Hi Mignon, Oops. I'm afraid you got the wrong impression. I'm not looking for the family. I just saw your post and had a look in my 1855 index to see in what county they were born. You hadn't mentioned that John was born in Columbia Co., so I didn't know if you knew. My problem is far worse. :) I have ancestors in Hunter who were born "in Ireland." Nice common names; like looking for hay in a haystack. <g> Cheers, Peggy
Peggy, I'm sure you've tried this, but if not, it's what I do when I can't find a surname spelling variation in ancestry.com: I go to the particular year, put in the county and town, and where born. Sometimes I do it for the whole county, as the town lines merge or change. Sometimes I do the above and just the first name, although there can be spelling variations with first names as well. Soundex doesn't work on them. Case in point: our first names. Plus, the Irish/Scottish naming conventions & tee-names need taken into account. Of course, if the family is from the 'auld sod' there may be lots......and given the 'lilt' of speech, often misunderstood. And then there's Mc & Mac, and are they written as one word or two.......... Cheers, Peigi ----- Original Message ----- From: <outtolaunch@juno.com> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] Matthews > Hi Mignon, > > Oops. I'm afraid you got the wrong impression. I'm not looking for the > family. I just saw your post and had a look in my 1855 index to see in > what county they were born. You hadn't mentioned that John was born > in Columbia Co., so I didn't know if you knew. > > My problem is far worse. :) I have ancestors in Hunter who were born > "in Ireland." Nice common names; like looking for hay in a haystack. <g> > > Cheers, > > Peggy > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > Moving in and Moving on - Greene County's Migrations Database - add your > families now and make the connection! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >