------------ limited offer (expires 31 January 2010) -------------- Please read all of this message before making requests - thank you. From 1905 to 1950 (only) coroners in Orange County NY presented annual reports to the county Board of Supervisors of "unusual" deaths which they had investigated ...deaths like murder, suicide, drowning, hit by a train, kicked by a horse, etc...only cases where a doctor was not present to sign a death certificate. These were published in the "Board of Supervisors Report" for that year. They consist of just one paragraph, which tells who died, when, where and why (cause of death). A handful of them named other relatives. Here are samples. There is no further info for any of them. 1905 Nov 28 Adelia McCormick, 123 Liberty St., 30 years old. Heart failure, following vomiting spell. 1906 Aug 7 Anthony Praslow, 48 years old, Coxsackie, N.Y. Asphixia from drowning. Fell from Steamer Kaaterskill. 1906 Oct 16 John Caulfield, 24 years old, Port Jervis. Injuries received by being run over by C. N. E. train at Maybrook. Attempted to board moving train and slipped in under it. During this 46-year period 6,016 individual reports were published, covering 3,453 different surnames...far too many to post here. This is a valuable resource that was not noticed until a few years ago. They are not death certificates, and give limited information, but they help focus on date and place of death. A volunteer at Orange County Genealogical Society created an index of these reports. I have a copy of the index at home, and can quickly tell if any given name was included. From now until 31 January 2010 I will volunteer to check the index of coroners' reports found in the Orange County (NY) "Board of Supervisors Proceedings", and if the name requested is located, to quote the actual report on this list. Before you request a lookup, remember the parameters: 1. Must have died in Orange County NY. 2. Must have died between 1905 and 1950. 3. Must not have died in a hospital or in the presence of a doctor. 4. Send only name and (approximate) year of death...nothing else, as the index is by name and date of investigation. If found, the index will tell the year and page and I will look up the details (just one paragraph per death). Please, no long-winded explanations...just one line per death, and no "fishing parties" such as "any Smith between 1920 and 1930". SAMPLES: George ASHLEY 1908 Peter CURRAN 1916 Any SMITH 1920-1930 (this will not be answered) If found in the index, I will post the coroner's report to the list and it will be posted to the Rootsweb archives. If not found in the index, I will tell you off-list, so as not to waste the time of hundreds of people on the list. NOTE: many coroners' report are already available at Rootsweb archives (see listing below). So go ahead and send requests if you think someone may have died under unusual circumstances in Orange County NY between 1905 and 1950. I'll try my best for you...until 31 January 2010. Requests received after 31 January 2010 will not be answered. Marty Irons ------ how to find reports at Rootsweb archives ------------ Coroners' reports for the names listed below can be accessed directly at rootsweb archives for the month and year posted. Please check this list before asking for a lookup, and please do not request a repeat of reports already posted. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NYORANGE/2005-12 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NYORANGE/2006-01 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NYORANGE/2006-12 http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NYORANGE/2007-12 NOTE: On my browser (Firefox) I clicked on "display in chronological order" "with names" "with dates" then "redisplay" This put postings in chronological order, making the coroners' reports easier to find by date of posting. All of them will have "Marty" as the sender. NAME OF DECEASED YEAR printed in Board of Supervisors' Reports Y-NN (my coroners' report number in subject) POSTED BY "Marty" ON YYYY-MM-DD (look for this date) ASHLEY, GEORGE W 1908 7-14 2007-12-12 BENJAMIN, JOHN 1914 5-28 2005-12-20 CARR, GEORGE 1939 6-02 2006-01-02 CARR, GEORGE 1939 7-03 2007-12-02 CURRAN, PETER 1916 7-07 2007-12-02 DECKER, DANIEL FRANCIS 1945 7-11 2007-12-07 DECKER, WILLIAM H 1933 7-19 2007-12-30 EWING, JOHN JR 1927 5-26 2005-12-19 FRENCH, BENJAMIN H 1932 5-08 2005-12-01 FRENCH, HERBERT H 1932 5-08 2005-12-01 FRENCH, RUSSELL H 1932 5-08 2005-12-01 GILLESPIE, DAVID 1928 6-12 2006-12-02 GILLESPIE, JAMES 1928 6-12 2006-12-02 GIVEANS, GEORGE B 1907 5-25 2005-12-19 GREATOREX, GEORGE 1910 7-15 2007-12-12 GRISMER, FRANK 1919 5-17 2005-12-18 GRISMER, IDA 1945 5-17 2005-12-18 HORAN, FRANK 1933 5-29 2005-12-20 HOWELL, GEORGE 1925 5-34 2005-12-31 HULSE, THOS. N 1915 7-19 2007-12-30 KING, FRANK 1936 7-19 2007-12-30 LENT, JAMES P 1943 5-16 2005-12-18 LENT, JESSE SR 1932 5-16 2005-12-18 MC CONNELL, FLORENCE 1917 7-01 2007-12-02 MOSHER, GEORGE 1916 5-11 2005-12-04 MOSHER, GEORGE 1916 7-09 2007-12-05 THOMAS, LUKE 1908 5-12 2005-12-04 THOMPSON, FRANK H 1927 7-08 2007-12-05 VAN HOUTEN, WILLIAM 1931 7-16 2007-12-16 VAN STRANDER, GEORGE 1916 5-09 2005-12-03 WELLER, MRS. JAMES 1915 7-08 2007-12-05 WESTFALL, ELMER 1911 5-21 2005-12-18 WEYANT, ETSEL 1947 5-20 2005-12-18 ---------- limited offer (expires 31 January 2010) ---------------

Marty, can you look for the following GREATOREX George 1910 probably Highland Falls, Orange Co Thanks Mike Greatorex Harrogate, England Looking for all Greatorex's from North Nottinghamshire, Sheffield, Orange Co, NY, USA, Florida and Alabamha, USA. http://www.freewebs.com/greatorexfamily/

Hi Mike. Yes, I answered that one a long time ago. These coroners reports are some of the "hidden assets" at OCGS. We keep finding new things all the time. Happy New Year! Marty

Marty, my apologies, I was too rushed, I see the name Greatorex in your list at end of email Mike Greatorex Harrogate, England Looking for all Greatorex's from North Nottinghamshire, Sheffield, Orange Co, NY, USA, Florida and Alabamha, USA. http://www.freewebs.com/greatorexfamily/

Thank you Marty - very kind of you! Abbie Mcauley/Macauley, died after Apr. 1930 born 1846. Diane Hosler

Mr Irons: My requests (and thank you SO much for taking the trouble to do this):  * Johnson, Margaret Paret - 6 Feb 1940 * Johnson, George H - 10 Jun 1921 * Stewart, William Otis - 12 Apr 1943 * Stewart, Margaret - 21 Jan 1912 My shot in the dark: * Paine, Ida Johnson - b ~ 1862 - d/o George H Johnson, lived in Port Jervis, don't know what became of her All the best, Julia --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Marty <k2mi@frontiernet.net> wrote: limited offer (expires 31 January 2010) -------------- Marty