Hi all, It is the new year and here is my semi annual plea for help. I am looking for the parents of David Hanlon ADAMS b. 1883, d 1981. I have no birth cert on him. He is the son of Susannah SLATE (Grindstone) b.1843 d.1917 and Joseph ADAMS b.~1840?(Canada, maybe). I have the SLATE line. THe ADAMS line is far more difficult to trace. It has been a general belief that, David may have been born in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, this may be pure fiction. The origional story that I was raised on was that, Davids' parents were fishermen and he was born on an island. Joseph put Susannah off to have the baby and mother and child were picked back up in the evening as the father went back to shore. As his mother was a SLATE of the Grindstone Slates, it is possible that he was born in Canada. I have been unable to track that. I have found a Joseph ADAMS and a Susannah ADAMS in one census but they are not living together. He was a farm hand, not a fisherman. Susannah's gravestone reads "wife of Joseph Adams Jr". Who was Joseph Sr? Who was Joseph, Jr.? David had a sister Charlott (Lottie) b. 1870, a brother, George b. 1877. Lottie married a George PARKER and lived in Watertown, NY. When David needed a Social Security number suposedly he went to the oldest guy in the Clayton and got him to write a note stating that he had known David all of his life and he had been born in Clayton. Fun huh? Can any one help? Nancy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi again! Problem number 2 :Simeon and Lana(h) ADAMS My grandfather was James ADAMS KNIGHT b.1887 d.1939. He ran a Cider Mill in Rosiere area. His mother was Samantha M. ADAMS b. 1853 d. 1931, daughter of Simeon ADAMS b.~1832 and Lana(h) SCHUYLER b.~1829. Simeon and Lana traveled a lot and had several children born across the developing country: Samantha, Lyme NY, 1853 Margaret, Kane Co. Illinois, 1856 John David, Lamont, Mi, 1858 Schuyler Jay, Benona, Mi 1860 and Samuel, Mi. 1862 They went to Kansas and that is where I loose them. Lana ends up back in Jeff Co married to George VAN OSTRAND, it also appears that she may have married an ALLEN along the way. Samantha and Margaret came back to Lyme, marrying brothers James and Nelson Knight. John David settled in Kansas, Schuyler went to Washington/Idaho, And Samuel came back to Lyme. I find can not find Lana or Simeon listed anywhere. Any help would be greatly apprecaited. Nancy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com