Hi Pete, Have you had the opportunity to read the Lovejoy Family History by Clarence Earl Lovejoy. He has well documented the family back to 1460 in Buckungamshire, England to about 1460. My gr-rgandmother was Mary Ann Lovejoy, the daughter of Daniel Benjamin Lovejoy and Luerena Case. You can probably find the book in the library at Albany. If not, or if you have a question about it, I have a copy and I'd be more than happy to help out. It may take some time however, since it is really buried deep in one of the many stacks of documentation I have on the floors of multiple rooms and I'm not as spry as I once was. Below is a quote from my book "The Long Groat Line" which you can find on line at: http://www.thegroat.net/toc.htm RichardPeter GROAT, the son of Jacob P. Groat (145) and Jane Shufelt, was born March 29, 1822, and christened "Peter", May 18, 1822, at the Reformed Church of Claverack. This christening record is the earliest record found that used the spelling "G-R-O-A-T." While still an infant, he moved with his family to Newark in Wayne County in 1822. Better known as R. P. Groat or Peter Groat after completing school, he worked in his father's blacksmith shop. On October 28, 1847, at the Church of First Universalist Society of Newark, he was married by the Reverend J. J. Austin, to Mary Ann Lovejoy, the daughter of Daniel Benjamin Lovejoy and Luerena Case, born June 8, 1826, in Columbia County, NY. The Lovejoy family was one of the earliest to settle in Massachusetts with John Lovejoy (June 15, 1622 - November 7, 1700) landing first in Newbury in 1635, and settling in Andover around 1644. He is listed among the first 23 settlers in Andover. Clarence Earle Lovejoy has documented and published the Lovejoy family history, originating with Johannes Lovejoy, born about 1460, in the town of Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England). Happy hunting! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <OurRoots78@aol.com> To: <NYCOLUMB@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: [NYCOLUMB] Columbia County Museum >I am planning a trip to the Albany, NY area this weekend and hope to have > some time afterward to work on my family history. I am looking for > information about my Beckwith/Cady/Lovejoy ancestors in the late 1700's > and 1800's > in the Chatham/Canaan area. > > I have found a web page for the Columbia County Historical Society museum > in Kinderhook, NY and have sent an e-mail requesting information. > As a possibly less biased informant, what would I expect to find- church > records which might list baptisms, marriages and deaths, family > histories? > How complete are their holdings? > > Thankyou > > Pete Beckwith > (near Boston, MA) > > ------------------------------- > 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