Hi Patricia, First off, yes, Byron is fairly close to Batavia; Byron is about 7 or 8 miles to the northeast. There was still a TRIPP family living there c1930s-1960, as the name appears often in my Grandmother's diaries. By the sounds of things, she lived fairly close to at least one branch of the TRIPP family. I don't know about death indexes for those years, but there are some Batavia newspapers microfilmed for a good portion of the years you are looking for. You can find out what papers are available at <A HREF="http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/">NYS Newspaper Project</A> http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ These films can be ordered through interlibrary loan to anywhere in the country.... IF you have a librarian who is willing to figure out how to order them!!! I had problems with that....they called me up a few weeks after I requested some films, and just told me that they didn't know how to order them!! Another avenue worth pursuing might be to go through the local cemeteries online at <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese/archive.htm">GC-Archives</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese/archive.htm Just scroll down to cemeteries, and click on the location you want to search. I would NOT limit my search to just Batavia though!!! It's very possible that you might find them buried in one of the neighboring towns or communities. You also might try various spellings of MESSNER in the LDS 1880 census records. I tried a search of MESSNER for just Genesee County, and come up with no returns, but if they were immigrants, there's every chance that the census taker could not fully understand them, and may have entered the name incorrectly. Good luck! Joan In a message dated 5/16/2003 8:16:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, den-mom@earthlink.com writes: > Would anyone on the list know if there is any filming or records of > death in Genese Co during the years 1870-1895. If so would the FHC have > these or would there be some other area to check. > I have been unsucessful in finding when a GGfather died. (MESSNER, > Jakob/Jacob, born in Germany, 1825-1829, emmigrated to USA in 1853) > It shows on 1870 census that he and wife lived in Batavia , he was a > farmer. > There were no children in the household, altho, a daughter worked for > the Tripp family as a servant in Byron, at the time. It's only a guess > that Byron wasn't too far from Batavia. And I believe the son was in NYC > area. The wife later moved to NJ and was found in 1900 census but > nothing between 1870 and 1900. > Thanks for any help, in advance. > P >

This seems to be the page that details how to get them. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/borrowetc.htm Bonnie Burkhardt bb86it@wideopenwest.com Subscribe to Missing Links and Somebody's Links at http://www.petuniapress.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jma8763@aol.com> To: <NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [NYGENESE] possible Genese Co. death -1870-1895 > I don't know about death indexes for those years, but there are some > Batavia newspapers microfilmed for a good portion of the years you are > looking for. You can find out what papers are available at > <A HREF="http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/">NYS Newspaper Project</A> http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/ > These films can be ordered through interlibrary loan to anywhere in the > country.... IF you have a librarian who is willing to figure out how to order > them!!! I had problems with that....they called me up a few weeks after I > requested some films, and just told me that they didn't know how to order > them!! > > Good luck! > Joan >