Greenfield Park, Quebec Dear Fellow Listers : I would like to contact anyone researching the family of the Rev. Ephraim Smith and his wife Nancy (maiden name unknown). Rev. Smith was pastor of the First Baptist Society in Chateauguay in the 1850s. Rev. Smith was born about 1783 in Vermont. The couple had at least two children : Jedediah Smith (b. 1806 in VT) and Andrew W. Smith (b. 1810 in NY ). Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Tom Brown

The Index for Book One: The Rice Family: 'Celebrating Our Diversity', is now online at <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ricesinusa> For anyone who has any questions or comments please email <normagertz@aol.com> No requests for research, please. Rosemary Bachelor has been publishing material on various Rice families for over 35 years. She has if not the largest, one of the largest collections on these families. (Remember, not all descend from Edmund of Sudbury) Rosemary is now in seclusion finishing up book two. As each book is finished, should be at least eight, that index will be put online. Anyone who's Rice families had connections with New York, please feel free to send me your information at <nyrices@yahoo.com> I'll also be collecting information on PA, OH, and MI Rice's. Happy Hunting, Chris (Rice) Lincoln Rice Book Project Site <www.ricefamilybooks.com> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Klez: Don't Believe 'From' Line By Michelle Delio 2:00 a.m. April 30, 2002 PDT Some Internet users have recently received an e-mail message from a dead friend. Others have been subscribed to obscure mailing lists. Some have lost their Internet access after being accused of spamming, and still others have received e-mailed pornography from a priest. They're actually experiencing some of the stranger side effects of the Klez computer virus. These ersatz e-mails containing the virus are creating Klez-provoked arguments and accusations that are now spreading as fast as the worm itself. The latest variant of the Klez virus started spreading 10 days ago. The virus e-mails itself from infected machines using a bogus "From" address randomly plucked from all e-mail addresses stored on an infected computer's hard drive or network. Recipients of the virus-laden e-mails, not understanding that the "From" information is virtually always phony -- or even that they have received a virus -- have been clogging networks with angry and confused e-mails that are causing a great deal of cyber-havoc. People signing up for newsletters and mailing lists that they never subscribed to has been a major source of frustration for both users and the list owners. If Klez happens to send an e-mail "from" a user to an e-mail list's automatic subscribe address, the list software assumes the e-mail is a valid subscription request and begins sending mail to the user. A mailing list for fans of the Grammy Award-winning Steely Dan band has posted an explanation directed to those who were subscribed to the list by the virus. "We are not infected with the Klez virus. We don't know if you are infected with the Klez virus. You may be. But even if you are not, someone out there who is infected has both your address and our address on their computer ... and therein lies the problem," the explanation reads, in part. Even when users understand the source of newsletter-generated e-mails, the amount of mail some lists generate is causing problems. "Last week I suddenly started getting hundreds of e-mails, daily, with information about raising tropical fish, purchasing cosmetics and staying in youth hostels," Victor Montez, a sales rep for a publishing firm, said. "I do not keep fish, wear makeup or travel rough." Montez now understands the e-mails came from Klez-subscribed news lists. But he said that since his free e-mail account only stores a certain amount of messages, he's lost access to the account twice this week. He believes he's also lost a significant amount of business-related e-mails. "If this keeps up, I may end up having to stay in hostels and I'll have plenty of free time to devote to raising fish," he said. In some cases, it almost seems as if Klez is specifically targeting particularly vulnerable e-mail addresses onto which it can piggyback. E-mails containing an invitation to view what purports to be an attachment with pornographic images appears at first glance to have been sent out by Catholic parishes in New York and Maryland. The attachment actually contains the Klez virus, and tracing information indicates the e-mails were actually sent from an Internet service located in the United Arab Emirates. "While we would obviously never choose to have our churches' names affiliated with such material, this is a particularly difficult time to have e-mail with obscene references -- which appear to have been sent by church staff -- circulating," an archdiocese spokeswoman said, referring to the worldwide sex abuse scandal. Other newsletter owners are also suffering. Some say their Internet service providers have accused them of spamming non-members. Many ISPs cut service when they receive a certain amount of spam complaints. "I was reported to my ISP over a dozen times this week for spamming," said Keith Carlone, the manager of an e-mail newsletter for classic car enthusiasts. "My ISP threatened to pull my account after the third complaint and we went down shortly afterwards. It took four days to sort the problem out." Andrew Fiber, maintainer of a Jewish folk music mailing list, said that the list has been inundated with messages about widely off-topic subjects, so much so that Fiber wondered if most of his members had suddenly gone "meshuga (a little crazy)." But then Fiber began getting the complaints. "All of a sudden we had e-mails coming in from around the world, with people yelling we had sent them Klez," Fiber said. "The thing is that 'Klezmer' is a type of traditional folk music which we often discuss on the list and sometimes refer to as Klez. So I thought people were protesting about our folk music. It was very confusing for a while." Some users have even reported receiving spooky e-mails from deceased friends. "I belonged to a tattoo artists' list that closed down a few years ago. Last week, I began getting e-mails from the list. Even weirder, I got eight e-mails with subject lines that read 'SOS' and 'Eager to See You' from a list member who died last year. It totally creeped me out," said "Bear" Montego. Klez e-mails' subject lines are randomly chosen from a pre-programmed list of about 120 possibilities, including "Let's be friends," "Japanese lass' sexy pictures," "Meeting Notice," "Hi Honey" and "SOS." Klez also sends fake "returned" or "undeliverable" e-mails, advising the supposed sender that their original, refused e-mail is contained in the attachment. Clicking on the attachment triggers the virus. The virus can launch automatically when users click to preview or read e-mails bearing Klez on systems that have not been patched for a year-old vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express. Klez only affects PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system. As of Monday afternoon, Klez's spread seems to have slowed, but antiviral experts warn that the worm will be around for a while. "Anytime you have a virus that is not easily identifiable visually, it tends to linger," Rod Fewster, Australian representative for antiviral application NOD32, said. "SirCam and Klez both vary the subject lines of the e-mails they send, which makes it hard for the average user to spot."

Hello everybody. Within a few weeks I plan to take a research trip to Clinton and Franklin Counties. I'll be staying in Plattsburgh and I wonder if I can get some advice from you all. Is there anything in the area you think I especially should not miss? I'm interested in the military history of the area (Revolution and 1812), and I plan to go to libraries and a couple of cemeteries but I'll welcome suggestions especially of things I may not otherwise know about. And - can you recommend a nice coffee shop or restaurant (not a fast-food place please) that is open early for breakfast seven days a week? I'm looking forward to my trip, and I'll be very grateful for any and all suggestions that will help make it a success. Thanks to all - Edie in Maine

Don't blame the Archives for the delay in receiving copies of certificates. The New York State Archives doesn't hold the actual birth, marriage or death certificates. They have a copy of the Department of Health Vital Statistics Indexes. Copies of certificates are maintained by the New York State Department of Health. That's where requests for copies of certificates are mailed. Tax cuts mean budget cuts which lead to staffing cuts. Less staff means it takes longer to process claims for people who need a copy of their own birth certificate as well as the requests of the genealogist. Losing the Office of Cultural Education would be bad for New York State, visitors to Albany and genealogists. Debbie

All states have their problems! New York is famous as the "Black Hole" of Genealogy. How the solve this is their own "problem." When a government archive, such as the one in Albany, takes nearly a year to respond to a request for a birth or death certificate, I think the "problem" lies in administration and not where the department is located or what it is labeled. No one in their right mind should consider giving a state money for anything when they live elsewhere.

I read with interest about the proposed changes -- My husband and I get to NY state from WI so seldom, scurry around trying to find things, and the local historians and county courthouse personnel are absolutely wonderful! Is there a best/ most effective way that a non-resident [not very well-informed about NY records-keeping's structure and budgeting] could voice his or her concern? Thanks, Barb Glassel

Hello all, To those of you who are residents of NY State, the Association of Public Historians of New York State (APHNYS) has some things in the works that you may be interested in. The 3rd of these things will effect the services you enjoy from the State Archives and Library. 1) We passed a resolution last fall to document the effects of September 11th within our own communities. This can be stories of your reactions, what you told your children, their drawings, any fund raising events you held, if you served at ground zero, etc. So if you have anything to share please pass it along to your local NY municipal historian. 2) We also passed 2 resolutions at our spring conference. One is in support of the appointment of a State Historian, a position that has been left vacant for a number of years. 3) Also a resolution in opposition of the governors plan to have NY form an institute called NYICE. This is not a good thing and will effect your ability to collect and preserve history. They want to do away with the Office of Cultural Education, then take the State Archives, State Library, State Museum and Public Broadcasting out of the State Education Dept. and glump them into this new thing called New York State Institute of Cultural Education (NYICE). The money they plan to use to fund this will come from the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund. The money that goes into this fund comes from various documents that get filed in the county clerks office. As you know there are certain filing fees, which the state intends to quadruple! By LAW the money that goes into that fund is for Records Management Grants (Sara grants), Documentary Heritage Program (grants) , and the State Archives Trust, and is to be used for nothing else. BUT thats what the governor wants to use for NYICE. Basically there will be little to nothing for grants if they do this, which is bad for researchers as well. This is how we get funded for a lot of the wonderful things you pour through to do your genealogy. It will also have an effect on services from the Archives, Museum and Library. Bad stuff. If your organization wishes to oppose this (As many are, as well as several municipalities) I suggest a resolution and send it to your Senator and the governor. If you are a resident, a letter will be just as good. They plan to have this take effect July 1, 2002! You can see what we did, at our web site off the main page (middle right). The web address is http://www.tier.net/aphnys I put both our resolutions on the website if you need ideas. To find your senator go to: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/ There is a link called "senators" on the left to do a look-up. Just thought I'd pass that along. Us history folk don't like to hear our services are getting chopped up or axed all together! Thank you for your time............ Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ Experience the town of Alabama in Genesee County, New York. History, tombstone inscriptions, census records, history of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians and the Iroquois. Enjoy a good murder mystery? Read about the murders of Polly Frisch. APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys/ Genesee County, NY website. Includes History Department, (under "Historian") http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The Genesee Area Genealogy Society lists the names and addresses for all the Genesee & Wyoming County Historians http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygags/hist.htm

In a message dated 4/13/2002 7:46:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SLStrick@aol.com writes: > > I found my newspaper articles a few years back when I took a research > trip to Malone, Franklin County, NY at the > > Malone Weed Library > 64 Elm St., Malone, NY 12953 > 518-483-5251 > > Also, there is family history information at > > Franklin County Historical Society > 51 Milwaukee St., Malone, NY 12953 > 518-483-2750 > FYI For those who may not be able to go to Malone, the Family History Center has some of the Malone Palladium and Malone Farmer articles available on microfilm. FHC # 1697719 (V-1 1810-1870 & V-2 1889-1894). Mac

Hello Franklin County researchers, I'm still seeking information on the BOUDREAU Family. I have found several in and around Malone but I can' t tie any of them with mine. Perhaps some one can help me? John N. BOUDREAU born about the 1880's in Malone, Franklin Co NY He lived in Westerly RI during the 1940's may have died in Worcester Ma.? He married Ellen RICHFORD of Providence RI Anyone have these folks listed in their files? Thanks, Freddie B. Stewart in Massachusetts

I found my newspaper articles a few years back when I took a research trip to Malone, Franklin County, NY at the Malone Weed Library 64 Elm St, Malone, NY 12953 518-483-5251 Also, there is family history information at Franklin County Historical Society 51 Milwaukee St, Malone, NY 12953 518-483-2750 If you like to read more of the old newspaper articles, subscribe to these mailing lists. just send an email with only the one word subscribe to NY-OLD-NEWS-L-request@rootsweb.com They are now having newspaper articles about the Statue of Liberty when it arrived in 1886. Also for other parts of the United states subscribe to NEWSPAPER-ABSTRACTS-L@rootsweb.com The articles are stored on a web page that can be searched. It is at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/usa.html Enjoy. Hope this helps, Sheila Lofft Strickland

My mother-in-law (who died several years ago) was supposedly born near Malone in 1919. Corrine Lash had an older brother and two younger sisters Father: Amos Lash. Supposedly, about 1925 or so, something happened and my mother in law was taken to an orphanage. One of the sisters went to another orphanage. Her mother was gone and her father left too. She was very young. The story is that one of the sisters died and there was a "scandal". Does anyone have access to any old newspapers that might tell some story about a LASH FAMILY? Thank you. Marilyn Abigt Fallbrook, CA

Malone, Franklin Co, NY printed in The Malone Farmer, Wednesday, June 4,1913 Hogansburgh. Most Disastrous Fire in the History of Hogansburg - L(ewis). G. BERO Burned to Death. - Our little village was thrown into gloom and sadness Monday evening by a disastrous fire in which L. G. BERO lost his life. About 9:30 as Mr. BERO and his family at the hotel were retiring for the night fire was discovered in the barn. It spread so rapidly that any question of saving either the barn or the hotel had to be abandoned. Some personal property was saved, through Mr. BERO lost his life in an attempt to get one of the horses out of the barn. The charred remains of the unfortunate man were found in the stable where he was doubtless suffocated. It is understood there was no insurance on the hotel property. Mr. BERO was about 60 years of age and is survived by a wife, two sons and three daughters. His most untimely death is mourned by a wide circle of friends. The fire also destroyed the residence of Henry M. BERO, adjoining the hotel, although the most strenuous efforts were made to save the property. His loss is partially covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. - Margaret SMITH, of Ft. Covington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. SMITH, of that place, was buried on Monday in St. Patrick's cemetery. Miss SMITH had many friends in this place who were grieved to hear of her early death. The sympathy of many is extended to the sorrowful family. - Mrs BARNES and daughter, Hope, left on Friday for her home in Utica. Mrs. BARNES has been the housekeeper at the rectory for the past four years and has made many warm friends who regret her departure. - An automobile party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. John BENN, Mrs. Michael COONEY and mother, Mrs. Jas. McQUEEN, spent Sunday with Mrs. McQUEEN's sister, Mrs. A. BRADLEY. - George SHANNON went to Watertown on Thursday last to see his brother-in-law, Wm. DALY, whom we reported some time ago as suffering from typhoid fever, and found him slightly improved. This is most gratifying news to his many friends here. - Mrs. V. J. ELLIS went to Cornwall Monday to see her sister, Mrs. MAHONEY, who is very ill. - Wm. McNEIL and mother, of Montreal, spent a few days the past week visiting at A. BRADLEY's. - A. FULTON, of this place, spent Sunday with his family in Massena. - Geo. McMANN, of Brushton, was an over-Sunday guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. LANTRY. SOUTH BAMBAY. Marriage of Harry BERRY and Miss Gladys ROCKHILL. June 2 - The people of the town were somewhat surprised to hear the wedding bells pealing forth their joyful sounds Wednesday morning, May 28th, and at seeing Jas. O'CONNOR's auto flying through the town, in which were seated Harry BERRY and Miss Gladys ROCKHILL on their way to Malone, where they were united in marriage. All join in wishing them a bright, joyous and prosperous future. - Miss Minnie FLANDERS went to Paul SMITH's Monday, where she has employment for the season. - Mr. and Mrs. George RUSSELL went to Malone Saturday. The daughter, Jennie, accompanied them home over Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. John BARRETT and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel WESTERN spent Sunday with friends in Lawrence. - Guy BERRY, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Emma BERRY, and sister, Mrs. David CLARY returned to his home in Hartford Monday. submitted by Sheila Lofft Strickland

Malone, Franklin Co, NY printed in The Palladium, Thursday, May 13,1880 Hogansburgh Notes. On Monday, May 10th, we added two more persons to the list of those who have gone to Leadville - Thomas LAPLANT and Jos. NICKELOW. We understand that Dr. H. S. ROCKWOOD, of Bombay, has been appointed Indian agent or attorney for the St. Regis Indians, in place of Mr. Alfred FULTON. The said appointment gives general satisfaction among the electors of the party in Bombay to which the doctor belongs. Mr. FULTON has held the office for a long time - even under Gov. DIX - and has discharged its duties with economy, promptitude and to the general good and satisfaction of the tribe. Any man who can do this for the St. Regis Indians must be a good, shrewd business man. I understand that the friends of Hon. H.A. PADDOCK - the grand sachems of the tribe, who signed a petition and went to Albany to work for his appointment - are very wrathy about the naming of Dr. ROCKWOOD. They held a council last Sunday, and concluded to turn the Governor, Sentor LYNDE and Assemblyman BRENNAN out of office and substitute in their stead Jo. WOOD, Lewis GRAY and Philip Curlyhead THOMAS. They had a regular pow-wow, got up a petition of remonstrance, and sent the same to the Governor. Two weeks ago I noted that Mr. H(enry) BERO, of this place, was very sick. He has since died, departing this life May 6th, and being buried the 8th. We mourn his loss, and miss him very much from our circle. He was one of the pioneers of this place, and was a hardworking, prudent, punctual man. He accumulated a nice property, and moved to this place (that is, into the village) about eight years ago. He has done more since then, according to his means, to build up the village than any other man in it. He was a good husband and a kind, indulgent father, and had the blessing to have all his children about him at his death. His business affairs are left in good shape. Mr. BERO was a justice of the peace at his death, and the town board has appointed Mr. Chas. GOODENOW as justice to fill the vacancy.

I want to thank Joyce for providing us with a map of the towns in Franklin County on her website (as well as her tombstone inscriptions). The list of town historians can be found at the address below as mentioned last week. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfrankl and click on "what's where", then click on "historical societies". I would like to add our small group here in Saranac Lake: the Adirondack Genealogical and Historical Society. Our address is: Adirondack Genealogical and Historical Society. Saranac Lake Free Library 100 Main Street Saranac Lake, NY, 12983 We have access to materials in the Adirondack collection and a limited amount of genealogical resources at the library. Happy hunting to all! Carolyn Bulgey cbulgey@adelphia.net

Hi All, This is to let everyone know that I am a member of Rosemary Bachelor�s �Rice Book Project�. I am collecting information on all Rice families with New York ancestry. Please update your files and send me what you have to <nyrices@yahoo.com> Our purpose is to compile, publish and preserve as much Rice family material as possible. You can keep up to date by checking out our website at: http://www.ricefamilybooks.com. Happy researching! Chris (Rice) Lincoln Michigan Rice descendant __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Thank you very much to the list for their help with contact names and addresses! I was pretty sure there was a Franklin town in Franklin Co. (as well as in Deleware County). Cindy Amrhein Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/ Experience the town of Alabama in Genesee County, New York. History, tombstone inscriptions, census records, history of the Tonawanda Seneca Indians and the Iroquois. Enjoy a good murder mystery? Read about the murders of Polly Frisch. APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/aphnys/ Genesee County, NY website. Includes History Department, (under "Historian") http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The Genesee Area Genealogy Society lists the names and addresses for all the Genesee & Wyoming County Historians http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygags/hist.htm

Having spent several days last fall transcribing tombstones in the town of Franklin, I can certainly confirm that it exists here in Franklin County. You can see a map showing its location in Franklin County at my web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frgen/franklincountymap.htm I also want to second Carolyn's suggestion to contact Teresa Eshelman. I met her last fall and she is a lovely lady and very helpful. > Town of Franklin Historian > Teresa Eshelman > Alder Brook > Box 202, Star Rt #1 > Ausable Forks, NY 12912 > 518-891-1052 Joyce Visit my Franklin County Tombstone Transcription web site at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frgen/index.htm

HI All, There IS a town of Franklin, NY in Franklin County. http://www.townoffranklin.com/ This is the website for the town. Bloomingdale is a village in the town of St. Armand, Essex County, NY and it is backed up so close to Franklin that many people's PO addresses were Bloomingdale but they lived in Franklin. If one is researching their families in Franklin they would do well (and I did) to research in Essex County too. Some of the little villages in Franklin town that I can think of off the top of my head are: Franklin Falls, Merrills Corners, Vermontville (sort of the town center where the town offices are), Onchiota. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frgen/index.htm Franklin County Tombstone Transcription Project. Hope this helps. Kathy Porter Researching O'DONNELL, LYON, MELVIN in Franklin.

There is also a small community named Franklin Falls which does lie in Franklin County, NY. Franklin Falls is located on a county road between the Village of Bloomingdale, NY and North Pole, NY just slightly west of Wilmington, NY. As a small child growing up in that general area, I remember many excursions there to pick wild blueberries, which were most abundant along the Franklin Falls road. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Johnson" <cjohnson@nycap.rr.com> To: <NYFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 12:28 AM Subject: Re: There IS a FRANKLIN, NY > Yes, there IS STILL A FRANKLIN, and like most such communities in New > York, it is NOT in the county of the same name. It's on route 357 in > Delaware County, between Leonta and Bartlett Hollow, up the road from > East Sidney. DO NOT BLINK! There's also a Franklin Depot not far from > there. > > On Saturday, April 6, 2002, at 10:19 PM, Edith Bailes wrote: > > > Isn't there, or wasn't there, a Franklin in Delaware County? It's > > referred > > to in Janet FOLEY's "Earl;y Settlers of New York State" vol 1, p 651. > > And > > there's a Franklinville in Cattaraugus according to my Rand-McNally. > > Edie > > in Maine > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >