Here is what I took April 5 Be sure to look at the LARGE version because you can see huge flooding of farm filelds on the flats SMALL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12314small.jpg LARGE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12314.jpg

Is there any way I can help in the way of a donation to help them get back on their feet? It won't be much but if it will help them out at all I would be more than pleased to help. If not them maybe someone in the area who needs the help. Colleen

Dear List Members, I want to say I am sorry for not completing the 1880 Census for Auburn ED # 3 yet. We had an awful thing happen to my Grandson & family which has delayed any progress being made with the transcription of the Census. Grandson & family lost their home & all belongings to the flood that we had on the Esopus Creek, NY. We have been very busy trying to help him & family get a little sense back to their lives & needless to say the Census transcription has taken a back burner till they are settled. Will get back to transcribing as soon as all is settled. Thanks for waiting & know all will understand. Jan Scholar of Godfrey Memorial Library Volunteer for: Italian Genealogical Group and USGenWeb Census Project

Looking for Chandler Seward, m. Eliza Babcock, December 3, 1865. Does anyone know if Chandler was related to William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Auburn, Cayuga County? Thanks for any information. Laurien Babcock Fan

Cayuga Lake south end view north from Ithaca http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12303small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12303.jpg Skaneateles Lake South end http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12347small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12347.jpg also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12300small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures123/12300.jpg Small http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12283small.jpg LARGE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12283.jpg

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Front page and logo http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12492small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12492.jpg Map ad http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12493small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12493.jpg

at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enycayuga/maps.htm there are numerous old maps of the Owasco Outlet and Auburn showing old mills scroll down till you find them

Sue, In addition to the Alpha Directory, the Auburn and Melrose Woolen Companies can be found under Incorporated and Joint Stock Companies in the Miscellaneous Directory of "Lamey's Auburn Directory 1900." Listings are as follows: Auburn Woolen Co--Mill street rear big dam.  T. M. Clark, Superintendent.   Melrose Woolen Co--Organized April, 1897.  Capital $15,000.  Office and mills Canoga St on Owasco outlet.  Manufacturers Dress Goods and Woolens.  Charles E Selover, Pres’t and Treas’r; T A Holland, Sup’t and Sec’y.  Carol

Below are some facts on the state of farming and runoff to our Finger Lakes. I have a background in farming and geology and have checked these procedures out recently with the USDA and many others including the Skaneateles Lake agricultural program. Our governmental agencies may be using Best Practices in their approved Farm Plans but the bottom line is that it is still not enough to meet EPA Clean Water standards. And there are solutions as outlined below. It is no longer enough to just get water off the fields. We are dealing with huge farms and more manure then the land can absorb. Couple that to all the drain tiles and diversion ditches installed over the past 50 years and we are seeing a disaster. Below are some facts and figures in a simple format for people to grasp and I hope that your can impliment these simple facts into your web site, literature and public presentations along with the pictures. People need to be told what they are seeing in these pictures and what the full impact is to the natural resouces of the Finger Lakes, to their health, and to thier pocketbooks in tax spending on farm practices that contribute to such pollution. "Best Practices" are not enough. We can and must do better. bill hecht ================================================================== Last Tuesday I flew over a few of the Finger Lakes looking for sedimentation and I fould plenty on Cayuga Lake. A lot of what we see as sedimentation is from hydrolically overloaded streams. "Acceptable" soil loss on farms is 2 tons per acre. That's 200 tons on a 100 acre field or about 10 truck loads. But why are they hydrolically overloaded? Because we have paid farmers to tile and quickly divert water from their field where they then 'point discharge' the tiles to the nearest stream or road ditch. Water that contains sediment plus pesticides, fungicides and antibiotics. The same road ditches that are graded and scoured clean in the fall before a new seeding can take hold. Answer. Restore hedgerows, grass buffers, and wetlands. Also consruct new artificial wetland and retention areas for farm fields and road ditches. Also tax breaks so these areas are not taxed if not raising a crop. Why should only housing developments be required to have retention areas? It is long overdue that farm fields be required to do the same. Remember: this is not 'just' sedement being lost but sediment with attached nutrients, herbicides and antibiotics. How does such sedimentation impact bird life? What about the human and animmal waste along with pesticides, fungicides and antibiotics carried in these plumes.? Is the state of the environment in relation to birds and such pollution addressed at your Monday meetings? Below are two of the pictures taken a view of Cayuga Lake looking south from the Aurelius Springport town line http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12457small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12457.jpg Also Tuaghannock Falls Creek http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12285small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12285.jpg More can be seen at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/flight/ Sincerely Bill Hecht PO Box 86 5525 State Rt 90 North, Fire Lane 20 Union Springs, NY 13160 315-889-7761

I have a copy of an old Auburn map from 1860 which shows the Auburn Woolen Company on it. File is too big to send via this list. If you would like a copy send your e-mail address and I will attach a copy of it for you. My email address is [email protected] David

Hi Sue, No, I just did a Pico search "woolen factory" and it came up, the search engine is on the Cayuga County NYGENWEB site in a box marked search this site. I forgot to look up the McCarthy Shoe item, but now you know where it might be located under the M section :-)) Cayuga County NYGENWEB is great with their search engine. Marilyn -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 04/11/05 06:46:05 To: [email protected] Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Woolen Fact. thanks Marliyn, What a great find. Thank you very much. You must have gone thru that page by page, I appreciate your efforts. Thank you kindly. Best regards, sue The Auburn Woolen Company is listed in the "Lamey's 1900 Auburn Directory" on Mill & Owasco St (?). There is also a Melrose Woolen Co. at "Canoga at Owasco Outlet". http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/directry/aub1900/A.htm Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Mooney Ruane Quinn ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== Have you visited the NYGenWeb project home page lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Marliyn, What a great find. Thank you very much. You must have gone thru that page by page, I appreciate your efforts. Thank you kindly. Best regards, sue The Auburn Woolen Company is listed in the "Lamey's 1900 Auburn Directory" on Mill & Owasco St (?). There is also a Melrose Woolen Co. at "Canoga at Owasco Outlet". http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/directry/aub1900/A.htm Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Mooney Ruane Quinn

Sue, The Auburn Woolen Company is listed in the "Lamey's 1900 Auburn Directory" on Mill & Owasco St (?). There is also a Melrose Woolen Co. at "Canoga at Owasco Outlet". http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/directry/aub1900/A.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue DiGiacco" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Mooney Ruane Quinn > Hello, New to list. Love the Cayuga County website, one of the better for NYS or should say one among only a few best. Tracked my ancestors from Lonaconing Maryland to Auburn NY in 1899. The Andrew and Hannah Mooney family. They were living at 161 Van Ness in 1900. One of their son's Michael married an Anna Quinn from Lonaconing in 1902 and some of her family followed them back to Auburn, her dad James Quinn and brother Patrick. One of Andrew's daughters Evelyn was married to a Joseph Ruane in 1920. Joseph worked in a shoe factory, may have been McCarthy's. > > Does any one know the name of a woolen factory in Auburn and if there are any photos of it available online? > > I can provide more names and birthdates etc if it would be helpful, just wondering if anyone has any of these surnames in their family history. > > I have more questions about where to go for research in Auburn itself but I will save them for another note. > > Thank you kindly, > Sue [email protected] > Spencerport, NY > > > > > ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Unsubscribe from NYCayuga-L by sending a message > to [email protected] (or NYCayuga-D-request.com if you > receive the digest) with just the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Linda, thanks for the tip. I found a post card of Dun and McCarthy Shoe factory. I see reference to woolen factory but have yet to track down its address or photo. I haven't tried googling the surnames yet. Do appreciate you reading my question and answering with suggestions. It is great to get responses. Thanks again Sue

Hello It is surpising what you can come up with when you google.com and put in woolen factory at Auburn, NY or those surnames and Auburn, NY and some pictures even on a site with shoe factory in Auburn, NY this seems to be my 1st search when I look for things try it it does work Linda Neadle Lovell

Here is the correct link to the Cayuga Lake view of the sediment It is a view of Cayuga Lake looking south from the Aurelius Springport town line http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12457small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures124/12457.jpg

I took this Tuesday April 5, 2005 It is a view of Cayuga Lake looking south from the Aurelius Springport town line http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12457small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12457.jpg Lots of sediment pollution showing Also Tuaghannock Falls Creek http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12285small.jpg http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~springport/pictures122/12285.jpg Will the Cayuga Lake association be willing to use these in their publications?? sincerely bill hecht

Hello, New to list. Love the Cayuga County website, one of the better for NYS or should say one among only a few best. Tracked my ancestors from Lonaconing Maryland to Auburn NY in 1899. The Andrew and Hannah Mooney family. They were living at 161 Van Ness in 1900. One of their son's Michael married an Anna Quinn from Lonaconing in 1902 and some of her family followed them back to Auburn, her dad James Quinn and brother Patrick. One of Andrew's daughters Evelyn was married to a Joseph Ruane in 1920. Joseph worked in a shoe factory, may have been McCarthy's. Does any one know the name of a woolen factory in Auburn and if there are any photos of it available online? I can provide more names and birthdates etc if it would be helpful, just wondering if anyone has any of these surnames in their family history. I have more questions about where to go for research in Auburn itself but I will save them for another note. Thank you kindly, Sue [email protected] Spencerport, NY