This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: clifflamere33 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4934.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 4-5 years ago, I contacted the director of the Vital Records scection of the NYS Dept of Health. He told me that because of budget contstaints at that time, he would be unable to hire someone to do the job. And, due to the union contract he was unable to transfer someone from another job to do it. He jokingly asked if I wanted to volunteer to do it. Cliff Lamere 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: rtwhalen1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4934.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your input. When I first started writing my letters and asking other genealogists to write as well I had a scene from the movie Shawshank Redemption in mind where the main character, Andy Dufresne, decides to write to the state government for funds to create a new prison library. The warden told him they wouldn't do it but he decided to go for it and it eventually happened though it took over 6 years. With the wonderful bureaucracy of New York State I realize it would take an act of God or nature to get something like an online vital records index in a year. I have no delusions that this will happen any time soon but we must begin somewhere. I really don't think making the index available online would eliminate a source of revenue. You still need to write in and pay for a copy of the death certificate. The index only gives the name place and date. But regardless of the states current financial woes I think it would be worth our time to start now and maybe 5 or 10 years from now something would happen. Sometimes I think the gov't depends on our complacency towards the status quo. haha. Please write. 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: dlgizzi Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4934.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I totally agree with the sentiment and desire to make the records more easily and readily available. It would be wonderful if they were available online and searchable. However, considering the budget deficits facing the State of New York at the moment, I highly doubt they will take on an expensive project that would also eliminate a source of revenue. 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: rtwhalen1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4934/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello All I just wrote a couple letters to my State Assembly and State Senate representatives asking them to look into making the NYS Vital Records Index more available and preferably online. Several other states have done this and the index gives no more information than the SSDI already does. We've been paying 22 dollars per record for quite some time now and I think they've made enough to attempt a project like the digitization of the index. As always we can have more of an impact on our representatives with larger numbers so I would truly love it if my fellow NYS Genealogists wrote in to their representatives as well. 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: grharw Surnames: Might, Harwood, Andrew, Ambrose, McFarland, Harphant Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4933/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for info or obit on Fannie Harwood who was married to John Harwood and he was a Methodist minister in New Lebanon form about 1845 to 1859. Please contact me at grharw@gmail.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: cheryl7849 Surnames: Miller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4929.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Go to www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycolumb Click on link Table of Contents -then click on link cemeteries - then click on link Columbia Co. cemetery index - then click on link cemeteries in Columbia Co. - lastly, click on link for Reformed Church Cemetery, Claverack. There are many Miller's listed there. If you have a problem, email me at cpmalm@hotmail.com and I will try to help you. Good luck! 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: jngreiner Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4932.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much Cliff. This information is very helpful to me. I will see if I can find the book. Thanks again!!! 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: clifflamere33 Surnames: Holmes, Butler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4932.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: They were recorded in the marriage records of the Kinderhook Reformed Church, located in the village of Kinderhook. Arthur C.M. Kelly transcribed and published those records in 1986. 4.20.1831 Henry B. Holmes md. Harriet Butler Kelly gives each mg. an Item Number. This one was 1305. >From your information, it appears that they weren't married in the church itself. It might have occurred in the home of the bride's parents (not unusual) or that of a relative, which could also have been her own home. The church records did not mention the actual location of marriages. Jacob Sickles was the minister of that church from 1801-1835. This couple did not have any children baptized in the church. Nor were any baptized at the Columbia Co. Reformed churches of Claverack, Germantown, Ghent or Linlithgo (in Livingston), not the one in Coxsackie, Albany Co., NY. Cliff Lamere 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: jngreiner Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4932/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anyone local to Kinderhook Landing, NY that can do a lookup for me? I am in need of documentation on the marriage of Rev. Henry Bishop Holmes to Harriet Butler. I found a book that says they were married in Kinderhook Landing, NY on April 20, 1831, but that's all I've been able to find. If anyone has any information, I would be very appreciative! 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: V6668lsc Surnames: Weatherwax Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4931/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wish to announce a completely new Palatine family Genealogy entitled: The Weatherwax Genealogy 1710-1930Additional information is available on my Blog at: (weatherwaxgenealogyblog.blogspot.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: BecaMay Surnames: Ramage Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4930/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is there someone living in Hudson that would be willing to look for an obituary for a Elliot James Ramage died June 1975. Thank you very much. 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.

BecaMay, I'll see if I can find an obit Elliot Ramage in the Hudson papers at the community college. Chuck Traver -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 8:58 pm Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Elliot James Ramage This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BecaMay Surnames: Ramage Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4930/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is there someone living in Hudson that would be willing to look for an obituary for a Elliot James Ramage died June 1975. Thank you very much. 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dorothypaxton46 Surnames: Miller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/4929/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Claverack has listed a Miller family vault erected in 1830. Where can a listing of the Millers interred there be found? 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: DebbyFerris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/669.989.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How exciting! I would love to share info with you. Please email me at dferrisgen@aol.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.

As you said, it will be difficult to 'prove' who his father actually was unless I find a will, etc. Samuel's mother Elizabeth Hart, was the daughter of William & Elizabeth Hotaling Hart. They also had Rebecca and William Orin Hart. thank you for your reply. Carol Lamb ________________________________ From: James Harder <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: nycolumb@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 9:11:04 PM Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Query Hi Carol, Kelly's transcription of the baptism record you cited indicates the child was "unlawful" or illegitimate, so it's not surprising there are no other children born to this couple.  There are 2 possibilities in Kinship's area church records for S. Schultis: Sebastian bapt. Christ Luth. Germantown 1764, b. 6 Aug 1764 s/o Henrich Schultes & Maria; sponsor Bast. Loescher Note Bast. = Bastian = Sebastian.  Palatine genealogist HZ Jones has Anna Maria Loescher wife of Henrich Schultis bapt. 11 Jan 1732 d/o Georg Loescher, and Georg was son of 1710 immigrant Sebastian Loescher.  This couple had other children: Georg 1760, Johannes 1762, Anna Maria 1763 (all bapt Ch. Luth. Germ.), Eliesabetha 1757, and Philipus 1755 (bapt. Germ. Reformed). Jones doesn't show any Henrich Schultes born about 1730 and I didn't find a baptism for him. Bastian bapt. Germantown Reformed Ch. 5 Jan 1771, s/o Bernhard Schultes & Phronica (Veronica) Lescher; sponsors Bastian Jacobi & wife Cath. Schultes. Jones shows Veronica bapt. 2 Feb 1739 as the sister of Anna Maria above.  There is unconfirmed info that Henrich and Bernhard were sons of Johann Philip Schultheis who d. 10/22/1784 and Anna Maria Remagen.  I think it’s fairly certain that Samuel descended from this Schultis/Loescher group, but it may be difficult to clarify it. Jim ----- Original Message ---- From: Carol Lamb <cal41@verizon.net> To: NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, March 7, 2010 3:32:00 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Query I am looking for any information on an S. Schultis that had a son Samuel with Elizabeth Hart that was baptized on October 13, 1800 in Christs' Lutheran Church, Germantown. Sponsor was William Hart, probably Elizabeths' father. ------------------------------- 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       ------------------------------- 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tberry176 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/669.989/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Deborah I am sorry to reply so late to your 1999 message but I am just getting hooked on Ancestry.com now and my mother is a Kellyhouse. I believe David and Kate Kellyhouse were my great-great grandparents as they had a son, George, who married Evelyn Mary LaPlante and they, in turn, had a son Harvey W Kellyhouse who married my grandmother Bertha Thompson. Harvey and Bertha Kellyhouse had a daughter Barbara who is my mother. Any information you could share would be quite helpful as I am just getting started. Thank you. Todd 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: greererin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/95.1282/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on my boyfriend's family history. You stated that you had family related to Jeremiah Kingsley and Hannah Lillie. My boyfriend's grandparents on his mother's side are Kingsleys. Is there any info. you can give me on that side by chance? anything would be greatly appreciated. Erin Greer 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.

Hi Carol, Kelly's transcription of the baptism record you cited indicates the child was "unlawful" or illegitimate, so it's not surprising there are no other children born to this couple. There are 2 possibilities in Kinship's area church records for S. Schultis: Sebastian bapt. Christ Luth. Germantown 1764, b. 6 Aug 1764 s/o Henrich Schultes & Maria; sponsor Bast. Loescher Note Bast. = Bastian = Sebastian. Palatine genealogist HZ Jones has Anna Maria Loescher wife of Henrich Schultis bapt. 11 Jan 1732 d/o Georg Loescher, and Georg was son of 1710 immigrant Sebastian Loescher. This couple had other children: Georg 1760, Johannes 1762, Anna Maria 1763 (all bapt Ch. Luth. Germ.), Eliesabetha 1757, and Philipus 1755 (bapt. Germ. Reformed). Jones doesn't show any Henrich Schultes born about 1730 and I didn't find a baptism for him. Bastian bapt. Germantown Reformed Ch. 5 Jan 1771, s/o Bernhard Schultes & Phronica (Veronica) Lescher; sponsors Bastian Jacobi & wife Cath. Schultes. Jones shows Veronica bapt. 2 Feb 1739 as the sister of Anna Maria above. There is unconfirmed info that Henrich and Bernhard were sons of Johann Philip Schultheis who d. 10/22/1784 and Anna Maria Remagen. I think it’s fairly certain that Samuel descended from this Schultis/Loescher group, but it may be difficult to clarify it. Jim ----- Original Message ---- From: Carol Lamb <cal41@verizon.net> To: NYCOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, March 7, 2010 3:32:00 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Query I am looking for any information on an S. Schultis that had a son Samuel with Elizabeth Hart that was baptized on October 13, 1800 in Christs' Lutheran Church, Germantown. Sponsor was William Hart, probably Elizabeths' father. ------------------------------- 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: macmcomber Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/1655.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Am interested in the Ebenezer Andrews, probably born about 1695 in Taunton, MA. He is the son of Henry Andrews (~1659-1734) and Mary Williams (~1663-1718) of Taunton. Ebenezer perhaps married Faith ____. May have been the father of Henry Andrews (1718-1775) who married Mehitable (Shelly). According to "HENRY ANDREWS OF TAUNTON" by Josiah H. Drummond, 1897, Ebenezer is one of the 3 sons of Henry Andrews who is father of Henry (1718-1775), the others being John or Nathaniel. Just looking for more info to help solve this question. Mac 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: sydneyriddle115 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.columbia/2125.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. I am looking for a connection to my great great grandfather John Oscar Pitts b. 1836 in Ohio. Possibly his father is James Pitts who was also listed in the Ohio census. A marriage record for James shows his father's name was Joseph. I had received a clue that James was born in Columbia County New York to a father named Joesph. Going to the wills and testaments sections of ancestry.com, sure enough there it was under Joseph Pitts. I saw the Canadian connection and wondered because I have a Squires with Pitts DNA listed within 7 generations of a common ancestor. Her family was from the Newfoundland area around Bell Island. With the information you gave me, I don't think we are directly related, although I need to investigate the Pitts family in Columbia County New York more throughly. Do you have any additional information on the Pitts family in Columbia County New York? Thank you. Sydney Pitts Riddle 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.