Hi The best genealogyon the Hallenbeck family that I found (1965 -1970) is by Bessie Shaver, I saw the original in the public library in Pittsfield,. Mass. Copies were in the NYS Library in Albany, and in the Puiblic Library in New York City on fifth avenue. There are probably other copies. It had hundreds of pages. I onlyabstracted my own lines of interest. I have often wished I had time to go back and study more of it. I had several lines: Casper Jacobse b about 1623 was in the Albany area around 1650, He had several children. Catherine masrried Jurruan Van Hoesen, providing one of my lines; Jan Casper married Rachel Willemse Hoffmeier, of his several children Marytje married Jurruan Klauw, (their Son Johannes and Daughter Rachel are both ancestors) Son Casper and Dau Rachel Hallenbeck along with the Klauws hads grandchildren inter marry until they all combinedin my family tree; William Hallenbeck Jan's other son also provides a separate direct line. There is also a Jacob Casperse whose descendents show up marrying into my Van Buskirks, and lived in Tully. These families are the ones I follow, and my full genealogy report covers more than 100 pages, because it incorporates most of my family research - 3 of my 4 grandparents are involved. Most of the actual Hallenbeck data is from the immigrant Casper Jacobse to about 1780s, only twol ines to 1808 in Central NY. Connecting the dots to your ancestors is definitely possible, but not in my files yet. good luck. If you like I can queue up reports on the several lines in manageable segments. JOHN C VAN BUSKIRK http://www.geocities.com/vanbus1/ jvanbus1@twcny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Taylor" <JeremyJTaylor@webtv.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:33 PM Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] Re: HALLENBECK > Hi John, > Thanks for the reply and link to your website. Unfortunately, I have > not had much luck tracing the Hallenbeck portion of my family- there > were a lot of Hallenbecks around the area back then, and I am having > trouble figuring out which (if any) of them are ancestors. Here is all > that I know for sure: > My great-grandmother Helen M. Bush (Hallenbeck) was born July 28,1905. > Her parents were William T. Hallenbeck b. May 18, 1874 d. June 30, 1940 > and Francis Lake Burdick b. March 24, 1874 d. February 14, 1940. > William's parents were James R. Hallenbeck (no other info) and Harriet > Hallenbeck (not sure if this was her maiden name), b. March 1, 1845. > > Helen married Leonard Bush, who also has Hallenbecks in his background, > just to make things more complicated :) Leonard was born March 27, > 1895, to William Henry Bush b. January 1, 1835 d. February 6, 1906 and > Anna C. Hallenbeck, b. January 1864 d. 1920. The Bush line I am able to > trace back quite a ways, but the Hallenbeck line (on both sides) is > giving me some trouble! > Now that I am living back in the area again, I am going to try and > spend some time at the Vedder Library and other local resources and see > if I can make any progress with any of this.... My father's side of > the family and my mother's maternal side are giving me even more trouble > than the Hallenbeck line! It gets frustrating at times, but I am very > interested in all of this, and have been since I was in Elementary > School. > > Jeremy > > Visit my website, Updated February 2005 > http://jeremyjtaylor.tripod.com > "We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our > children." > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

>Hi The best genealogyon the Hallenbeck family that I found (1965 -1970) is >by Bessie Shaver, I saw the original in the public library in Pittsfield,. >Mass. Copies were in the NYS Library in Albany, and in the Puiblic Library >in New York City on fifth avenue. There are probably other copies. It had >hundreds of pages. Here's my notes on Bessie Shaver's work: "Seems comprehensive for early years but begins to fall off after 1800's. It seems to rely heavily on other earlier genealogies like Van Deusen [proven often wrong], Spoor [usually reliable], Dutch Settlers Society of Albany yearbooks [sometimes horrendous], regional compendiums [vanity books], etc. Sources aren't cited for specific facts." What does that mean? Like any compiled genealogy you need to test ALL of the assertions made by Bessie Shaver by looking at the underlying records, like baptisms and such. If Bessie relied on a flawed, previously-compiled, genealogy in her work, then her work is equally flawed. Since she doesn't cite sources for specific information, but groups her citations together for family groups, you can't tell whether she relied upon a good source or a flawed genealogy for specific pieces of information. Bessie is a source, but not necessarily the "best" source. The article "Hallenbeck Family of New York", National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 65, (June, 1977), by Robert Vincent Anderson, is generally considered quite good for the first few generations (as far as it goes) of the family. Most of it is available at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7705/HalenbeckFamily.htm although the poster managed to inadvertently skip one page. There's a Hallenbeck research community at http://members.aol.com/Rdkone/hollenbeck.html although a lot of the links are broken. Jim