Thanks, Cliff from a Californian who has learned alot about Columbia Co from your website! It has been always interesting reading, even though have never been able to locate info on my Barkers or Lusk who were there early 1800s. Appreciate what must be HOURS of your time to make this available to others so much. Regards, Suzanne McCormick Wade

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miller Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1705 Message Board Post: Tough time finding anything on James E. Miller in NY; wife is Mary D. Miller, son is Charles W. Miller. 1870 census states they were born in NY, but moved to Lee, MA before 1868; ages are 45, 41, and 16 years old, respectively. 1868 birth of my ggrandfather, William Albert Miller in Lee, MA Family moved before 1901 to Lansing, MI; birth of Russell James Miller , my grandfather. William Albert moves family to Los Angeles, CA in early 1900's; This is a tough one. I need to find documentation on James, Mary, and Charles Miller. How do I find these ancestors?

Cliff, Congrats! Speaking as a visitor, your site has given me vital info on my early Son family. I appreciate your effort. Sarah Beattie Colorado

Cliff. Congratulations!!! You have helped everyone of us many times over amd your very hard work is much appreciated by so many. Keep up the good work! Bonnie Cliff Lamere wrote: > My website is one year old today. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who contributed records and articles for me to post, and all of you who have made use of the site. > > I have been amazed at the response. When I originally set up the hit counter, I thought it would take 2-3 years, maybe longer, to reach 1000 visits, so I set it to read a maximum of 999. It didn't take long to realize that I had underestimated how many people would be using the website, and I had to change the counter to be able to record a higher number. As I write this, the site has been visited 22,700 times in its first year, even though the site covers only a small geographic area. You can see how wrong I was. > > I have spent a seemingly endless amount of time improving the website during the past year, but I have also learned more than I thought possible about local history, genealogy, websites and the internet. And I have met a lot of great people along the way. > > Cliff

I am interested in corresponding with anyone with information about the Myer line of Columbia County, early to late 1800s. This line descends from SIMON JOHNSON MYER, b. 1787, d. 1826 and burried in Claverack, and his wife CATHERINE SHULTIS, b. about 1790 and d. 1878 also burried in Claverack, Dutch Reformed Church cemetery. They had many chhildren who also had many children, probably originating in Germantown and migrating to Claverack. Simon & Catherines children include JOHN A., CORNELIA M., PETER TEN BROECK, ROBERT BEEKMAN MYER and KATHERINE RUTH MYER BEARDSLEY. My gg grandfather, SEBASTIAN M SHULTIS, b. 1835 is somehow a 1/2 brother of these children. Some of the later generations relocated to Saugerties, Woodstock etc. Bob Vredenburgh

My website is one year old today. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who contributed records and articles for me to post, and all of you who have made use of the site. I have been amazed at the response. When I originally set up the hit counter, I thought it would take 2-3 years, maybe longer, to reach 1000 visits, so I set it to read a maximum of 999. It didn't take long to realize that I had underestimated how many people would be using the website, and I had to change the counter to be able to record a higher number. As I write this, the site has been visited 22,700 times in its first year, even though the site covers only a small geographic area. You can see how wrong I was. I have spent a seemingly endless amount of time improving the website during the past year, but I have also learned more than I thought possible about local history, genealogy, websites and the internet. And I have met a lot of great people along the way. Cliff

Father Dennis Hughes, a Roman Catholic priest, recently wrote a long response to an email sent to him by Patti Smith. Realizing its value, she sought and received permission to post his response to the Rensselaer Co., NY mailing list. I also realized its value and asked what she would think of my making it into a webpage for other people to view. She thought it was a fine idea and contacted Father Dennis who, by the way, is quite interested in genealogy. He revised what he had written and sent it to me. It is now on my website. Father Dennis describes what information you can expect to find in the following kinds of records: Baptisms, Confirmations, First Communions, Marriages and Deaths. In his own clear style, he also gives a great deal of additional valuable information. If you are searching for any Catholic relatives, you should read the whole webpage. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Ch/CH-CathParishRec.htm Cliff

Kinship Books, Rhinebeck, NY has published all the local church records. They might do look-ups for you, probably for a fee. They have a web site. Frank

More information; Loretta may have been the daughter of Jacob and Peggy Rose. Both of whom where born in Columbia Co. about 1792

about a month ago you gave me a real mystery.re. 1850 and 1860 census for jacob dungan. the children are in suceesion for 1842 to 1858 for both census, but no repeats. could children have left the household by age 12? also in 1847 son of jacob and MARCELLA died. jacob andJULIA came to nyc in the early 1870s and julia died in 1947 listing her mother as mececilia pendlton and father jacob dungan. the 1850 and 1860 have same ages for parents and same occupation for jacob. any clues? we always heard marcella was native american. virginia

Dear Peter Wilde: E-mail me if I can help you any further Best regards: Roland Wildey roem2@aol.com

Hi: Griffin Wilde/wildey/wylde, son of Thomas & Sarah Griffin, 1743-1817 married Anna Bishop b 1746 d.1822 of Boston, Mass. They moved to Kinderhook NY and then on to Schenectady County NY. Records of his located in the Old Dutch Reformed Church of Kinderhook. Buried in Cemetery near Mariaville, Schenectady County. I do not believe he was one of the founding fathers of the Hillsdale Church but one Wilde/Wildey was but I do have that information in my files. May I ask what other information you may need? Best regards: Roland Wildey

Seeking information, esp. death date, or burial place of Isaac Halstead/Hallsted who lived in Austerlitz, Columbia Co. in 1846.

Hi Debbie, I have posted on Cliff Lamere's website and article on where to find records at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Misc/MI-ColCo-Recs.htm Mt. Washington was Taconic [sic] in 1752 and was west of Sheffield and ran into Livingston Manor in New York. I have a 1752 map I will send to you off list as an attachment. I have a few names of the Dutch settlers in that area from the book "The History of Great Barrington 1676-1922" by George Edwin MacLean. What names in particular are you looking for? Regards, Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debra Winchell" <dldove@earthlink.net> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 12:06 AM Subject: Town of Washington > I just looked at the records for the Town of Washington on the Berkshire > County usgenweb page. They seem to start late in the 1700s. Weren't > there people living here before then? I know it was part of the land > disputed by New York State at the behest of Robert Livingston and > Massachusetts and the border wars included people living on the land in > dispute. If there were people living here before the earliest dates > officially recorded, where would I look for the vital records? Also, > does anyone know who the Dutch families were who were supposed to have > been living there when the first English people came? > > Thank you very much. > > Debbie Winchell > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Carole, I don't seem to have anything on him. I see several Williams. Do you have any more info like who he was married to or anything that might be a lead?

Kinderhook Columbia County Historical Society might be able to help you.

Sorry, I don't have any more info than that. I'm looking for Drum/Drumms & someone just made a note of anything they found. Do details.

American Ancestry, Columbia County on line at : http://distantcousin.com/other/ny/columbia/index.html gambler15@webtv.net wrote: > do you know of any lashers from vermont and new york in the early to mid 1800's??? a frank lasher who had a daughter lydia lasher??? she was born in cornwall vermont. thanx.

I know this string. Joseph came from Berlin, at least that is the oral history. Holtmeier relatives from his Vogel marriage live in New Jersey today. I can give you the whole relationship string. Please contact me at 73404.103@compuserve.com.

Seeking for the Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Records for the 1800's, need several individual searches done, any suggestions? If So, Then - Hotalingz@Yahoo.com Michael Hotaling Hotaling Family Association, Researcher