Susan, I have learned not to throw away any notes and now as a result I have info for you. I have a spiral notebook and just draw a line thru the info when I am finished with it. I was in the Florence/Camden area searching for my Secors. I drove too far on a road, missed my turn, and was told that I was in Empeyville which now is just a curve in the road. I stopped asked questions and was told by Betty Selven that she had researched everyone in Empeyville. She told me that there used to be a lot of farming in that area, but after WWII people went elsewhere. The area is now overgrown with trees and undergrowth. She is retired from being a toll taker on the NYS Thruway. Now I don't know how extensive her research was. Here is her phone number: 315-245-2799. I do not have an address. Empeyville appears to be about 5 miles NE of Camden. Good Luck! Florence @ Henderson, NY -----Original Message----- From: SLWillig <valcour@earthlink.net> To: NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com <NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 7:23 PM Subject: [NYONEIDA-L] EMPEY - Anthony and William >Hi, List... > >Still chasing the Empeys. It's not an uncommon name out along the Mohawk >due to the Palatine influx in the early to mid 1700's. The Empeys we're >after, however, first immigrated to the Camden Valley of Washington County >(in 1786) before "removing" out to "the middle part of the state". > >We know there was an Anthony Empey in the area of Florence. Does anyone >have anything on him or his origins? He would likely have been born in the >late 1700's. > >The other individual was WILLIAM Empey, whose wife would probably have been >ANN. That's all we have on them except that they, too, removed to the >central part of NYS. > >Two more questions: > >1. Does anyone have any info. on Empeyville? Recently spotted it in on a >map of Oneida County. It must be a very small town indeed. > >2. There was a mental health facility in Utica during the early to middle >part of this century. Does someone know the name of it and/or if it is >still in operation? > >Thanks very much. > > >Susan Laursen Willig in AZ >valcour@earthlink.net > >For a genealogist everything is relative! > > >==== NYONEIDA Mailing List ==== >Contact the List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com >Oneida Co Surname page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/oneida.html >List Rules http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~myplace/mailing.html >Oneida Co Genealogical & Historical Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoneida/ > >