Are these any resources that might provide information or description of  what the 1860 U.S. Census identifies as the "Union Society Post Office" neighborhood of Windham?  More specifically, would residents of this section of Windham have attended any particular church or been educated at some specific school that might have records anywhere?   For the benefit of my children, I am researching my ex-husband's lineage. Among these lines is the family of George and Sarah C. Robertson, who lived in Windham for just a few years, ca. mid-1850s to perhaps early to mid-1860s.  (Note: This George Robertson has no connection whatsoever to the quite prominent George Robertson whose life seems to be well documented in local histories.)   >From the little I glean from the 1860 census, the Union Society P.O. area seems to have been a neighborhood of tradespeople.  If the sequence of families enumerated is any indication of the layout of properties here, the immediate neighborhood comprised the following: Thomas Kearns, blacksmith; George Robertson, cabinet maker; Daniel Jones, cooper; D. (?) Sutton, blacksmith; Nelson Camp, farmer.   The 20 Aug 1860 census cites the following: George, 45, cabinet maker, owns real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate of $270, b. Nova Scotia; Sarah C., 35, b. New York; Anna M., 16, b. New York, attended school; Mary A., 14, b. New York, attended school; George W., 12, b. New York, attended school; Adelaide V., 9, b. New York, attended school; Charles R., 6, b. New York, attended school; Emma L., 4, b. New York, Jessie E., 1, b. New York.   I'm hoping that this will finally be the year I take a summer research road trip to explore Windham and its resources.  My specific interest in this line is George and Sarah's son George W. Robertson, who in adulthood married Agnes Smith, a descendant of Revolutionary War Lt. Abraham Osborn of New Jersey. A number of Osborn's descendants are in the DAR, but this particular line is not documented.   At this point, I have no idea where the Robertson family lived between 1862 and 1868, or where/when George died. Advertisements for property in Ocean County, NJ, promote it as a healthy place to live, especially for people with respiratory problems. Since Ocean County was also being developed for tourism, it seems that if George was still alive and not ill, he might have found work there as a carpenter/cabinetmaker, just as he did in Greene County and earlier in Brooklyn and his youth in Nova Scotia. On the other hand, Sarah handled the family's real estate transactions in the 1860s, which suggests to me that George was perhaps ill and then died by 1868.   Below is the time line I've compiled for George Robertson and family:    1814/15: George Robertson born in Nova Scotia.   27 Sep 1839: George Robertson, 25, cabinet maker, arrives in New York from Halifax aboard the Schooner Barbara.   1839-44: George Robertson marries New York native Sarah ?  (Possible parents, per Brooklyn directory, could be Thomas and Anna Williams. Later census data identifies an Anna Williams as Sarah's mother, living with the Robertson family. What does Sarah's middle initial C. stand for? It appears consistently with her name.)   1844 approx.: daughter Anna M. Robertson born in New York.   1846 approx.: daughter Mary A. Robertson born in New York.   1848:  “Robertson, George, cabinet maker, 199 Gold,” per 1848 Brooklyn city directory.  Not listed in 1850 or 1859 directories.   1848/49 approx.: son George W. Robertson born in New York.   12 Aug 1850: US Census for Brooklyn Ward 8 lists George, 35, cabinet maker, owns property valued at $400, b. Nova Scotia; Sarah C., 25, b. New York; Anna M., 6, b. New York, attended school; Mary A., 4, b. New York; George W., 1, b. New York.   1851 approx.: daughter Adelaide V. Robertson born in New York.   1854 approx.: son Charles R. Robertson born in New York.   1856 approx.: daughter Emma L. Robertson born in New York.   1859 approx.: daughter Jessie E. Robertson born in New York.   20 Aug 1860: US Census for Windham, Greene County, New York (Union Society Post Office) lists George, 45, cabinet maker, owns real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate of $270, b. Nova Scotia; Sarah C., 35, b. New York; Anna M., 16, b. New York, attended school; Mary A., 14, b. New York, attended school; George W., 12, b. New York, attended school; Adelaide V., 9, b. New York, attended school; Charles R., 6, b. New York, attended school; Emma L., 4, b. New York, Jessie E., 1, b. New York.   1861 approx.: daughter Ida G. Robertson born in Windham.   2 April 1862: Sarah Robertson, on behalf of George, sells property in Windham.   On April 2, 1862, Sarah C. Robertson (identified as owner and as George's wife) sells 15 acres of this property to a David Davis. It's described as being on the southerly side of the turnpike, abutting that of Eli Parsons, with the boundary line running "west of a little barn opposite and nearly south of the house now occupied by the Robertsons," south to a barn, east to "where the red (???) shop formerly stood," then directly north to the highway, then east along the turnpike more or less to "a wall running north a few feet west of the tavern house now occupied by Peter Jacobs."  North along a wall to the property line of Thomas Kearns, then west to the Goshen road, southeast to property of Daniel Jones (deceased?), then east to the beginning point. A second 5-acre parcel, abutting Kearns, was sold to Thomas B. Holcomb.   (In response to my post a few years ago conceriing this property transfer, town historian Patricia Morrow wrote: "David Davis lived several miles east of Windham Centre, along State Route 23 in the vicinity of Union Society (now called Brooksburg). Goshen Road is located in the hamlet of Hensonville. On this 1867 map of Windham, just to the left of the words "Union Society," you will see property marked D. Davis and P. Jacobs Hotel.http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/wpeE3.gif)   26 Oct 1868: Sarah Robertson buys property in Bricksburg, Ocean County, New Jersey.  Resident of village of Bricksburgh in Brick Township. For $225, purchases lots on west side of Lexington Avenue between First and Second streets from Bricksburg Land Improvement Company.  (Lots 25-26 of Block 7, frontage on Lexington Avenue.)   17 Aug 1870: US Census for Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey (Point Pleasant Post Office) lists Sarah C., 46, dress making, real estate valued at $1,650, personal estate of $150, born in New York; Mary A., 23, dress making; Charles R., 15, at home, attended school; Emma L., 13, at home, attended school; Jessie E., 11, at home, attended school; Ida G., 9, at home, attended school; Anna M. Williams, 65, at home, personal estate of $700; George W. Robertson, 21, painter.  All born in New York.  All children list “father of foreign born.”  (Note: Anna M. Robertson, b. ca. 1844, is not listed.  Unless she died, she is probably married, and could have married while the family resided in Windham.)   11 Jun 1880: US Census for Western District of Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, lists Sarah C., 56, widowed, head of household, keeping house, self/both parents born in New York; Anna Williams, 75, widowed, mother, at home, self/both parents born in New York; Emma Robertson, 23, single, dressmaker,; Jessie Robertson, 21, single, upholstress; Ida G., 19, single, dressmaker, all daughters list self/mother born in New York, father born in Nova Scotia.   Jun 1880: US Census for Camden, New Jersey, Ward 7, 59 Cherry Street, lists George W. Robertson, 29, married, painter, born New York, mother born New York, father born Nova Scotia; Agnes, 25, keeping house, self/parents born New Jersey; Frankie, 5, born New Jersey; Cora, 3, born New Jersey.   1885: New Jersey State Census for Brick Township, Ocean County, lists George W. Robertson, 20-60; Agnes, 20-60; Frank A., 5-10; Cora M., 5-10; Harry H., under 5; Herbert W., under 5. Thanks for any help,   Barbara Proko New Britain, CT