I have just begun receiving reports that one of the largest buildings in Cazenovia, the old Crawford Mower Works, better known as the Canning Factory, the former GLF (Grange League Federation) and former Agway Mill, was destroyed by an explosion and fire today. Aside from being one of the last two major old mill buildings in Cazenovia Village (the 1834 Buyea hardware store is the oldest), it was one of my favorite research projects and was one of my favorite pieces of architecture. For those of you in Onondaga Co. you might find it of particular interest as at least the ground floor was the design of Syracuse Architect, Archimedes Russell. here are two links to my stories of the old building: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/Shorts/PaperMill.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/Shorts/CrawfordMower.html Dan W.

Searching for family tree of Maudia Romaine MIller b. 4/27/43 Cortland. Anne Johnson Potsdam FamilyFinder

Looking for information on the DAR Chapter of Cortland County. Does anyone know how to contact them annietown1@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

This AM, I've put online the first of 14 towns listed in the 1868-69 Business Directory for Madison County starting with the town of DeRuyter. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1868dir.htm Next will be the town of Smithfield. Tim Stowell

Hello list, I see that on the Courtland County web site that my 4th Great Grandfather, Rowland Lacy is listed in the 1810 census. I was hoping that someone on this list would have access to that census to tell me who Rowland's parents were. Rowland married Huldah Pratt in 1822...so I assume that in 1810 hw was still with his parents. Rowland died in 1846 and I believe that he is buried in Homer. I have yet to call the cemetery to confirm this. Please let me know of anyone out there can help with the finding of Rowland's parents! Jennifer Logan

John, What an interesting email on your mysterious Mary Donnelly. I have a Michael Donnelly in my family tree. He said (according to his Civil War papers) that his mother told him he was born on October 28, 1838 (she told him that there was no record of his birth anywhere) in "Clougharney" County Tyrone. (We are unable to locate anywhere by that name, but you mentioned a Bloughenney in Co. Tyrone, could that be the same place??) He was married to Rebecca McKenna, August 21, 1865 in St. John the Evangelist Church, Syracuse, NY. (No children & only one marriage for each.) He was the son of Peter & Betty Donnelly. (There is a Peter Donnelly buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Dewitt, NY with Michael, Rebecca & Bernard, Michael's brother, who also was in the Civil War, and Rebecca's parents James & Ann [or Nancy Campbell] McKenna. We don't know if Peter was his father or possibly a brother.) We have information that Michael also had a brother John Donnelly, who lived in Cincinnatus, NY in 1914, and in Cortland, NY in 1922. John Donnelly had at least two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Mudge & Mrs. Benjamin Underwood and a son, Hugh Donnelly, who all lived in Cortland in 1922. Specifics.... Michael Donnelly b) 10-28-1838 d) 2-19-1922, Syracuse, NY Rebecca McKenna Donnelly b) 5-26-1839 d) 11-27-1926, Syracuse, NY (birth date might possibly be 11-10-1840) Peter Donnelly d) 8-8-1880 Betty Donnelly everything is unknown at this time. Bernard Donnelly d) 5-21, 1914 in Soldiers home in Bath, NY Not sure if any of my Donnelly's are connected to your Donnelley's or not. Interesting anyway. In another area of my family tree, I have a Sophia Windhausen who married a William Kennedy for their second marriage each. They both died in Cleveland, OH, but are buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Syracuse, NY. (William d. 4-26-1949 and Sophia d. 3-10-1944.) When did your Mary Donnelly die and where? Anne Ruggeri Brewerton, NY

Dear Chenango, Otsego and Cortland listers ~ Just wanted to share a story with all the people that think they are never going to find their roots. I just found parents to my gggg grandfather Thomas SARGENT of Butternuts, Otsego Co. NY. He was b. 1773/74 in Boston, MA bp 1779 in Boston. A dear cousin in CA has been searching feverishly through old microfilmed church records in Boston about 1765-1785, and he finally found baptisms of both Samuel and his younger brother, Thomas Sargent of Boston. We found that the parents names were Samuel Sargent Sr, and mother Bethany Elizabeth (Smalledge) of the Second Church of Boston, and the New North Church of Boston. We knew this from a suggestion of a former Genealogist ancestor, but never could prove their relationship until now. The real treat for us was that with that information we also found record of who Samuel Sr.'s parents were too and his siblings! The Parents were Thomas Sargent and Elizabeth Tompson(Elizabeth was previously from church in Provincetown, MA) before Boston. This data is now taking us all the way back to 1700 in MA or a little before. This took us a long time with many of us working on it, and many of our previous ancestors could not accomplish this. So everyone please hang in there...It will happen eventually for you, I know it will. I became discouraged many, many times and also felt like giving up, but don't do it. Remember it takes perseverance. Please remember this story! Seven years or more we have searched. Sometimes Church records are the only hope, since my Sargents didn't seem to leave much of a paper trail, it was all we had. Good Luck to all. May you all be as lucky as I feel right now. Sincerely, Penny Kresl --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.265 / Virus Database: 137 - Release Date: 7/18/01

I am searching for information on the family of Calvin Gilbert found in the 1880 Town of Berkshire, Tioga County census: Gilbert, Calvin WM 52, laborer, NY, NY, NY Aurilla WF 51, wife, PA, NY, NY Herbert WM 20, son, NY, NY, PA Marvin C WM 15, son, NY, NY, PA Silas M, WM 8, gr son, NY, NY, NY This Gilbert family is also found in the 1855 Berkshire, Tioga County as: 1855 #42: Marvin Gilbert 27, S Orilla 26, Hiram W 6 Cortland Co Loranna F 4 Cortland Co Arthur B 1 Tioga Co And in the 1865 Berkshire, Tioga County as: Marvin 37 Sally 36 Hiram 16 Arthur B 12 Helen 8 Herbert E 5 Marvin C Jr. 5/12 The Gilbert were living in Cortland County between 1849-1851 as two children were born there. Marvin C & Marvin C Jr Gilbert are found in the 1887-88 Town of Berkshire Directory: 1887 - 88 Directory of Berkshire, NY Gilbert, Marvin C., laborer Gilbert, Marvin C. Jr., farmer 14 I find Arthur B Gilbert buried in the Marathon Cemetery (Gilbert Arthur B. 07/03/1925, age 71) and Marvin C Gilbert buried in Marathon (Gilbert Marvin C. 1909 age 53) Please contact: annietown1@aol.com if you have further info on this family. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

<< *Announcing* 8/3/01 Today is the debut of the Patriot Lookup Service on the National web site. The purpose of this new service is to assist the General Public by providing DAR Patriot Index information upon request. The service will be staffed by Volunteer Information Specialists (VIS) volunteers coordinated by Rose Mary Patterson (AZ). Current DAR members already have access to the Patriot Index from the Members' Web Site. We are now, for the first time, offering the general public a Patriot Lookup Service directly from our National web site. If you are a member of a genealogy list or forum and would like to share this information with them, please consider using the following announcement: Now Available FREE DAR PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE Do you think you have a Revolutionary patriot (male or female) in your family tree? The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots free of charge. This service is available at www.dar.org Sincerely, Susan Tillman National Chairman - VIS Committee >>

I was playing around with the 1880 census for Cortland and found something that might help Rice researchers, but I'm not sure what it means. Found a Lathael Thornton living in Taylor in 1880, born 1830. Right next door is a FRANK D. RICE, age 30. With a birthyear of 1850, that probably wouldn't be to be Franklin DeWitt Rice b. 30 Oct 1862 to Mervin Rice or his cousin Frank born circa 1854 to Joseph Rice. One or two years I could understand, but that many? What if there were 2 Frank D. Rice's in the area. Might clear up some of the confusion and help ID where people were from. I suspect he is also a desc. of the William Rice who married Theodosia Thornton, but how? I've enclosed the census listing so you might have a few more clues as to who they are: Census Place: Taylor, Cortland, New York Source: FHL Film 1254822 National Archives Film T9-0822 Page 231C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Lathael THORNTEN Self M M W 50 NY Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NY Huldah THORNTEN Wife F M W 35 NY Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY Annie THORNTEN Dau F S W 19 NY Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY Root THORNTEN Son M S W 17 NY Occ: Laborer Fa: NY Mo: NY Star THORNTEN Son M S W 14 NY Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY Lark THORNTEN Son M S W 8 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Cora THORNTEN Dau F S W 6 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Flora THORNTEN Dau F S W 4 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR Census Place: Taylor, Cortland, New York Source: FHL Film 1254822 National Archives Film T9-0822 Page 231C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Frank D. RICE Self M M W 30 NY Occ: Laborer Fa: NY Mo: NY Emma RICE Wife F M W 24 NY Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY Julia RICE Dau F S W 4 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Minnie RICE Dau F S W 3 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Mina RICE Dau F S W 3 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Jennie M. RICE Dau F S W 9M NY Fa: NY Mo: NY

Can anybody help? -----Original Message----- From: Message Boards [SMTP:Boards@Ancestry.com] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:31 AM To: vtitus@cox-internet.com Subject: Message Boards: My Notifications My Notifications Board : Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > New York > Counties > Cortland Subject : Cemetery in Cortland Co. Author : Nancy in Schenectady Date : 29 Jul 2001 9:22 PM Link : http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.cortland&m=301 The Message Board Administration Team

Seeking info on the family of James Blakeslee Church, born abt 1798 and lived in Marathon,Courtland Co., NY. James married Sarah Matthews. Their known children are: 1. Malachi Church, married (1) Celinda Wheaton (2) Loraine Harper 2. Sarah Jane Church married Sabine VanCuren 3. Helen married William Pellington 4. Judith married Ira Cooke Trowbridge Thank you, Donna Cuillard

Tim Stowell wrote: >I got to thinking of those whose occupations were other than farmer >and wondered how many of those occupations no longer exist or are >true speciality occupations today. Almost all of them are recognizable >even to us in the 21st century but there was at least one that I'm >not sure what it was the person did: ashery. Was this a what we call >a chimney sweep? An ashery ws a place that took wood ashes, from burning the forest or even fireplaces and stoves and, through a relatively simple process made potassium phosphate which was used for various things such as fertilizer, lye, soap making, gun powder, etc. The wood ashes were collected in tubs or troughs and water drained through the ashes. The leachate was then boiled in large pots and the dry powder was what is known as potash. General ashes from field and woods clearings (a mix of trees, with dirt and roots thrown in) produced general potash, but more refined wood ash, from hardwoods and usually generated in home fires or stoves and boilers produced a more desirable product called pearlash. Potash was one of the staple cash crops for the earliest settlers, who had to clear the virgin forests before they could plant wheat, corn and other crops. Samuel Forman's store ledgers (first store in Cazenovia 1793-1822) are full of accounts payed by ashes, orders for potash kettles, and related tools. For several decades as the state was being opened to settlers one of the primary exports to New York City on the rivers, the Western Inland Lock Navigation Canal and even the early Erie Canal, were potash and pearlash which were used in numerous applications by the city folk and then sent around the world. Nearly every farmer in the 1790s to 1820s relied heavily on wood ash for cash or to pay credit. Eventually larger central potasheries were opened. Asheries were not very common in the second half of the century as the local forests were cleared (nearly 90% in most areas). Also, phosphates were being mined in foreign countries and shipped to the US, and other parts of the country were supplying the wood ashes for their own local industries. In looking at the historic maps I found that there were still a few asheries in the region as late as 1859, with Lamphier's Ashery in New Woodstock, one in Fenner and one in Nelson. The 1855 Chenango Co. map also shows that there was one in Lincklaen at that time. By 1875 not a single one shows on any of the maps for my research area. The story of asheries in Central New York is fascinating as it drove a large part of the early economy. A good treatment of it is in Allen Taylor's "William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic." (1995, Alfred E. Knopf. New York, NY). Several good dissertations that I have read over the years are good sources but I can;t think of them off my head just now. Dan W.

Can anybody help? Vicki -----Original Message----- From: Fran mizer [SMTP:fmizer@nethawk.com] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 2:55 PM To: vtitus@cox-internet.com Subject: Looking for Truxton Village Cemetery H I am coming to New York this week and would like to know where Truxton Villate Cemetery Letter H is located for I am looking for Potter Ellen M. wife of Reuben A. and need to know what part of cemetery this might be located. Thanks, Frances Potter Mizer, a wonderful site fmizer@nethawk.com

Added today to the Chenango County site - Otselic Business Directory for 1869 - 70: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/69otselc.htm As this township borders Cortland and Madison counties there are many surnames that sound familiar and while the specific names may not be familiar to me, the surnames certainly are and having now studied central New York state for the last 5 years they seem like old friends. They are names that I've seen here on the lists, in cemeteries of the region, my own research or from the Wisconsin connections to central New York. Some of the surnames that stood out: Babcock, Beckwith, Card, Chesebro, Crandall, Dutton, Fish, Jacquith, Kenyon, Kinney, Lamphere, Messenger, Miner, Soul(e), Stanbro, Stearns, Tallett, Ufford, Wildman, Wolcott. I got to thinking of those whose occupations were other than farmer and wondered how many of those occupations no longer exist or are true speciality occupations today. Almost all of them are recognizable even to us in the 21st century but there was at least one that I'm not sure what it was the person did: ashery. Was this a what we call a chimney sweep? Tim Stowell

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Lynn has been a submitter on the sites for a LOOONG time so I wanted to pass this on to people who might have written her about her research. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: Bernard Ozinga [SMTP:Ozlynn@chartermi.net] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 7:10 AM To: NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDELAWA-L] DON"T OPEN ANY ATTACHEMENTS FROM ME - UNSUBSCRIBE ME FROM LIST I have gotten several messages from list folks saying they can't open my attachment, or that I have a virus that going around Rootsweb. My McAfee Virus Scan caught : W95/Badtrans.A@mm when it came in, and eliminated it, so it says, but apparently mail from this list sent to me, generates an attachement from me to folks on the list called "NEw Napster Site" or "You are fat" or M3Song or something similar, with a message that says "Take a look at this attachement". Wellll.....I haven't sent any attachements to anyone, hope that unsubscribing until someone comes in later today to try & get this out of my computer - McAfee says it's not finding any infected files, but they're obviously still there - Anyway, don't open any attachements from me, I apologize for your getting them - I'm not sending them, & hopefully unsubscribing until the problem is taken care of will take care of this! If anyone knows what to do to get rid of this, I'd like to know! Thanks! Lynda & B.J. Ozinga Ozlynn@chartermi.net ==== NYDELAWA Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Delaware County NYGenWeb Site lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydelawa ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Added last night to the Madison County site - a listing of the post offices and post masters for 1869 for Madison County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/post1870.htm Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

Thank you all who responded to my query about churches in Cortland: David and Dale; Loma; and A Kaybl. Thanks so much. Carol