Tim, thanks for letting us help on this issue...... On 9-Aug-09, at 12:02 AM, Timothy Stowell wrote: > As many or most of you know my wife and I adopted a girl from China > in March, 2008. She became a citizen of the United States the moment > her feet touched American soil in the airport in Chicago and her > passport was stamped with the appropriate stamp. She also gained the > rights due any other American citizen including the right to inherit > property just as any natural born children would gain by right of > birth. > > Thus adoption of children has become my passion. > > This week I was made aware of a situation, that we too could have > faced, but fortunately did not, nevertheless I wish to assist this > family in any way possible. > > An American couple adopted a little 4 year old from China on the 28th > of July. At that point they became her legal parents. After that > one has to go to the local approved health agency for a medical exam > to make sure they can come to the United States. When they went, the > little girl tested positive for TB. > > Under new rules put in place by the CDC on July 1st, all children > 2-14, wishing to come to the United States, have to be tested for TB. > The problem with this is, if the child tests positive, they have to > stay in the country they were adopted in, for some unknown time until > the CDC approves their immigration. So on Friday, this couple had to > leave their new daughter behind in China, while they came home. She > will not be able to enter the US for a period which could be from 2 > to 6 months. > > If you wish to see public enemy number 1 - > http://jayscruggs.livejournal.com/2009/08/06/ > > You can then scroll down to read more or click on the calendar in the > right side to see backward in their story or on the 8th for the > latest action plan to bring their daughter home. > > The favor I ask is that you read / sign this petition and pass along > either the link to the petition to or this entire note. > http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/build-families-not-barriers.html > > Sincerely, > > Tim Stowell > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomil42 Surnames: Falanga Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/1322/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am looking for someone who lives near St. Joseph's Church in Oxford to do a baptism lookup for me. Two Falanga children were born in Oxford and I assume baptized there. Jenny Falanga b 2 Oct 1896 - (She probably was baptized under an "Italian" first name Angelena Falanga b 11 June 1898 I received this from the rectory: We do have some records beginning in 1892 but they are not indexed AND ARE the kind you would just have to search through yourselves. If you come in during working hours you can look at them in the meeting room. Thank you to anyone who can help! 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: pattsprague111888 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.chenango/6.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi took me awhile to go back to the message board. my hubby was in Iraq 3 yrs an I lost interest in geneology. If lot is in your line he is not my relative. They came from Nova Scotia an I dont think that matches ours who came via mayflower and ended up in the west. Thanx Patt 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.

Does anyone know anything about Reuben Smith who received land based on NY legislation dated May 1786 and March 1788. He received Lot 58 Clinton from the "people of NY." I am trying to determine if Blodgett Smith's( who died in Massachusetts around 1795) son Reuben was named after him and if he is related and if so how. I have no idea where he came from or anything about him other than he received land from NY. Blodgett's widow and several children ended up in Greene NY and Smihville Flats. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585106x1201462830/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115)

How wonderful! Congratulations to you all! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: [NYCHENAN] Lives touching lives > Life starts for an individual at some point along ones parent's time line. > It may be that such an individual's time line also touches one or more of > their grandparent's lines as well. > > We touch lives in that manner and with all the other persons whose life > touches ours and vice versa. We meet them, go along the course together > for a while and then part company either through life's circumstances or > when one leaves through the portal of death. > > Our daughter joined my timeline in my 54th year. If you remove the latter > part of the previously posted URL - > http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm - ie tian.htm you will see > another timeline. > > ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- > Tim Stowell > tstowell@chattanooga.net > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Life starts for an individual at some point along ones parent’s time line. It may be that such an individual’s time line also touches one or more of their grandparent’s lines as well. We touch lives in that manner and with all the other persons whose life touches ours and vice versa. We meet them, go along the course together for a while and then part company either through life’s circumstances or when one leaves through the portal of death. Our daughter joined my timeline in my 54th year. If you remove the latter part of the previously posted URL - http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm - ie tian.htm you will see another timeline. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net

Tim, I seldom respond to these lists BUT - I find that the "reunion" news that you put on the site was MORE than appropriate for a genealogical web site. I would be very proud if someone put it on ours. Thanks for the wonderful story of blended families. K Kay Brownell Reed, Librarian & Potter Co. Genealogist Potter Co. Historical Society Always check our site: www.history.pottercountypa.net >From July 1, 2009, please check www.paintedhills.org for newer and updated information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > >> Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; >> <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM >> Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion >> >> >>> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >>> the act of coming together again. >>> >>> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >>> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >>> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >>> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >>> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >>> and the death of others. >>> >>> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >>> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >>> in years past. > > Elizabeth does ask a valid question. > > The list was set up to discuss family members who lived, died, had some > event happen in their lives in Chenango county. They are our heritage. > > The portion of the note regarding reunions is appropriate for the list > because my family and others have had reunions that included family > members from or the reunion itself occurred in Chenango county. > > The remainder of the message, is valid by virtue of what adoption is. Now > that we've adopted our daughter she is just as legal an heir to her > Chenango ancestors as I am. > > My Dad was born in Lebanon TWP, Madison county but lived for many years in > Chenango. My daughter calls him grandfather. > > This note was also sent to the Madison and Cortland lists because we have > ancestors who had verifiable legal events in both those counties so those > ancestors are now hers as well even if it is by proxy. > > Thanks to all those who sent their thoughts my way. > > The 10 hour drive was worth it all to see these two girls reunited > yesterday. > > A special place in my heart for central New York. > > Tim Stowell > near Bentonville, VA > > > ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- > Tim Stowell > tstowell@chattanooga.net > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not mine. Mine lived in Chenango and Broome County from the early 1800s and I think came from CT but I would have to look it up. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CHayes6232@aol.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion " Thank-You" Tim > Elaine and Virginia > My great grandmother was a HAYES in Chenango county from Limerick, > Ireland to Norwich in 1862 til 1875. From 1875 ... Los Angeles, CA. > > > In a message dated 7/25/2009 1:08:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > elainedecker@frontiernet.net writes: > > Virginia, > > My grandmother was a Hayes from Broome County. > > Elaine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Virginia Smith" <ginsmith@windstream.net> > To: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com>; <nychenan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion " Thank-You" Tim > > >> Hi Tim and list, >> It was a joy to read about the reunions, So happy to read some good > news >> on life today. My familys came thru the Chenango, Broome & Courtland >> countys >> of New York. 1800 - 1890s . from Conn. Mass. New Jersey, >> Cooks + Nusom+ Hayes + Weed + Marsh, to mention a few family > surnames. >> Genealogy is today, yesterday and tomorrow. Too see this message board >> active does my heart good. I'm greatfull for Tim and all the volenteers, >> who's hard work + hours of transcribeing data for our Gen Web and Roots >> web >> message boards sites. History and todays life go hand in hand. > "Thank-You" >> Tim for all the work you do to keep us up on the Reunions. I enjoyed it >> so >> very much. Sincerely, Virginia White- Smith >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> >> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion >> >> >>> Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >>> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; >>> <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM >>> Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion >>> >>> >>>> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >>>> the act of coming together again. >>>> >>>> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >>>> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >>>> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >>>> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >>>> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >>>> and the death of others. >>>> >>>> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >>>> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >>>> in years past. >>>> >>>> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >>>> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >>>> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >>>> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >>>> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >>>> copy back to them. >>>> >>>> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >>>> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >>>> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >>>> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >>>> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >>>> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >>>> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >>>> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >>>> >>>> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >>>> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >>>> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >>>> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >>>> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >>>> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >>>> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >>>> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >>>> not have, which was quite neat. >>>> >>>> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >>>> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >>>> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >>>> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >>>> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >>>> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >>>> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >>>> >>>> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >>>> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >>>> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >>>> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >>>> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >>>> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >>>> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >>>> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >>>> >>>> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >>>> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >>>> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >>>> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >>>> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >>>> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >>>> they saw in China of about 30. >>>> >>>> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >>>> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >>>> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >>>> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >>>> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >>>> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >>>> >>>> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >>>> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >>>> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >>>> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >>>> waylaid and only added >>>> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >>>> >>>> Tim Stowell >>>> Chattanooga >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>>> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - Release Date: > 07/24/09 >> 18:24:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-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 > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > **************A bad credit score is 600 & below. 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> Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; > <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM > Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >> the act of coming together again. >> >> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >> and the death of others. >> >> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >> in years past. Elizabeth does ask a valid question. The list was set up to discuss family members who lived, died, had some event happen in their lives in Chenango county. They are our heritage. The portion of the note regarding reunions is appropriate for the list because my family and others have had reunions that included family members from or the reunion itself occurred in Chenango county. The remainder of the message, is valid by virtue of what adoption is. Now that we've adopted our daughter she is just as legal an heir to her Chenango ancestors as I am. My Dad was born in Lebanon TWP, Madison county but lived for many years in Chenango. My daughter calls him grandfather. This note was also sent to the Madison and Cortland lists because we have ancestors who had verifiable legal events in both those counties so those ancestors are now hers as well even if it is by proxy. Thanks to all those who sent their thoughts my way. The 10 hour drive was worth it all to see these two girls reunited yesterday. A special place in my heart for central New York. Tim Stowell near Bentonville, VA ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net

Elaine and Virginia My great grandmother was a HAYES in Chenango county from Limerick, Ireland to Norwich in 1862 til 1875. From 1875 ... Los Angeles, CA. In a message dated 7/25/2009 1:08:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, elainedecker@frontiernet.net writes: Virginia, My grandmother was a Hayes from Broome County. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Smith" <ginsmith@windstream.net> To: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com>; <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion " Thank-You" Tim > Hi Tim and list, > It was a joy to read about the reunions, So happy to read some good news > on life today. My familys came thru the Chenango, Broome & Courtland > countys > of New York. 1800 - 1890s . from Conn. Mass. New Jersey, > Cooks + Nusom+ Hayes + Weed + Marsh, to mention a few family surnames. > Genealogy is today, yesterday and tomorrow. Too see this message board > active does my heart good. I'm greatfull for Tim and all the volenteers, > who's hard work + hours of transcribeing data for our Gen Web and Roots > web > message boards sites. History and todays life go hand in hand. "Thank-You" > Tim for all the work you do to keep us up on the Reunions. I enjoyed it > so > very much. Sincerely, Virginia White- Smith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; >> <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM >> Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion >> >> >>> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >>> the act of coming together again. >>> >>> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >>> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >>> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >>> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >>> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >>> and the death of others. >>> >>> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >>> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >>> in years past. >>> >>> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >>> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >>> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >>> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >>> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >>> copy back to them. >>> >>> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >>> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >>> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >>> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >>> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >>> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >>> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >>> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >>> >>> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >>> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >>> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >>> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >>> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >>> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >>> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >>> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >>> not have, which was quite neat. >>> >>> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >>> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >>> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >>> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >>> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >>> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >>> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >>> >>> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >>> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >>> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >>> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >>> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >>> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >>> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >>> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >>> >>> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >>> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >>> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >>> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >>> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >>> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >>> they saw in China of about 30. >>> >>> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >>> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >>> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >>> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >>> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >>> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >>> >>> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >>> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >>> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >>> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >>> waylaid and only added >>> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >>> >>> Tim Stowell >>> Chattanooga >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - Release Date: 07/24/09 > 18:24:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-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 NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************A bad credit score is 600 & below. 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Virginia, My grandmother was a Hayes from Broome County. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Smith" <ginsmith@windstream.net> To: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com>; <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion " Thank-You" Tim > Hi Tim and list, > It was a joy to read about the reunions, So happy to read some good news > on life today. My familys came thru the Chenango, Broome & Courtland > countys > of New York. 1800 - 1890s . from Conn. Mass. New Jersey, > Cooks + Nusom+ Hayes + Weed + Marsh, to mention a few family surnames. > Genealogy is today, yesterday and tomorrow. Too see this message board > active does my heart good. I'm greatfull for Tim and all the volenteers, > who's hard work + hours of transcribeing data for our Gen Web and Roots > web > message boards sites. History and todays life go hand in hand. "Thank-You" > Tim for all the work you do to keep us up on the Reunions. I enjoyed it > so > very much. Sincerely, Virginia White- Smith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; >> <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM >> Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion >> >> >>> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >>> the act of coming together again. >>> >>> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >>> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >>> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >>> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >>> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >>> and the death of others. >>> >>> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >>> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >>> in years past. >>> >>> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >>> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >>> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >>> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >>> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >>> copy back to them. >>> >>> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >>> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >>> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >>> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >>> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >>> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >>> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >>> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >>> >>> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >>> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >>> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >>> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >>> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >>> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >>> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >>> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >>> not have, which was quite neat. >>> >>> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >>> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >>> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >>> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >>> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >>> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >>> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >>> >>> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >>> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >>> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >>> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >>> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >>> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >>> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >>> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >>> >>> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >>> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >>> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >>> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >>> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >>> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >>> they saw in China of about 30. >>> >>> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >>> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >>> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >>> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >>> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >>> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >>> >>> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >>> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >>> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >>> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >>> waylaid and only added >>> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >>> >>> Tim Stowell >>> Chattanooga >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.28/2259 - Release Date: 07/24/09 > 18:24:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ditto to the thank you to Tim and the volunteers who get this information online. Amazing how many people come to our Local History & Genealogy Center at the Broome Co. Public Library and expect everything to be online for them. Chris from Barker, Broome County, NY In a message dated 7/25/2009 10:36:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ginsmith@windstream.net writes: Hi Tim and list, It was a joy to read about the reunions, So happy to read some good news on life today. My familys came thru the Chenango, Broome & Courtland countys of New York. 1800 - 1890s . from Conn. Mass. New Jersey, Cooks + Nusom+ Hayes + Weed + Marsh, to mention a few family surnames. Genealogy is today, yesterday and tomorrow. Too see this message board active does my heart good. I'm greatfull for Tim and all the volenteers, who's hard work + hours of transcribeing data for our Gen Web and Roots web message boards sites. History and todays life go hand in hand. "Thank-You" Tim for all the work you do to keep us up on the Reunions. I enjoyed it so very much. Sincerely, Virginia White- Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; > <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM > Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >> the act of coming together again. >> >> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >> and the death of others. >> >> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >> in years past. >> >> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >> copy back to them. >> >> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >> >> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >> not have, which was quite neat. >> >> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >> >> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >> >> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >> they saw in China of about 30. >> >> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >> >> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >> waylaid and only added >> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >> >> Tim Stowell >> Chattanooga >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. 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I am new to the list, and would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of....or connection to a Jedediah T. Turner? I know that Jedediah was in Chenango County from 1800 to 1803, and think he might be the same Jedediah Turner who died in Herkimer County in 1814. However, I have been unable to make a connection. I would really appreciate any help or suggestions. Thank you! Mary Lu

Hi Tim and list, It was a joy to read about the reunions, So happy to read some good news on life today. My familys came thru the Chenango, Broome & Courtland countys of New York. 1800 - 1890s . from Conn. Mass. New Jersey, Cooks + Nusom+ Hayes + Weed + Marsh, to mention a few family surnames. Genealogy is today, yesterday and tomorrow. Too see this message board active does my heart good. I'm greatfull for Tim and all the volenteers, who's hard work + hours of transcribeing data for our Gen Web and Roots web message boards sites. History and todays life go hand in hand. "Thank-You" Tim for all the work you do to keep us up on the Reunions. I enjoyed it so very much. Sincerely, Virginia White- Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; > <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM > Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >> the act of coming together again. >> >> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >> and the death of others. >> >> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >> in years past. >> >> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >> copy back to them. >> >> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >> >> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >> not have, which was quite neat. >> >> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >> >> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >> >> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >> they saw in China of about 30. >> >> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >> >> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >> waylaid and only added >> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >> >> Tim Stowell >> Chattanooga >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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We all care deeply about Tim and his family, not only here on the Chenango County list, but also on the Madison County list and probably other lists as well. And he is, after all, the moderator. We are very, very lucky to associate with him. Debbie Smith Zorach On Jul 24, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Elizabeth Allison wrote: > Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; > <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM > Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >> the act of coming together again. >> >> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >> and the death of others. >> >> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >> in years past. >> >> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >> copy back to them. >> >> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >> >> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >> not have, which was quite neat. >> >> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >> >> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >> >> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >> they saw in China of about 30. >> >> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >> >> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >> waylaid and only added >> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >> >> Tim Stowell >> Chattanooga >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tim is the "List Dad". Most of us have met him and have done research with him. He has done hundreds and hundreds, maybe thousands of hours on the Chenango County website and has entered all the pictures and stories. He sends those of us that volunteer books to transcribe so he can put them up on the site. I guess we don't care what he writes about. He has earned whatever he wants to write about. Tim's ancestors came from Chenango County and I have tromped through snow looking for and digging out grave stones with him in the middle of the winter in a snowstorm. I hope this helps clear this up for you. If it weren't for Tim nothing much would be on the web site. We have been "with" him all through the adoption process he and his wife went through. He is one proud Daddy and we love to hear his infrequent stories about his little girl. Elaine Decker >From New Berlin, Chenango County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Allison" <eallison@pshift.com> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; > <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM > Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > > >> Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or >> the act of coming together again. >> >> We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases >> families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get >> together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or >> share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More >> organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members >> and the death of others. >> >> Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former >> work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together >> in years past. >> >> When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her >> adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family >> and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months >> earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get >> together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a >> copy back to them. >> >> About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt >> Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with >> them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta >> on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So >> last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing >> each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from >> Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the >> orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. >> >> Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see >> how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little >> girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had >> been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find >> her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents >> who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other >> families. These groups often have picture sections so looking >> through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did >> not have, which was quite neat. >> >> I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was >> adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December >> right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the >> URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group >> member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures >> of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of >> adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. >> >> Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and >> then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to >> bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I >> finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, >> one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first >> email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter >> roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures >> confirmed that it was the little girl we met. >> >> After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and >> it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the >> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl >> from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when >> she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This >> Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage >> they saw in China of about 30. >> >> Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and >> their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing >> things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on >> Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come >> to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, >> at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. >> >> So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me >> that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at >> least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, >> of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got >> waylaid and only added >> recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm >> >> Tim Stowell >> Chattanooga >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It sure is - in case you haven't been part of the list for long, we consider Tim's family part of the Chenango list's family. -----Original Message----- From: nychenan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nychenan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Allison Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:22 PM To: nychenan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYCHENAN] Reunion Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or > the act of coming together again. > > We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases > families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get > together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or > share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More > organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members > and the death of others. > > Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former > work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together > in years past. > > When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her > adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family > and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months > earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get > together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a > copy back to them. > > About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt > Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with > them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta > on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So > last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing > each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from > Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the > orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. > > Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see > how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little > girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had > been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find > her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents > who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other > families. These groups often have picture sections so looking > through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did > not have, which was quite neat. > > I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was > adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December > right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the > URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group > member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures > of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of > adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. > > Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and > then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to > bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I > finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, > one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first > email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter > roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures > confirmed that it was the little girl we met. > > After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and > it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the > Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl > from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when > she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This > Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage > they saw in China of about 30. > > Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and > their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing > things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on > Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come > to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, > at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. > > So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me > that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at > least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, > of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got > waylaid and only added > recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm > > Tim Stowell > Chattanooga > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is this appropriate for a Chenango Co website? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <nychenan@rootsweb.com>; <nycortla@rootsweb.com>; <nymadiso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:24 AM Subject: [NYCHENAN] Reunion > Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or > the act of coming together again. > > We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases > families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get > together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or > share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More > organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members > and the death of others. > > Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former > work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together > in years past. > > When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her > adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family > and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months > earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get > together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a > copy back to them. > > About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt > Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with > them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta > on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So > last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing > each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from > Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the > orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. > > Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see > how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little > girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had > been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find > her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents > who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other > families. These groups often have picture sections so looking > through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did > not have, which was quite neat. > > I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was > adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December > right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the > URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group > member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures > of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of > adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. > > Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and > then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to > bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I > finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, > one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first > email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter > roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures > confirmed that it was the little girl we met. > > After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and > it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the > Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl > from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when > she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This > Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage > they saw in China of about 30. > > Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and > their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing > things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on > Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come > to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, > at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. > > So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me > that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at > least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, > of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got > waylaid and only added > recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm > > Tim Stowell > Chattanooga > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4266 (20090722) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > >

Reunion is defined as a gathering of people who have been apart or the act of coming together again. We most often think of this with regards to family. In many cases families may have annual or some other regularly preset time they get together to talk of the old times, introduce new family members or share news of accomplishments or other items of interest. More organized family outings may include a roll call, note of new members and the death of others. Of course there are other reunions such as school related or former work mates coming together to celebrate the time they were together in years past. When we visited our daughter's orphanage a few days after her adoption, in March 2008, the director gave us the name of the family and state that her best friend had been adopted to 15 months earlier. It was the director's hope that the girls could get together, that we could take a picture of them together and send a copy back to them. About 3 months after our return we found this family living in Salt Lake City and began a written and telephone connection with them. Things worked out that the family was coming through Atlanta on their way to Miami and would be there for a couple of days. So last August, our daughter and their daughter got to reunite, seeing each other for the first time since December 2006. The girl from Salt Lake, our daughter and two other girls shared a room in the orphanage in two bunk beds. This girl had the bed above our daughter. Last October after sending a picture to the director to let her see how our daughter had grown, I got a reply saying that the little girl, a friend of our daughter's who had come to see her off, had been placed with a USA family the week before. While I did not find her friend in the months since then, I did find a group of parents who had adopted from the same orphanage and thus connected with other families. These groups often have picture sections so looking through these I ran across some pictures of our daughter that we did not have, which was quite neat. I finally asked on the group if anyone knew the little girl who was adopted out, gave her name but got no concrete response. In December right before Christmas I posted to the group again and included the URL of the article at my work talking about our adoption. A group member in another country saw the article and send me three pictures of our daughter taken just a few days after we started the process of adoption for her, shown under Feb. 2007. Time marched on until Memorial Day weekend, when I was very ill and then the whole family got whatever it was and we were all confined to bed for most of the weekend. At the tail end of the weekend I finally turned on my computer and was stunned to receive two emails, one from a mother and then one from the father just in case the first email got lost. Mother's email subject line was - our daughter roomed with your daughter in China. A couple of days later pictures confirmed that it was the little girl we met. After the initial - it's her! We began to explore other details and it turns out they live 20 miles from where I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The Mom has a connection to the girl from Salt Lake as she met her and had a picture made with her when she was with a group doing a medical mission to China in 2005. This Mom reported that our daughter's orphanage was the best orphanage they saw in China of about 30. Later today it will be my distinct pleasure to bring my daughter and their daughter in to a reunion. We will spend a week with them doing things and celebrating the little girl's birthday on Saturday. Once this reunion is over, we hope in the years to come to visit another child from her orphanage that we met while in China, at our hotel, who lives in Oklahoma. So while this is not a family reunion as such, it is special to me that these three girls who roomed together have been reunited at least with our daughter. Sixty pictures have been added to the site, of life in the USA in 2008 plus about 150 of my wife's that got waylaid and only added recently. http://home.highertech.net/~tstowell/tian.htm Tim Stowell Chattanooga

I was just doing some very rare browsing on ebay and came across two Chenango county deeds for sale. Since they are not related to me, I thought I would pass on the info in case someone here finds them to be helpful. First, a deed between DRAPER and MARY EASTON of Coventry and ADDISON BROWN of Afton for land in Afton in 1876. Second, a deed from 1832 from E BLACKMAN to ROXCY ELSWORTH in Chenango County. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:14