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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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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