In my research of my own family, which is not easy even though I live within 4-6 hours of most of the places where my ancestors lived, have 90-something year old living relatives who remember a lot of the people, and have the SC Historical Society in my back yard with all of its manuscripts and recorded family histories, I still have had to travel to find some details. I traveled to visit our State Archives on more than one occasion and have made side trips to little towns that I never would have visited otherwise in order to look for cemeteries and property and to read historical markers! We have a tremendous amount of data on line for the area of SC where the majority of my family lived for the last 200 years or so, some since before the American Revolution, and I still want to see for myself the places where my family lived, walk around and take my own pictures. I will most likely travel to Maryland and Massachusetts to visit the places some of my family lived back in the 1600s and also to see some Civil War prison camps. I firmly believe that genealogical research stimulates travel to places significant to the history of the family. My husband is from Union Springs and until he saw my research of my own family, he was never that interested in his family history. He has wanted to take me to Union Springs to see where he grew up since we married, but we have been unable to make the trip so far. Now he wants to know about his own family! I have just started the research after much prodding of siblings and cousins to try to determine just two generations back. Now when I find one of his ancestors, he wants to go see the cemetery where that person or family is buried. I also wanted to thank you for posting the Civil War enlistment records for Springport. My husband thought it was neat that we found his great grandfather's and other family members' records on line. That was a wonderful thing to actually see the document! It also helped me to determine that particular great grandfather's mother's maiden name and led me to another 200 years in of that family's history! PLEASE keep posting information as this helps those of us who live 1000 miles away to continue with research and YES, it DOES develop interest in tourism, especially the old pictures. They have made my husband remember things that he did growing up and want to see his home town again. Also, if you have any SHANK, CLARK, TRIPP, ALEXANDER, GILBERT, CRISE/CRISSE researchers, I would like to compare notes with them. Carla Padgett Clark (Mrs. David H Clark)

Carla, Do you have any ALEXANDERs that emigrated to Montgomery Co., IN or Tippecanoe Co.,IN? Judy Richard & Judy Landauer [email protected] AIM: judylandauer

Hi: Read your letter with interest. I have a great deal of information about Clark's in Cayuga Co., and if you'd like to compare notes let me know. My family came primarily from Sempronius. Bill Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [NYCAYUGA] Family History Travel To Cayuga County and Central NY > In my research of my own family, which is not easy even though I live > within > 4-6 hours of most of the places where my ancestors lived, have > 90-something > year old living relatives who remember a lot of the people, and have the > SC > Historical Society in my back yard with all of its manuscripts and > recorded > family histories, I still have had to travel to find some details. I > traveled > to visit our State Archives on more than one occasion and have made side > trips to little towns that I never would have visited otherwise in order > to look > for cemeteries and property and to read historical markers! We have a > tremendous amount of data on line for the area of SC where the majority > of my > family lived for the last 200 years or so, some since before the American > Revolution, and I still want to see for myself the places where my family > lived, walk > around and take my own pictures. I will most likely travel to Maryland > and > Massachusetts to visit the places some of my family lived back in the > 1600s > and also to see some Civil War prison camps. I firmly believe that > genealogical research stimulates travel to places significant to the > history of the > family. My husband is from Union Springs and until he saw my research of > my own > family, he was never that interested in his family history. He has > wanted > to take me to Union Springs to see where he grew up since we married, but > we > have been unable to make the trip so far. Now he wants to know about his > own > family! I have just started the research after much prodding of siblings > and cousins to try to determine just two generations back. Now when I > find one > of his ancestors, he wants to go see the cemetery where that person or > family is buried. I also wanted to thank you for posting the Civil War > enlistment > records for Springport. My husband thought it was neat that we found his > great grandfather's and other family members' records on line. That was > a > wonderful thing to actually see the document! It also helped me to > determine > that particular great grandfather's mother's maiden name and led me to > another > 200 years in of that family's history! PLEASE keep posting information > as > this helps those of us who live 1000 miles away to continue with research > and > YES, it DOES develop interest in tourism, especially the old pictures. > They > have made my husband remember things that he did growing up and want to > see his > home town again. > > Also, if you have any SHANK, CLARK, TRIPP, ALEXANDER, GILBERT, > CRISE/CRISSE > researchers, I would like to compare notes with them. > > Carla Padgett Clark (Mrs. David H Clark) > > > ==== 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 the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >