Is there anyone on the list who knows anything about Zephaniah PARKER? He was married to a Philinda ? They are on the 1850 census report in Cortland Co. with four children: Fernando, John, Almira, and Zephaniah, Jr. In 1860 Philinda is living in Waushara Co., WI married to Timothy SPAULDING with children Fernando, John, Orris, and Sarah PARKER as well as a couple of SPAULDING children. An Abel PARKER of NY is living next door. I am trying to locate a child of Solomon PARKER who died in Cortland Co. in 1850 (moved there by 1815) whose name is mentioned in the administration records with siblings. It looks like Sphonia PARKER but I think that this child is a male and Zephaniah is as close to this as I have come. Charmaine Charmaine Riley Holley [email protected] "...but hobbits have a passion for family history." - Tolkien Lord of the Rings

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_258111338.html Tim Stowell Moderator Chenango County mailing list Coordinator Chenango County, NYGenWeb pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan

I have a copy of two published notices of Hopkins Reunions, ca 1951/52. I have been researching this family for several years and would appreciate some input on some of these names and how they are related. Some of them I know, others are unfamiliar. McGraw 4th annual reunion of the descendants of Jerimoth & Delia Hopkins was held at the hom of Mr & Mrs Harris Stanley at Killawog. Officers elected: Pres Mrs Clara McIntyre of Groton V P Mrs Hazel Parker of Marathon Sec Gerald Allen of Whitney Point Tres Mrs Ruth Brown of McGraw reported: 1 birth: a dau to Mr & Mrs Donald Smith 3 marriages: Miss Mable Kruger to Franklin Underwood Miss Lois Elwood to Robert Cornelius Donald Smith (no mention of who he married) 1 death: Mrs Martha McMahon of Marathon Reunion to be held following year at the home of Mr & Mrs Charles Kruger at Hoxies Gorge Those present: Mr and Mrs Clifton Parker, Mrs and Mrs Christopher McMahon, son Christopher Jr, daughter Betty, Mis Martha Eaton, Miss Iris Courtney, Mrs Margaret McMahon and Earl Harrington of Marathon; Mr & Mrs Emory Gregory and Gerald Allen of Whitney Point; Lewis Finn of New York City; Mr and Mrs Robert Cornelius and Ronnie Elwood of Cincinnatus; Mr and Mrs Franklin Underwood of Blodgett Mills; Mrs Amie Smith, son Dale, Mrs Ruth Brown and Mr and Mrs Junior Shippey of McGraw, and Alpha Ticknor, Ivan Ticknor, Mr and Mrs Harris Stanley, son Charles and daughters, Evelyn and Donna of Killawog. McGraw 5th Annual Hopkins Reunion, Descendants of Jerimoth & Delia Hopkins held at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Kruger of Hoxies Gorge. Officers Elected: Pres Mrs Clara McIntyre of Groton V P Mrs Alice Gregory of Whitney Point Sec Gerald Allen of Whitney Point Tres Mrs Ruth Brown of Marathon Mr & Mrs Thomas Shippey offered to hold the reunion the following year. Those present: Mrs Clara McIntyre, Mr & Mrs Carol Jennings and daughters, and Robert Jackson and family of Groton; Mr & Mrs Leroy Brown, Mr & Mrs Charles Kruger, Mr & Mrs Chris McMahon and family, Mrs F G Underwood and Mr & Mrs Harris Stanley and daughter, Marathon; Dr & Mrs E I Gregory and Gerald Allen of Whitney Point; Ivan Ticknor of Killawog; Charles Shippey of Aurora; Mr & Mrs William Shultz and family of Syracuse; Wayne, William and Robert Hulslander of Cortland and Walter Shippey, Mr & Mrs Thomas Shippey, Sandy Falso, Mr & Mrs Junior Shippey and Mrs Ami Smith of McGraw. Anne _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Seeking any info on the SIGNOR line or any family that are related to this surname. Heading for St. Lake City next week and would like to re-enforce the CT genealogy that is in my files. The SIGNOR's entered the States back in 1710 and in the early years were located in NY, CT and PA before some moved westward in the 1820's and 1830. Willing to exchange info on this line. Appreciate any information provided. Alan alan malz [email protected] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Hi, On 8 Sep 1847, Orrin PHILIPS married Sarah BARKER. They married in Homer. Does anyone have any information on her BARKER family? I note five Barker families in Homer in the 1840 census: BARKER Albert BARKER David E. BARKER Lawton BARKER Peter BARKER Stephens Thanks for any reply. Carol

Since my last report of 8/21/05: Chenango County: Nothing new to report - working on 1907 history of New Berlin ============================================================================ Cortland County: Remainder of the index of Grip's of Cortland - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/books/gripcort.htm Multiple years of marriage records as reported in Cortland Democrat and Cortland Standard - 1840, 1841, 1842, 1844, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/crtdvlle.htm OR http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/crtdvlle.htm ============================================================================ Madison County: Brookfield contributors to the 1880 history of Chenango and Madison counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1880asst.htm Lots of genealogical information - that spills over into the surrounding counties - Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, Onandaga, Oneida - perhaps others. Tim

Posted as a query on the Cortland County site and sent to these lists in order to broaden the approach for this veteran: The Cayuga County Veterans Office, Auburn, NY is trying to locate a relative of Stanley PARKS who was killed in action during World War II. His mother was Nancy (ALLEN) PARKS who lived at 39 Mildred Ave., Cortland. His bother's name was Harley PARKS. We are trying to locate a picture of Stanley for our World War II Memorial Book to be published by Veterans Day 2005. Nancy's sister was Mrs. Stella FORD of Madison. Please help us to honor this veteran. Thank you. [email protected] - Georgianna Tracy Tim Stowell [email protected] Chattanooga, TN

Is there someone who has the Pioneer History of Camden who could look up the following for me? Wright Skinner pg. 262, 263, 264, 536 Thanks a bunch:) Charmaine Charmaine Riley Holley [email protected] "...but hobbits have a passion for family history." - Tolkein in Lord of the Rings

This is in todays Suburban "Cortland-Ithaca" Shopper Community News CAN YOU HELP? The Directors of Willow Glen Cemetery Association are interested in developing a mailing list for the cemetery. We need your help. If you have relatives buried in the cemetery, please write to the address below. You can use email also. Tell us who you are, who is related to you and buried in the cemetery, and what your relationship is. This will allow us to update our email list for cemetery news letters. The information we would like is listed below as well as the contact information for the cemetery. If you are willing to help with this project, state that also. We pledge to keep your information private. Your help is greatly appreciated. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: i. Your name ii. Your mailing address iii. If you have an email address, give us that as well iv. Names of the people you are related to in the cemetery v. How you are related IE: John Doe is my grandfather PLEASE WRITE TO: WILLOW GLEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PO Box 299 Dryden, NY 13053-0299 OR EMAIL TO: [email protected] Tim Stowell [email protected] Chattanooga, TN

Since my last report of 8/5/05: Chenango County: 8 new cemeteries in the Town of Greene - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/greene.htm ============================================================================ Cortland County: Working on broken links. Changing out email addresses from old to new ones for James Knapp and Vicki Titus to James' new address and/or mine. Reworking some pages as well. I believe I've just about finished this process. Will now work on reorganizing the web site to hopefully make it easier to navigate. 2 new cemeteries in the Town of Willett - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/willett.htm Begining of the index of Grip's of Cortland - A and B only at the present time http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/books/gripcort.htm Continuing work oo Smith's 1885 history, Congregational Church of Homer and new items in the works. ============================================================================ Madison County: Other than to continue cleaning up Dan's sites, nothing to report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This past week and the week to come as school starts a new year will keep me away from my computer as we go to a 75 hour work week. I'll work to squeeze in what I can, trying to tie up some loose ends and send more material to the transcribers - whom I've mostly caught up with - except for the items that have prescription bottle print on them and take a long time to proof. As to what else I spend my time doing - I played with a new program this past week to enable the creation of thumbnails (series of small pictures one can choose from to then see the larger image) - the results which are here: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/chatham/images/ads.htm - for Savannah, GA. Tim

Hello, I am looking for any history on these people. Washington was born July 12, 1821 and married Hannah Bullock July 3, 1844. Would like to find his death date also. Their son David M. Gilbert married Anna Hough, she was a sister to my 2nd great grandmother Julia Hough. They were divorced by 1900 after getting married December 2, 1896 in Fort Benton, Montana. If anyone has anymore information on the Gilbert family I would appreciate it. jamie

Since my last report of 7/28/05: Chenango County: Working on broken links. ============================================================================ Cortland County: Working on broken links. Changing out email addresses from old to new ones for James Knapp and Vicki Titus to James' new address and/or mine. Reworking some pages as well. Also see Madison county report below. ============================================================================ Madison County: Dan's personal and Cazenovia sites have had broken links fixed. Continuing work on same. His personal site now located at http://www.geocities.com/wskttn/index.html His Cazenovia, Fenner and Nelson site will remain at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/ Additionally - added to the 1899 Madison County history Chapter 21 - history of Smithfield and Fenner - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1899-21.htm Lastly, most of the week took the proofing and coding of the rest of the Grip's book on the town / village of DeRuyter published in 1900. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/gripdryt.htm This volume contains items of interest of genealogical interest, information regarding various businesses in and around DeRuyter including a number of interests in Cortland county. The advertisements at the back of the book are about 1/2 in Cortland county. Tim

First off in the for what its worth department - received from a correspondent - 7/26: The diaries I have were written by AVERY MAINE / MAIN who lived in CLARKVILLE (BROOKFIELD), MADISON COUNTY, NEW YORK. I will be auctioning them off on eBay as I finish reading through them. The first two diaries have been listed - here are links to the auction listings. Please watch my eBay auctions as I will be listing the other diaries written by Avery Maine in the upcoming weeks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7339005740 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=7338827158 ============================================================================ Since my last report of 6/25/05: Chenango County: 1880 History - Chapter 12 - Newspaper history of Chenango County http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1880-12.htm ------------------------------------------------------- Beginnings of a railroad history for central New York: Starting with the Central Valley Railroad that went bust fairly quickly tying the town of Smithville in debt for 25 years paying off bonds on the long gone rail line. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/rrhist.htm ------------------------------------------------------- Several more bios from the 1898 bios book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/1898bios.htm ------------------------------------------------------- Skillman Cemetery - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/skillman.htm ------------------------------------------------------- 3 more pages of the 1860 census for Bainbridge: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/census/1860/bainbridge/1860bnbr.htm ============================================================================ Cortland County: Homer Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church directory circa 1918 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/homerave.htm ============================================================================ Madison County: Changing the main page around to place sites that our friends dearly departed used to host for Madison county material. Along this line I've been working on Dan's personal and history/genealogy sites. The place I had placed his personal site seems to have gone over the edge, so I'll have to look for a new home for that. I've been working on fixing broken links and/or link changes due to making this move. This past week, Dan's widow sent me a cornucopia of material both in paper and digitial form for both sites. Tim

Hi, If you know anything about the Women's Land Army (aka the Farmerettes) who came to Cortland to work on local farms during WW II, please let me know. Many thanks, Karen Seibert Cortland, NY

I am researching Edmund O'Connor, born about 1832, Cork, Ireland. Information we have so far: He is listed as a farmhand for Daniel Duncan, Homer, in 1855 Cortland County Population Census (was this a N.Y. state population register?) Declaration of intention, Homer, Cortland County, 1855. He is listed as Edmond Connors at this time. Affidavit stating that Edmond Connors in the 1855 declaration is the same person as Edmund O'Connor, applying for homestead in Big Stone County, Minnesota, 1885. Edmund and his wife, Margaret Dinneen were married in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1860. They lived in Minneapolis until they moved to Big Stone County, Minnesota in the 1870's, to Graceville, one of Bishop John Ireland's Catholic Colonies. Some correspondence by another relative suggests a relationship between Edmund O'Connor and the O'Connor families of Homer and Truxton, namely John O'Connor, including Marcella O'Connor Dwyer and Patricia O'Connor O'Donnell, C. Leonard O'Connor, and John D. O'Connor. I have found several of these people in Fedral census records but have nothing beyond 1930. A relative spoke with some descendants of Cornelius O'Connor and Bridget Halloran/O'Halloran of Cortland County and received some information about the Halloran family. I am trying to establish a relationship between the two O'Connor families, those who settled in Minnesota and those who remained in Cortland County. I know the above information is somewhat sketchy, but that is what I have at the moment. Is anyone on the list familiar with any of the above families? Joan Dwyer Minneapolis, Minnesota

The LDS Church has some microfilms, but there doesn't seem to be anything for Cortland County. Gloria Lester >>^. .^<< Title Mortality schedules of the United States census, 1850 - 1880 (New York State) Authors United States. Census Office (Main Author) Notes Microfilm of originals and transcripts at the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. Includes the names of persons who died during the years ending June 30, 1850; June 1, 1860; June 1, 1870, and May 31, 1880. Some information overlaps on films. For census of New York City, 1870, there is a section where the names of the deceased are recorded by month of death and then grouped by first letter of the last name. The months are intermixed and are not always in alphabetical order. Names for New York City and Brooklyn in the 1880 census are listed by month of death.

Gloria, Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately Ancestry doesn't have NY State data yet. Does anyone know if this information is available on microfilm anywhere? Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:41 PM Subject: [NYCORTLA] Federal Mortality Census Index > > This is from Ancestry: > > Part of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1850-1880 included a mortality > schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. > Because each of the censuses from 1850-1880 began on June 1, "previous > year" refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June 1 (of the > previous year) to May 31 (of the census year). > > Gloria Lester >>>^. .^<< > > > ==== 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 > >

This is from Ancestry: Part of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1850-1880 included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. Because each of the censuses from 1850-1880 began on June 1, "previous year" refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June 1 (of the previous year) to May 31 (of the census year). Gloria Lester >>^. .^<<

Is there a Mortality Index for the 1900 Cortland Co census? Even with the help of researchers at my local family history center, I was not able to find a reference to this. Thank you.

I second that thank you, but also want to add thanks for keeping Dan's site online & helping with it.