As a genealogy researcher I am sure you would love to be able to utilize the wonderful research material available at the New York State Library in Albany during the weekend. This would make it so much easier for out of state travelers and especially for those local researchers who work full time. Please read the following two items that deal with an effort to have weekend hours at the library and if you see, fit please write a letter, email or fax as requested below. As a presentation to the Regents on this topic is being made on January 8, time is of the utmost importance. If this proposal for weekend hours interest you, send an email or fax before January 8 to have your voice heard. Thanks, Bill McGrath TIGS Project Coordinator Clifton Park, NY Email From Jeanne Keefe - Troy Irish Genealogy Webmaster Hello Everyone: On Friday I received this email from Loretta Ebert, Director, New York State Library and I am asking for your help. Loretta, who was previously my Director of Libraries at RPI, moved on to the NYS Library last summer and before she left Rensselaer I asked her to look into the possibility of keeping the NYS library open for one day over the weekend. Since most of us work 9-5, M-F, we are unable to do any research at our State Library because we can't get there when its open during the week. I also mentioned that many genealogists travel to the Albany-Troy-Schenectady area to do family research and are severely limited by the library's present schedule. Weekend hours, even if only one day, would allow more of us to access the very important resources that are only available at the NYS Library. In September, I met Loretta and she mentioned that she was encountering some resistance to the idea, but felt confident that she would be able to open the library, maybe on Saturdays, at some point late in the Fall. In the following letter you will see that she is asking for some help in convincing the Board of Regents to allow her to open the library on the weekend and has asked for letters (or emails)in support of this move. Please read her letter below and take a few minutes to mail, email or fax a brief letter to Loretta in support of her initiative. I think it is a very important opportunity for genealogists and historians to have their concerns voiced and research needs recognized. This is also a unique opportunity to be involved in a change that has the potential to improve access to these important records and resources, especially for those of us needing to do family research in the New York State Library. For more information about the NYS Research Library's genealogy collections use this link: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/gengen.htm.Thank you all very much, in advance, for taking the time to read this and I hope you can take a few minutes to send Loretta a response by the end of the week. Jeanne Keefe TIGS Webmaster and Visual Resources Librarian Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Architecture Library 100 8th Street, Greene 326 Troy,, NY 12180 tel: 518-276-2727 email: [email protected] Email From Director, New York State Library Loretta Ebert Director, New York State Library Cultural Education Center - Rm 10D34 Albany, NY 12230 518-473-1189 [email protected] Hi Jeanne, Happy New Year! I am preparing a presentation to the Regents in early January (8th) about opening the library on Saturdays. As I recall, you were supportive of this idea. I wonder if you would be willing to send a letter to me advocating extended hours for the library, citing difficulties with the current Monday-Friday 9 to 5 schedule and the lack of access to the "wonderful" resources of the New York State Library. Use whatever perspectives you have: librarian, genealogist, local historian, or all of them! I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if you know of others who could provide similar supportive letters, would you ask them to send such to me too, or let me know their names? Thanks so much for your help, I think these kinds of testimonials are most effective with the power structure around here. My contact info: Loretta Ebert Director, New York State Research Library Cultural Education Center Room 10D34 Albany, NY 12230 Email (an email attachment is okay): [email protected] or FAX: 518-486-6880 Thanks a million! Loretta

JANUARY EVENTS-- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ROCKLAND COUNTY Saturday 20 January 2007 1:00 PM Topic: New City Library will hold its annual genealogy workshop for new and experienced family historians. In case of snow, the workshop will be held on the following Saturday, January 27th. The workshop will consist of several tables manned by volunteers from the Genealogical Society of Rockland County. Each table will focus on one topic, such as first steps in genealogy, etc. Come for one, or spend time at each table. Learn something new or ask for help with a problem, it's up to you!. Tuesday 23 January 2007 7:00 PM Topic: The Pearl River Cemetery Speaker: Rudy Hansen, resident of Pearl River. Refreshments will follow the presentation. Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office [email protected] (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/

I am new to the list - I was wondering if anyone has a 1820 census for Columbia county ? I am looking for any WHITTEN in that census . I cant find mine in early census on line so I am wondering if the name was spelled different back then . I would appreciate a look if anyone has 1820 in book form , maybe ? My WHITTIN should have been there between 1810 to 1830 est thanks much gabriel

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wetmore, Whitmore, Johnson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4728/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking to find more information of Reuben Wetmore b mar 30 1733 in middletown Ct. and died in 1829 in Hillsdale, Columbia co. NY he married 2nd wife Chloe Johnson Dec 20 1783. Chloe was born May 18 1750. I would like to find out if anyone knows a death date for chloe. Also I have found info that Reuben served in the Rev. War. Does anyone know if there is any proof of it. I can't find a pension file so far.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/2492.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: suggest you look i archives .read old queries & replies.Sutherlands were also in Greene Co.But I do remember an old query & Sutherland because I did know some of them.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/2392.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is an Abram Youmans in the Quaker Census of 1828 in Middleburg Schoharie Co & more.None in Florence's1760's.maybe 30 miles.Dolores

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SUTHERLAND Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/2492.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have an ancestor, Lydia SUTHERLAND, born 1790 in Columbia County. She later married Thomas GAN from Suffolk County and moved to New Baltimore,Greene County. I do not know her parentage. I would be very interested if you ever find a link. Thanks, Melissa Harrison

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Youngs, Youmans Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/2392.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking information on the Abraham Youmans of Coxsackie in the early 1800's. I know he has one daughter, Phoebe, b. 1829, who married Henry Youngs of Fulton, NY. Thanks, Peggy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4727/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for Dennison Isaac Nash born 1816/17 in Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY and died January 13 1898 Broome Co., NY. Dennison's 1st Marriage was to Laura E. about 1837/38 in Hillsdale, NY they had 4 children: Eugene, Alanson, Charlotte, and Sarah. Laura died between 1855 and 1859 in NY. Eugene and Alanson both were born in Hillsdale Eugene in 1838 and Alanson in 1841. Dennisons father's name was Joseph Issac Nash born around 1783 in Whatley Mass and died around 1873. If anyone can help please reply Thank you for any help given Matt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Traver Classification: military Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4726/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Traver, George H., USMCR. The WFI Research Group needs your help in a next of kin search. WFI is in the closing stages of the Tarawa Project designed to identify the missing Marines from Betio. If you are or know of the next of kin for this Marine lost during the battle we need to talk to you. Thank you for your assistance. Ted Darcy. e-mail address [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Decker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/2126.1 Message Board Post: I have a Sylvanus Decker married to Carrie Finkle. They had Erma Decker, Bernard Decker and a few others (can't remember right off) If these names sound familar please contact me. All from Valatie, NY.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: finkle, Decker, Knight, Knights Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/2155.5 Message Board Post: I have a Sylvanus Decker married to a Carrie Finkle. Any relation?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chittenden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/4725 Message Board Post: Did George Chittenden operate a paper mill in the 19th century in the Town of Coeymans, Albany County NY ? Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kinne, Kenny, Kinney, Cady, Jackson, Stranahan, Fitch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/4724 Message Board Post: HELP IS REQUESTED TRACING THE FAMILY OF JEROME / JEREMY KINNE / KINNEY / KENNY’S FAMILY I am looking for information on the family of Jeremiah/Jeremy Kinne, son of Elisha and Thankful [FITCH] Kinne / Kenny of Canaan, Columbia County and Granby, Oswego Co., NY The members of this family included Jeremy, b 1779; Erastus, b 1781; Anna, b 1783; John, b 1785; Stephen Fitch, b 1789; Rebecca, b c 1793; States, b 1797; and Elisha Jr. b 1809. There may have been others. Tracing this family is confused by the various spellings of Kinne, such as Kenny and Kinney Elisha Kinne & his wife, Thankful Fitch, arrived in Canaan, Columbia Co., NY from Worthington, Mass., in time to be included in the census of 1800 with a family consisting of 2 2 2 – 2 1 - 1 1 2. Elisha Kinne on 10 February, 1802, purchased a 150 acre farm in Canaan for $2500 from Samuel Potter. This farmland was bordered by the properties of Philip Frisbee, William Stranahan, Patrick Hamilton & Ezra & Oliver Cady. On March 29, 1820 Elisha Kinne obtained a small mortgage in order to purchase 7 acres of land in Canaan. In the description of this land reference is made to “a white pine? standing in the line of land belonging to Jereme Kinny…” Jereme Kinne signed this document as a witness. Also in the census of Canaan in 1820 was the family of Jeremiah Kenny, page 302. The ages of this family suggest that Jeremiah Kenny was married c 1805, and he & his wife had two children born before 1810 and two more born c 1810 – 1815. On 3 May, 1828, Jerome Kinney of the town of Lysander, Onondaga Co., paid $450.00 to Chauncey Betts and Mariah Ann, his wife of Lysander, for “All that part of military Lot number twenty seven of the original township of Lysander (and now town of Granby) being north half of subdivision number three of said lot.....containing fifty-one acres and fourteen hundreds of an acre of land...” This transaction was carried out two of years after Elisha Kinne Sr. died in Canaan. In the 1830 census of Granby, Oswego County, NY Jeremy Kinne & family are found with what appears to be three children i.e. 1 male of 5 & under 10; 1 female of 15 & under 20; 1 female of 20 & under 30. An older female, presumed to be his wife, was age 40 & under 50. Comparing Jeremy Kinney’s wife’s census age in 1820 compared to her age in 1830, it appears she was born c 1775-1780. On 14 January, 1839 Jerome Kinne and Mary, his wife, town of Granby, Oswego Co., NY sold 100 acres of land (reserving however, a small piece of ground occupied as a burying ground.)…” in the town of Canaan. This sale follows the death of Thankful Fitch Kinne in 1838. She was Jerome’s mother. Jeremy Kinney lived next to Elias Cady Jr in the census of 1840 in the town of Granby, Oswego Co., N.Y. His family consisted of 1 male of 5 and under 10; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 male 15 and under 20; 1 male, 60 and under 70; 2 females, 15 and under 20; & 1 female of 40 and under 50. The 1840 census includes a much larger family group than was previously listed in other census years. This raises the possiblilty that Jeremy’s first wife died and he remarried a widow with children of her own. Her name may have been Mary. No further information has been found concerning Jeremy Kinne's whereabouts after 1840. It is not known if he died in the 1840s or moved to a new location. Question – Does anyone have any family history or genealogy or further information on Jeremy Kinne’s children, the name of his wife or wives, and other family background? Such information would be very much appreciated as I am trying to determine of Jereme had a second wife, and whether perhaps she was Mary Jackson Cady who was the widow of William Cady, son of Elias Cady. Sincerely, David Rogers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/4723 Message Board Post: Anyone have any information on a Maloy family that lived in Copake circa 1850's? or earlier?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1631.1641.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Gail, Thank you Candy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/1631.1641.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Candy, I wish I could help you out, but this family isn't one of "mine" ... I'm basically just passing along information obtained and published by the Historical Society of the Town of Elba. If the information you seek isn't in that biography, I'm afraid I wouldn't have anything else to help you. Good luck with your search!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weeks William Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1631.1641.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Gail, I would love to talk to you please about this family? not sure if they are related to our John Wicks family. Thank you Candy [email protected] you may write me directly at my home if you choose.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/797.797.1.1 Message Board Post: Pierre Descomps dit Labadie moved to the Detroit area about 1730. He started a dynasty but the surname eventually changed to Labadie and the Descomps became moreor less obsolete. Look in the Labadie forums here and in genforum.genealogy.com. There you should be able to trace all you needto know

Hi folks, I had 2 replys to my query on Wills probated in Columbia County, New York. As a result I have an email address for a real live person back there. I live in Blue River, Oregon. Needless to say it would be hard for me to have a look at those old records. The second reply was to ask if I had any luck so the following in the luck that I had this morning (21 November 2006). First of all I called the number that was in the first email from Susan. Turns out that number was for the City of Hudson Criminal Court. Rose gave me the number for the City of Hudson Clerk who in turn gave me the number for the county clerk who couldn't help because while they have some wills most of them are recorded in the Surrogate courty. However she told me that I really should contact a title company who could look up the book and page number to speed things up. So she gave me a name and number for a title company. Those numbers are pasted in below. The gentleman I spoke with gave me an email address to write out what I was looking for since besides the will of my ancestor I would need the property that he settled on in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. So here are the useful numbers to save any of you good folks the time and expense of following the links. Bye the bye every one of these folks were pleasant to have spent time with by phone and seemed more than willing to go the distance for my in my search. Columbia County Surrogate court: 518 828-0414 Aaron Allers title searches 518 828-4351 [email protected] Hudson City Clerk 518 828 1030 Columbia County Clerk Phone: 518 828-3339 Daniel David Lewis Frommherz 4th great grandson of Amos Nahum and Hope (Haskins) King of New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York