Sorry if this double posts; I posted to the Albion County board first, and it didn't come right through to the list if it eventually will. I am looking for confirmation of the identity of the parents of Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Baruch Beckwith. Rev. Baruch Beckwith and wife Elizabeth lived in Albion with their son, William, who was a merchant who in 1860 census was doing quite well for himself. Rev. Baruch Beckwith was a Baptist minister. He died Nov 10, 1869, in Albion. His wife, Elizabeth, died 2 Sep 1877, I am unable to discover where she died, but most likely in Albion or atleast she would be buried with her husband. I want to know where they married, where she lived at the time, and who her parents were. The 1860 census quixotically reports that she was born in New London, Connecticut. Ancestry says she was somebody who was supposed to have married someone else. Beckwith genealogy is poorly written and looks as poorly researched, and says she was the daughter of William Keeney and Betty Moore of New London, the woman who is supposed to have married somebody else. You'd have thought that in allegedly December 1806 (none of their descendants ever heard of citing a source), they married in Connecticut, but they managed to leave no record behind in Connecticut of the event. Elizabeth Keeney allegedly married hte somebody else in New York. No records ever exist in New York. It should not be hard to determine for a fact who Baruch Beckwith's wife actually was, and who she was not. But the resources are proving obscure. I can't seem to reach anybody in that town today who could tell me what and where they are. First, in what cemetery would most people in Albion have been buried 1869 - 1877? That list of cemeteries on the Genweb page doesn't even give a clue what cemeteries are where, let alone in which one in Albion most people were actually buried. Every community has one or two main cemeteries. Grave stone could have her full date of birth, which would quickly tell me whether she was the daughter of William and Bessie (Moore) Keeney of New London since I know her birth date, and cemetery records could include anything. Second, are death certificates available for this town for this time? If so, where would I send for them? Elizabeth Beckwith's death certificate had better give her birth date and her parents. Third, would there have been obituaries for these people, and if so, how would I find them? I'm having trouble connecting with the right person at quite possibly the wrong town library, and I can't make any contact at all with the county historical society. Now, this was a Baptist minister and his wife who died while living with a merchant son worth 4,000 and 6,000 dollars in 1860 - far more than the people around him. If obits were done on anyone these people should have them. Thanks alot! Yours, Dora Smith

Reached town clerk. She says death records don't exist before 188_ probably because they burned in a fire. They weren't sent to Albany that early, were they? She found the Beckwiths buried at Mt. Albion, and referred me to the cemetery office for any grave records. The gravestone iteslf doesn't have enough information; it gives her exact date of death but only her year of birth. Rev. Baruch Beckwith was a Baptist minister who preached in Albion among other places, though he was in his 80s and evidently unable to live alone when he died. Are there any Baptist church records from Albion? And for that matter any biographical information available on the Baptist church's ministers? Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith On 10/5/2012 12:29 PM, Dora Smith wrote: > Sorry if this double posts; I posted to the Albion County board first, > and it didn't come right through to the list if it eventually will. > > I am looking for confirmation of the identity of the parents of > Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Baruch Beckwith. Rev. Baruch Beckwith and wife > Elizabeth lived in Albion with their son, William, who was a merchant > who in 1860 census was doing quite well for himself. Rev. Baruch > Beckwith was a Baptist minister. He died Nov 10, 1869, in Albion. His > wife, Elizabeth, died 2 Sep 1877, I am unable to discover where she > died, but most likely in Albion or atleast she would be buried with her > husband. > > I want to know where they married, where she lived at the time, and who > her parents were. The 1860 census quixotically reports that she was born > in New London, Connecticut. Ancestry says she was somebody who was > supposed to have married someone else. Beckwith genealogy is poorly > written and looks as poorly researched, and says she was the daughter of > William Keeney and Betty Moore of New London, the woman who is supposed > to have married somebody else. > > You'd have thought that in allegedly December 1806 (none of their > descendants ever heard of citing a source), they married in Connecticut, > but they managed to leave no record behind in Connecticut of the event. > Elizabeth Keeney allegedly married hte somebody else in New York. No > records ever exist in New York. > > It should not be hard to determine for a fact who Baruch Beckwith's wife > actually was, and who she was not. But the resources are proving > obscure. I can't seem to reach anybody in that town today who could > tell me what and where they are. > > First, in what cemetery would most people in Albion have been buried > 1869 - 1877? That list of cemeteries on the Genweb page doesn't even > give a clue what cemeteries are where, let alone in which one in Albion > most people were actually buried. Every community has one or two main > cemeteries. Grave stone could have her full date of birth, which > would quickly tell me whether she was the daughter of William and Bessie > (Moore) Keeney of New London since I know her birth date, and cemetery > records could include anything. > > Second, are death certificates available for this town for this time? If > so, where would I send for them? Elizabeth Beckwith's death certificate > had better give her birth date and her parents. > > Third, would there have been obituaries for these people, and if so, how > would I find them? I'm having trouble connecting with the right person > at quite possibly the wrong town library, and I can't make any contact > at all with the county historical society. Now, this was a Baptist > minister and his wife who died while living with a merchant son worth > 4,000 and 6,000 dollars in 1860 - far more than the people around him. > If obits were done on anyone these people should have them. > > Thanks alot! > > Yours, > Dora Smith > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dora, Let me try to answer your questions. DC's were not required by the state until 1880 with full compliance by the 1900s. Took awhile for the clerks to regularly file them. Obits generally did not get published as a rule until much later than the dates you have. Baptist records are now in Atlanta and you may some luck writting to them and explaining the clergy connection you have. There may have been one main cemetery for Albion but it would be hard to say which one would have been used. www.fultonhistory.com is a link to a web site that is searchable and has many state newspapers.It is free, and you might want to spend sometime searching for the names that you have and see if you can flesh them out more details. Rick Porter Finger Lakes House Histories. > Sorry if this double posts; I posted to the Albion County board first, > and it didn't come right through to the list if it eventually will. > > I am looking for confirmation of the identity of the parents of > Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Baruch Beckwith. Rev. Baruch Beckwith and wife > Elizabeth lived in Albion with their son, William, who was a merchant > who in 1860 census was doing quite well for himself. Rev. Baruch > Beckwith was a Baptist minister. He died Nov 10, 1869, in Albion. His > wife, Elizabeth, died 2 Sep 1877, I am unable to discover where she > died, but most likely in Albion or atleast she would be buried with her > husband. > > I want to know where they married, where she lived at the time, and who > her parents were. The 1860 census quixotically reports that she was born > in New London, Connecticut. Ancestry says she was somebody who was > supposed to have married someone else. Beckwith genealogy is poorly > written and looks as poorly researched, and says she was the daughter of > William Keeney and Betty Moore of New London, the woman who is supposed > to have married somebody else. > > You'd have thought that in allegedly December 1806 (none of their > descendants ever heard of citing a source), they married in Connecticut, > but they managed to leave no record behind in Connecticut of the event. > Elizabeth Keeney allegedly married hte somebody else in New York. No > records ever exist in New York. > > It should not be hard to determine for a fact who Baruch Beckwith's wife > actually was, and who she was not. But the resources are proving > obscure. I can't seem to reach anybody in that town today who could > tell me what and where they are. > > First, in what cemetery would most people in Albion have been buried > 1869 - 1877? That list of cemeteries on the Genweb page doesn't even > give a clue what cemeteries are where, let alone in which one in Albion > most people were actually buried. Every community has one or two main > cemeteries. Grave stone could have her full date of birth, which > would quickly tell me whether she was the daughter of William and Bessie > (Moore) Keeney of New London since I know her birth date, and cemetery > records could include anything. > > Second, are death certificates available for this town for this time? If > so, where would I send for them? Elizabeth Beckwith's death certificate > had better give her birth date and her parents. > > Third, would there have been obituaries for these people, and if so, how > would I find them? I'm having trouble connecting with the right person > at quite possibly the wrong town library, and I can't make any contact > at all with the county historical society. Now, this was a Baptist > minister and his wife who died while living with a merchant son worth > 4,000 and 6,000 dollars in 1860 - far more than the people around him. > If obits were done on anyone these people should have them. > > Thanks alot! > > Yours, > Dora Smith > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >