Yes Ron, we claim the same Waldrons from the point where John W. married Catherine. I think my Brandows got awfully "close" to a lot of the people of Greene County from the amount of Brandows that lived there thru the decades---LOL. My latest attempt is putting Bogardus families together in some sort of order and they are just about as prolific. My Ferris family were pretty much in Ashland area and easier to find, but from there they fanned out into the rest of the country. My worst nightmare is the wife of Charles Andrus from Saratoga County and Onondaga County before coming to my home county of Steuben. She was Lucinda Davis and full blood Mohawk Native b. 1786 with first 3 kids christened in 1806 in Episcopal Church in Ballston Spa, NY. They ended up in Steuben County having 13 kids and the middle one was Laura Ann Andrus b. 1816, my ggg grandma who married Henry Ferris, descendent of Gilbert Ferris of Ashland. Solving this one would be the high point of my genealogical search for ancestors, having searched for 2 decades for her parents. Well, I got sidetracked on that one, so back to typing obits of 2002. Annette Campbell --------------------------------------------------------------------------

>My latest attempt is putting Bogardus families together in some sort of >order and they are just about as prolific. My Ferris family were pretty much >in Ashland area and easier to find, but from there they fanned out into the >rest of the country. Hi Annette, Funny you should mention the Bogardus family. There is an article in the latest issue of the NYG&B Record by William J. Parry called "Revolutionary War Service Records Hidden in the Pension Files". What makes it interesting here is that the records he discusses, quite well, are from the Coxsackie area. I highly recommend the article to anyone as it's an interesting way to get beyond the paucity of certain types of records. It turns out that some veterans of that war don't show on official rosters, nor did they apply for pensions, but their service is mentioned in the pension files of other veterans. Why does that involve the Bogardus family? While unstated in the article, his motivation was to try to prove the marriage of a Hannah Bogardus into his family line. He's got a highly likely oral tradition in the family, but hasn't found a single piece of provable evidence in years of searching. So the pension files he looked at originally were for Bogardus, his interest piqued he started looking at other microfilmed pension files and eventually developed his now published article. It's funny how information and expertise gets acquired and disseminated just because somebody got curious. Or frustrated. Let me know if you need help with the Bogarduses. Jim

I have a few Ferris' let me look. Ron W. - In God We Trust - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Campbell" <anncamp@linkny.com> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: [GREENE COUNTY] names > > > Yes Ron, we claim the same Waldrons from the point where John W. > married Catherine. I think my Brandows got awfully "close" to a lot of > the people of Greene County from the amount of Brandows that lived there > thru the decades---LOL. My latest attempt is putting Bogardus families > together in some sort of order and they are just about as prolific. My > Ferris family were pretty much in Ashland area and easier to find, but > from there they fanned out into the rest of the country. > My worst nightmare is the wife of Charles Andrus from Saratoga > County and Onondaga County before coming to my home county of Steuben. > She was Lucinda Davis and full blood Mohawk Native b. 1786 with first 3 > kids christened in 1806 in Episcopal Church in Ballston Spa, NY. They > ended up in Steuben County having 13 kids and the middle one was Laura Ann > Andrus b. 1816, my ggg grandma who married Henry Ferris, descendent of > Gilbert Ferris of Ashland. Solving this one would be the high point of my > genealogical search for ancestors, having searched for 2 decades for her > parents. Well, I got sidetracked on that one, so back to typing obits of > 2002. Annette Campbell > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >