Chenango County - Sections A, C, J and P of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 16 of 23 sections now online. 5 more pages (200 persons - 40 families) of the 1850 Bainbridge census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/census/1860/bainbridge/1860bnbr.htm ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters D, P and Q of the 1850 Alpha Census listing http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm Another cemetery contribution soon. ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. About 2/3 the book is now online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Surnames: Peck (with a link found to even earlier heritage), Coley, Stanton, Estes, Scott, Pollard, Lamb, Abbott, Elmore, Gibbs, Taber. ========================= Only an extremely light dusting of snow to report. :( Tim

Chenango County - Sections D and F of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 12 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters W - Y of the 1850 Alpha Census listing There are no X's or Z's. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm Update to Lookups page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/lookup.htm ------------------------------- Madison County - Hawks Cemetery - Georgetown http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/hawkscem.htm ========================= Switching gears for a few days. Tim

Chenango County - Sections D and F of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 12 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters W - Y of the 1850 Alpha Census listing There are no X's or Z's. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm Update to Lookups page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/lookup.htm ------------------------------- Madison County - Hawks Cemetery - Georgetown http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/hawkscem.htm ========================= Switching gears for a few days. Tim

In the town history section of my web site I just added town histories for the following towns in Courtland County, New York Marathon Solon Taylor Truxton Virgil Willett These are smaller than a lot of the other 118 towns that I have online for New York, but larger than most of the 200 plus for Maine. This completes what I have for Courtland County, 4 complete for New York. I should be adding more for other areas of New York soon. http://www.rays-place.com Cheers Ray Brown

I found a BUCK family in Cortlandville in the 1850 census that I cannot place. Philander or Gilbert Philander are names that have turned up in the descendants of Ebenezer Buck and Thankful BALDWIN of New Milford, CT., so I would not be surprised if this Philander BUCK is from the same CT line of Bucks. Some of their descendants ended up in Camillus, Onondaga, NY and some went on to Lorain Co. Ohio. Researching the 1850 census for Central New York Bucks I found the following on Philander BUCK who was a physician in Cortlandville, Cortland County, NY. Since he was a physician, I wonder if anyone did a write-up in any of the biographical books that were common around 1890 to 1900. Summary of Philander BUCK - 17 Jan 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ Name: Philander BUCK Sex: Male Birth abt 1786 in CT Marriages/Children 1. Lurana [BUCK] Marriage Children Orion J. BUCK (abt 1824 - ) Urania BUCK (abt 1826 - ) Sally M. BUCK (abt 1829 - ) Mura BUCK (abt 1831 - ) Hester A. BUCK (abt 1837 - ) Philander BUCK Jr. (abt 1839 - ) Sources 1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Washington D.C., National Archives microfilm publications), Cortlandville, Cortland Co., NY, p. 368. Please let me know if anyone can place this family. Margaret Scheffler [email protected]

Chenango County - Section AA of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 10 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters I - J of the 1850 Alpha Census listing Lots of JOHNSON and JONES http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm ------------------------------- Madison County - Letters P - Q of the 1899 History Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/1899idx2.htm ========================= Tim

After, I sent this I realized that I had not added the County for Hector township in PA. It is Potter County. There is not Hector County in PA Thank you. Marilyn The only public record that I have found of the woman that I am searching for is on the second marriage application of her only known child. Martha Adeline Hibbard Shaver Mattison known as Addie. In 1905 in Stueben county, NY , Addie married George Matison. On her marriage application she says her parents were Hiram and Charlotte Chandelier Hibbard. Charlotte may have been born or lived in Yates County, NY. In checking the marriage licenses of all of Addie 13 children it is agreed that she was born in Sunderlinville, Hector, Potter County, PA. Family tradition says that Hiram Hibbard was killed in the Civil War. It may be that Charlotte is dead by 1880. In 1880, Addie is living in Michigan with her first husband Frank Shaver. They are living next to Frank's parents, John and Juliette Chase Shaver. Any and all help and suggestion will be appreciated. Thank you in advance Marilyn Bess

The only public record that I have found of the woman that I am searching for is on the second marriaage application of her only known child. Martha Adeline Hibbard Shaver Mattison known as Addie. In 1905 in Stueben county, NY , Addie married George Matison. On her marriage application she says her parents were Hiram and Charlotte Chandelier Hibbard. Charlotte may have been born or lived in Yates County, NY. In checking the marriage licnses of all of Addie 13 chidlren it is agreed that she was born in Sunderlinville, Hector County, PA. Family tradition says that Hiram Hibbard was killed in the Civil War. It may be that Charlotte is dead by 1880. In 1880, Addie is living in Michigan with her first husband Frank Shaver. They are living next to Frank's parents, John and Juliette Chase Shaver. Any and all help and suggestion willbe appreciated. Thank you in advance Marilyn Bess

Chenango County - Section K of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 9 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Working on another section of the 1850 alpha listing ------------------------------- Madison County - Several more pages of the New Woodstock history. Half the book is now online. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/madison1/nwdstock.htm Another page of the Brown family index. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/gedcom.htm ========================= Been fighting off a bad sinus headache, so my production today was down. For those bothered by the frequent updates, they will slow down. Tim

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Marian HINDS which was taken at the Breese Studio in Cortland, New York. I believe that she was probably a student at the Cortland Normal School when the photograph was taken at the school's name also appears on the back of the photograph. I'm guessing that the photograph was taken in the 1880's and that Marian was in her 20's at that time. I'm hoping to locate someone from Marian's family so that this treasure can be returned to them. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Herman R. RYDER which was taken at the Hyatt & Tooke Studio in Cortland, New York. I believe that the photograph was probably taken in the early 1890's and that Herman may have been a student at the Cortland Normal School at the time. I'm guessing that Herman was in his 20's at the time the photograph was taken. Based on limited research I do find Herman R. RYDER b. 31 Aug 1869 at Pompey, NY to parents Henry Delos RYDER and Mary R. TINSLAR. Herman R. RYDER died 28 October 1948, location unknown. I'm hoping to locate someone from this RYDER Family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Geo W. ALLEN of Cortland, New York which was taken at the Hyatt & Tooke Studio in Cortland. I believe the photograph was probably taken in the early 1890's and that Geo was probably in his 20's at the time. He may have been a student at the Cortland Normal School at the time it was taken. I'm hoping to locate someone from this ALLEN Family so that this treasure can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Addie WALWORTH of Cortland, New York which was taken at the Hyatt & Tooke Studio in Cortland. I believe that the photograph was taken in the 1890's and that Addie was probably in her late teens or early 20's at the time. She may have been attending the Cortland Normal School at the time it was taken. Based on limited research I find Addie Frances WALWORTH b. 21 Nov 1868 at Cortlandville, NY the daughter of Nelson WALWORTH and Clarisa PIKE. Addie married Asa Nicholas STARR on the 22nd of April 1896 and she died on the 29th of Dec 1932. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that this wonderful old family treasure can be returned to family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Jennie C. WELLS which was taken at the G. I. Pruden Studio in Cortland, New York. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Jennie looking to be in her late teens or early 20's at the time. Jennie may have been a student at the Cortland Normal School. I'm hoping to locate someone from Jennie's family so that this beautiful old photograph can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Chenango County - Section BB of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 8 of 23 sections now online. ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters N and O for the alpha listing of the 1850 census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm No Q, X or Z surnames. 9 of 23 letters now online. ------------------------------- Madison County - Georgetown Village cemetery - Burials seen from 1807-1987 Many familiar surnames (Brown, Hurd, Kellogg, Maxson, Northrup, Priest, Purdy, Soule, Thayer, Thorp, Upham, Utter) along with some not so familiar. In alpha order. Tim

From the NYGenWeb state mailing list: The online version of _Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs_ has now been updated with another 330-odd pages from the second and third volumes. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/ With almost 60% of the set completed, you may search more than 700 family entries from Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Green, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Washington Counties. Indexes for those counties and Schoharie and Warren are included. The series also has many references to other areas of New York and New England, so a search for Ovid or Herkimer or Chenango will turn up some relevant info. Hope there is something useful in there for you! Bob Sullivan ================== I've done a search for all three counties and got hits for all 3, including a great link for material I'm working on at the moment. Tim

Chenango County - Section Q of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm 7 of 23 sections now online. Working on ---> Other sections of Fairview 1860 census - Bainbridge 1860 census - Afton balance of History of Sherburne (1862) balance of Sherburne centennial (1893) ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letter F for the alpha listing of the 1850 census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm Working on ---> Balance of alphabet for 1850 census ------------------------------- Madison County - 3 Georgetown cemeteries New Woodstock book (coding next batch) Brown genealogy index Osmun family book (time consuming) and more as I have time. Tim

Chenango County - Section H of Fairview Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/fairview.htm ------------------------------- Cortland County - Letters E, U and V for the alpha listing of the 1850 census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/census/1850cens.htm ------------------------------- Now off to eat for New Year's Day meal with friends. This evening scanning family material and assorted stuff for Madison County. Tim

Jiggedity, jig. Fog in the morning, yesterday - not as bad as the night before. At the near end of journey a ladder in my lane of the highway. Nearly no rain, thankfully. One more thing about 2004 - it turned out differently than I expected from January 2004. I predict 2005 will be the same. The future will be surprising. Some things will be going away, some things will come new or refreshed to our doors. May each of you find something new, something refreshing in this new year. Now to work. Tim

Not unlike many others before me, we are returning from the west to the east, from the North to the South. I know of many folks who went west, didn't like it or prefered back east or wherever it was they came from and went back. Others though sometimes went ahead, either sending for their families later or going back to get them to bring them to the new home. If you have relatives that did either option 2 or 3, those stories of the treks they made would make an interesting addition to the story of your family. Once again, here we are in Bloomington, IL - more or less half way. Today's adventures were 3 fold. 1 - seeing the beautiful hoar frost on the trees and grasses of the plains of Minnesota as ice particles fell from the sky in jagged strands 2 - seeing the car directly in front of me almost get smashed off the road by the trailer who didn't see the little blue car while trying to change lanes. Fortunately the driver of the blue car was able to steer onto the shoulder in time to not get squashed. 3 - driving 50 miles or so through a pea soup thick fog, getting right on top of stuff before seeing it. Not a fun time. - and so on - like sitting in the conference room doing Internet as the connection in my room isn't working. Ah technology - great when it works, frustration when it doesn't. Learned several things while on this trip regarding the area visited, picked up some new material with promises of more. Rain is forecast for about 1/2 of tomorrow's trip. We should get home sometime tomorrow evening. I doubt I'll get online tomorrow, so it will be either Friday or Saturday before I do, as I need to find an item before doing so (that I received about a year ago - lost in packrat land). For all those who've written, I will reply in due time - I have about 700 emails waiting to be downloaded as of now. If I don't get the chance, be safe and best wishes for the new year. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell [email protected]