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! Liz

Both??? The Village of Warwick (mercantile district & residential streets) is surrounded by the Town of Warwick. Towns in NY aren't like what you think of when you picture "small towns". They are usually larger, more rural bodies, several making up a county. They are what many other states call a "township". (I don't know if gigantic NYC, made up of 5 counties, has any Town organization.) At Marty Irons' urging, I went to the OC Surrogate Court in Goshen and found a small handful of the many folks I HOPED to find, but it was cool nevertheless and remarkably pain free. Thanks, Marty!!! While I was looking through the index book for L-Z, 1787-1898, I cruised past "Mead" and stopped to look. Between Mead/Meads/Meade, there are a bunch. The oldest is Nathaniel Mead of Cornwall, died 1807. The next listing chronologically was Josiah, d 1826. Maybe Marty can get some of the records if you want, as he seems to have the run of the place. He charges very little for the effort. Warwick is a very pretty Village AND Town, if you ever get to visit. Julia --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Dave & Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net> wrote: ...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? Liz