Hello all, Just a suggestion.My father's youngest brother, the last on his side, is dying of cancer.all though some what weak at this stage, his mind is still strong. We sat with him a few weeks ago, telling stories of my family, my father died just before I turned 9, his father just after he turned 9, and he is only 10 years older than I, so my youngest daughter called me aside and made a suggestion..we talked to him and he ran with it.we bought a miniature tape recorder, and started taping his stories and memories., he has filled a couple of the 60 minute tapes.some would be worthless to others.to us.as the ad goes.PRICELESS.I will have them transferred to cd and give out to the families.his stories of others will be long gone when he leaves, such a very sad loss of family information..give it a thought! Caution..I have photos that have been identified those that are not of my family I have been trying to return them to their families.or at least copies as I am not the owner of them as of yet.my Uncle is.and I won't release them until his passing.I have made 4 x 6 photo quality copies and mailed them to people who have requested a copy.at no time have I asked, nor will I accept payment for this.to me getting the people back in touch with a picture of a loved one who most likely passed on, cause most of these pictures are 60 or more years old.is more than worth the cost.now I have had to resort to putting on the pictures and writing on the back, "Original held by____". Someone contacted me through this list about a picture that I have, they knew the person and the family well, wanted to return it to them, they would make sure it got there!.upon getting the information of where to send the picture and such, I received another email, forward from some one else that was also looking for that family, with a copy of the correspondence from the 1st person who contacted me.that person, not only had no idea where these people were, they hadn't seen or heard from them in over 30 years.if they knew them at all...and also now lived about 1500 miles from Delaware County, again if they lived there at all!!! I tried to contact them, looked the name up on the Delaware list, and they are not listed there., and now my email is returned, server doesn't know that person..! I wonder if people are trying to contact people such as myself and then selling these pictures to the families? I am very happy that the person who really was related got the original picture from me! Sorry this was so long winded.but the Ackerly thing brought this up again and I thought I might want to inform ya'll. Sincerely, Terry Jones Lake Helen, Fl TJones@cfl.rr.com Still searching for.....Bliss, Ebert/Ebbert, Edwards, Hyzer, Inman, Jones, Klinegardner/Kleingardner/Klingardner, Rogers, Sanderson, Starkweather, Watson and more to come!

Hello All ... Patti said this very well. Finding things on the Internet, just like reading something in a book, newspaper, brochure or hearing it on the radio or TV, does not mean that it is accurate. One must verify everything. On the Delaware website, I am sure there are many inaccuracies - however the value of having the whole collection of materials out there just might provide a clue to someone. On the website I run the following: NOTE TO RESEARCHERS USING THIS WEBSITE: As you use this volunteer site, please keep in mind the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of building a preponderance of evidence. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope that through this collection of data from many sources, you will find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may lead you to further discoveries. Continue with your search - and check all data........ J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Patti Gottschall Schuknecht" <gramsiepat-pinecrest@prodigy.net> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:48 AM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Misinformation > Hi Evelyn and all, > So sorry about the bad experience you had when you found the > misinformation on your family. If the misinformation were deliberately > done, it would indeed be a cruel hoax, but it is hard to believe this was > the case. More likely it was an unfortunate and hurtful but all-too-human > error. It would be wonderful it people were impecably accurate when > posting, but haste, carelessness or lack of verification of some > misinformation they themselves have received causes no end of mistakes > like this to happen. Too often these mistakes are perpetuated by others > who accept them as fact without further checking. > Because I'm so afraid of being the cause of something like this, I have > avoided doing much posting, but material I have shared privately has > occasionally made its way to the internet. It has been very frustrating > for me to find items that obviously came from me being altered enough to > make them incorrect and also being posted without my permission. It is > downright embarrassing! Usually there is no good way to correct them > either. > It is always wise to be skeptical of information found on the internet > until it is substantiated. There is also the possibility in a case like > this that the person who posted it has made a false assumption about > someone with the same name. I have found this several times in postings > on my family - for example the "wrong Solomon Gottschall", was listed as > dying young and childless in the east, -- even the burial place given, -- > when actually the "right Solomon Gottschall" came west and became my > ancestor. Another very good genealogist sent me a family tree, supposedly > for my ancestor Luther Nutting, born 1796, Groton, MA -- unfortunately it > was the lineage of another Luther Nutting, born on the same date in the > same place, but a different line. > My sympathy to you for the fear and heartache you went through while > establishing that your relative was indeed alive and well. It must have > been a bad time for you. > Sincerely, > Patti Gottschall Schuknecht

http://www.findagrave.com/ This is it, I have it in my Favorites. Tom B. On 4/29/07, Forrest L. Fuller <docfuller@comcast.net> wrote: > > Sorry for the cruel hoax. But I am curious. Can you provide me the link > for the Find A Grave site? > Thanks, Forrest L. Fuller docfuller@comcast.net > > > > > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:36 PM > Subject: [NYDELAWA] Ackerly Cruel Hoax > > > > I just want people to know that they shouldn't believe everything > they > > find on the internet. > > I was trying to update some information on my nephews Ackerly family > > today, and wound up at a site called Find-a-Grave. Generally most of the > > information I've seen there is correct. > > But today I found a posting that my nephews son was dead. How could I > > possibly miss something like this I asked myself. After a fast phone > call > > I am happy to say the young man in question, now 26, is alive and well. > > Since he lives in New Jersey I don't really see him that often but we do > > care about our family. > > After the initial shock wore off, I tried to send a note to the > person > > who had posted- Mike Plo- needless to say the note came back saying the > > account has been disabled or discontinued. > > I'm the only person researching this side of my family, so I'm the > only > > one who found the post. I don't know what more to say. It was a cruel > > Hoax. > > And just for the record none of this Ackerly family is buried in > > Youngsville Cem, Sullivan County anyhow! evelyn > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Patti - I also have Steele family in Delaware County from the 1790's through the 1830's. Two generations of Nathaniel Steele - Nathaniel Sr m. Bethia Centre and came from Hartford CT area to Delhi in mid 1790's. Nathaniel Jr came with them from CT and m. 1.Esther Benedict & 2.Damarus Johnson in Delhi or Walton - not sure which. Do any of these look familiar to you? It's a huge family with many branches. Let me know. Emmi Holmes -----Original Message----- From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bob & Patti Gottschall Schuknecht Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 7:49 AM To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYDELAWA] Misinformation Hi Evelyn and all, So sorry about the bad experience you had when you found the misinformation on your family. If the misinformation were deliberately done, it would indeed be a cruel hoax, but it is hard to believe this was the case. More likely it was an unfortunate and hurtful but all-too-human error. It would be wonderful it people were impecably accurate when posting, but haste, carelessness or lack of verification of some misinformation they themselves have received causes no end of mistakes like this to happen. Too often these mistakes are perpetuated by others who accept them as fact without further checking. Because I'm so afraid of being the cause of something like this, I have avoided doing much posting, but material I have shared privately has occasionally made its way to the internet. It has been very frustrating for me to find items that obviously came from me being altered enough to make them incorrect and also being posted without my permission. It is downright embarrassing! Usually there is no good way to correct them either. It is always wise to be skeptical of information found on the internet until it is substantiated. There is also the possibility in a case like this that the person who posted it has made a false assumption about someone with the same name. I have found this several times in postings on my family - for example the "wrong Solomon Gottschall", was listed as dying young and childless in the east, -- even the burial place given, -- when actually the "right Solomon Gottschall" came west and became my ancestor. Another very good genealogist sent me a family tree, supposedly for my ancestor Luther Nutting, born 1796, Groton, MA -- unfortunately it was the lineage of another Luther Nutting, born on the same date in the same place, but a different line. My sympathy to you for the fear and heartache you went through while establishing that your relative was indeed alive and well. It must have been a bad time for you. Sincerely, Patti Gottschall Schuknecht -- looking for STEELE, DUNSHEE, COWAN, KELLY, RIDDLE, SMITH, STRANGEWAY, FERGUSON, and others in Delaware County, NY; CHRISLER, CARNCROSS/Gerngross; BELLINGER MATTICE; PUTMAN; SNELL; FINK, and others in Schoharie County, NY; HERR, CHRISLAW/Kraeusslach, PAAR, OESTERLING, LAWRENCE and others in NYC, and the Syracuse/Oswego area; SMITH, GARDNER, FELLOWS and others in Columbia County, NY NOTT, NUTTING, BROWNING and others in Genesee and Niagra County, NY. To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Your welcome.

Linda, Just reading old emails and don't know if I thanked you for the info on Zachariah Whitney. I'm not positive they're my direct line but sure seems to fit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda" <landk@capital.net> To: <NYDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:28 PM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Whitney > Bonnie, > In the Stamford cemetery book it shows that a Zachariah Whitney > (Soldier) died on Oct. 22, 1849 aged 85y 2m 11d. > It also shows Elizabeth, wife of Zachariah died on July 1, 1843, aged > 77y 7m 13d. > Irena Whitney, wife of John Odell died on sep. 28, 1848, aged 54y 4m. > They are all buried in the Locust Hill Cemetery in Hobart, NY. > Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Sorry for the cruel hoax. But I am curious. Can you provide me the link for the Find A Grave site? Thanks, Forrest L. Fuller docfuller@comcast.net Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Ackerly Cruel Hoax > I just want people to know that they shouldn't believe everything they > find on the internet. > I was trying to update some information on my nephews Ackerly family > today, and wound up at a site called Find-a-Grave. Generally most of the > information I've seen there is correct. > But today I found a posting that my nephews son was dead. How could I > possibly miss something like this I asked myself. After a fast phone call > I am happy to say the young man in question, now 26, is alive and well. > Since he lives in New Jersey I don't really see him that often but we do > care about our family. > After the initial shock wore off, I tried to send a note to the person > who had posted- Mike Plo- needless to say the note came back saying the > account has been disabled or discontinued. > I'm the only person researching this side of my family, so I'm the only > one who found the post. I don't know what more to say. It was a cruel > Hoax. > And just for the record none of this Ackerly family is buried in > Youngsville Cem, Sullivan County anyhow! evelyn

Hi Evelyn and all, So sorry about the bad experience you had when you found the misinformation on your family. If the misinformation were deliberately done, it would indeed be a cruel hoax, but it is hard to believe this was the case. More likely it was an unfortunate and hurtful but all-too-human error. It would be wonderful it people were impecably accurate when posting, but haste, carelessness or lack of verification of some misinformation they themselves have received causes no end of mistakes like this to happen. Too often these mistakes are perpetuated by others who accept them as fact without further checking. Because I'm so afraid of being the cause of something like this, I have avoided doing much posting, but material I have shared privately has occasionally made its way to the internet. It has been very frustrating for me to find items that obviously came from me being altered enough to make them incorrect and also being posted without my permission. It is downright embarrassing! Usually there is no good way to correct them either. It is always wise to be skeptical of information found on the internet until it is substantiated. There is also the possibility in a case like this that the person who posted it has made a false assumption about someone with the same name. I have found this several times in postings on my family - for example the "wrong Solomon Gottschall", was listed as dying young and childless in the east, -- even the burial place given, -- when actually the "right Solomon Gottschall" came west and became my ancestor. Another very good genealogist sent me a family tree, supposedly for my ancestor Luther Nutting, born 1796, Groton, MA -- unfortunately it was the lineage of another Luther Nutting, born on the same date in the same place, but a different line. My sympathy to you for the fear and heartache you went through while establishing that your relative was indeed alive and well. It must have been a bad time for you. Sincerely, Patti Gottschall Schuknecht -- looking for STEELE, DUNSHEE, COWAN, KELLY, RIDDLE, SMITH, STRANGEWAY, FERGUSON, and others in Delaware County, NY; CHRISLER, CARNCROSS/Gerngross; BELLINGER MATTICE; PUTMAN; SNELL; FINK, and others in Schoharie County, NY; HERR, CHRISLAW/Kraeusslach, PAAR, OESTERLING, LAWRENCE and others in NYC, and the Syracuse/Oswego area; SMITH, GARDNER, FELLOWS and others in Columbia County, NY NOTT, NUTTING, BROWNING and others in Genesee and Niagra County, NY.

I have 45 Ackerley/Ackerly family members listed in my genealogy file on Rootsweb World Connect, accessible thru Joyces www.dcnyhistory.org. Under the "Index of GEDCOM---" "D. F Hoy Roots & Branches". I hope they will fit into your searches Richard T. Davidson, 989 Valencia Court, Chula Vista, CA 91910-6831

"Calamity Jane" and Pat Add me to the list of those who are puzzled by someone doing something like you describe. Just makes no sense. Perhaps we can make something good happen out of this experience. I'm researching Ackerly's as well. Can the three of us touch base and trade information? Susan Norris --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

"Calamity Jane" I don't understand why people do things like that, either - thanks for the heads up - I would like to get in touch with you about the Ackerly surname... Pat Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "calamityjane" <thegrove131@pronetisp.net> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:36 PM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Ackerly Cruel Hoax > I just want people to know that they shouldn't believe everything they > find on the internet. > I was trying to update some information on my nephews Ackerly family > today, and wound up at a site called Find-a-Grave. Generally most of the > information I've seen there is correct. > But today I found a posting that my nephews son was dead. How could I > possibly miss something like this I asked myself. After a fast phone call > I am happy to say the young man in question, now 26, is alive and well. > Since he lives in New Jersey I don't really see him that often but we do > care about our family. > After the initial shock wore off, I tried to send a note to the person > who had posted- Mike Plo- needless to say the note came back saying the > account has been disabled or discontinued. > I'm the only person researching this side of my family, so I'm the only > one who found the post. I don't know what more to say. It was a cruel > Hoax. > And just for the record none of this Ackerly family is buried in > Youngsville Cem, Sullivan County anyhow! evelyn > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I just want people to know that they shouldn't believe everything they find on the internet. I was trying to update some information on my nephews Ackerly family today, and wound up at a site called Find-a-Grave. Generally most of the information I've seen there is correct. But today I found a posting that my nephews son was dead. How could I possibly miss something like this I asked myself. After a fast phone call I am happy to say the young man in question, now 26, is alive and well. Since he lives in New Jersey I don't really see him that often but we do care about our family. After the initial shock wore off, I tried to send a note to the person who had posted- Mike Plo- needless to say the note came back saying the account has been disabled or discontinued. I'm the only person researching this side of my family, so I'm the only one who found the post. I don't know what more to say. It was a cruel Hoax. And just for the record none of this Ackerly family is buried in Youngsville Cem, Sullivan County anyhow! evelyn

THE NEW ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE By Joan Young joan@volunteer.rootsweb.com Until recently, if you wanted to search the archives of a RootsWeb mailing list from within RootsWeb, you had to search one list at a time and search year by year for keywords or surnames of interest. This worked just fine if you knew you were looking for ROBINSONs on the ROBINSON mailing list, for example, although searching year by year could become cumbersome at times, especially if you were not sure which list you wanted to search--or if you preferred to search all lists. RootsWeb has retired the veteran ISearch or Interactive Search engine and unveiled a spiffy new search engine. It is able to search the nearly 31,000 000 messages posted to all RootsWeb mailing lists over their entire history--all at one time. An easy and convenient way to access the new Archives search engine is to click on the Mailing List tab in the RootsWeb masthead on any RootsWeb page (you will be taken to a page with a search box labeled "Search the mailing list archives") or go directly to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ The new Archives search engine can also be accessed by clicking the Archives Search" link under the Mailing List heading on the RootsWeb home page: http://www.rootsweb.com/ And finally, the new search feature is linked from the main Archiver page under the link "Search all of the archiver listings." This search engine uses the same Archiver database that has been used for quite some time to browse through the list messages subject by subject and month by month: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ To perform a simple search of the full text of all lists for all time periods, enter keywords or surnames in the Keywords field on the search page. Matches to your search criteria are returned in order of relevancy. AND, NOT, and EXACT PHRASE SEARCHES Archives searches understand the commands AND and NOT. For example, you can search for John AND ROBINSON or ROBINSON NOT John. The former would be a search for a complete match of the words John and ROBINSON within the message, and the latter would be a search for messages that include ROBINSON but exclude the word John in the text. The searches are not case sensitive. Archives searches also understand exact phrase matches, which are shown within quotation marks, such as "John ROBINSON". The difference between using an exact phrase search with quotes and using the command AND is that with an exact phrase search only exact matches to John ROBINSON are returned. If you enter John AND ROBINSON, the search engine will return hits where both words appear somewhere in the text being searched, but not necessarily together as part of the same name. WILDCARD SEARCHES Wildcard searches always require a bit of practice and experimentation when first using a new search engine. The "*" and "?" wildcards may be used with the Archives search engine with the * (asterisk) representing zero or more missing or unknown characters and the ? (question mark) representing a single missing or unknown character. The wildcards are intended for use anywhere within the keywords or surnames, but the catch is that they will only work in situations where there are not too many possibilities to be searched. For instance, if you are looking for a surname that ends in "ONES" but you don't know how many leading characters are missing or unknown, you will find that searching for "*ONES" results in an error message because there are too many possibilities for the search engine to check. However, searching for "?ONES" does yield results for surnames where one leading character is followed by "ONES." Trial and error is the best method of finding what works and what doesn't. The question mark symbol can be used more than once in a keyword or surname but in each case it only represents one missing character. For instance, a search for ROB??SON produces hits for ROBERSON, ROBINSON, and ROBARSON, but will not find ROBERTSON since there are three missing characters in that name. A search for ROB*SON will find all spellings where any number of missing characters are matched. ADVANCED SEARCHES In addition to the simple searches in Archives search, there is an Advanced tab with more refined search options. Specific fields may be searched using the Advanced capabilities. Searching with the BODY field will return matches from both the message body and the subject line. Searching with the SUBJECT field will return results that match the subject line of the original message. The FROM field may be used to search for posts made from a specific e-mail address. For example, you may wish to search for all posts you have made to the lists. Or you may wish to search for messages posted by a cousin who has listed information on various lists pertaining to your mutual family history. The LIST field is for narrowing down your searches to posts made to a specific list, and the DATE field is for limiting the results to posts made within a specific date range, in the format dd mmm yyyy or: 10 Jan 2006. By using the LIST and DATE fields together you can duplicate the old listsearch functionality; that is, you can search a single list and a single year. Just enter a list name into the LIST field and a year into the DATE field. Or, if you want, narrow your search further by entering a specific month and year in the DATE field: Jan 2006, or even a specific day by entering: 10 Jan 2006. You can use one or more of the fields in combination when entering search terms in the Advanced search feature. For instance, if you want to search for posts you made to the SMITH surname list in January 2006, enter your e-mail address in the FROM field, SMITH in the LIST field, and Jan 2006 in the DATE field. RootsWeb mailing lists have always provided a huge amount of information, but in the past the trick was locating the information you needed. Now, through proper use of the new Archives search engine, the information is easily accessible and at your fingertips.

To the cousin who recently wrote regarding Aunt Elizabeth Mealus & The Walton House -- please write back -- AOL deleted my current email, including yours! Best wishes, Carolee, caroleeri at aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hello, I am seeking any information on the marriage and parents of Garret Arnold and his wife, Mary C. Kincaid, and the births records of their children. The family appear in Franklin, Delaware County, in the 1840 census, with four children, and were: Garret Arnold, father - b.abt. 1808 Mary Kincaid Arnold, mother:, b. 1 July, 1804 Henry (middle name Hiram?) Arnold, son, b. abt. 1829 Huntice (middle name DeWitt?) Arnold, daughter, B. abt.1832 Catherine, daughter, b. abt. 1836 Elizabeth, daughter, b. abt. 1837 Garret and his wife, Mary, bought property in Franklin in 1840 and in Davenport in 1841 and 1843. By 1850, they were in Illinois with two more children (Bloomer and Lovina). Has anyone anything on this family, please? Thank you, Anna --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

Hello All . . . The following updates to website were just made: Queries are up to date. Dawn Carew submitted pdf file of her grandmother's scrapbook - Holmes family related Brian Williams submitted Letter of Administration Granted on the Estate of Thomas Williams As always, follow the 'updated/new' icons on the Table of Contents page of the website. Joyce Riedinger - joyce@dcnyhistory.org Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site http://www.dcnyhistory.org

In a message dated 4/14/2007 10:44:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time, Perllan987@aol.com writes: Do any of you have the subject book? And if so, would you be willing to look up some information in it on page 56 and possible other pages containing names of interest? Thank you very much. Jayne Jayne I can access the book on-line via Heritage Quest and am willing to do look-ups for you. Let me know. Sandy Red Feather Lakes, Colorado ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Dear List: Do any of you have the subject book? And if so, would you be willing to look up some information in it on page 56 and possible other pages containing names of interest? Thank you very much. Jayne perllan987@aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Joyce, here is another old cabinet card, again with no info to help identify the person or age. The card itself has 'FRANKLIN N.Y. CHARLES E. YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER' stamped in the lower right corner but that's it. I am trying to send the photos with some sort of info such as this to at least prove it was done locally. I have one more in front of me from Franklin, it's of a middle aged man, but its a bit faded so I'll try to make it show up better using the scanner and get it off to you later today if possible. Tom B. On 4/12/07, Joyce Riedinger <joyce@dcnyhistory.org> wrote: > > Hello All . . . > > The website has just been updated with the following items: > > Tim Hall submitted an old 'McFarland' letter - > http://www.dcnyhistory.org/ltr-mcfarland.html > Amy Armstrong sent in a contract relating go Joseph M. Forsyth of Franklin > - > http://www.dcnyhistory.org/document-forsyth.html > . . . and a photo sent in by Ray LaFever some time back was just > identified > as Mary Ann Gladstone - http://www.dcnyhistory.org/gladstone-photo.html > > more to come . . . J. > > Joyce Riedinger - joyce@dcnyhistory.org > Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site > http://www.dcnyhistory.org > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >