Hi folks, fyi: Regards, Unc > Several months ago I (not Unc) posted a message stating that Steve (Morse) had a list of > every ship arrival into Ellis Island, and for most of them he even had > links back to the manifest pages. It was part of an ongoing project. > Now I learned that Steve has just completed this project after working > on it for two years. His team of over 50 volunteers went through every > one of the 3700 rolls of Ellis Island microfilms from 1892 to 1924. > > For each arrival they found, they recorded the roll, volume, > frame, date, ship-name, and ports. > > Now that it is complete, there exists for the first time a searchable > list of every ship arrival along with links to the associated manifest > pages. The list consists of a total of 84,000 ship arrivals. > > The searchable list can be accessed by clicking on the > "Ship-Lists" link in the Ellis Island section of Steve's > website at http://stevemorse.org. > > If you have any questions, please direct them to > Steve and not to me -- his e-mail address is at the > top of his website.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/1301 Message Board Post: The NYS archives has a vital record index of births, marriage and death records for all of NY State. Most areas in the state are included in the index here in Albany and begin in the year 1881. When they are ordered from the Albany office, they arrive in less than 4 weeks. http://www.nyscensushunt.com I can help

Note that "several" ships lists are available at: http://www.immigrantships.net/ -- Regards, Unc www.provoncha.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex http://www.gencircles.com/users/unc lefred http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb .com/~unclefred/main.htm

My family is also from Mineville (Surnames: Wait, Dougan, Clydesdale, Myers, Balmer). I have found several sources of information: (i) Church Records - in Moriah, Port Henry - The Moriah Union Cemetery is reasonably well indexed. There is a Catholic Cemetery right across the street from it. Last I knew, the records for the Union cemetery were in a card file, not on line, but I am not sure who has them now. (2) Harland Funeral Parlor in Port Henry has records of burials. (3) Town Clerk, Town of Moriah (http://porthenry.com/phframes/govern.htm) Sam Wait -- --

http://www.petitiononline.com/ethan/petition.html This is a petition for online access to records. It would help us all immendsely -- Please sign!

"I am coming from Colorado to look for family genealogy in Mineville and surrounding areas. Have any ideas I might need to know? Thanks!!" DEFINITELY the Town Of Moriah Historical Society via the Port Henry Public Library. Are you a Witherbee per chance? I am--but not with the money <g> -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BILL KNOWLTON: "Bluegrass Ramble," WCNY-FM (91.3) Syracuse, WUNY (89.5) Utica; WJNY (90.9) Watertown NY. On the web: www.wcny.org. Sundays: 9 pm to midnight EST (since 1973)                     *  *  * "People, when Columbus discovered this country it was plumb full of nuts and berries. But I'm right here to tell you the berries is just about ALL GONE..."  --Uncle Dave Macon: 1929" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I would check the Penfield Museum. Jean M

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SLAVIN,WALSH,TIMMONS, JOYCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1299 Message Board Post: I am coming from Colorado to look for family genealogy in Mineville and surrounding areas. Have any ideas I might need to know? Thanks!!

Can anyone tell me how I would search for divorce records in Ny if I do'nt have a date?TIA. Jean M

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bailey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/YRB.2ACE/1298 Message Board Post: Looking for any one who maybe doing research on the Bailey family. My g-g-grandmother and g-g-grandfather were Sophia and Domineck Bailey. They are in the cesus for Schroon Lake Essex County NY. Domineck was born in Canada and Sophia in NY.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/1152.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I am decended from Hepzibah Boardman (Goff/Gough) I have found her in the 1850 census in New York with her husband Hosea Goff, 1860 census with Horace Goff in New York, 1870 and 1880 in Illinois in Boone Co and DeKalb Co. In 1900 she is living with cousins F.M. Boardman and his wife Agnes, Hepsy is listed as a cousin. Hepzibah died on Feb. 15, 1902. I am decended from one of their sons. I will share infromation with you, however your e-mail address will not go through. Jamie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HODSKINS / MARSHALL / GOFF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1297 Message Board Post: I would like to visit the grave of Emerline HODSKINS MARSHALL GOFF when I am in Elizabethtown in late June, but I have no idea where she was buried. She was born 23 March 1811 and died 21 August 1878. Her first husband, Cassander MARSHALL was born 19 Dec. 1811 and died 29 April 1838 in Lewis. He is supposedly buried in Brookfield Cemetery in the town of Essex. Her second husband was John GOFF who was last seen on the 1870 census for Westport. Can anyone help me find which cemetery she is buried in? Joyce

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woodbury Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1296 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on Warren Woodbury who was born in Essex, NY in 1817. Are there any records that I can search? We do not know parents names. Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LaClair Leclaire Leclerc Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1295 Message Board Post: looking for John H Laclair b.1845 wife Zoa b.1845 I'm guessing they got married around 1871 where I don't know but I've got an obit placing the birth of their son Frank @ Port Henry in 1881 .I've got them moving to Clinton county after that maybe plattsburg but ending up on Clinton County1900 Census.I've got their children as Amelia b.1873 William b.1875 Frank b.1881 George b.1887.The 1900 has John H born in NY and Zoa born in Canada.No Luck so far with either one's parents or location of birth or death.Anyone who may have any info may e-mail me . donlaclair@myfreei.com Don LaClair

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1276.4 Message Board Post: The cemetery in Wadhams is the RIVERSIDE CEMETERY it is located in the hamlet of Wadhms, town of Westport, Essex Co., NY. The current president of the cemetery association is Evelyn Brant, 11 Morrison Rd, Westport, NY 12993

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woodruff, Harmon, Pooler, Gibbs, Braddish, Dunbar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/1294 Message Board Post: Timothy WOODRUFF’s obit, which appeared in The Elizabethtown Post (New York) on 15 Sep 1854, states simply: “Died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Warren POOLER, in Westport, on the 9th instant, Mr. Timothy Woodruff, of Lewis, aged 78 years.” In searching out Timothy’s family, I found: Timothy had mostly daughters: Adeline, Nancy, Sylvia, Sophronia, Roxy, Phebe, Harriet, Margaret, and Fannie. He also had two sons, Parnell and George Clark Woodruff. [Warren POOLER was married to Timothy’s daughter Phebe.] Timothy’s father’s name was Appleton WOODRUFF. Timothy also had a brother named Appleton who lived in Lewis, New York. Timothy also had a brother named Roger Hooker WOODRUFF who named a son Ansell WOODRUFF. I am trying to discover a connection between Warren POOLER’s family (son-in-law) to Timothy Woodruff, and my ancestor, Tryphena POOLE or POOLER. Tryphena married Martin HARMON. She died in 1810 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York (about 6 miles from Lewis where Timothy lived.) Martin HARMON’s 3rd wife was Hannah DUNTON BRADDISH, widow of Samuel BRADDISH. Hannah and Samuel had a son, Artemus BRADDISH who married Lucia or Lucy POOLER. Lucy’s father’s name is George POOLER. (George would be the same generation as Tryphena–perhaps a brother or cousin). Lucy POOLER and Artemus BRADDISH had a daughter named Diantha–a name of one of Martin HARMON and Tryphena’s daughters. They also lived in Erie County, Pennsylvania–where Martin HARMON and his grown children moved in 1818 and where he lived with his wife, Hannah BRADDISH whom he married after 1823. Martin Harmon married 2nd Mrs. DUNBAR from Jay, Essex, NY in 1814. Who is she and who is her deceased husband? Lucy POOLER has a brother named Levi POOLER who is the father of Warren POOLER, son-in-law to Timothy WOODRUFF. Could POOLER be Tryphena’s correct maiden name? If not, did her father drop the “r” and use the name POOLE? Who is Tryphena’s father??? Martin HARMON and Tryphena POOLER had a son, Jesse Perse HARMON who lived in Lewis, Essex, New York from age 6 to age 18 with John GIBBS, a near neighbor of Timothy WOODRUFF. Jesse Perse HARMON’s only daughter was named Sophronia. He had sons named Appleton and Ancil–as well as one named Amos, for whom I don’t see a connection here. THREE of his children carry the not-so-common names as the Timothy WOODRUFF family carries! Is this co-incidence? Did he just like this neighborhood family or is there a relationship here? Did Martin HARMON meet Hannah BRADDISH through Lucy POOLER, a relative of his deceased first wife? Who is George POOLER, father of Warren, and who are his parents?????

I found the following individuals in Essex Co NY: John Page b. 1773 (father of Norman Page) Norman Page (father of Harris Page) William Page b. abt 1783 (father of Dr. George Page) Elizabeth (Betsey) Page Stewart b. 1782 Does anyone know the relationship (if any) between any of these people? Could they be siblings? Linda White in Oregon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barton, Stringham Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1276.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your e-mail response to my board query. Which cemetery in Wadhams is Emery Barton and Mary Stringham located. I'll have to inquire there for records. Again thanks. This search has got me stone walled thus far. Bob Velte

As part of the 200th anniversary celebration I am preparing a map of Essex Town c.1805. Frankly, it not going too well as I cannot clearly pin down a few key points. If some kind soul knows where Benedict's Mills and Donaghy's Mills were located - they may be the same - I would appreciate knowing. All I do know is that they are somewhere just to the North of the Town. The second problem is that there are confusing references to Stillwell's bridge and Daniels' bridge. I know where one bridge was located but I cannot determine which one it is since both Daniels and Stillwell lived nearby and I cannot pin down the other one at all - other that it crossed the Boquet some where on one of the roads to Brookfield. Any help would be appreciated George

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1293 Message Board Post: Thank you sincerely for your reply to my plea. It is appreciated. I had surmised that Schroon Records were somewhat scarce and sparse. Do you have any suggestions as to where to look for Schroon occupants? MaryJo in Oklahoma City, OK