Brooks and her twin brother Alfred, who may have been born in Buffalo, NY on May 6, 1833. END In a note to me from my grandmother, she calls Elmyra, Elmyra Louisa Brooks, instead of Elmyra Louise Brooks. Marriage records show Elmyra Louise Brooks marrying Edwin Burke Ives, a prominent member of my paternal family, in Ashtabula, OH on May 5, 1852. Brooks and Ives families had both transplanted from the east to Ashtabula Co. and had lived there for a period of time. EB Ives & wife then moved from OH to Niles, MI where many generations of my paternal family did, and still do live. Extensive genealogy of the Ives family is available. I am also looking for more information on Elmyra's twin brother Albert Brooks, a middle name, wife and descendents, locations and death/cemetery information. Also seeking names of the other 7 Brooks siblings. Regards, Sue, Brockport, Monroe Co., NY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LGG50 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10770.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joan, The actual census records for towns N-Z are not uploaded yet by LDS to their pilot site, so South Valley is not there. But the index to the surnames for the 1892 census for South Valley is available. It will be placed on the Cattaraugus county Genweb soon. I checked this town's index and the surname DAY is found on page 1 of the 1892 state census for South Valley. If you'd prefer not to wait until LDS places the full census records of this town on their site, you could hire a researcher to pull the record for you in Cattaraugus County. If you'd like the full census index (surnames only) for South Valley for 1892, let me know and I'll email it to you. Laura PS - More town indexes for the 1892 state census will be added to the Cattaraugus County Genweb site very soon as we finish them (1855,1865, and 1875 are complete). Anyone willing to volunteer to help us complete the 1892 project would be very welcomed! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tohliam44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a photocopy of the burial record. Clara Osterstock. I do not believe she was ever married to William. My Grandfathers death certificate lists his Mother (clara) as "Clara Unknown"..that's weird. I also have a photocopy of the obituary, "Shoeman"..it says she was the beloved wife of William Osterstuck (note the inconsistencies with the spelling)mother of Arthur G Bates, daughter of the late John Shoeman and Mrs. Caroline Huber (nee Weber). I'm confused, why would her mother have two maiden names? Could this be a re-marriage? I'll request that information. I haven't done the PA request yet. From what I've read in the request paperwork, I have to send them a photocopy of my drivers license for ID reasons. Anyhow, I've seen "Shoeman", "Schuman" and "Schumann" used in in investigation. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: walter9800 Surnames: Fuller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10774/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is there anyone out there who is a known descendant of Almond Fuller (1782-1849, CT>CattaraugusCo,NY) who has taken a paternal (y-chromosome) DNA test? I suspect I am related to the Almon Fuller line, and it would really help to compare DNA results with a known member of this line. This test, by the way, is very cheap now through Ancestry. You just swab your cheeks with a cotton swab, send it off, and in a few days you have your results. Thanks! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: apslatin Surnames: BATES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wonder if Clara's death certificate would give you any info like her correct maiden name? You would have to fill out another NY State form (the same one you did for Arthur), but you need to send it to the City of Buffalo. The site on the NYS Department of Health will give you the address - it goes to the "Local Registrar" in Buffalo. Since you know the year of her death, it would be a simple search. You could put down the various spellings of her maiden name, and the two married names. Did your grandfather ever serve in the armed forces? That would be another source for you, if he did. Anne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tohliam44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good thinking Anne, but I've never known him to have left the country. I will double check with my dad, but as far as I know, he was a small town guy who never ventured very far outside NY state borders. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: apslatin Surnames: BATES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you think he might have had a US passport? The application requires the names of your parents, verified by a birth certificate. You could find out by calling the local branch of the National Archives. You would then be given the proper place to ask. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LindaGail1 Surnames: SUDDICK, WEISNER, OLES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10773/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for Nellie Suddick, born 1869 in Portville, NY. Married Ernest Weisner. Her father Richard Suddick, born 1831 in England (?). Her mother Samantha (Orsavilla?), born 1842 in Nunda. Nellie's sister Mary Suddick, born 1862, married to Lorenzo Oles before 1879. Are there any descendants to these families? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: apslatin Surnames: BATES Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It may be better for me to think about other ways to attack your problem, other than going to the Cattaraugus County offices. I will be going there for my stuff, though. Checking PA records is a good idea. I will ruminate on this mystery! Anne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Doris - I can't thank you enough for responding! I'm going to scan the old typewritten pages for one of the towns, put them into a PDF file and email that to you so you can see what to retype into a computer. Then I'll send you a WORD file for that town with the first few names entered in, so you can see the format and just continue it. Thank you again, so much! I'll be back in touch in a day or so with the town to transcribe. In the meantime - which HALE are you looking for in Cattaraugus county? Give me a little info, and I'll check all the records I have on my computer to see if I spot anything for you. And what town do you think your gr grandfather might have lived in? (PS - I grew up by Marietta, Ohio - we now live in San Diego.) Laura > -----Original Message----- > From: nycattar-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nycattar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > dorisbill@roadrunner.com > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:03 PM > To: nycattar@rootsweb.com > Cc: Laura Greene > Subject: Re: [NYCATTAR] Index to 1865 and 1892 State census > records for Catt Co. - Request for Help! > > I have been looking for my Great Grandfather Hale in that > area for a long time. I would be happy to assist you in > indexing. I live in Ashtabula, OH. > Doris Luoma > dorisbill@roadrunner.com > > ---- Laura Greene <lgg@interaccess.com> wrote: > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tohliam44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Anne, Good to hear from you again. Soon after I received the results from NY Dept. of Vital Statistics, I posted a request for help in the PA section of this website. I have no ideas other than perhaps Arthur was born in PA and migrated to NY. I greatly appreciate the offer to help in Cattaraugus County. I thought about that as well. I emailed the county historian who was very pleasant and friendly. Unfortunately the results provided no positive information. Here is her reply and perhaps you can tell if your time and effort would be for naught in my situation: "I'm sorry to tell you that I have had very little luck finding information on Arthur George Bates of Clara Schuman. An obituary in the Ashford Gazette Newspaper dated April 6, 1902 listed George Bates died at the home of his son Lorenzo Bates, Tuesday, aged 71 years at East Otto, New York. I check the records on file at the Cattaraugus County Clerk's Office, Little Valley, New York. The marriage records for the entire county from 1905-1935 are on file. I didn't find any marriage records for Clara. The ones for Bates males were with women named Lucy and Alice. I also check the index in the miscellaneous ledgers and found no adoptions under either Bates or Schuman. I found a Lydia Bates, age 61 years, living in the Cattaraugus County Poorhouse, Machias, New York on the 1910 federal census for Cattaraugus County. She was still residing there on the 1915 New York State Census." Unfortunately none of those names were connected to my Bates. As mentioned above, I'm thinking about writing PA vital statistics and requesting the same info I did from NY. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: apslatin Surnames: Arthur G Bates b. 1911 mother-Clara; father-??? Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10748.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I will be going to Cattaraugus County at the end of June, so can pursue this conundrum at the historical museum in Machias. They have a lot paper ephemera, so I may be able to find a newspaper clipping, etc. Anne Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have been looking for my Great Grandfather Hale in that area for a long time. I would be happy to assist you in indexing. I live in Ashtabula, OH. Doris Luoma dorisbill@roadrunner.com ---- Laura Greene <lgg@interaccess.com> wrote: ============= Call for Volunteers to Transcribe 1892 Index to NY State Census records for Cattaraugus County: As many of you know, LDS has made available online the actual state census records for Cattaraugus County for all towns for 1865 and half of the towns for 1892, however there is NO INDEX to find your ancestor. The Cattaraugus county Museum gave us permission to transcribe and digitize their old typwritten indexes of heads of households made for these state census records by their own volunteers many years ago, which are online at the Cattaraugus County Genweb site. (The indexes for 1855, 1865, and 1875 are complete, but we still need to finish the 1892 index.) To view the index for 1855, 1865, and 1875: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycattar/census.htm#Top (Free) To view the actual census record after finding the surname and page number in the index: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start (Free) Since we have not completed the 1892 indexes for all the towns, I am Cattaraugus county researchers willing to help us transcribe the rest of the old typewritten pages of names for the 1892 state census for Cattaruagus(ie, to digitize them) so we may add them to the other indexes at the Genweb site. It will help many people find their ancestors in the 1892 state census record for our county. It is simply a matter of typing the name, and a corresponding microfilm page number. If you are willing to join the census index party to help transcribe/digitize these old 1892 indexes, please contact me. At this point, we'll just try to finish the indexes for towns Allegany through Mansfield, which have their full census records at the LDS site, and we'll add the rest once LDS posts the remainder of the towns' census records (which hopefully will be soon.) Thanks for your help! Laura Coordinator, Cattaraugus County Bio and Census Index Projects Laura Greene LGG(at)interaccess.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCATTAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Call for Volunteers to Transcribe 1892 Index to NY State Census records for Cattaraugus County: As many of you know, LDS has made available online the actual state census records for Cattaraugus County for all towns for 1865 and half of the towns for 1892, however there is NO INDEX to find your ancestor. The Cattaraugus county Museum gave us permission to transcribe and digitize their old typwritten indexes of heads of households made for these state census records by their own volunteers many years ago, which are online at the Cattaraugus County Genweb site. (The indexes for 1855, 1865, and 1875 are complete, but we still need to finish the 1892 index.) To view the index for 1855, 1865, and 1875: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycattar/census.htm#Top (Free) To view the actual census record after finding the surname and page number in the index: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start (Free) Since we have not completed the 1892 indexes for all the towns, I am Cattaraugus county researchers willing to help us transcribe the rest of the old typewritten pages of names for the 1892 state census for Cattaruagus(ie, to digitize them) so we may add them to the other indexes at the Genweb site. It will help many people find their ancestors in the 1892 state census record for our county. It is simply a matter of typing the name, and a corresponding microfilm page number. If you are willing to join the census index party to help transcribe/digitize these old 1892 indexes, please contact me. At this point, we'll just try to finish the indexes for towns Allegany through Mansfield, which have their full census records at the LDS site, and we'll add the rest once LDS posts the remainder of the towns' census records (which hopefully will be soon.) Thanks for your help! Laura Coordinator, Cattaraugus County Bio and Census Index Projects Laura Greene LGG(at)interaccess.com

I recently saw posts about the 1865, 1875, etc New York Census site. I thought I saved it for reference, but now that I need it, I cannot find it. Would someone please send me this information at _irisdfisch@aol.com_ (mailto:irisdfisch@aol.com) Thank you **************Dell Days of Deals! June 15-24 - A New Deal Everyday! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222677718x1201465083/aol?redir=http:%2F%2F ad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215692163%3B38015526%3Be)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jraymontky Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10772/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Need information of James Day b. abt 1912 PA and his brother Robert L. Day b. abt 1914. Sons of Clifton & Edith Gibson Day of Farmersville, NY 1920 Census. Sibling sisters were:Mary, Virginia, Maxine and June Day. These individuals are related to my previous inquiries. 1942 Military Enlistment on Robert still lists Cattaraugus Co., as his residence. He enlisted in Buffalo, NY. I appreciate your help. Sincerly, Joan Day Raymont Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vevans24 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10762.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much. I'll do that. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: haydidi Surnames: Montgomery Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10765.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: June 1961 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cattaraugus/10759.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I may be able to search that.Pls contact me at Canis1@verizon.net. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.