This message, passed on to me by a fellow NYGenWeb county coordinator, should be of interest to many of us: -----begin forwarded announcement----- > As genealogists researching New York families, you are interested in > the preservation and accessibility of New York State's historical > records. The New York State Board of Regents, supported by the New > York State Historical Records Advisory Board and other organizations, > is proposing a budget initiative to help preserve and make accessible > more of New York's non-governmental historical records in the many > local historical societies and community archives. > > The Rediscovering New York History and Culture initiative proposes $7 > million in local aid to community archives, museums and historical > societies. Included in this initiative is $2 million to expand the > Documentary Heritage program to improve the care of non-governmental > historical records collections. More information about the initiative > is available from the State Historical Records Advisory Board web site > at www.nyshrab.org. > > Genealogist have a vested interest in preserving these records. Key > information needed to establish a link to a family or to extend back a > pedigree may be out there somewhere. Often, it's just not accessible. > Rediscovering New York History & Culture would help make this kind of > information accessible so researchers, including genealogists, could > find it. > > Grass roots support is critical in encouraging Governor Pataki to > include this program in his 2001/2002 executive budget. Letters of > support from individual genealogists and genealogical organizations to > the governor and legislative leaders would be very helpful. So > please, do yourself a favor and write a simple letter urging the > Governor and legislators to fund Rediscovering New York History & > Culture. If you would like sample advocacy letters or brochures about > this initiative, you may contact the Board at nyshrab@mail.nysed.gov. > > You also may want to visit the New York State Archives web site at > www.archives.nysed.gov. Click on 'Rediscovering New York' and you'll > find a newly mounted list of historical records repositories in New > York State, organized by County. It's a great aid to your research. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Ray LaFever > New York State Archives ------end forwarded announcement------

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/NiagaraObits/26 Surname: Weston, Clemisher, Marks, Marx ------------------------- The following two obituaries for Margaret (Clemisher/Marks) Weston were published in the Thursday, April 12, 1883 issue of the Wyoming (Illinois) Post and the April 11, 1883 edition of the Niagara Falls Gazette. From the Wyoming Post: DIED The funeral services of Mrs. Margaret Weston, wife of Mr. Charles Weston Sr., took place at the residence, near the Valley M.P. church on Friday, April 6, 1883, and were conducted by the Rev. W. H. Jordan, by the special request of the lady deceased, and also of the family. Although the morning was wet and stormy, a large number of neighbors and friends were present to show their respect for the dead and their sympathy for the bereaved family. The services were very solemn and impressive: the text, John 14:2 having been selected because of the comfort it afforded Mrs. Weston while living and suffering. Deceased was 66 years old and died from the effects of cancer in her face. She was a patient sufferer through all the weary months that slowly but surely matured the work of death. Mrs. Weston was the mother of Mrs. C.C. Collier of Wyoming. She was happy in Jesus and gave full evidence of her acceptance with God. The remains were taken East for burial. J. From the Niagara Falls Gazette: The body of Mrs. Chas. Weston, late of Wyoming, Ill., was brought here on Sunday morning on the 10:50 train for interment. The body was deposited in E.M. Clark's Morgue and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on Monday, at two O'clock p.m. She was for many years a resident of this village, moving away about seventeen years ago with her husband, who has had charge of the bridge building on the Western division of the C.R.R. Many remember her as being a pleasant, kind lady.

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/NiagaraObits/25 Surname: Weston ------------------------- The following two newspaper stories detail the accident and death of Charles Weston, who lived in Suspension Bridge (Niagara Falls) in the 1850s and 1860s. He helped build the first permanent bridge over the Niagara River. From the Wyoming (Illinois) Post Herald, July 1891: Just about sundown Monday evening last, Charles Weston, an old and well-known citizen of Penn township, was the victim of an accident from which his death has been hourly expected. He was returning home from Wyoming in a cart to which he was driving a young mare. Bushrod Tapp's boys saw that Mr. Weston was not in the seat while passing their place, and a closer examination revealed the fact that the unfortunate man had fallen backward and was hanging with his head downward. The animal was trotting along toward the home which is about three and a half miles northeast of Wyoming, and fearing they might frighten the animal and make her run, they ran along the inside of the pasture fence, climbed into the road ahead and stopped her. It was found that Mr. Weston had fallen in such a manner that his feet caught in a rope used for tying a basket to the vehicle. His legs were bent across the axle so that the back of his head rested on the hard road. The track in the dust indicated that in this perilous position he was dragged nearly three fourths of a mile. It was evident he was rendered insensible when his head first struck the hard ground, and was therefore unable to regain a sitting posture. Dr. Morse was immediately called, and an examination showed a portion of the scalp larger than a silver dollar to be entirely torn away and the skull was worn almost through. He was taken to the home, half a mile east from where he was picked up. The farm is occupied by his son John Weston, with whom he has made his home since the demise of his wife some years ago. The wound was dressed, but restoratives failed to bring him back to consciousness. His sons William and George of Peoria and Charles who lives in the West, were summoned by telegraph. At the time of going to press we learn that Mr. Weston has not yet regained consciousness, that he is gradually growing weaker, and that all hopes of his recovery have been abandoned. The following obituary was published in the Thursday, July 23, 1891 issue of the Wyoming Post Herald: "DIED CHARLES WESTON, aged 74 years, 7 months and 10 days at his home in Penn Township, Stark County, Illinois. Friday afternoon, July 17, 1891. Charles Weston was born in England. He came to America when 16 years of age. Being a bridge builder and carpenter, he worked several years for the New York Central railway company, residing at Niagara Falls. In 1864 he came to Illinois and with his family located on the farm in Penn township, which has ever since been the homestead. His death is the result of an accident which befel him on Monday evening, the 13th inst., the particulars of which have been given in the previous issue of this paper. Mr Weston, although an active man for one of his age, was becoming infirm, and it is the opinion of his family that he must have suffered a paralytic stroke when he fell backward from his vehicle and received his death injury. He never recovered consciousness after the shock, quietly passing away. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. M. De L. Bowen, were held at the home on Sunday afternoon. A large number of neighbors of the vicinity, including a number from Wyoming and Castleton, attested their esteem and sympathy by their attendance. There were many floral tributes. On Monday the remains were taken to the former home at Niagara, for interment beside the wife, who died of cancer about eight years ago. Four sons and two step daughters survive the parents, William H., who is a locomotive engineer for the C.R.I. & P., lives at Peoria. John lives on the homestead. Charles is a farmer in Phillips County, Kansas, and George is a resident of St. Louis. The sons were present before the death and at the funeral. George accompanied the remains to the last resting place."

Dear Group, As most of you know I'm trying my best to recover from my recent radical mastectomy surgery. It hasn't been easy by no means, but I wanted to say something about Jane, the Aide who shows up promptly at 10:30 in the morning three times a week. Now in the first place, I'm not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination and Jane is lucky if I'm even out of bed at that early hour. But we now have an arrangement where she calls me on the phone to wake me up prior to her arrival. And it seems to be working. By the time she arrives I'm at least out of bed and downstairs and I have presence of mind to unlock the kitchen door so that I won't have to do that when she arrives. She's a very chirpy person and, of course, at that early hour, it's all that I can do to give her any sort of civil response. Generally, I just grunt an acknowledgement of her arrival. But she understands. That's the way I am. She's very patient with me as I stumble around with my cup of morning tea and she just waits for me to let her know what I need her to do for me during the time she's there. But at that early hour, I hardly have a clue. But in the meantime, Jane just looks around and goes right ahead to dust or scrub or clean whatever she feels needs to be done. She continues to surprise me. But here's the thing of it. Aide Jane isn't just an ordinary "cleaning woman." She's actually an LPN and when I need assistance taking a bath. she knows just what to do. Lordy, even if I were totally helpless, she would be able to scrub me from head to toe, dry me off tenderly and get me back on my feet in the most caring manner. As a result of Jane's visits over these past few weeks, my house has begun to sparkle more than I would care to admit to over the years due to my own neglect,. Yes, I admit that her "chirpyness" is driving me up the wall so early in the morning, but the bottom line is that in my "senior years," I have someone like Jane to take care of a whole bunch of "stuff" that right now I'm not capable of doing for myself. Now who is taking care of the bill for her services? Well, in my confused mind right now, I can only assume that the Veteran's Administration (US goverment) is paying for it--I'm a veteran, you know.. However, I feel that Medicare or Medicaid (I'm in NY, you know) are also footing the bill. And juss in case you wonder where some of your tax dollars are going to, well, maybe I just told you. Still hanging in here, vee

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara/279 Surname: Davis, Salsbury ------------------------- My ancestor, Ira Davis was born was born May 8, 1812 in Niagara Co., New York. I am trying to locate his parents. He married a Hester/Esther Jane Salsbury abt 1835 in New York. They are first found on the 1840 Ohio Census for Delaware County. His children's names are: Sally, Clarissa Ann, William Perry, George W.R., John D., Laura Ann and Mary Ellen Davis. All the children were born in Ohio except possible Sally was born in New York. Can anyone match any of these?

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb/cem/cdiran.htm Johnny Farmers Branch, Tx

http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/cemny.html Johnny Farmers Branch, Tx

Dear List Members I'll repeat my request (Thank you, Vee, for looking up one cemetery for me). I should say that I am not asking anybody to look anything up for me. I just want to know if there is, say, a list of cemetery listings for Wilson, Newfane, Cambria and Lockport. Is there a way online that I could find a library listing of cemetery lists for these towns. I want to prepare for an eventual trip to Niagara County. My earlier request - My g3-grandfather, Noah Cooley, settled in Niagara County upon Holland Land Purchase land. I have no further information about him after that but I have assumed he did NOT leave, i.e. Niagara County was his "final resting place". With that in mind, are there published cemetery lists especially for Wilson, Newfane, Cambria and Lockport? -- Dan Cooley San Mateo, California

Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Niagara/277 Surname: Tyler ------------------------- I am searching for information on Isaac Tyler found in the 1820 and 1830 Census records for Lewiston. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Jan

I need the addresses for these Catholic Parish Cemeteries. St. Patrick - Lockport Holy Trinity - Niagara Falls St. Joseph - Niagara Falls Good Shepard - North Tonawanda St. Bernards - Youngstown Your help would be deeply appreciated. Zona

I'm sorry; but I don't remember who requested info on hazardous sites in WNY so I'm sending this to the List. Today's Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Wednesday, September 13, 2000) states, "Study calls Simonds radiation negligible". It goes on to say that Timothy J. Viktus, Project Manager for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in Oak Ridge, Tenn. said that his company studied the site in December 1999 and found that radiation levels are about the same as background or natural radiation. It goes on. If whoever you are would like a copy of the article, contact me on my e-mail with your snail mail address and I'll send it to you. Ellen Colangelo

Thank you very much. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: A. Robert & Ellen E. Colangelo <apri@pcom.net> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 9:23 AM Subject: Lockport City Historian > The information I just received is: > > Mr. Bruce Fredrickson, City Historian > 18 Spruce Street > Lockport, NY 14094 > > (716) 433-5005 > > Keep Digging...Ellen Colangelo > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > Several genealogical and historical societies and libraries are > available to researchers in Niagara County. For available resources, > see <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/extras/nigensrc.htm>. > >

List: I read some mention of this site on NYNiagara. I then opened my next email from another list and found this nicely detailed response, explains it very well. I copied & pasted it below: ---------------------------------------------- From: Mdmgen@aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:11:48 EDT To: ARNOLD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARNOLD] Familydiscovery Scam To all Subscribers: There has been a lot of postings about the site: www.familydiscovery.com on many of the lists. I feel that I should make you all aware that this site is a subscription site that is charging for access to free sites. As far as anyone can tell this site has no original information of any kind. It uses a process called "shrink wrapping" that causes any page displayed to look as if it is their site. You can see an example of shrink wrapping by visiting http://www.askjeeves.com. No matter what link you choose the askjeeves information is displayed on your screen. The same is true of the familydiscovery site. What this site is doing is not illegal, but in my opinion, it is certainly unethical. Here is the latest word from our TNGenWeb list regarding FamilyDiscovery.com: FamilyDiscovery.Com (http://www.familydiscovery.com) is a commercial genealogical venture which *charges* subscribers to view *free* genealogical and historical data. The data is *not* FamilyDiscovery.Com's, but "ours" (we Internet researchers whose transcriptions have been uploaded to the Internet). FamilyDiscovery.Com has done this by use of "frames." You pay to access their site where you will find links to various databases (births, marriages, deaths, wills, deeds, census, tax lists, obituaries, etc.). When you click the links, you are taken to HTML pages *off* FamilyDiscovery.Com's site, including USGenWeb Project county and state pages and government pages (A couple of days ago, their "What's New" page listed only TSLA sites). The catch is that FamilyDiscovery.Com does not tell you that you are being taken "off-site" to free areas of the Internet, but instead uses "frames" to keep you trapped in what "looks like" their site. Both RootsWeb.Com and USGenNet's SysAdmins are aware of the situation, and the initial *unofficial* response has been that there is little that can be done at *server level* that won't possibly also result in other problems, including busting our own frames (if any) or locking out "legitimate" visitors to our site, and that it would be easy enough for FamilyDiscovery.com's folks to just keep changing IP's, etc. (always a step ahead of us). Various government agencies (right down to local police departments) have been contacted, but in the meantime, we can't even know if our own sites are being hit unless we pay to look at their sites.... Personally, I think that the deception is the worse part of the whole thing. The idea of supplying someone else's work in such a way as to make it appear as your own is false representation. That is my opinion. Just remember, you can get the same and a lot more from Cyndy's List - and she never charges anything for the same thing. http://www.cyndislist.com/ <A HREF="http://www.cyndislist.com/">Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet</A> Maryann Dixon Moseby Listkeeper ------------------------------------end of pasted response-----------------

Vee, Happy Birthday (a day late)! You don't know me, I'm one of the quiet ones who sit back and read the list but seldom respond. But I wanted to tell you that I truly enjoy your ramblings and wish you the best of health and happiness. From Rose in Holt, Michigan NYNIAGAR-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NYNIAGAR-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 172 > > Today's Topics: > #1 LOST PARENTS & ANCESTORS [Norma Lockwood <marlyn1@bellsouth.] > #2 Re: Nuclear Waste, Schoelkopf Plan ["Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia] > #3 PS to Ellen and Group ["Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia] > #4 A selfish message ["Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia] > #5 Niagara County Cemetery Listings ["Daniel B. Cooley" <danbcooley@hom] > #6 Re: Niagara County Cemetery Listin ["Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia] > #7 Civil War Records ["D. Sue Kissel" <dskissel@cybertra] > #8 Re: A selfish message ["Janice Wilson" <jwilson@xtra.co.n] > #9 COLBY/ LINES ["Janice Wilson" <jwilson@xtra.co.n] > #10 "Burned-Over" Web site ["R. Kyser" <sorryken@worldnet.att.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NYNIAGAR-D, send a message to > > NYNIAGAR-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: LOST PARENTS & ANCESTORS > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 07:42:04 -0700 > From: Norma Lockwood <marlyn1@bellsouth.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Posted on: Niagara Co. NY Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NY/Niagara/276 > > Surname: LOCKWOOD > ------------------------- > > Searching for the parents or any ancestor of Jacob Lockwood. Jacob was > born somewhere in New York in 1776,and I am hoping that it could be in > Niagara County. He came to eastern Kentucky in 1797. In 1798 he married > Elizabeth White, dau.of David & Nancy White. Jacob & Elizabeth became the > parents of 8 children that we know of: David, Ephraim, William,Deadema, > Jacob Jr., Susannah, Sarah & Mary. All born in Kentucky.Any information > would be appreciated. This brick wall seems to have been covered with concrete. > Thank you. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Nuclear Waste, Schoelkopf Plant, Where to go when Visiting the Area > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:35:20 -0400 > From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Ellen, et al, > > Wow, you sure know how to write an informative message to the list! :-) I > couldn't have dug up that sort of information (re the Schoelkopf Plant) > unless someone had written a Master's thesis on the subject at Niagara > University or some such. Darn, and just when I thought I either knew it all > or had the information at hand in old history books! Don't you just hate it > when something like that happens to you?? :-) > > Re your suggestions as to the places to go for research in this area, I > agree with you 100%. I just might add that anyone visiting the Niagara > County Historical Society will find themselves in the same building as the > Niagara Co. Genealogical Society. One word of caution. Call ahead to check > what days/hours they're open. > > from vee, who's barely hanging in here! :-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: A. Robert & Ellen E. Colangelo <apri@pcom.net> > To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: Nuclear Waste, Schoelkopf Plant, Where to go when Visiting the > Area > > > HI, group, > > > > I've been off for a while because I was writing a book for the JOHNSON > line > > of my family. We had a reunion on the 2nd. (Unless you come from Central > > New York, I can guarantee you that we are not related. In the 1850's, the > > name was JOHANSEN. When Hans came to this country, he americanized it. > He > > and Lene had 2 chldren; one died and the other was my g-grandfather.) > And, > > I've had a minor but painful health problem. So as you can see by my > > "subject", I've a few things to add. > > > > 1. The Simond Saw Co. was just taken over by the Corps of Engineers, in > > order to "study" any contamination. > > > > 2. The Schoelkopf Power Station collapsed because of the greed and > > ignorance of man. When one sees some of the very old pictures of that > > particular side of the City of Niagara Falls, one cannot help but notice > the > > several factories (for want of a better description) at the top of the > > gorge. Beside each of these buildings are raceways of water. There were > > many channels dug to connect what is called the upper river with the lower > > river; and to give power for the industry. (This just means one side of > > town with the other. The City of Niagara Falls is shaped somewhat like a > > triangle with each leg along the river.) As the factories went out of > > business some of the channels were filled as best and cheaply possible. > > There are still buried channels that are frequently found when the > > untilities are digging. Anyway, as we all know from physics class :), > water > > will seek the path of least resistance. Sometimes this takes decades. > The > > Schoelkopf was built at the base of the gorge. An elevator shaft was dug > > down to the plant for accessability. My dad was a mechanic for Otis > > Elevator Co. and my grandfather was the District Representative for Otis. > > Unless he was on a call, Dad always was home by 5 for dinner at 5:15 PM. > > The afternoon of the collapse, Dad came in, said he had to leave right a > > way, that he heard on the radio there had been an accident at the > > Schoelkopf. (This scared Mom, my brother and me because 2 years before > he, > > Gramps, and the man referred to as their "Helper" [in the elevator > business > > a Helper was the same as an apprentice] had missed being killed by about > 10 > > mins. when the Prospect Point fell at the Falls. This is another story.) > He > > told us later that he had to park on the shoulder of the road, and jumped > > the fence to get to the entrance. > > The elevator worked and most of the men were accounted for but until they > > took a count they wouldn't know for sure, was what he said. Later, it was > > reported that one man died. The water seeped down through the rock and > > shale until it found its path of least resistance. When it gushed out, > > circuits were blown and the plant basically blew up. The remains can be > > seen from a viewing point above. > > > > 3. When visiting this area as well as the cemeteries, etc., I suggest > that > > one never miss the Niagara County Historian's Office, Niagara St. @ Hawley > > St., Lockport, NY 14094 (716) 439-7324; Niagara Falls Library, Local > > History 1425 Main St., Niagara Falls, NY 14302 (716) 286-4899; Lockport > > Public Library, 23 East Ave., Lockport, NY 14094 (716) 433-5935; and > > Niagara County Historical Society, 215 Niagara St., Lockport, NY 14094 > > (716) 434-7433. > > > > I hope I've helped, not overstayed my welcome, and not bored anyone. > > > > Ellen Colangelo > > > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > Were your ancestors in Niagara County by 1860? You might find their > > names at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/extras/1860.html>, > > transcribed from 1860 county maps! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: PS to Ellen and Group > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:05:19 -0400 > From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Group, > > Ellen, sorry to hear you're still in pain. With me, well I guess we're in > the same boat on that subject. But I've had a bit of a setback lately > (today) and it looks like it will be pretty much of a long term process for > my incision to heal properly. And in the meantime, I'm not dealing very > well with it all mentally. I know that the worst of it is over, but with my > having to rely on others to do even simple things for me that recently I was > quite capable of doing for myself, it has taken a toll on even my ability to > respond decently to emails that I receive or to keep promises that I have > made regarding lookups or such. > > My Inbox is overloaded with unanswered messages and the reason I'm posting > this to the list is to let you know that if you have asked me a family > research or history question or even just a nice message that I would like > to reply to, the reason why you haven't received a response from me is that > for most of the day I'm pretty much a mental cripple. > > It's only on rare moments such as this one that I can focus on what means > the most to me--local families and local history. The rest of each day is > spent trying to cope with getting throught it all--one moment and one day at > a time. > > vee > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: A selfish message > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:03:55 -0400 > From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Group, > > I know that this message is totally inappropriate and selfish on my my part, > but if any of you would care to respond to it with a Happy Birthday message > to me, I know that it will brighten up my day tomorrow, September 12. > Birthdays are so special to everyone and even though I've already received a > birthday card from my sister Norma and my Aunt Edna (90 years old) in the > mail, I guess I still need some warm hugs. > > You people mean a lot to me, I want to contribute so much more to our > list--and I CAN--but right now all that I know is that tomorrow is my > birthday and it won't be an easier day than today was for me (TRUST ME and > don't ask me why! :-)) But I have an idea that I'll get through tomorrow > much better than I did today if a few of you would just wish me a Happy > Birthday tomorrow. > > A little 68-year-old girl going on 69, > vee > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Niagara County Cemetery Listings > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:15:02 -0700 > From: "Daniel B. Cooley" <danbcooley@home.com> > To: NYNIAGAR-D@rootsweb.com > > Dear List Members > > My g3-grandfather, Noah Cooley, settled in Niagara County upon Holland > Land Purchase land. I have no further information about him after that > but I have assumed he did NOT leave, i.e. Niagara County was his "final > resting place". With that in mind, are there published cemetery lists > especially for Wilson, Newfane, Cambria and Lockport? > -- > Dan Cooley > San Mateo, California > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Niagara County Cemetery Listings > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:23:14 -0400 > From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Dan, > > For what it's worth, your Noah Cooley doesn't show up in the records that I > have on the North Ridge Cemetery in Town of Cambria. > > Good luck in your research, > vee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel B. Cooley <danbcooley@home.com> > To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 11:15 PM > Subject: Niagara County Cemetery Listings > > > Dear List Members > > > > My g3-grandfather, Noah Cooley, settled in Niagara County upon Holland > > Land Purchase land. I have no further information about him after that > > but I have assumed he did NOT leave, i.e. Niagara County was his "final > > resting place". With that in mind, are there published cemetery lists > > especially for Wilson, Newfane, Cambria and Lockport? > > -- > > Dan Cooley > > San Mateo, California > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > Looking for a dead-end Niagara County ancestor? Check the WorldConnect > > Project, <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/>, to see if an unknown > > cousin may be able to help! > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Civil War Records > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:50:56 -0700 > From: "D. Sue Kissel" <dskissel@cybertrails.com> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi, > I just returned from a week in Salt Lake where I attended the FGS/UGA > conference. One of the classes I attended was on NY research taught by > Gordon L. Remington. He mentioned a set of records that I was not aware of > and thought I would pass the information along to the group. > > Town clerks had registers of men who served in the Civil War. These records > include such information as individuals, full name, residence, date and > place of birth and parents names. Since Lockport is not on the film I did > not find the information I was looking for, however it does give info on the > towns of Somerset, Hartland, Pendleton and Newfane. The Salt Lake Family > History Library film number for Niagara County is: 1993420 > > Sue > dskissel@cybertrails.com > D. Sue Crowder Kissel > 3299 Rose Lane, > Prescott, AZ 86305 > Researching: > Crowder (CAN>NY>MI>SD), Keene(ME>MI), Kissel (PA>IA>NE>KS)Long(CAN Fr>NY>MI) > Lutzke(GER>MI), Lou©ks(CAN>MI), Mc(A)Fee(CAN>NY>MI), > Paine(ME>MI)Smith(NY>MI) > http://doors.cybertrails.com/~dskissel/ > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: A selfish message > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:08:17 +1200 > From: "Janice Wilson" <jwilson@xtra.co.nz> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY Vee !!! > Hope you have a wonderful day. > >From Janice in New Zealand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> > To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 3:03 PM > Subject: A selfish message > > > > > Dear Group, > > > > I know that this message is totally inappropriate and selfish on my my > part, > > but if any of you would care to respond to it with a Happy Birthday > message > > to me, I know that it will brighten up my day tomorrow, September 12. > > Birthdays are so special to everyone and even though I've already received > a > > birthday card from my sister Norma and my Aunt Edna (90 years old) in the > > mail, I guess I still need some warm hugs. > > > > You people mean a lot to me, I want to contribute so much more to our > > list--and I CAN--but right now all that I know is that tomorrow is my > > birthday and it won't be an easier day than today was for me (TRUST ME and > > don't ask me why! :-)) But I have an idea that I'll get through tomorrow > > much better than I did today if a few of you would just wish me a Happy > > Birthday tomorrow. > > > > A little 68-year-old girl going on 69, > > vee > > > > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > > Crossing the border into Canada? For Ontario resources, see > > <http://www.cyndislist.com/ontario.htm>. > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: COLBY/ LINES > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:01:14 +1200 > From: "Janice Wilson" <jwilson@xtra.co.nz> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi group, > Anyone researching the names COLBY & LINES please contact me > My GGGUncle William LINES & Mary Ann GRAY from Huntingdon, England > moved to Lockport and were market gardeners. Their daughter Emma Eliza LINES married a COLBY and they had 6 children, Emma, Etta, Maie, Harry, Daisy and Elsie COLBY. > Could someone please tell me are there many cemeteries near Lockport as both William & Mary were buried locally. > Regards, > Janice Wilson > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: "Burned-Over" Web site > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 03:24:00 -0500 > From: "R. Kyser" <sorryken@worldnet.att.net> > To: NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com > > I've been on this list since last Nov. 17, but don't recall anyone mentioning this wonderful Website: > > http://olivercowdery.com/census/BurntCen.htm > > Yes, some nameless angel has posted the index for three censuses (1810-30) for 13 counties. And this particular page gives us a clear, graphic picture of the evolution of the counties of the "Burned-Over District" (i.e., everything west of Seneca Lake): > > http://olivercowdery.com/census/BurnEvlv.htm > > Cheers, > Ron Kyser

The information I just received is: Mr. Bruce Fredrickson, City Historian 18 Spruce Street Lockport, NY 14094 (716) 433-5005 Keep Digging...Ellen Colangelo

In a message dated 9/13/00 4:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, NYNIAGAR-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Can someone tell me if historian for Lockport is: > Mary Brennan Taylor > 480 Pine St > Lockport NY 14094 > Thanks > Sue No, she's not, but I believe she still works for Representative LaFalce. Sincerely, Pat Misso Chambers/James/Fallon/Cass/Calderwood/Foote/Harling

Sorry Group- I didn't give a time frame. William & Mary Ann LINES made their Wills around 1894 &1897. Thanks, Janice

Thans-Can someone provide me with the correct info? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <OurFamilyStory@aol.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:05 AM Subject: Re: NYNIAGAR-D Digest V00 #173 > In a message dated 9/13/00 4:03:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > NYNIAGAR-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > Can someone tell me if historian for Lockport is: > > Mary Brennan Taylor > > 480 Pine St > > Lockport NY 14094 > > Thanks > > Sue > No, she's not, but I believe she still works for Representative LaFalce. > > Sincerely, > Pat Misso > > Chambers/James/Fallon/Cass/Calderwood/Foote/Harling > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > Stuck for ideas? The Niagara County NYGenWeb site might help... > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/>. Find queries, genealogical and > historical resources, travel and local info, and much more! > >

for what it's worth I also got a letter from them, And feel the same way, They don't even give you a hint of what they have, At least kindred and ancestry give you something for free, kindred lets you earn free time and ancestry is free every so often. Patty Champion Sanderlin Wilson, Niagara Co. NY searching: Armstrong, Campbell, Champion, Curnow, Freeman, Maynard, Meek, Morcom, Richards, Russell, Taylor and Wass ----- Original Message ----- From: <Famsearcher@aol.com> To: <NYNIAGAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: from another list, abt familydiscovery site > > --part1_62.719dee9.26f04003_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Happy Hunting > Traci Stone > famsearcher@aol.com > <A HREF="http://tracistone.accessgenealogy.com/">My Accessgenealogy Page-the > best one</A> > <A HREF="http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/t/o/Traci-Stone/">stone page @ > genealogy.com</A> > <A > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/t/o/Traci-K-Stone/index.html">M ar > vin Stone page</A> > > > --part1_62.719dee9.26f04003_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <TRENT-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (rly-yg02.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.2]) by air-yg02.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:01:37 -0400 > Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:01:22 -0400 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e8CN0xk26924; > Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:00:59 -0700 > Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:00:59 -0700 > X-Original-Sender: jgstub@wizzards.net Tue Sep 12 16:00:59 2000 > X-Authentication-Warning: mail.wizzards.net: Host p314-rb.wmni.net [209.40.74.81] claimed to be p86e > Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000912155736.007d6870@wizzards.net> > X-Sender: jgstub@wizzards.net > X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:57:36 -0400 > Old-To: DEMASTUS-L@rootsweb.com, Trent-L@rootsweb.com, STUBBLEFIELD-L@rootsweb.com, > BOYD-L@rootsweb.com, <sdemastus@yahoo.com> > From: Georgia Stubblefield <jgstub@wizzards.net> > Old-Cc: rexfrommo@webtv.net > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Subject: [TRENT] New Genealogy Site ????? > Resent-Message-ID: <Vbvt5D.A.gkG.rWrv5@lists6.rootsweb.com> > To: TRENT-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: TRENT-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <TRENT-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/408 > X-Loop: TRENT-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: TRENT-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Hello "Fellow Genealogists"! > > Has anyone heard about this website: http://www.FamilyDiscovery.com/family > > I got a letter from them today, but am reluctant to give them 50 bucks > without even a free look around or something. The 20 dollar 3-month deal > might be worth it. > > It really does sound like all the others, and it sounds as if they have > just linked the others up to make it easier to navigate. There are SO many > sites out there that I can't believe they have gathered up ALL of them into > one place. I keep finding new ones. > > In case you didn't hear from them, here is what I got: > ____________________________________________________________________________ __ > > From: Family Discovery <email@familydiscovery.com> > To: <jfhaynes@lookingglass.net> > Subject: Fellow Genealogist You're Invited... > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 04:03:17 -0700 > > Greetings Fellow Genealogis > > > ==== NYNIAGAR Mailing List ==== > Stuck for ideas? The Niagara County NYGenWeb site might help... > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/>. Find queries, genealogical and > historical resources, travel and local info, and much more! > >

Dear Group, Today I realized the magnitude of how wonderful a bunch of people we have here on our list. Last night I turned to the list in dire hopes of receiving at least a couple of Happy Birthday messages today, my very own birthday. I really needed to reach out and hope that someone would brighten up my day today. I knew that what with my mental and physical struggle to recuperate from surgery and knowing that I was faced with an especially unpleasant physical day ahead of me, I really needed a few smiley faces sent my way on my birthday. But WOW, youse guys outdid yourselves! And I'm still overwhelmed by your many, many birthday greetings and by the warm words you included. The greetings continued to flood in during the entire day, they made me feel great, they made me smile and I got through the especially unpleasant physical aspect of the day MUCH better than I could have without such an outpouring. This evening my niece Deb took me out for a birthday dinner, it perked up my lagging appetite and our conversation stimulated my sagging mind. Her kids insisted I return to Deb's house for cake and ice cream afterwards and the cake was decorated with "Happy Birthday, Phat Auntie Vee"! (Note: my again sagging mind has forgotten whether I let you other oldsters in on the meaning of "phat" as used by the kids. It means a sort of "waaayyyy cooler than just cool!" Yeh, ME! Can you believe that? :-)). And of course my grandniece Amanda had to tell me more than I what I really wanted to know about what goes on in high school nowadays (she does that, you know, just to get a rise out of me--and I didn't disappoint her when I gave her disapproving responses. Lands-a-Goshen, what goes on nowadays.with these children! Why, in my day . . . . . !:-)) What has also given me a warm feeling is how our list has become so friendly with each other and so willing to share with each other. Whether it be genealogy, history, memories or just a few giggles. I've been a member of the list for several years and let me tell you, back in the early years I was reminded only on rare occasions that I had even subscribed to it when someone actually posted a message or query to it. See? We've come a long way! But getting back to the giggles that I received today, Sandra Northrup, although you're not a very good singer, I really laughed over your actually "singing" Happy Birthday to me by way of an email message. Thanks so much! But I've gotta tell you all, that Jamie Hunter outdid Sandra. This is the greeting she sent me: hum hum hum hum hum huuuuummmmm hum hum hum hum hum huuuuuummmmmm hum hum huuuumm huuuumm hum VEEEEEEE hum hum hum hum hum huuuuummmmmmm! I don't sing very well at all so I had to hum! jamie - a Tonawanda transplant in California I'm still giggling over all of the above and I'm still overwhelmed how much better all of you have made me feel today, my very own birthday, with all of your wonderful cards and warm words. Gee, I can't remember even as a little kid receiving so many wonderful gifts from so many people. It's been a most memorable happy birthday due to all of you. And in case I didn't mention it before, youse guys are the GREATEST! And for those of you have just recently subscribed to our list, just sit back, relax, send us your queries, your questions about the history of Niagara County, your memories of when you or your parents used to live here and just know that the rest of us will respond with whatever each of has that will help you in your family research and knowledge of our history here. We've become quite a close family here, you know, but we're always looking forward to adding more family members to it. Isn't that what genealogy is all about in the first place? luvya, vee