Larry, read down...... ----- Original Message ----- From: <Citellus2@aol.com> To: <nyoneida@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [NYONEIDA] Gold Rush > Deanna > > I have seen, on rare occasions, something from a town or county that said > "these guys went to California in the gold rush." I have looking at things from > the California end, having 3 different lines head west. The 1850 census (too > early for Patrick McGough) and the 1852 California state census list the state > (but not county) of origin, and NY is very well represented. Was Patrick > still there to be enumerated in mid-1852? I don't know if the state census, or > an index, is on-line; the NORCALThank you. (northern California) rootsweb board is very > active. You might try there for someone who could do a lookup in the state > census, if he was still there. I get to Sacramento sporadically - have grandkids > 30 miles away - and I'd be glad to do a look up when I next visit the > archives there. But it could be quite a wait.I'm very patient. I would appreciate the assistance. I don't know if Patrick was there in 1852. I don't know where Judge John Walsh got the information that he was in Calif. in 1851 for the Gold Rush. > > By the way, I like having things posted on the board regarding your church > record lookups. The Turner request piqued my interest. If you find a John > Turner, I'd like to know. My John Turners (father and son) were in Oneida about > 1800-1805 and 1800-1820.There is no John Turner until 1855: Theodora Amelia, dau. of John B. Turner and Martha Valentine b. Sept. 12, 1839, bpt. Dec. 11, 1855 Deanna > > Larry > > > > In a message dated 12/8/2007 4:02:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, > dsmith57701@adelphia.net writes: > >> Thanks! You took me through to Calif. as though I was on that journey. >> I wonder if it could be known WHO, from Oneida Co. went and what years. >> Patrick McGough went in 1851 per the records of Judge John Walsh of Utica >> who did a study on the Utica Irish. He gave no source for the information >> regarding Patrick unfortunately. >> >> Deanna >> > > > > > ************************************** > Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONEIDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >