According to the weather folks my town is in for a rough evening / night as tornadoes are popping west of us, supposedly the worst outbreak since 1997 and/or the weather event in the spring of 1993. Therefore, I may be off line until sometime Saturday or later depending on the results of the weather. I'm continuing work for all 3 counties and will add more material as I can. Taxes will probably get finished this weekend, so that headache will be over. Currently working on: Cortland - marriages for 1870-1873 listed in the Cortland County Journal. Chenango - a cemetery in Smyrna Madison - hmm As I'm at work pulling the shutters down for the storms, I can't remember anything off hand. For all 3 counties a new set of queries will be posted shortly. Later, ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell [email protected]

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Thank you From: "Pam Weil" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, April 7, 2006 11:51 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim, just want to thank you for all the history you given us over the years and also the laughs.......... It's so nice to be able to laugh when everything is not falling into place with our family histories. Pam

Since my last report of 4/2/06: Chenango County: Town histories of Pharsalia - 1880 History of Chenango and Madison counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1880hist.htm =============================================================== Cortland County: Nothing to report except that I'll be working on more marriage notices once the taxes are done. Well that's not exactly true, I have updated the info for the new Virgil town historian - Marsha Powell http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/townhist.htm All I have to do is figure out those lovely forms where you stand on one leg, hold your breath, divide by your hat size on Tuesday, your shoe size on Wednesday, how many liters will fill your gas tank if the tank is 3/4 empty and so on. :) ================================================================= Madison County: Chapter 39 - County societies - Medical; Agricultural 1880 History of Chenango and Madison counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1880hist.htm For such a short chapter it is chock full of names. ================================================================== Tim

I hope this information that I am about to share will reach all members of the following list. I have been butting my head up against a brick wall looking for a certain relative. All I knew at the time was his name, who he married and that it was after 1930, and that he died and was cremated with his ashes sprinkled over Niagara Falls. I could never find his date of death and my relatives most who are gone now didn't know it either. And can you believe that some of them thought it ridiculous that I was looking for "Dead People" as they called it. But when I did ask questions they were willing with what limited information they knew to give it to me. I did find out that my uncle was cremated and that it was in the winter. My cousin thought it might have been in 1955 -1960 because that is when they bought their house. So based on that I tried with another query to a certain list. I wrote down that he had been cremated and bingo! I got a reply that I didn't expect. Don, called it his "two cents worth" I called it a gold mine. Here is what he suggested. That since I knew for sure that my uncle was cremated in Niagara Falls and where his ashes were sprinkled, that I should call a crematorium. Don didn't think there were to many in the area so I shouldn't have to much of a problem finding one. So this is what I did. 1. went to yellowpages.com which is the business part of the phone directory 2. put in the word funeral, or cremation , the city, and state It then came up with a list of different funeral categories. Some were, supplies, others were services, others funeral parlors other crematories. 3. I found one crematory and called them. They didn't have a record of my uncle but suggested that I call another which I did. They readily gave me the information. Date of death, date of cremation and date that the mortuary got the ashes. They also told me that this particular mortuary was no longer in existence. When I asked if my aunt who died about 24 years later was cremated there they said yes and that her ashes were sent to another mortuary. They gave me that name and I called them. They were most helpful. They even read off to me her obit. I asked them about old records, hoping that they might be the ones that bought the mortuary where my uncle's remains had been taken. They had not but did tell me that when a mortuary went out of business there was no law that stated that the records had to be retained by the state or something. The only way the previous records would have been kept is if the business was sold to another. Which as far as I know in my uncle's case was not. I do hope this little bit of info helps at least one person out there. I am so glad that a fellow researcher thought about me calling a crematorium to get my answer. I would love to hear though if what I have said has been of any help in finding some ones dead brick wall. Joan Beebe Meddaugh searching, Hills, Swartz/Schwartz/Beebe/Lathrop, Scott, Wagner, Gardner, Edwards, and who knows maybe your family member as well I just might find reclining under my brick wall.

My apologies. My fingers had a mind of their own last evening. The birth year is 1744. Thank you. I will check that database out. Jean

The DAR 2003 Patriot Index p. 1905 indicates Nathan MORGAN was born 11-29-1744 in CT and died 12-23 1790 in NY. It also indicates he married Jerusha Benton. I checked my Barbour volume of CT Vital records for Preston, CT. There was a Nathan MORGAN born 29 Nov 1739 to Samuel Morgan and Elizabeth FORENSER or FOSTER. There was no marriage listed for Nathan MORGAN and Jerusha BENTON in the Tolland volume of the Barbour records. There was no marriage in the Preston volume. Did you contact historical societies in Preston and Tolland areas of CT to see what they have. I assume you have ordered previous DAR papers, but it sounds like they may contain mistakes. A book on the Morgans online at Ancestry (Line of James Morgan of Preston )said he married Jerusha Benton 1773 in Preston and settled in Scott, Cortland County New York soon after his marriage. Are you sure he did not serve from NY rather than CT? Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeanfish" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:56 PM Subject: [NYCORTLA] {NYCORTLA} Nathan Morgan in CT > Hi, > Does anyone know how I would find proof that my ancestor, Nathan Morgan b > 29 November 1790 in Preston,Connecticut. Lived there and was a soldier in > the Revolutionary War? He married a Jerusha Benton in 1773 in Tolland, > Connecticut.Somehow I need proof that he lived in Conn during the > Revolutionary war to jon the DAR. > > Thanks in advance for any help someone may be able to give me. > > Jean > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Jean, I tried to see how Nathan Morgan could have been born in 1790, but got married in 1773. Probably rocket fingers. At _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/) there is some information from Preston. One item I saw was Nathan, one of several children of Isaac MORGAN was baptized June 17, 1759. Jane does not have much on Tolland, but you can see her massive databases on various CT records. You might want to check out this site. Janece Carter Streig [email protected] _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jcstreig/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jcstreig/) "Genealogy is life in the past lane." Family Names: Amidon, Bogue, Buffington, Carter, Chapman, Darrow, DeHart, Dodge, Eaton, Elwood, Fairbanks, Fell, Firby, Grout, Hudson, Kelsey, McCracken, Mott, Painter, Reynard, Rodabaugh, Shottenkirk, Slaughter, Smith, Spencer, Stockdill, Swan, Trafton, Wollenberg, Wollenlurge, Woodbury, Wright, Wullbrandt

Hi, Does anyone know how I would find proof that my ancestor, Nathan Morgan b 29 November 1790 in Preston,Connecticut. Lived there and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War? He married a Jerusha Benton in 1773 in Tolland, Connecticut.Somehow I need proof that he lived in Conn during the Revolutionary war to jon the DAR. Thanks in advance for any help someone may be able to give me. Jean

At 08:35 AM 4/2/06 -0700, Marie wrote: >Tim and the list. > >How might I contact Merton Sarvay, the transcriber of The Cortland Democrat? It is my policy not to give out email addresses without permission. What I will do is pass your note along to him and leave it to him to contact you. Tim PS - There is a blurb about the family in the 18 Aug 1841 entry just above the 25 Aug 1841 one.

Tim and the list. How might I contact Merton Sarvay, the transcriber of The Cortland Democrat? I am interested in a transcript of the obituary of CHARLES JAMES LYNDE, which was in The Cortland Democrat on 25 August 1841. His wife was a daughter of ASA BABCOCK of Truxton, her name was not given, but she was among the survivors of the "Erie". My gggrandmother, LUCIAN/LUCY BABCOCK and her husband, WILLIAM D. HAKES lived in Truxton until about 1867-1868. Asa Babcock of Truxton had at least two other children, HENRY BABCOCK, age 19 and FRANCIS BABCOCK, age 16 (1850 US Census, Truxton, Cortland County, NY). I am hoping there is more information about CHARLES JAMES LYNDE and his family. I appreciate any assistance. Thank you. Marie Hurst Lewis [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYCORTLA] update 04/02/06

Since my last report of 1/1/06: Chenango County: Town histories of McDonough (2/23) and German (4/1) 1880 History of Chenango and Madison counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1880hist.htm 5 bios added in Feb. (Newton - 2, Payne - 2, Shepard) http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1898bios.htm ============================================================================ Cortland County: Homer Ave M E Church Directory with advertisements - 1918 - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/books/homerave.htm Cortland County marriages for 1845 listed in The Cortland Democrat: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/vitals/cd1845.htm Cortland County deaths for 1868 - 1871 listed in The Cortland Democrat and the same sort of information listed in The Cortland County Standard and The Cortland County Standard and Journal for the years 1867 - 1873: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/deaths.htm All this information is also available under the Town of Cortlandville: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/crtdvlle.htm Lastly, Chapter 17 of Smith's History of Cortland County - Secret Societies - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/smhist/1885-17.htm ============================================================================ Madison County: Nothing to report ============================================================================ The saddest part of my work on these sites is to have 'met' so many folks these past 9 years, to then see several to pass on, some it seems well before what we'd call 'their time'. Yet for those who remain, I'm continuing to add material for these counties as time, and in this year, health allows me to. I've been more or less sick since the end of December, with a chronic respiratory ailment that ebbs and flows so that the end result is I do what I have to - work, sleep, eat and computer time has had to of necessity fall by the wayside. Still I'm hoping in what remains of 2006 to continue my efforts to finish projects already started, start new ones. Ticking those off - Chenango - finishing the 1880 History of Chenango and Madison counties - Chenango portion. - 1860 census - Bainbridge - names / ages - contributed - 1850 census - Lincklaen (proofing and coding) - contributed - working on Book of Biographies - 1898 - 1800 census (which included Madison county towns) Cortland - finishing Smith's 1885 History, - finishing Grip's Historical View of Cortland - 1899 - working on the 1898 Book of Biographies - Town of Scott census (coded) (1830, 1840, 1850, 1880) contributed Madison - finishing the 1880 History of Chenango and Madison counties - Madison portion. - working on 1899 history of Madison county Perhaps a bit ambitious, but at least a goal to strive for and as I also host other web sites working on those as well. Tim

Death notices from the Cortland County Standard for the years 1870, 1871, 1872 when the newspaper changed its name during the year, and 1873. These are listed under the Town of Cortlandville. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/crtdvlle.htm Now it is time to stop and do taxes. More stuff to come. Tim

Added late Sunday - death notices from the Cortland County Standard for the years 1867-1869. These are listed under the Town of Cortlandville. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/crtdvlle.htm Tim

Hi, This may help: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi Marilyn and all, Since you are researching in so many counties in the area can you tell me what county these townships are in: Campbell, Teresa, Edmenton? Thanks, Tim

I am looking for the resting places for HOPKINS,Robert died 8-17-1829 and owned land in Preble that was later auctioned off. Also, Elsie HOPKINS widow of Robert Sr. Robert JR. seems to have disappeared along with wife Anne/Anna after 1840.??? Any help would be appreciated as after 15yrs looking at this brick wall,I'm desperate. Pam in San Diego

Theresa is in Jefferson County there is an Edmeston in Otsego County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [NYCORTLA] 1845 Cortland Census > At 12:54 PM 3/24/06 -0500, you wrote: >>I have viewed the 1825 and 1835 census for Cortland County in the County >>Clerks office. I would like to view the 1845 census for several counties >>in >>New York but it only exists for a very few places. Marilyn >>Marilyn Bess email [email protected] >>Researcher Bradford, Potter, Tioga, PA >>Chemung,Tioga,Tompkins,Schuyler,Steuben, NY > > Marilyn and all, > > Since you are researching in so many counties in the area can you tell > me what county these townships are in: > > Campbell, Teresa, Edmenton? > > Thanks, > > Tim > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >

Would someone please look up the Cortland County census for 1835 and 1845 looking for a girl born Nov 1827 (Harriet) with the family name Boies, Boise, Boice, or Boyce? I'd be happy to pay a researcher. If the little family information I have is correct, she was married 14 Feb 1846 in Harford to George Gorton Burlingame but I can't find her on a US census prior to her marriage. Thanks, Ralph Cheek Los Altos Hills, CA

Tim, The only Campbell I know of in New York is in Steuben Co. and was formed from the town of Hornby in 1831. Charmaine Charmaine Riley Holley [email protected] "...but hobbits have a passion for family history." - Tolkien Lord of the Rings On 24 Mar 2006, at 16:12, Tim Stowell wrote: At 12:54 PM 3/24/06 -0500, you wrote: > I have viewed the 1825 and 1835 census for Cortland County in the > County > Clerks office. I would like to view the 1845 census for several > counties in > New York but it only exists for a very few places. Marilyn > Marilyn Bess email [email protected] > Researcher Bradford, Potter, Tioga, PA > Chemung,Tioga,Tompkins,Schuyler,Steuben, NY Marilyn and all, Since you are researching in so many counties in the area can you tell me what county these townships are in: Campbell, Teresa, Edmenton? Thanks, Tim ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

At 12:54 PM 3/24/06 -0500, you wrote: >I have viewed the 1825 and 1835 census for Cortland County in the County >Clerks office. I would like to view the 1845 census for several counties in >New York but it only exists for a very few places. Marilyn >Marilyn Bess email [email protected] >Researcher Bradford, Potter, Tioga, PA >Chemung,Tioga,Tompkins,Schuyler,Steuben, NY Marilyn and all, Since you are researching in so many counties in the area can you tell me what county these townships are in: Campbell, Teresa, Edmenton? Thanks, Tim

Wondering who Arba Ogden b. 1854, living in Truxton, had as parents. I have his photo w/ a group of Smith family in about year 1900?. Found this photo in Cortland Co. Hist. Soc. Thank you. E.AOgdenCromer