I've "rescued" two old photographs which I believe are both connected to the QUICK Family. The first is a photograph of Will QUICK which was taken at the L. C. Perkinson Studio in New York, NY. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1870's or 1880's with the young man likely in his teens. The second photograph is identified only as "Uncle Fritz" and taken at the Lichtenberger & Co. Studio in New York, NY. This photograph was likely taken in the 1870's with the man in the photograph likely in his 30's or 40's at the time. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that the photographs can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley
Today's New York Times posted about this two-part Ken Burns special about baseball legend Jackie Robinson Tonight and Monday night at 9pm, PBS, but I can't find a specific TV station. Maybe someone else can? Barb
Getcher popcorn ready! Good shows, too many choices. We've got a back-to-back genie double header tonight on TLC = The Learning Channel [28 in metro NYC, Cablevision] 9pm: "Who Do You Think You Are?" Focus: Scott Foley 10pm: "Long Lost Family" Also, on PBS' New Jersey station, NJTV [8 in metro NYC, Cablevision] 8:30-10pm : "The Jewish Journey: America" Barb [email protected]
Many Ancestry.com index pages have a feature over to the right that says "View Printer Friendly." When you click on it, the essential information is formatted into a neat list. It's a handy communication tool. You can copy and paste the results into a post on list, when asking for help, and you can print it as a reminder to yourself of where you stopped researching. Now, let's see how it travels through Roostweb. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Bridget Culhane Arrival Date: 28 Apr 1898 Birth Date: 1877 Age: 21 Gender: Female Ethnicity/ Nationality: Irish Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Teutonic Barb [email protected]
American Ancestors of New England Historic Genealogical Society is offering guest users full access to ALL of their online records from April 6th to April 14th. Some records pertain to areas outside of the traditional New England area. Just register without a credit card. Check it out> http://www.americanancestors.org/free-billion?utm_source=Billions+March+Promo&utm_campaign=Guest+Users+Billions&utm_medium=email Barb [email protected]
New Yorkers statewide are complaining about the state's archaic, deadlines for voter registration. They say that the Empire State has registration cut off dates much earlier than other states. Some NYC voters are finding that their names are missing from registered voters lists and contacting their county boards. Since the upcoming Presidential primary is April 17th, this is the time to check your voter status. Here is a list of all NY State Boards of Elections, by county. http://www.elections.ny.gov/CountyBoards.html Recently I found an interactive city-wide map of voting results from the last presidential primary. I was shocked to see that the Upper East Side of Manhattan had the largest number of voters = 24%. The majority of sections has single digit figures. FYI Only registered Democrats and Republicans can vote on these primaries. Barb [email protected]
Here are some photos of Manhattan in 1960, when cars were CARS. Don't the buildings look so short compared to today? http://gothamist.com/2016/01/04/1960_nyc_cushman.php#photo-1 Barb [email protected]
Getcher popcorn ready! NEW SEASON Sunday, April 4th "Who Do You Think You Are?" 9PM eastern Channel: TLC =The Learning Channel Focus: 6 celebs Barb
Thanks to Virginia for the heads up. In Metro NYC, at 10:30 pm on PBS [channel 13 here] 10:30 - 11:30pm >>> "1916 The Irish Rebellion: Part Two, The Insurrection." Securing German's support Barb [email protected]
On March 29, 1973, the last American troops left Viet Nam. Some towns near me had ceremonies today honoring our Viet Nam veterans. So, here's to my friends Frank, Zak, Daniel, Joyce, Gail's hub and nameless others, today: Thank you for all that you sacrificed for our country. Barb [email protected]
Today, From Dick Eastman>>>>> Ancestry Concedes Defeat as It is Unable to Restore All of the RootsWeb Site Ancestry has been trying for weeks to fix a data loss in its RootsWeb/USGenWeb/WorldConnect web pages. The company has been able to repair many of the lost pages but not all. In fact, the company is asking customers to upload any pages they may have available. The company also promised, “Going forward, we are adding additional technical resources to support the site and ensure such an issue does not occur again.” Ancestry sent the following announcement to many of its customers today: As you may know, the RootsWeb site was recently unavailable as the result of a hardware failure in our datacenter. Our development and web operations teams worked diligently and carefully to address the issues, and as a result, the site is now available again. Regretfully, despite their best efforts, our teams were not able to retrieve all of the data associated with the site. Specifically, we were unable to retrieve content from FreePages added after the summer of 2015. We understand these pages are important to you and are very sorry that we are not able to recover the data that was lost as a result of the hardware failure. Going forward, we are adding additional technical resources to support the site and ensure such an issue does not occur again. If you have a backup of your own please upload it to the site so that you have the most current version of your pages. If you have any concerns, please contact our Member Services through our support form. The RootsWeb Team Comments? Post way below, here>>> http://blog.eogn.com/2016/03/28/ancestry-concedes-defeat-as-it-is-unable-to-restore-all-of-the-rootsweb-site/#more-12655 Barb [email protected]
You read it right. The only sawmill in all of NYC is in Ridgewood, Queens!!! Prompted by uprooted trees, from the likes of hurricanes Sandy and Irene, a team of wood artisans began RE-CO BKLYN, rather such trees being chipped, burned, or dumped in landfills. http://www.recobklyn.com/about-us.html These artists mill the logs and create the most beautiful, "pedigreed" furniture. http://www.recobklyn.com/slab-furniture.html Each piece is accompanied by a history of its type and original growing location. Before you know it, you'll be able to order an Astoria, or Forest Hills coffee table! Barb [email protected]
Get the tissues ready! "Long Lost Family" is back tonight. 10pm eastern TLC = #28 in NYC Barb [email protected] ------------------------------- 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
An easier way to identify your ancestral soldier is to go into the 1890 Veterans' Schedule on Ancestry. Adjust the drop down menu for exact name and state for your ancestor. Barb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: loreenwells via <[email protected]> To: mizscarlettny <[email protected]>; nynewyor <[email protected]> Cc: NYRICHMO <[email protected]>; NY-IRISH <[email protected]>; NYNEWYOR <[email protected]>; njbergen <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Mar 27, 2016 12:40 am Subject: Re: [NYRichmo] [NYNEWYOR] US CIVIL WAR: 55th NY Infantry plus more This is an excellent site. Loreen ---- On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:22:53 -0700 mizscarlettny via<[email protected]> wrote ---- If you're looking for NYC ancestors who served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, this alphabetical, transcribed roster of the 55th Regiment New York Infantry shows the names of many men who enlisted or enrolled in Staten Island and New York City. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/55th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf To search other regimental rosters, click into this link, then click again on the correct number>>> http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/rostersinfantry.htm If you don't know whether your ancestor served or not, just check with the National Park Service here>>>> https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm Barb [email protected] ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator [email protected] ------------------------------- 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 ======================= List guidelines and links: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/listguidelines.html ------------------------------- 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
If you're looking for NYC ancestors who served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, this alphabetical, transcribed roster of the 55th Regiment New York Infantry shows the names of many men who enlisted or enrolled in Staten Island and New York City. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/55th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf To search other regimental rosters, click into this link, then click again on the correct number>>> http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/rostersinfantry.htm If you don't know whether your ancestor served or not, just check with the National Park Service here>>>> https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm Barb [email protected]
This is an excellent site. Loreen ---- On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:22:53 -0700 mizscarlettny via<[email protected]> wrote ---- If you're looking for NYC ancestors who served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, this alphabetical, transcribed roster of the 55th Regiment New York Infantry shows the names of many men who enlisted or enrolled in Staten Island and New York City. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/55th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf To search other regimental rosters, click into this link, then click again on the correct number>>> http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/rostersinfantry.htm If you don't know whether your ancestor served or not, just check with the National Park Service here>>>> https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm Barb [email protected] ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator [email protected] ------------------------------- 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
The NY state archives has the Civil War enlistment records for all of NY State. They are from the Adjutant General. You can do a search by name. It's been a long time since I did this so there may be changes. Then you could get a record for $3 apiece. If you know what unit that helps. If there were say 6 men with the same name you could order all six for a small cost so you can figure out which record is the right one. Those records give physical descriptions and place of birth. The only records you can count on the data given by the person himself. Those records give enlistment dates plus changes of unit or location. I found them most helpful in sorting who was who. Those records have personal Information not found elsewhere. My requests were quickly filled too. There .may be changes since I did this, but worth looking there. Loreen ---- On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:22:53 -0700 [email protected] wrote ---- If you're looking for NYC ancestors who served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, this alphabetical, transcribed roster of the 55th Regiment New York Infantry shows the names of many men who enlisted or enrolled in Staten Island and New York City. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/55th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf To search other regimental rosters, click into this link, then click again on the correct number>>> http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/rostersinfantry.htm If you don't know whether your ancestor served or not, just check with the National Park Service here>>>> https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm Barb [email protected] ======================= List guidelines and links: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/listguidelines.html ------------------------------- 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
List members seem surprised that NYC has civil birth records prior to the certificate format circa 1864. As a matter of fact, one-line midwife ledger entries for births begin about 1846. An index exists for these early births. Today, I researched an 1861 birth of a HAMILL child at the NYC Municipal Archives. The descendant found an indication of this birth via a search at Family Search.org. Take a look at the kinds of details that may be extracted from a NYC Birth Index search from 1861. Did you notice that three of the seven births exclude a father's name? Notice too that in seven births there are five surname spellings variations! I have seen some that include the mother's maiden name. I've also found more births of Irish-Catholics than I'd imagined since birth reporting was not required then. One note of interest: This data came from an unusually clear microfiche. Most are not this easy to read, and, most films have missing months. But, it's great to know this is a viable resource that may have a happy ending. 1861 MANHATTAN BIRTH INDEX (microfiche order) 1) HAMEL, Louisa, female born 19 April 1861; Volume 8, page 172 Born: 71 Pearl Street; parents= John & Julia 2) HAMIL, female born 16 August 1861; Volume 8, page 178 Born: Wards Island; parents: father = blank, & Catherine 3) HAMIL, Thomas, male born 20 July 1861; Volume 8, page 177 Born: Bellevue Hospital ; parents = Thomas & May 4) HAMIL, female born 31 March 1861; Volume 8, page 171 Born: 319 West 36th St.; parents = Patrick & Catherine 5) HAMMEL, Mary, female born 7 June 1861; Volume 8, page 15 Born: 91 Delancy St.; parents = John & Elizabeth 6) HAMMILL, female born 25 March 1861; Volume 8, page 171 Born: 123 East 11th St.; parents: father = blank & Jan 7) HAMMELL female born 15 March 1861; Volume 8, page 170 Born: Wards Island; parents: father = blank & Rachael Barb [email protected]
Historical focus on this election. Barb [email protected]
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. With love, respect and thanks to my earliest arriving Irish great, great grandfather, who came to NYC at 12 years old, without his parents, ~~~Daniel O'Connell (1836 - March, 17 1898)~~~ who passed away listening to the NYC St. Patty's Day parade, from his home at 128 Chrystie Street. Up the Irish! Barb