George: We're related! Vernon William Cook is my first cousin, 3 times removed. His grandfather was Benjamin Cook born 11 Apr !810 of Somerset, England, died 11 Jun 1861, Danbury, CT. Grandmother was Susan Oakley Booth, born 9 Sep 1813 in Hamptonburgh, Orange Co., NY, died 18 Sep 1897, Danbury, CT. They are my ggg grandparents. Contact me. Jeff Gray Hamburg, NY -----Original Message----- From: gcook123@comcast.net To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:57 am Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Adoptions in the 1850's My paternal grandfather, Vernon William Cook, was orphaned in Connecticut in the early 1900s and somehow ended up attending public school in Arkville, where he met my grandmother, Leona George. He may have gone from Connecticut to Saugerties first. I'm not sure but I think he was placed in a foster situation rather than legally adopted. Are there any records that would show an address or the name of the responsible family in Arkville. I'm thinking around 1905. Thank you. George Cook Ft. Myers, Fla. -------------- Original message -------------- From: LEQUIA <lequia@sbcglobal.net> > The circumstances of the adoption would depend on whether or not there is > documentation. I have done research on several adoptions pre 1900. I tracked > down 5 siblings who were raised by separate families in 1882 after their parents > died of the flu in Arkansas. I also have researched a boy orphaned in the mid > 1700's. What were the circumstances? I'll see if I can help. > > -Sheri > > Julie A Sanford wrote: > Does anyone know how adoptions were handled in the late 1850's? I'm > interested to know if documentation would be available. > 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 > > > > Sheri LeQuia > 1227 Panorama Pt > Merced, CA 95340 > lequia@sbcglobal.net > 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 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 ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com