One part of the mystery was solved today Shot over to Canastota today. It was such a beautiful day for a drive. Went to the Town of Lenox Clerk's office. They were so nice...............I was looking for a death certificate for my g-grandmother, Margaret Harding. They couldn't find anything. I was so dissappointed and told them it was o.k. The drive from Connecticut at least was nice. The lady said, oh wait, I will look one more plce for it. She went in the back room and came out with an old book from Wampsville that hadn't been indexed yet. She looked for "Maggie" and found her. I have her date of birth, which as it turns out, is my husband's birthday. Small world. Her parent's name, Michael and Helen Driscoll, from Ireland. WHOA! I asked her who had reported the death and she said Edwin Harding. Edwin was her son. On the census he is listed as Edward and that's what I remember my Mom calling him. So even tho I didn't get my grandmother's father's name, (Harding was her stepfather) feel like I hit the jackpot. Patty

Patty, glad you had some success at Canastota. they have always been very helpful to me. chas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:07 PM Subject: [NYMADISO] Hardings > One part of the mystery was solved today Shot over to Canastota today. > It was such a beautiful day for a drive. Went to the Town of Lenox > Clerk's office. They were so nice...............I was looking for a > death certificate for my g-grandmother, Margaret Harding. They > couldn't find anything. I was so dissappointed and told them it was > o.k. The drive from Connecticut at least was nice. The lady said, oh > wait, I will look one more plce for it. She went in the back room and > came out with an old book from Wampsville that hadn't been indexed > yet. She looked for "Maggie" and found her. I have her date of birth, > which as it turns out, is my husband's birthday. Small world. Her > parent's name, Michael and Helen Driscoll, from Ireland. WHOA! > I asked her who had reported the death and she said Edwin Harding. > Edwin was her son. On the census he is listed as Edward and that's > what I remember my Mom calling him. So even tho I didn't get my > grandmother's father's name, (Harding was her stepfather) feel like I > hit the jackpot. > Patty > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1308 - Release Date: 3/3/2008 > 10:01 AM > >