It wouldn't hurt to check both places. The town historian was my gold mind, although she passed away about five years ago. Also when I was working in that area, the Bellvale also seemed to be interchangeable with Warwick. Have you checked with the Orange County Genealogical Society in Goshen for more information? They have a wonder group of volunteers who do some fantastic research. I am forever in their debt and will be a life member. They are by far the best and most generous society I have worked with in N.Y. Here is their web site in case you haven't seen it. OCGSNY.org. There is a new book coming out that you might want to check on from OCGS. It's Orange County Jury Lists Volume One 1798-1825, by Kenneth Dunning. This might be a great tool in your research. I know I am going to order a copy. Sue Simonich In a message dated 6/10/2010 7:23:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, richvh@citlink.net writes: Dave & Liz DuBois wrote: > In my quest for information on the Hezekiah MEAD family, living in > Orange County, I wanted to contact the historian for Warwick BUT I find > there is both a town and a village named Warwick and each one has their > own historian. How do I determine which person I should be writing to? > > Many thanks! > The town is older than, and contains, the village. In New York, villages are urban areas smaller than a city that have been incorporated, but remain part of the town they are formed out of. Towns are originally rural subdivisions of a county. If your Hezekiah Mead was a farmer, he would most likely not have been in Warwick village. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sue, Thank you for both of your responses. I have contacted the OCGS for their help. I've been a member for many years, hoping to find a very elusive Joseph Smith who lived in the Orange County area and then moved to Elmira, NY where he died in 1846. I'll check with the town and village historians for Hezekiah Mead. I keep hoping something new will emerge! Thanks for your good advice! Liz

Are you sure he didn't move to PALMYRA? .^_^. Just kidding, of course. --- On Fri, 6/11/10, Dave & Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net> wrote: ...Joseph Smith...moved to Elmira, NY Liz