I've added in several photos, a gedcom, and am working on a revamp of the Chenango site. I've started with New Berlin but several things, too numerous to mention have been changed, created or amended. Please explore the site and send me some feedback. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/ Tim Stowell Moderator Chenango County mailing list Coordinator Chenango County, NYGenWeb pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan

I am in the process of reworking the front end and toolbars for Cortland Co. GenWeb. I don't want to rush the changes in for the entire system at once, so I will be doing several pages every day. The names of the pages themselfs haven't changed, just some of the links have moved and/or been duplicated. The site should still be navigable. Vicki

This morning, I've added an index to the History of Richland County, Wisconsin dated 1884. Many surnames familiar to me that are also central New York state names appear here. You might wish to take a look at this - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirichla/hstyindx.htm I've not completed all the history yet but most of the names should be available for viewing. Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

I Want I want ancestors with names like Rudy Montagnard or Mechiznick Von Steuben or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not Mary Smith or William Johnson. I want ancestors who went to school, could read and write, purchased land, left detailed wills (naming a huge extended family as legatees), had their photographs taken once a year - subsequently putting said pictures in elaborate acid free albums with names, dates, and places. I want relatives who managed to bury their predecessors in established, still-extant (and indexed) cemeteries, with carved voluble and informative inscriptions on their headstones. I want family members who wrote memoirs, kept diaries, enlisted in the military, particularly officers who served in strategically important (and well documented) skirmishes. I want relatives who served as Congressional members, judges, councilmen, school teachers, county clerks, police officers, firefighters. I want relatives who had their children baptized in recognized houses of worship, "religiously" wrote in the family Bible, recording every little event and detailing the familial relationship of every visitor. I want immigrant progenitors to have arrived only in those years wherein passenger lists were indexed by the National Archives, to have applied for citizenship in those jurisdictions which have since established indices. I want relatives who were patriotic and clubby, joined every patrimonial society, kept journals, listed all their addresses, dated every piece of paper they touched and had paintings made of their houses. I want forebears who were wealthy enough to afford, and keep for generations, the tribal homestead and left all the aforementioned pictures, diaries and journals in the library. But most of all I want relatives I can FIND! ------------------------- Source: The Parkhurst Family Journal - Vol. 5, No. 1, Mar, 1999 - used by permission. With this short article, I wish to each and every one of you a blessed Holiday Season. Tim Stowell

Hello, I am sending a copy of a letter I have in my possession. This gives insight of blacksmith apprenticeship/ I am not sure who Frank was. He must have lived in Alfred. Albert's mother was Caroline Woolworth. She died Feb. 18, 1843 in Alfred Albert's sister Pamelia married Clark Cartwright from Andover Albert's brother John died July 30, 1887 John had two children Addie and Sarah ...they were still living after Jan 11, 1920 in Alfred..I would like to know when they died and where they were buried. I have Addie's Sunday School song book. Thank you Kathy Camp Letter-- from Albert G. Woolworth,Scott, NY to John Woolworth, Alfred, NY Leonard Woolworth--later married Eunice Stillman Babcock Hiram and Tacy Babcock Scott Jan 1st 2nd 3d 1840 Having an opportunity to write to you I will inform you that I am well & Leonard is well allso, I am at work for Hiram Babcock at ten dollars per month. Elias is at work for Gardner we have some good times, such as parties that are rite, after all I should like to see some of the people but I am contented while I stay in Scott. Hiram Gardner (maybe Hiram and Gardner) have desolved partnership we are all at work in the old shop at present, Gardner talks of working out by the month next spring. I shall come to Alfred next spring if circumstances and things prosper. John tell Frank that I should like to see him out hear we have debating schools and singing schools once a week. Leonard is doing very well at presant, as for myself I cannot say much, I can make a horse nail & shoe so not being well varst in writen. I shall go ahead as I can Hiram & Tacy would like to write some in this but I cannot have it in htis letter If Willmoth should my inquire about my rifle you may let him have it he has a chance to sell it I send my love to mother sisters & brothers & all inquiring friends, so it being late & my pen poor I shall close Albert G. Woolworth

Misread the date; thought it said 22nd. Must need a new pair of Glasses. Sorry about that. Vicki

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I have an Eastern Star booklet with the name "Wilma A. REDFIELD" engaraved on the front. The booklet has lots of names of committee members, officers, plus Eastern Star information for the Homer Chapter #222 in the years @ 1949-50-51 or more. Please contact me soon if interested in having it for the cost of postage from Indianapolis, IN. If there are no respondees then I will probably take it to the Cortland County Historical Society in early December. Jack L. EATON, Indianapolis J4777EA@aol.com Researching: ALEXANDER (NH,NY), EATON (UK,MA,CT,NY), INGLEFIELD (UK, PA), LYMAN (UK, MA, CT), McCLURE (IRE, IN), STRYKEN (NJ,MA?,NY), TRUMBULL (UK/SC, IN), WALKER (IR/SC, NY,IN), WILLIAMS

One thing I forgot: Chenango - a new section of Wills - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/wills.htm Tim Stowell host of Chenango, Madison counties

For the last couple of days: Chenango - remainder of the Obits listed - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/obits.htm - a couple of photos - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/photos.htm - map on the main page circa 1895 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/ Madison - remainder Old Burying Ground - DeRuyter - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/oburyng.htm More to come shortly! Tim Stowell host of Chenango, Madison counties

OK... I messed up...I'm sorry. Forgot to move the screensaver over when I did the pages. If you try again, it should be there. Vicki

Just wanted to be the first to wish everybody a happy holiday season. In the euphoria (madness?) of the season, I have created a holiday page on each of the Broome and Cortland Websites. Both are accessible thru the index page of their respective sites, but I thought I should also announce it here. About halfway down the page is a link to a screen saver I have created (Different ones for each site). The screen saver is a collection of jpg's of old postcards. Here are the links if you want to go there directly: For Broome Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nybroome/brprsent.htm For Cortland Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/cpresent.htm Again, just let me wish everyone a happy (and safe) holiday season. Vicki Hall Titus cc Broome and Cortland Co. GenWeb site

If anybody put in a query to the Cortland site in the last week or so, you might need to put it in again. For some reason, even though it looks like the mail form worked, the mail produced by the page on some of the days never reached me.... I know there is a problem because I entered one myself and it didn't come back to me. I've gone out to the site that does the mailings and set an option different and it now seems to work. So, if you put in a query, please check with me and see if I got it. Vicki

James Savage's book, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, is now online! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/state/savage/ -- Peace and Gentle Sunsets, Pam

I am new at this. So hear it goes. I am trying to find my grandfathers two sisters. One is WHITMARSH, Perry J. he was 65 yr. old in 1925 and his wife Emma L. WHITMARSH. The other sister was Julia, she married a gentleman by the name of Martin. In Cortland, NY. Her brother was Thomas Frances Kelley some times he went by Thos. F. Kelley. He owned a Restaurant in Syracuse, NY. I have just about given up hope in finding them. Any information would be most grateful. Thank You Dorothy e-mail dwhorn@swbell.net

>From a query response on the Chenango County list: http://www.sprague-database.org/ You may find your SPRAGUE ancestors there. Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

I have a photograph (8X10) taken in 1902 on the front steps of the school house in Pitcher, Chenango Co., NY. My mother wrote on the back all of the names that she knew several years ago (a few first names missing). See below for the list of surnames. The picture copies very well and would include the list of names by rows in the picture, if any researchers are interested. Since it is in a brownish tone, it copies best in color which is about $1.50, plus mailing envelope and postage. If interested or questions, send message to: J4777EA@aol.com AUSTIN, Leon BENNETT, Don CHANDLER, Louise COATS, Clinton COATS, (girl) COATS, (girl) COOK, Clarence COOK, Gladys CRAFT, Annie CRAFT, Clara CRAFT, Leah DAVIS, Roy DICKERSON, Karl DICKERSON, Paul EATON, DeForest Clare EATON, George Clinton EATON, Harry EATON, Walter John EATON, Willard FOX, Jack GATES, Nina GEER, Ellen HAKES, A. D. HAKES, Burr HAKES, Catherine HAKES, Harry HAKES, Lavinia HARRIS, (boy) HARRIS, (girl) LAW, Etta TAYLOR, Anna TAYLOR, Ralph TUTTLE, Dean Jack L. EATON Indianapolis Researching: ALEXANDER (NH,NY), EATON (UK,MA,CT,NY), INGLEFIELD (UK, PA), LYMAN (UK, MA, CT), McCLURE (IRE, IN), STRYKEN (NJ,MA?,NY), TRUMBULL (UK/SC, NY), WALKER (IR/SC, NY,IN), WILLIAMS (VA,KY,IN)

Vicki, I believe I have a complete record of the children of Reuben and Polly (Herring) Gridley. They weren't married until abt. 1814, so their oldest wouldn't have been tax age until about 1835. Deborah Gridley b. 1797 in Albany Co., NY, was the dau. of Curtis Gridley who is also believed to have settled in Virgil early. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Titus" <vtitus@cox-internet.com> To: "'M Archer'" <marcher@gfn.org>; <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <JLangw2826@aol.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 8:57 AM Subject: RE: [NYCORTLA] re: CUNNINGHAM, HERRING and GRIDLEY > Did one of Reuben and Polly's children include a Lewin Gridley? He appears on early records of Virgil. > > Vicki > > On Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:17 AM, M Archer [SMTP:marcher@gfn.org] wrote: > > The John HERRING on the list is: > > > > John HERRING b. Nov. 26, 1764 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, d. aft. 1840, > > poss. in MI, m. in Northampton area, Hampshire Co., MA, Mar. 26, 1785 to > > Temperance POMEROY. > > Their known children are: > > Polly b. bef. 1794 in NY m. Reuben GRIDLEY bef. 1814; Samuel b. 1797 in > > Cortland Co., NY m. Deborah GRIDLEY 1819; Nathan; Daniel b. 1800 NY m. > > Hannah E. CUNNINGHAM in 1828; Milton P. b. 1808 in Virgil, Cortland Co. m. > > bef. 1835 to Lucy J. PARKER b. 1816 in NY, of Virgil, Cortland Co; > > > > Marc in Michigan > > > > > > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Cortland County page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > >

The John HERRING on the list is: John HERRING b. Nov. 26, 1764 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, d. aft. 1840, poss. in MI, m. in Northampton area, Hampshire Co., MA, Mar. 26, 1785 to Temperance POMEROY. Their known children are: Polly b. bef. 1794 in NY m. Reuben GRIDLEY bef. 1814; Samuel b. 1797 in Cortland Co., NY m. Deborah GRIDLEY 1819; Nathan; Daniel b. 1800 NY m. Hannah E. CUNNINGHAM in 1828; Milton P. b. 1808 in Virgil, Cortland Co. m. bef. 1835 to Lucy J. PARKER b. 1816 in NY, of Virgil, Cortland Co; Marc in Michigan