This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cheryl7849 Surnames: Fingar/Finger Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/317.399.596.1322.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please clarify who Josephine Finger married - I may be able to help you 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: wani20 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4944/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From Cottage Cemetery: Compliled by Myrna J. Moss Delina (Adelia) Blackney daughter of Eldad Blackney Born 10-2-1819 died 9-19-1908 Perrysburg,Ny 88y 11m 17d died from heart. 2nd wife of Sylvester Gray. Slyvester Gray born 1828 d 1-22-1896 Perrysburg,Ny. **I Am not related to this family 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.

Loree, NY birth certificates began to be issued in 1881. Church records are the best source of birth information for 1834. An Episcopal church in Hudson was Christ Church which began about 1803. St. Mary's Catholic Church started in 1847, too late for you. You can contact Christ Church by using the following link to all Episcopal churches in Columbia County. http://www.albanyepiscopaldiocese.org/churches/columbia.html I could not find a website for the church. Cliff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loree wrote: >Would anyone have some advice for finding some proof of an ancestor's birth or baptism in Hudson, Columbia about 1834? I don't believe NY had records. It sounds like any Catholic church record keeping might not have begun until 1841. And I've not been able to find any history of an early Anglican church. > >My person is CHRISTIANA /CHRISTINA LANCASTER. She claimed her birth in Hudson about 1834. > >Her parents (James Lancaster and Mary Stock) had two children born first in Lancashire England before emigrating. In England, the family had marriages and baptisms in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican /or Church of England parishes. They might have used either in the USA. > >I think the family was only in Hudson for a short time, maybe arriving shortly before Christiana's birth. By 1840, the family had migrated to Taunton, Massachusetts. > >Any help would be appreciated. >Thank you. >Loree Muldowney > > >

Try the Columbia County Historical Society, they have lots of records there. Just Google them. Elsie (Scharpf) Saar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loree" <Loree@dc.rr.com> To: <NYCOLUMB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 10:00 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Birth /baptismal info in Hudson, c. 1834 > Would anyone have some advice for finding some proof of an > ancestor's birth or baptism in Hudson, Columbia about 1834? I don't > believe NY had records. It sounds like any Catholic church record > keeping might not have begun until 1841. And I've not been able to > find any history of an early Anglican church. > > My person is CHRISTIANA /CHRISTINA LANCASTER. She claimed her birth > in Hudson about 1834. > > Her parents (James Lancaster and Mary Stock) had two children born > first in Lancashire England before emigrating. In England, the > family had marriages and baptisms in both the Roman Catholic and > Anglican /or Church of England parishes. They might have used > either in the USA. > > I think the family was only in Hudson for a short time, maybe > arriving shortly before Christiana's birth. By 1840, the family had > migrated to Taunton, Massachusetts. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Thank you. > Loree Muldowney > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Would anyone have some advice for finding some proof of an ancestor's birth or baptism in Hudson, Columbia about 1834? I don't believe NY had records. It sounds like any Catholic church record keeping might not have begun until 1841. And I've not been able to find any history of an early Anglican church. My person is CHRISTIANA /CHRISTINA LANCASTER. She claimed her birth in Hudson about 1834. Her parents (James Lancaster and Mary Stock) had two children born first in Lancashire England before emigrating. In England, the family had marriages and baptisms in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican /or Church of England parishes. They might have used either in the USA. I think the family was only in Hudson for a short time, maybe arriving shortly before Christiana's birth. By 1840, the family had migrated to Taunton, Massachusetts. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Loree Muldowney

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stashali1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4942.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have no relatives in Craryville, but live just 10 minutes away in Claverack and was fascinated. Thank you! 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: Billgorp Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4943/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On May 14th, I am giving a talk on Dutch New York as part of the New York State Library's noontime programs. "Sex and the City: The Early Years" looks at the bawdy world the Dutch created when they settled in the Hudson Valley. Using art, literature and folklore of the era, the talk examines the libertine culture Europeans brought with them and how this culture fueled a rebellion of the common people against the rulers. This conflict, many historians argue, laid the foundation for the pluralistic, freedom-loving society that America became. In my novel The Mevrouw Who Saved Manhattan, I have painted a portrait of this world that De Halve Maen, Journal of the Holland Society, calls a "romp through the history of New Netherland that would surely have Petrus Stuyvesant complaining about the riot transpiring between its pages." The talk will be in the Huxley Theater on the first floor of the Cultural Education Center, home of the New York State Library, Museum and Archives, at 310 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY. It will run from 12:15 to 1:15 on Friday, May 14th. The program is free and attendees are invited to bring lunch. Bill Greer www.BillsBrownstone.com 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: aircaraccess Surnames: Crary Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4942.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Susan, you have made a huge contribution to my research, that's wonderful. Thank you so much! Scott 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: SMULVEY Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4942.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Scott, I did some research and here is what if found: from the book "Columbia County at the End of the Century" Published and Edited under the auspices of the Hudson Gazette, The Record Printing and Publishing Co., Hudson, New York, 1900, 2 volumes, Volume 2, page 737: "The Town of Copake" section: "Craryville, in the northwest corner of the town, was settled by Jacob Hagerman, who was the owner of nearly all the land comprising the village site. At one time the settlement was known as "Bain's Corners," from Peter Bain, who kept a hotel there and owned considerable surrounding property. In 1870 the Bain interests passed to Peter Crary, when the name of the place was changed to Craryville. It is a station on the Harlem Railroad." >From the book "Baptismal Record of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manorton, N.Y. 1765-1872 (Lutheran Church of Livingston), transcribed and indexed by Arthur C. M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York, 1971: Page 45, No. 959 (all spelling as found in the books) 1802; Humphry Crare & Helena, bt. Polly b. 11.6.1801, sponsors; Henrich Pest, Maria Pest. 48:1030, 1803 Humfry Credu & Helena bt. Sally b. 3.23, sponsors; Jacob Pest, & wife. 54:1162, 1805 Humphry Craoy & Helena bt. Betsy b. 8.27, sponsors; Matthias Trum, Elisabeth Trum. 58:1251, 1807 Humphry Cravy & Helena bt. Peter b. 4.2, parents were sponsors. 63:1360, 1809 Humfry Crary & Helena bt. Alexander b. 3.25, no sponsors. 76:1645, 1814 Humphry Crary & wife Rachel were sponsors to the baptism of Lyman Alexander b 2.15 son of Benjamin Killmer and Sara. 94:2033; 2.24.1821 Humphry Crary & Rachel Miller were sponsors to the baptism of Humphry b. 5.16.1820 son of David L. Conro & Sally (Sally is Humphry & Helena's daughter). So Helena dies after the birth of Alexander in 1809 and Humphrey marries Rachel Miller. (From the same book.) *** 91:1972; 2.13.1820 Humphry Crary & Rachel bt. Parma b. 8.22.1819, no sponsors. This is most likely your Palmer. 94:2039, 4.8.1821 Humphry Crary & Rachel bt. Catherine Eliza b. 2.24, sponsors; Henry Hoot, Betsy Wagner. 182:3965, 6.4.1843 Humphry Crary & Rachel bt. Helen b. 8.20.1826, no sponsors. MARRIAGES >From the book "Marriage Record of 4 Lutheran Congregations of Southern Columbia County, N. Y., by Arthur C.M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York, 1974. In St. Johns Lutheran Church, Manorton 2:34; 4.4.1819 David Conroe & Sally Crary. 3:69, 12.29.1821; John Proper & Polly Crary. 9:310; 5.11.1839; John Caldwell & Jane Crary. 11:357, 10/7/1843 Jacob Miller & Lena Crary. They baptised Demier b. 7.20 on 12.17.1844 in the Mount Pleasant Reformed Church, Greenport. From the book "Baptism and Marriage Records of the Reformed Churches of Ghent, West Gent, Mount Pleasant, and Stuyvesant Falls" by Arthur C.M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York 1972, Page 48, No. 2028. >From the book "Settlers and Residents" Volume 3, Part 1, Town of Livingston, 1710-1899", by Arthur C. M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, New York, 1978: Page 135, List of Familes visted by Rev. Edwin Helmes, 1828 Humphrey Crary is listed. Number in Family (7). Page 154; Recorded Deaths; St. John's, Manorton: 12.29.1851, Humprey Crary, 72y (Note: Also buried in Manorton Cemetery). Page 154; 10.23.1850; Helen Crary, ch. mem., age 24 y. Page 174, Gravestones - Manorton Cemetery Crary, Hellen, dau. of Humphrey & Rachel Humphrey. Death; 10.22.1850, age 23-2-2. If you go to my UsGenNet website at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/ you will find a lot of information on Crary. Also try Google Books, I did a search for Humphrey Crary genealoyg and there is a book entitled "Genealogy of the descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass." which mentions the birth of Humphrey son of Nathan Crary and Sarah Palmer April 23, 1781. Hoping this helps some. Susan 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: topper7 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1716.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert and Harry may have had another brother, Theodorus (Dorus) Flint who also lived in Sidney, Delaware County. In the 1850 census, living with Theodorus and his family is a Dorothy Flint, 75, b. 1775 in CT. Theodorus was born Jan. 3, 1801 in Columbia Co. 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: aircaraccess Surnames: Crary Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4942/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to Palmer Crary's obituary, Craryville was named after him. I am seeking his parents. It should go back to the Crary family of New London County, Connecticut. Palmer Crary b: abt 1820 was a New York City tugboat captain, owner of the Black Ball line of boats. He was born in Columbia County, NY. Possible parents are Humphrey Crary b: 1781 and Helena. Possible siblings include Peter b: 1807, Humphrey H b: 1815, and Alexander H b: 1809. Daughters are Marion E Hartell b: 1850, and Catherine Crary b: 1857, a possible son is Edmund C Crary b: Aug 1848. Possible grandson is Palmer Hartell Crary b: NYC 30 June 1877. There is a connection to the Crary line that married into the family of the steamboat inventor Robert Fulton. I'm trying to pin down the exact nature of that connection, whether direct or indirect. Thanks. Scott Robertson 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: normcarol17 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/317.399.596.1322.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi my great grandmother was Josephine Finger. She married Josephine Finger Sept 1852 in Church of Holy Cross, Albany, NY Don't know who her parents were. Carol 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: judegleason Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4935.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joan, Did you have any luck with your deed search? Several years ago I was told that early Columbia Co. deeds were destroyed in a courthouse fire, so I've never tried to look for any early 19th c. deeds that would be helpful. I'm interested to hear how you made out with your search. 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.

-----Original Message----- From: nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nycolumb-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:56 AM To: NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Records of Early Baptisms done in New York This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: canuck91 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.co lumbia/4861.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I really appreciate you going to the trouble of looking up the information for me. I am going to have to look up about 'Kinship Books', as they are new to me. So much out there if you only know where to look. :) Thank you for your kindness, Have a great day! 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. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCOLUMB-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. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.51/2052 - Release Date: 4/10/2009 6:39 AM

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Responding to message 6: If Susan Eastwood Skala died in the 1940s, that is long enough ago for the death certificate to be available from the NYS Dept of Health. If she was born in 1878, she probably married about 1895-1900. You could get a better estimate by finding her in the 1930 census, which states the age at first marriage. When did Frank Skala die? If it was before 1960, it could be in the NYS Dept of Health vital records as well. If you'd like information on how to obtain these vital records documents, feel free to ask me. 1930 census has a Susan Skala, 51, a widow, living in Queens, New York. She has children Frank, 27, Roy, 22, and Agnes, 18. Too bad -- her age at first marriage is not stated. You say she died in the 1940s, so that's where the vital records index search would begin. Let's see what the 1920 census tells us. It tells us that Frank died before 1920. Here is Susan J. Skala, widowed, head of household, living in Chatham, Dist. 21, Columbia, N.Y. She is 41. In the household are Leon F. son 21 Martha C. dau 20 Charlotte J. dau 18 Frank son 16 Muriel L. dau 15 Leroy R. son 1 Roland son 10 Agnes S. dau 7 In 1910 in Patterson, Putnam Co., N.Y., Susan's husband Frank was still alive and they had been married for 13 years, about 1897. Frank head 32 Susan wife 31 Leon son 12 Martha dau 10 Charlotte dau 8 Frank son no age Muriel dau 5 Leroy son 2 Roland son 5/12 All were born in NYS. Frank's parents were born in Bohemia. 1900, in Patterson, We learn that Frank Skela [sic] was born Dec 1876 Susan was born Nov 1878 and had had 3 children, 2 living Leon was born in Jan 1898 Mattie, probably Martha, was born Dec. 1899 1880 -- there are Frank Skala listings, but they are in the Midwest rather than NYS. Nancy Johnsen Curran Schenectady, N.Y.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: adeens Surnames: Murch Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/530.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks! I appreciate the info. I only mentioned "possibly" because I'm not sure yet if this Alvin Murch is my ancestor, or if it's another. My family never had any record of Regina Travers. 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: tomvote Surnames: MURCH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/530.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "and (possibly) served in the 128th NY infantry." History of the 128th, page 236, shows Private Murch, Alvin G. of Clinton. Mustered in Company C, 4 Sep 1862 (along with Murch, Charles J. of Clinton) Alvin was captured 19 Oct 1864, that would be the battle of Cedar Creek. Have him as mustered out,12 Jul 1865, so I guess he survived the prison in Salisbury NC? Not sure. Also Joshua Murch of Clinton joined company C on 14 Jan 1864. Book is available on Google Books. 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: canis1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4941/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Capital District Genealogical Society will meet at the Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Colonie Off Wolf Rd near Macaroni Grill (Note different location than usual) Saturday Apr 24, 2010 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. The computer group will meet at 1 P.M. The computer group is an informal demonstration by one of our members of sites and tips to use on your computer Special interest groups:German group meets at 12:00, Irish group at 12:30 The topic for the meeting will be Searching Land Records: Tips, Tricks and Tools of the Trade The speaker will be John Gearing Please join us!The meeting is free and open to the public. 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: Dorristx Surnames: ROBERTS-SILVERNAIL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4940/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking information , obituary, descendants of Delbert & Wm Roberts, sons of Charles & Abbie (Silvernail) Roberts of Columbia Co. N.Y.,to update Silvernail family history. 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.