I wholeheartedly agree about Sylvia and the Greene Co. site. Sylvia has been phenomenal responding to my questions and educating me. She's always friendly, responsive, and thorough, and I'm sure none of us have any idea how many hours and effort she has invested. Although I live in the Northwest, she makes me feel like I still have ties to Greene Co. through my ancestors. She helps me keep my Greene Co. ancestors alive in my heart and my mind. With gratitude to Sylvia, Allyson McKenna in Washington state (researching Maynard, Merriman, and maybe Ellis surnames) In a message dated 3/9/2005 7:47:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, ginagirls@aol.com writes: Hello List, I've been silent for some months now ( 2x hurricane damages,etc). But, I will say this, Sylvia has been most helpful on anything & everything I've ever requested, including cemetery records & Greene county records or history. Saying that, she has shown me ways to find the records for myself, which always were "free", correct & online. (I have verified with alternative sources) If you ask Sylvia nicely & politely, she will, at her expense, send you material of historical value for you to own personally. People, let's not underestimate her or "bite the hand that feeds us". Sylvia is a one of a kind....dilligent, trust worthy, honest & true to genealogy. Let's not destroy her faith in us as a worthy genealogical mailing list & PLEASE SYLVIA, do not let the ill comments of others destroy all of your hard work & all of your good intentions. On this list, you have been my hero. A big thanx to you! Gina searching for: (Garrison) in Ulster, Greene, Orange, Rockland) Yes, the old section of Chestnut Lawn may well be possible - just for you Jim!! :-) Just so everyone knows, if I say transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf in June 2004 or whatevber date, that means I walked that cemetery myself and transcribed each stone. If I post a transcription obtained from the DAR or an older transcription from somewhere else, then I will say that is so. And yes, that means I've transcribed over 200 cemeteries myself, here in Greene Co. ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== The Diary of John Barr, Ensign in the Revolutionary War. Come read about our revolutionary past from the eyes of one who lived it! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx