My family all came from Chazy Lake or Saranac Lake and always called it 'upstate'. I never heard them call it anything else other than the Adirondacks. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: gbushaw@northnet.org To: NYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO] BLANCHARD_COLLINS for Glenn Mac, I live in St. Law. Co. and we consider anything north of Syacuse as heading into Northern New York. Gary ---- Original Message ----- From: "Sharmac Villa" <moonandsixpence@verizon.net> To: <NYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO] BLANCHARD_COLLINS for Glenn > Glenn, > > I'm not quite sure how Keeseville got into this, but, no - definitely not! The area from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence county line would be a defininition of "Northern New York". Naturally, the Adirondack (northern) area would be a part. Upstate is a term use by people in New York City - always has been. To them, the Catskills are the country and in "days of yore" they knew nothing of the area beyond that. When I was a boy, in Dannemora, Saturday Evening Post Magazine did an article about the prison there and referred to the area as "Little Siberia". > > The point I was trying to make, was this; When you see "Upstate New York" in an article, think of this relationship: Upstate---a New York City terminology___ Northern - a resident's terminology. That's all. > > Mac > > > -- Original Message ----- > From: Gleann Rock > To: NYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:07 PM > Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO] BLANCHARD_COLLINS for Glenn > > > Dear Mac, > I appreciate the help and I understand the confusion, so how's this, when > I'm talking about down state I'm talking about everything south of > Keeseville, and when I'm talking about upstate I'm talking about everything > north of Keeseville. > Thanks You, > Glenn LaRocque > > > > ==== NYCLINTO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Clinton Co NYGenWeb pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyclinto/ > > ==== NYCLINTO Mailing List ==== Visit the Clinton Co NYGenWeb pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyclinto/