In the meantime -- back at the Ranch -- if you don't live within walking distance of Herkimer County - the FHC, used with sufficient wariness, is a place to start when you've looked other places with zero results. randy, Seattle, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judi Boniface" <herkimergenealogy@yahoo.com> To: <NYHERKIM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: [NYHERKIM] Just a little information > It has been suggested here several times that people check > familysearch for births, marriages, etc. I would encourage people to > use those sources but then go back and look for original records, > there are just too many mistakes at familysearch to take what they > say verbatim, sometimes the information is just totally wrong. > > As to the suggestion that you try to obtain county histories from > Inter-Library loan, you will have better luck getting them from an > FHL library if they are available. Genealogy books are seldom loaned > out for obvious reasons, you can't replace them in many cases and if > they are being loaned out, they are not available to people who come > to the library to do research. > > The Herkimer County Historical Society has a web site at > www.rootsweb.com/~nyhchs with many family sketches listed, > unfortunately Reese is not one of them. The Society has a wealth of > information and should be considered one of the best sources for > Herkimer County genealogical information. > > Better yet, come here and visit and do your research in person! This > is a beautiful area to visit, we have some spectacular scenery and > you can always go looking for Herkimer Diamonds in your spare time. > Then take a tour of General Herkimer's Home, the Oriskany > Battlefield, the list is endless ... > > Here is another web site to check out > http://www.paulkeeslerbooks.com/ Paul is writing a new book about > the Mohawk Valley and you can follow the progress on his web site and > check out the other books he has already written. His photographs > will give you an idea of what you are missing. > > Judi Boniface > Herkimer, NY > herkimergenealogy@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > ==== NYHERKIM Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: http://www.cyndislist.com/ > >

> In the meantime -- back at the Ranch -- if you don't live > within walking distance of Herkimer County - the > FHC, used with sufficient wariness, is a place to start > when you've looked other places with zero results. True, true. But with two kids ages 9.5 and 2.5 it's tough tough to go. Just about got forcibly ejected from the State Archives -- which is much smaller and lowbrow than the name suggests -- for having a happy but squealing 2.5 yo. They asked me to make her keep it down. Yeah right. It was 15 mins to closing time, I've gone there and helped many others with reading small print with my 34 year old eyes and experience, but hey, the kid has to go. The hours aren't such that I can get there without the kids. So that's why I prefer the 'Net. You can't hear the kids, and it's 24/7 :-) --Amy