Thanks Jim - do you recommend one oversion over the other? Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > Sylvia, > > The original James Riker book (Ron's edition) was Harlem: Its Origins and > Early > Annals published in 1881. Janice cites the later book from 1904. Both > are free > on-line on Google books. These books are great for old stories, myths and > history, but are unreliable for genealogy and have little to do with > Greene > County or the Revolution. > > Jim > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Janice Hesselink <jclink51@mhcable.com> > To: nygreene@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 12:55:45 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > It's called, "The Revised History of Harlem". Author, James Riker. > Janice > On Dec 31, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Janice Hesselink wrote: > >> Oh Sylvia, you really must get hold of Rikers. >> Janice >> On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >> >>> Ron, what's in Riker's? Anything I should know of on Syephen Myers? >>> >>> Sylvia >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi! - You could print the whole thing if you wanted to - 900 ish pages; or parts thereof. My search in Worldcat said that the 1904 version was the update by Riker's wife after he died. "The Revised History of Harlem" 1904 The printable/searchable site is ...... http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;view=toc;idno=AFJ8243.0001.001 Eleanor Larsen On Dec 31, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > Thanks Jim - do you recommend one oversion over the other? > > Sylvia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's >> Sylvia, >> The original James Riker book (Ron's edition) was Harlem: Its Origins and >> Early >> Annals published in 1881. Janice cites the later book from 1904. Both >> are free >> on-line on Google books. These books are great for old stories, myths and >> history, but are unreliable for genealogy and have little to do with >> Greene >> County or the Revolution. >> Jim >> ________________________________ >> From: Janice Hesselink <jclink51@mhcable.com> >> To: nygreene@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 12:55:45 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's >> >> It's called, "The Revised History of Harlem". Author, James Riker. >> Janice >> On Dec 31, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Janice Hesselink wrote: >> >>> Oh Sylvia, you really must get hold of Rikers. >>> Janice >>> On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >>> >>>> Ron, what's in Riker's? Anything I should know of on Syephen Myers? >>>> Sylvia >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>> the body of the message

Sylvia, Honestly, I'm not very familiar with the original version; the Revised History is the one often cited. Please don't misunderstand - this is one of most important works of New York history and genealogy. It's just not very relevant to your project. I have probably a dozen ancestors mentioned (including Waldron, Ron), with stories of their fights, weddings, travels, etc, based on early records but embroidered somewhat. Much of it can't be confirmed, and some of the info on the European origins of families is pure speculation, usually wrong. These folks in the 1600's are four generations before the Revolution and have many descendants that fought. If you can trace all of the Patriots with connections in Greene County back to New Netherland you would have quite a book! Happy New Year all! Jim ________________________________ From: Sylvia Hasenkopf <esi@francomm.com> To: nygreene@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 2:56:51 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's Thanks Jim - do you recommend one oversion over the other? Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > Sylvia, > > The original James Riker book (Ron's edition) was Harlem: Its Origins and > Early > Annals published in 1881. Janice cites the later book from 1904. Both > are free > on-line on Google books. These books are great for old stories, myths and > history, but are unreliable for genealogy and have little to do with > Greene > County or the Revolution. > > Jim > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Janice Hesselink <jclink51@mhcable.com> > To: nygreene@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 12:55:45 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Riker's > > It's called, "The Revised History of Harlem". Author, James Riker. > Janice > On Dec 31, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Janice Hesselink wrote: > >> Oh Sylvia, you really must get hold of Rikers. >> Janice >> On Dec 31, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: >> >>> Ron, what's in Riker's? Anything I should know of on Syephen Myers? >>> >>> Sylvia >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >> >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message