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/1286.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi MaryJo, All the names seem familar (some transposed), but I can't place them with anything I have. Schroon is definitely a bear of a place to try and find records. Thank you for the notes, Glen

One of the migration routes into Essex County seems to have been to come up from central CT to the Addison Co, VT area and then across into Essex; can't remember when the road was cut through to the west, but someone--that is, someone else ;-) should do a write-up of the road and migration it fostered. Anyway, there was an Erastus Warren in Eastford, CT, and there are a bunch of people who are "Erastus Warren [surname], so perhaps that's a place to start and work the other direction, if you're up against a brick wall. t

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/1286.1 Message Board Post: I just read your post in the Essex County messages. BELLS went off - I have a piece of paper in my father's (b.1895-grandson of ERASTUS WARREN) handwriting with the names CLARA W. JUDD and JENKIE (JESSIE) W. JENKINS.....maybe children? I don't know. ERASTUS WARREN is my GGrandFather (b . 1821 in Schroon, Essex Co. NY) and has eluded me in my genealogy search for a number of years. If any of this is helpful in your search, would you let me know? Sincerely, MaryJo Warren Douglass - Oklahoma City, OK

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/1292 Message Board Post: A very nice person in NY suggested that I contact Essex County genealogists in my search for the elusive ERASTUS Warren. He was born in Schroon, Essex Co. NY in 1821. He died in Michigan 1874 (buried in Bellview). I want to learn of his parents, brothers and sisters, his grandparents, and his children (one was my GrandFather Joel Warren)-- Erastus may have been married more than once - Lucy Look was Joel's Mother.. If ANYone has any information or a way of finding elusive Erastus, I would be more than appreciative of your help. Thank you, very much. MaryJo WARREN Douglass

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker Race Stevens Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1291 Message Board Post: Looking for ancestors of my greatgrandmother Kittie Clara Baker born 6 July 1872 at Willsboro adopted by Darius and Elizabeth (Race) Stevens of Raceville, Washington county, NY.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamner, Vovillia Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/697.707 Message Board Post: I have an Eliza Hamner, born in NY, county unknown, in 1825. Both her parents are listed as being born in NY also. She married John Vovillia of France and lived in Ohio. Had a daughter, Mary E. Vovillia born 1853. Does anyone have any information on this Eliza Hamner or her parents?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamner, Vovillia Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YRB.2ACE/437.441.444.449.755.1 Message Board Post: I have an Eliza Hamner, born in 1835 in New York, with both parents also born in NY. She married John Vovillia of France. They lived in Ohio. I'm looking for info. on her parents.

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/1289.2 Message Board Post: The link below lists district lodges. Hope this helps. My Dad (now deceased) was a Master many years ago in Lake Placid, NY. http://members.tripod.com/~essexmasons/lodges.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamner, Vovillia, Nutting Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1290 Message Board Post: I have an Eliza Hamner born in 1825 in New York, married to John Vovillia. They lived in Ohio after marriage. Does anyone have any info. on her? Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMPSON, CLARK, LAMBERT, BEEBE, TREADWAY BARTLETT, STRADLEY, WRIGHT, MASTERSON, EILERS, HENRY, KEYES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1289.1 Message Board Post: Having been asked for details on the signatures, I list below those included. I may have made errors reading the writing. John E. Simpson, Master Allan D. Clark, Senior Warden Arthur __ Lambert, Secretary Visiting Brethren and Friends Nelson Beebe Lemuel Treadway Robert J. Bartlett Paul Stradley Bill Wright Allen Masterson Robert R Eilers DDGM Cliff Henry Charles ______ William Keyes John E Simpson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simpson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1289 Message Board Post: Can someone please tell me if there is an active Masonic Lodge in Essex county, NY? I would like to give them an undated Masonic Bible presented to a (now) deceased relative which includes signatures of members from the Willsboro, Port Henry areas when John E Simpson was Master. EKJohnson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crosby / Appleton / Auter / Haymaker/ Winthroup/ Dexter / Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1287 Message Board Post: Hello : I am searching on Aaron Crosby. He was an Anglican Clergy in New York. Thanks in advance Elizabeth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DODGE Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1285 Message Board Post: This is not a realtive of mine, but thought someone may be interested, being he came from Essix Co. I found it in the history of Tuscola County, Michigan. Your welcome.Colleen JOSEPH M. DODGE, farmer and lumberman, was born in Essex County, N. Y, January 27, 1828. He went with his parents to Ohio when eight years of age. He received his education and early culture there, and spent part of his time in agricultural work. He came to Tuscola County in August, 1854. He bought land in Tuscola, and at once cleared some on it and built a dwelling, but soon sold it and bought in what is now Ellington. He had been married July 4, 1848, to Miss Arvilla M. Stone, of Claridon, Ohio. She was born there November 2, 1829. They have one son, Henry A., born January 15, 1850. Mr. Dodge and his son have 400 acres of land, 150 of which are under cultivation. They also have excellent buildings and inviting home comforts. They have also spent some time in hunting during parts of the season. Mr. D. has killed 218 deer, two bears, and one elk. His son has killed at least 250 deer. Thirty-six of them he killed in the last season in twenty days. He killed five in one day. T! hey came to Ellington in March, 1855. William Medcalf, S. Botsford, Rev. I. J. B. McKenney and E. R. Burnett came the same winter. William C. Beach came a little later. Jonathon White and his two sons had come the season before. These were all the settlers there were for two years. Mr. Beach when he came began clearing lands, and also started a general store. He was so kind and liberal and obliging among his fellow settlers that he rendered more help to the early settlers than any other man in Tuscola County. The site of Caro at this time had not even been lumbered. The only road the settlers had was a lumber road from Tuscola to the forks of the Cass River. Mr. Dodge has carried fifty pounds of flour on his back from Watrousville, seventeen miles, to his home. The Vassar saw-mill was running when they came, but the stones for flouring wheat had not yet been put in the grist-mill. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge baked and ate biscuits from part of the first bushel of flour ground in Tus! cola County. It was ground on Sunday and eaten at breakfast on Monday, and was nearly as black as a stove. The nearest postoffice they had at first settling in Ellington was Watrousville. The neighbors took turns in going for the mail up to 1862. Soon after this they got the Ellington postoffice. Mr. D. has served as highway commissioner one term and four years as justice of the peace, and he has been nine years supervisor.

Hi Joyce: I have some information about the Ellen Goff who married Nicaniah(Nicanor) Miller. Ellen Jane Goff was the daughter of David Goff and Polly Felt. Ellen's sister Sarah Celestia Goff is my gggrandmother. Betty White

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MILLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1284 Message Board Post: Is this the same Ellen GOFF who married Nicanor MILLER?

Northeastern New York Genealogical Society is holding its 28th Annual Conference at The Tannery Community Center in North Creek, NY on Saturday, May 22, 2004. Registration begins at 10 AM; speakers Persis "Perky" Granger and Joan Reynolds will present programs on early life in the Towns of Thurman and Johnsburg and some genealogy of the early settlers. There will be a buffet lunch catered by Cafe Sara at noon. This conference is open to the public. For more information, please contct our Program Chairman, Harry Underwood by e-mail at tufa44@surfglobal.net or by phone at (518) 792-8828. Reservations are requested no later than May 12, 2004.

Hi folks, as some of my lists have had comments recently re the above subject, I thout it might be useful to relay the following announcemnet: MyFamily.com has written the text below as we believe it will help answer any questions your message board posters or mailing list subscribers may have regarding our OneWorldTreeSM (OWT) service. As always, feel free to contact or have others contact either Ancestry's Customer Solutions - http://ancestry.custhelp.com or RootsWeb's HelpDesk - http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com as needed. Sincerely, Vicki Thauvin RootsWeb Staff At the end of April, Ancestry.com released a preview of a new service called the OneWorldTreeSM service. This preview is just the first step toward a powerful new tool for your genealogical research. The preview status of the release has prompted questions and speculation. We hope the following information will help clear up some of the confusion regarding the OneWorldTree service. OneWorldTree does two things. ? First, it searches family history records. It does not modify or replace the original records. ? Second, it compiles the information in an effort to group the ones that go with a given person (a process we call ³stitching²), and provides references to the original sources. The first collection of records stitched into OneWorldTree was the Ancestry World Tree. Ancestry.com will continue to add records to the OneWorldTree system in an effort to provide more valuable data for our users, including trees, census records, and vital records. RootsWeb¹s World Connect Project is among the databases that will be searched and stitched as part of the OneWorldTree service. Family Trees submitted through Ancestry World Tree and RootsWeb World Connect are free and will remain free. Any options chosen by submitters with respect to GEDCOM download and source display will still work the same way. OneWorldTree doesn¹t contain those trees, it contains links that help people find them. We hope that the genealogy community will see the value of searching and stitching in the greater context of sharing family history information, and that they will add and update their trees. In order to be included in OneWorldTree, family trees must meet certain criteria. If you want to be sure that your tree will be included in the new OneWorldTree service, or if for any reason you do not want your tree to be part of OneWorldTree, please visit http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/checklist.aspx for more information. Regards, Fred http://home.att.net/~unclefred www.rootsweb.com/~nyessex "If you can read this, thank a teacher.."

Hi Fred,I'm still trying to get my uncle who was killed in WW2 on the monument in Port Henry.I do'nt understand the hold up.He enlisted from Mineville.My grandmother tryed for the rest of her life to get his name on the monument in Brandon,Vt.She thought because he was born in Brandon,it should be there.He only has two sisters left from the family.I just wanted to get his name some where.I find it very sad,he was good enough to give his life,but not have his name on the Ny.monument!! Jean M

Hi I'm looking for John Allan Fuller, listed in Moriah census of 1850 with wife Lydia and one child Ellen, also in 1880 Elizabethtown with Lydia a son Willie and daughter Florence Kingman. What I want to know is were there any other children listed in any other census? Thank you. Looking for Emmeline Lomyra Fuller! Hilary

The WW II memorial just opened on The Mall in Washington, DC this past week. There is an on-line registry and you can add members of your family who served in WWII in the military or who served state-side in the defense industry. Here's the info to get you started: 1. Go to the website www.wwiimemorial.com 2. There's a menu on the left side. Select WWII Registry. 3. Just under the "Registry" banner, there are 4 options. You are welcome to "Search the Registry" to see the kind of info that is listed for other people, but it is the "Register an Honoree" option that you need to use to add people. 4. Once you select that option it will ask you to create an account for yourself. You will get an account number and your zip code will be your password. This may make it difficult for our Canadian friends to honor someone they know who served. You can then add your honoree(s) The information you submit will be reviewed before it will be posted for general searching.