Does anybody on the list ever use a PDA or web enabled phone to access the net? If so, please contact me. I know that Web enabled phones have their own language, but I don't know about PDA's. I think they can use regular pages. If there is a large amount of phone-owning users, I will start to set up a sub set of the site for them also. (say that 3 times fast) <grin> Vicki

If the weather will play nice, I plan to be visiting Chenango and Madison counties the week of March 19th. I'll be driving up from Tennessee on Saturday/Sunday the 17/18th. I plan to see what few relatives I have left among the living - and a good section of those on the other side. I've not been to New York since the fall of 1994. I'd love to meet some of you if possible. If anyone from these lists would be interested in such, please contact me privately and I'll see what we can work out. Tim Stowell list moderator host Chenango and Madison county, NYGenWeb sites

I'm pleased to announce that James Knapp has just been made the Assistant County Co ordinator. He has been a wonderful help to me in the past and I'm sure will continue to do so in the future. Vicki Hall Titus CC Cortland Co. GenWeb

I don't know how close any of you are to this, but I thought it might be interesting to attend if you are close. On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 22:18:40 -0600 SUE KNOST <SKNOST@email.usps.gov> writes: This is an abbreviated informational copy of what was sent to the newspapers. I wanted you to have the same information too. Civil War Weekend at Guilderland Public Library highlights history, women's achievements, and music of the Civil War era March 9 - 11, 2001. Friday night Mar 9 at 7 pm: Major General Henry Slocum at Gettysburg Saturday Mar 10 from 10:30 - 4: NY Women of the Civil War Era (see below) Sunday Mar 11 2 pm: Civil War Music 77th NY Balladeers ** All programs free and open to the public ** EVENT: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - Free Day long program DATE: MARCH 10, 2001 TIME: 10:30 AM TO 4:00 PM PLACE: GUILDERLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY 2222 WESTERN AVE , GUILDERLAND NY 1/2 MILE WEST OF INTERSECTION RTE 155 AND RT 20 PURPOSE: An educational event highlighting the accomplishments of women in New York State in the Civil War era with a focus on the Capital Region. Learn some surprising connections to modern history! SPONSORS: Capital District Civil War Round Table of Albany NY Guilderland Public Library COST: Free and open to the publice - registrations required (due to fire codes) HOW TO REGISTER (required for compliance with fire codes): Send name and # of attendees to Email: CDCWRT@yahoo.com Phone: Call Guilderland Library/Reference Desk at 456-2400 ext 7 US Mail: Conference, CDCWRT, PO Box 14871, Albany NY 12212 FOR MORE INFORMATION: WEBSITE: www.timesunion.com/communities/cdcwrt Click on Calendar of events and scroll to bottom PHONE: Reference Desk at 456-2400 ext 7 ADDITIONAL INFO: TWO MONTH-LONG DISPLAYS ON WOMEN'S HISTORY AND THE NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED GILDER- LEHRMAN EXHIBIT ON THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY HOURS 10 - 9 MONDAY - FRIDAY 10 -5 SAT 12- 5 SUN

It has been some time since I posted this list, but things always change everyday...I am searching for the parents of my ggg grandmother Lovina SEVERANCE Howe..... b. 14 February 1824 in NY (according to census records) the birthdate is from a very old book my g grandmother had made in about 1920. The reason I am posting here is because on the IGI somebody has a Lovina Severance daughter of a John SEVERANCE and Melvina DUTTON....same birthdate as my Lovina in Truxton, Cortland County...except my book was made by my great grandmother prior to the IGI. Any ideas....anything familiar? Thank you much, Christine Matha "A genealogist must have the patience of Job; the curiosity of a cat; the stubborness of a mule; eyesight of an eagle; be blessed with the luck of the irish and the stanima of a camel to go long hours without food or drink." (the Herald, vol. 18, no. 3 & 4; 1995)

To the person I hope was on this list. Go to http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnycav2.htm#20th This site will give you the history of the 20th Cavalry. Also a GAR Post was an organization for civil war vets (something like the American Legion of today). GAR mean Grand Army of the Republic which is what the Army was called during the war Jim W.

For the last 24 hours or so, Rootsweb has been viewable. I didn't want to write earlier, because I thought some measure of time should pass to prove that the system should be stable for a while first. However, I can't do any updates and the GenConnect system is still down. Vicki

Thank you to everyone who recommended the Cortland Historical Society. That seems to be the concensus of opinion, and I'll contact them. Libby Saxby :-)

I've started to move the pages over to the new mirror site, but thought I better send the address while the mail list was still working... Just in case it goes down too. Anyway, the address is: http://members.nbci.com/vhtitus98/mirror2/index.htm Vicki

Rootsweb send out the following notice last night: Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased performance and reliability for future growth. Thank you for your patience. --The RootsWeb Staff This will involve the rootsweb site and the GenConnect screens. The Broome Mirror site, though incomplete, will be available at: http://members.nbci.com/vhtitus98/mirror/index.htm I will attempt to come up with a mirror site for Cortland by the time of the outage. Vicki Hall Titus CC Broome and Cortland CO. GenWeb

Libby / Vicki My recommendation for a limited time research project would be the Cortland County Historical Society Museum. 25 Homer Avenue, Cortland, NY 13045 (607) 756-6071 I have recently started using thier resources / references and found many good leads / information. They have a considerable size library and the attendants have been very helpful. You tell them who and what your looking for and they can almost over whelm you with material. Check thier open hours. There is a fee for research time, but actually very reasonable. I have resently became a member, anticipating the time I will spend there. Hope this helps. Jim Naylor --- Vicki Titus <vtitus@cox-internet.com> wrote: > Do any local people have a suggestion for someone > who has only 1 day to spend in Cortland so they can > make the most of their research time? > > Vicki > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Libby Saxby [SMTP:libby1@san.rr.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:52 AM > To: NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYCORTLA] Saxby research > > I'm going to be in the Cortland area in July for one > day. My husband's > Saxby family were in Solon in the mid-1800s. What > would be my best > chances of getting any information? I'm wondering if > it would do me any > good to go to the county courthouse, or will I find > the same information > at the library in Albany? I'll be there also, for > two days. Thanks for > any help. > Libby Saxby :-) > San Diego, CA > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > ===== James Naylor Locke, NY email: jcn8@yahoo.com Naylor, Doran, Grant, Underwood, Jankins, Dorwood, Torrey, Walrod, Platt, Wood, Miner, Porter, Grey, Tuberville, Johnson, Crouch __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Do any local people have a suggestion for someone who has only 1 day to spend in Cortland so they can make the most of their research time? Vicki -----Original Message----- From: Libby Saxby [SMTP:libby1@san.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:52 AM To: NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYCORTLA] Saxby research I'm going to be in the Cortland area in July for one day. My husband's Saxby family were in Solon in the mid-1800s. What would be my best chances of getting any information? I'm wondering if it would do me any good to go to the county courthouse, or will I find the same information at the library in Albany? I'll be there also, for two days. Thanks for any help. Libby Saxby :-) San Diego, CA ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

I'm going to be in the Cortland area in July for one day. My husband's Saxby family were in Solon in the mid-1800s. What would be my best chances of getting any information? I'm wondering if it would do me any good to go to the county courthouse, or will I find the same information at the library in Albany? I'll be there also, for two days. Thanks for any help. Libby Saxby :-) San Diego, CA

Well, actually...I need information about this website .... http://www.cnyric.org/history/cortland/fsbarry/s_fsbar.htm It is a wonderful (!) webpage by a Mrs. Wright's classroom in "Cortland City". It has a photo story they did about their old poorhouse. One problem....can't find contacts on the website. Another problem....can't find a Cortland City in my usual lookup sources. Could someone please check this out for me? I would like to feature their work on my website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com Any assistance will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

Now that the Smith's History project is starting to wind down, it's time to announce the next project for Cortland Co GenWeb - In the past few years, there have been several efforts to recreate the missing 1890 census. This usually involves directories from that time frame being posted along with the 1890 veterans listing. That is going to our next big project. (A note of thanks here to Jack E., who found the 1889 directory for me). The first step will be to get the directory online. If you wish to volunteer to help with entry for the project, please check the Available sections listing at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/dir1889.htm and then e-mail me with the sections you would like to have sent to you. Soon as I get a town or two built, I will be adding the dir1889 page to the directory front end page. Vicki

The Cortland Co. Historical Society could probably answer your question. Here is a link to Historical Society addresses in NYS. http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-ny ----- Original Message ----- From: "shearer1" <shearer1@gateway.net> To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 1:12 PM Subject: [NYCORTLA] Baptist Church records > Does anyone know if any Baptist Church records exist for Truxton or Solon > for before 1835? The LDS has some filmed that I've found in both towns, but > no marriage records. If anyone has done any church research in that area and > give me any hints as to how to begin, I'd really appreciate it! If anyone > happens to have access to such records and has time to help me find some of > my Graves ancestors in Truxton after 1820 (and before 1835), that would be > really wonderful! > Thanks, > Meg > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Does anyone know if any Baptist Church records exist for Truxton or Solon for before 1835? The LDS has some filmed that I've found in both towns, but no marriage records. If anyone has done any church research in that area and give me any hints as to how to begin, I'd really appreciate it! If anyone happens to have access to such records and has time to help me find some of my Graves ancestors in Truxton after 1820 (and before 1835), that would be really wonderful! Thanks, Meg

Hello All: I have just finished up a very interesting little project that is sort of a test case for what it is I have been working towards for the past 20 years. I have taken the 1800 Town of DeRuyter Census and have figured out where everyone listed lived (or actually all but 10 families). The list is not long, but by using all the land records I have been working with I was able to find the lots on which people lived and therby figure out the route that the census taker followed. What made this a great test case is that although the 1800 Town of DeRuyter included some 100,000 acres and the present towns of DeRuyter, Georgetown (both in Madison Co.) and Otselic, Lincklaen, German and Pitcher (in Chenango Co.) there were very few people living there. There were only 68 households (two were bachelors living alone) with a total population of 290 individuals. When I did my research I found that not one person was living within the bounds of the present towns of Georgetown and Otselic and that the vast majority of the other towns were still wild lands (other areas to the north and south were well on their way to heavy settlement). This area, even today, is poor land and sparsly settled, but what I found was even more strikng than I expected. There were definite clusters of settlement, principally along the rich lands of the valley bottoms, along the banks of the Otselic River and upper branches of Tioughnioga Creek. These places that were occupied by 1800 were the places that became small settlements and which still survived today as small rural communities, including the Village of DeRuyter, Quaker Basin, Lincklaen, Union Valley, North Pitcher, Ufford Corners, Pitcher and German. Some families did lived in isolation from the rest, several in scattered valley-bottom situations, but three families lived on very high ground at the tops of ridges. This latter situation is puzzling unless they were thinking to escape the sickly lowlands or they had purchased their property without having seen it and were still trying to eek a living from the poor and stoney soil. Please stop in my pages to take a look at some of the work I have done. Go to the main page, then to "What's New?" and check out the DeRuyter Census pages. I have tons and tons of other material, so have fun and browse to your heart's content. The little search engine has finally been updated too! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/ I'll be away for a few days, but please feel free to drop any questions or comments to me - I'll be happy to see what I can find (or fix the goofs that you find!) when I get back on-line. Dan W.

Got this from my Simonds mailing list. There aren't too many NY areas registered yet, but it does list Mi state records, and A LOT of NY people went to MI. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: BLnLLWHITE@AOL.COM [SMTP:BLnLLWHITE@AOL.COM] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:54 PM To: SIMONDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SIMONDS-L] Obtaining a vital record Cousins, Think this may be of interest to some of you. VitalChek Network has an Internet, voice and fax network setup to help people get a certified copy of a birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certifice and other vial records. VitalChek provides the information on how to obtain a vital record from VitalChek's listing of participating agencies. http://www.vitalchek.com Betty White Santa Barbara, CA

>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:51:09 -0800 >From: chrisa@aracnet.com (Teri Andersen) >To: NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: {not a subscriber} NY Newspapers on microfilm > >Pat, > >Here's a site that might help you find a newspaper: > >http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/pickcoun.htm > >I have ordered some of these through my local library. >However, I have also found that not all of them are >available through interlibrary loan. Also, I think there >was a charge for some, but not for others. (But I can't >remember for sure.) Good luck! > >Teri Andersen >Tigard, Oregon > >