I need some assistance with going forward in my genealogy for Gardner in Newburgh area of Orange Co. My gggrandfather, Hezekiah, was born approx. 1790 supposedly in Newburg and married a Margaret (last name unknown) in Newburg about 1810. I find him in the census 1810 Newburg, 1820 Cornwall, 1830 Blooming Grove and by 1840 in Newark, NJ and then he is gone. In the 1790 census there is a John Gardner in New Cornwall. Hezekiah's first born is a John C. Cannot find a death record for Hezekiah because of his early death in 1840's and cannot find any birth records of his children in Newburg or Blooming Grove. I do know he worked in dairy industry which is an industry of the area of Blooming Grove. I am fairly sure the family was protestant. Two sons became preachers, Orville"Awful" and Howell E "Horrible" - the nicknames came from their days of boxing - of the Methodist faith. This is such a great list of informative people, hope you have some ideas for me. Gaycha Mayhew Davenport, IA

Hi - The same advice that was offered to you in the 28 Apr 2010 posting: * Try the Local History Room at the Newburgh Free Library; I understand the woman there is excellent. I don't know for sure that she's the Newburgh Local Historian, though. Someone on this list is bound to, but if not, the Local History Room lady will know. http://www.newburghlibrary.org/ * There are books online for download at HeritageQuest that include early history and vitals (such as they are) on Newburgh. Ask you librarian how to access HQ, then search "Newburgh". * I suggest that you, too, search Old Town Cemetery for familiar names - you never know. http://oldtowncemetery.org/ http://www.oldtowncemetery.org/links.html * Village and Town of Newburgh Records 1803-1838 http://jafath.com/historicdocs/1803/index.htm --- On Sun, 6/13/10, Gaycha & Ed Mayhew <gemayhew@mchsi.com> wrote: ...Hezekiah, was born approx. 1790 supposedly in Newburg... Gaycha

[I tried to send this message several times a few days back, but it kept getting bounced as a delivery failure. Hopefully it will work this time.] You've undoubtedly seen this Harriet Wisner listing in Minisink Cemetery at Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wisner&GSfn=Harriet&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=46069593& For other potential prospects, go to HeritageQuest (your librarian will help you) and look at: Gertrude Barber, "Graveyard inscriptions of Orange County, N.Y.". You should definitely consider some of the Wisners in Vol 2 & 3. Someone on this list will likely answer your question about the burial records. Me, I don't where those records might be or if the Town of Minisink has its own historical society, but perhaps it's covered by the Minisink Valley Historical Society: http://www.minisink.org   See the history section on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minisink,_New_York MVHS has a forum at their site, but it's a slow-motion one. There's also a rootsweb mailing list "Minisink Valley"; it, too, is a quiet list with only an occasional exchange. I don't know if any of the MVHS members subscribe: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html#MinisinkValley Even if the Town of Minisink has its own society, I'd still check in with MVHS as there's bound to be quite an overlap. And there's always the Orange County Genealogy Society. Productive searching! --- On Sun, 6/13/10, Gaycha & Ed Mayhew <gemayhew@mchsi.com> wrote: ...Minisink area in the early 1800s:- Elizabeth Wisner Whitaker, wife of Richard Whitaker...copy, or access to a copy, of the Minisink Cemetery Records... Liz