Marsha, Have located the address for the Bridgewater Historical Society. You write to the town historian as follows: Janice Jaquish P.O. Box 348 Bridgewater, NY 13318 Hope this helps. Rich Howlett > -----Original Message----- > From: C M Strong [mailto:cmstrong@mindspring.com] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 10:32 AM > To: baldie@cybercomm.net > Subject: RE: [NYONEIDA-L] Death Certificate Bridgewater > > > At 10:25 AM 6/25/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I have done some research in Bridgewater on my Howland lines. > The town > >clerk was extremely helpful. She pointed out that the only birth > and death > >records that she has are from 1880-present. She does have some town tax > >records from 1820-1880, but they are spotty at best. You might want to > >contact the Bridgewater Historical Society. I don't have their > address right > >now but they might be able to assist you. > > There is honest-to-god a Bridgewater Historical Society??? Bridgewater > is even smaller than my hometown of Clayville and if there were ever > a Clayville Historical Society, I would fall right out of this chair > in which I now sit!!! > > I had actually written several months ago to the Town of Bridgewater > Clerk's Office (yes, I had ancestors who lived there as well) and > never received an answer -- I am assuming it was a "no record" but > it would be good to know for sure. Might you have a phone number > and/or name for this person that you found to be helpful?? > > And if you do find an address for the Bridgewater Historical Society, > please let us know! :-) > > Marsha Strong > Gainesville, FL > > >