Have you checked out www.fultonhistory.com ? It's a free website with 1000's and 1000's of newspaper articles for Cayuga, Oswego, Onondaga and other surrounding counties. It's a fabulous site. Good Luck, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: <gene2007@magnif.com> To: <qfamily4@gmail.com>; <nycayuga@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [NYCAYUGA] Nelson Buck and Fidelia Wethey of Port Bryon, NY > The July 18, 1858 "Evening Journal" reports: "To change name of Oliver P. > Buck to Oliver P Witherell." > > > > ------- Original Message ------- On 2/10/2008 5:19 PM Quist Family wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone on the list has access to any directories or > other > sources that might help determine if Nelson Buck and Fidelia Wethey were > married at any point between 1830 and 1833. I believe that they would have > been living in either Port Byron or possibly Mentz. They had a son named > Oliver P. Buck, who later changed his name to Oliver P. Wethey. I believe > that Fidelia died either during child birth or shortly after. Nelson Buck > and his family then moved to Illinois and Oliver grew up with his > grandfather Abel Wethey and Uncle Porter Wethey. Here are the two sources > that I have at this time that lead me to believe that Fidelia and Nelson > were indead married: > > ______________________________________________ > > >From Betty Wethey's Will (Fidelia's Mother): > > "Oliver P. Wethey of Mentz, Cayuga County descendant of Adelia > (Fidelia) > Buck a die daughter of the testator." > ______________________________________________ > > >From the "The Biographical Record Of Livingston And Woodford > Counties > Illinois" page 204: > > "He (Nelson Buck) first married Miss Fidelia Withey, of Port Byron, > New > York, and they made their home in that place until her death." > > ______________________________________________ > > Any assistance in this search would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Erik Quist > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCAYUGA-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 > NYCAYUGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >