Try doing a Google search on "TOWN CLERK PITTSFIELD NY" and "TOWN CLERK PLAINFIELD NY" They returned addresses and phone numbers for town clerks near the places you mentioned. Note that in NY state the town and village/hamlet frequently do not have the same name. For instance, Googling on the town clerk for the (village of) Washingtonville NY brought back the town clerk of Blooming Grove NY, and Googling on the village clerk of Washingtonville NY brought back the village clerk of Washingtonville NY. Confusing? Yep...that's New York. I hope this helps. Good luck in your quest. Marty PS: You could possibly use the same technique "TOWN CLERK xxxxxxxxx NY" or "VILLAGE CLERK xxxxxxxx NY" for other areas.

That is a good address for me, Jayne, but, I never received the email. Resend again thru janacortez@charter.net. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Perllan987@aol.com> > Also, I have a lot of info I could contribute to the Otsego Co site. I > emailed Jan Cortez a couple of weeks ago, but have not received an answer. > Maybe she > is on vacation. Does anyone know? I emailed her at the address at the > Otsego > Co. site, otsego@jansdigs.com. Is that a good address for her? > > Thanks a lot. > > Jayne > perllan987@aol.com

Dear List: I need to ask you for help again. I have looked at the Otsego Co., NY website and see the names and addresses of town historians, but I cannot see the names and addresses of town clerks. Can anyone supply the names and addresses and email addresses, if any, for the town clerks of Plainfield and Pittsfield, Otsego County, New York? I need this information so I can write for my parents' certified birth certificates. Also, I have a lot of info I could contribute to the Otsego Co site. I emailed Jan Cortez a couple of weeks ago, but have not received an answer. Maybe she is on vacation. Does anyone know? I emailed her at the address at the Otsego Co. site, otsego@jansdigs.com. Is that a good address for her? Thanks a lot. Jayne perllan987@aol.com

All I can find is: ============= 1800 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Burlington, p. Caleb Johnson 00001 00001 There is extensive information on Caleb's ancestry and that of his wife (she goes back to the Mayflower) on Rootsweb at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rkwest&id=I104990 For further see: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?surname=johnson&given=caleb and enter Mary Cooke as spouse. But you may well already have this, since I find no death information going beyond his listing in the 1800 census, as above. ------------------------------ David and Abel Huestis both seem identified with the town of Warren in Herkimer County, just north of Otsego County, where they appear in various censuses. There is information on David Huestis at: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0001048 and http://www.gencircles.com/users/pmchefalo/3 and http://www.gencircles.com/users/pmchefalo/3/data/1 Abel, son of David, as your probably know, is listed at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/pmchefalo/3/data/2 ============= I suspect little if any of this is new. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Whitneys" <FortWhitney@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Anyone Know Anything-Happy to do look-ups on any of20+ listed >I am a new subscriber to this site and am researching Johnson & Huestis >relatives in Otsego County. Would you be able to look up in your cemetery >listings to see if there is any information on the following: > > Caleb Johnson, b. abt 1723, d. in Burlington Flats, Otsego Co, NY aft. > 1800 > Mary Cooke Johnson (wife) b. 27 Apr 1728, d. aft. 1800 > > Abel Huestis, b. abt 1785, d. ?? > Cynthia Gardiner Huestis (wife) b. 11 Mar 1785, d. 22 Mar 1870, buried at > Exeter Center, NY > > David Huestis, b. abt 1740, d. aft. 1785 > Elizabeth Wooley Huestis (wife) b. ??, d. ?? > > Thanks so much for any help you can give. > > J. Whitney > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "elainedecker" <elainedecker@frontiernet.net> > To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:57 PM > Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Anyone Know Anything-Happy to do look-ups on any > of 20+ listed > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <CARMAlotta@aol.com> > >> > > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the > following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

I am a new subscriber to this site and am researching Johnson & Huestis relatives in Otsego County. Would you be able to look up in your cemetery listings to see if there is any information on the following: Caleb Johnson, b. abt 1723, d. in Burlington Flats, Otsego Co, NY aft. 1800 Mary Cooke Johnson (wife) b. 27 Apr 1728, d. aft. 1800 Abel Huestis, b. abt 1785, d. ?? Cynthia Gardiner Huestis (wife) b. 11 Mar 1785, d. 22 Mar 1870, buried at Exeter Center, NY David Huestis, b. abt 1740, d. aft. 1785 Elizabeth Wooley Huestis (wife) b. ??, d. ?? Thanks so much for any help you can give. J. Whitney ----- Original Message ----- From: "elainedecker" <elainedecker@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Anyone Know Anything-Happy to do look-ups on any of 20+ listed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CARMAlotta@aol.com> >

Thank you so much. It would be great to have them transcribed and entered on the Otsego Co. web site. I will do any transcribing if anyone would like me to do it. I transcribe for a couple other web sites. I am looking for Bethuel Fuller, Ephraim Decker and his wife, Eleanor and another wife, possibly Maria. What information do you need to do the lookups. Thanks ever so much, Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: <CARMAlotta@aol.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Anyone Know Anything-Happy to do look-ups on any of 20+ listed > Elaine, I have the following cemetery inscriptions which include Briar Hill > and Spooner's Corners:

Elaine, I have the following cemetery inscriptions which include Briar Hill and Spooner's Corners: Wolfen Farm Cemetery (Abandoned) - Town of Burlington Mickle Farm Cemetery - Burlington/Hartwick Line Goff or Day Farm Cemetery - Town of Burlington Sidehill/Telford Farm Cemetery - Town of Burlington Old Churchyard Cemetery Burlington Green -Town of Burlington Chase/Wooley Hill Cemetery (Old Quaker Cemetery)- Town of New Lisbon Gross Hill Cemetery - Town of New Lisbon - April 1946 Small cemetery in Edmeston - Town of Edmeston Taylor Hill Cemetery - Town of Edmeston Burlington Flats Cemetery (Old section) - Town of Burlington West Burlington Cemetery - Town of Burlington Demming Cemetery - Town of Edmeston- Exeter Center Cemetery - Town of Exeter Round Garden Cemetery (Tunnicliff Farm) Town of Exeter Small cemetery near West Burlington - Town of Burlington Jone Farm Cemetery - Town fo Hartwick Burlington Flats Cemetery (newer section) - Town of Burlington Robinson Corners Cemetery -Town of Edmestion (near village of West Burlington) Cemetery at site of old Holdridge School House (Rt 51)Town of Burlington Welcome Cemetery - Town of New Lisbon Briar Hill Cemetery - Town of Burlington Spooners Corners Cemetery - Town of Plainfield - January 1959 Gledhill Cemetery - Town of New Lisbon Carma

Otsego County, New York Inscriptions. Cemetery inscriptions from Briar Hill Cemetery in Burlington and Spooners Corner Cemetery in Plainfield

Judy, Otsego County does not border Canada -- but is in central New York State. Moses Bennes (so indexed, but probably Bennet) in the Town of Maryland in the 1820 Census is listed as being over 45. He appears to have two sons, aged 16-25, in his household, but of course no names are listed. A Moses Bennett (likely a son) seemes to have remained in the Town of Maryland -- this is the 1850 Census entry for him, which should establish whether or not he is your great grandfather. -- but he was born in 1797, not 1826. 1850 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Maryland, p. 152, 272-281 Moses Bennett, white, male, age 53. Farmer. Real property $5500. Born VT Polly Bennett, white, female, age 51. Born NY Lester Bennett, white, male, age 21. Farmer. Born NY Mary Bennett, white, female, age 19. Born NY George Bennett, white, male, age 12. Born NY. Attended school. Warren Bennett, white, male, age 9. Born NY. Attended school. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith McConville" <j_mcconville2002@yahoo.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Research MOSES BENNET in Maryland, Otsego, NY > Hello: > My gg grandfather, Moses Bennet/Bennett was born in 1826. Most of the > records I have obtained have conflicting data re: birthplace. Some say > NY, others Canada. > > I found the above Moses on the 1820 Census for Maryland, Otsego County > (which borders Canada), NY. > > This is a long shot, but I only found two Moses Bennet's living in the > border counties in 1820. Is anyone researching the surname > Bennet/Bennett. > > Any information, direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Judy > > > > > --------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message > to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

oops.....I am glad you corrected me. That is less one county, I don't have to explore! It doesn't sound like my Moses Bennet/Bennett. Thank you so much for the information, though. Sincerely, Judy Cooperstown Historian <coophist@stny.rr.com> wrote: Judy, Otsego County does not border Canada -- but is in central New York State. Moses Bennes (so indexed, but probably Bennet) in the Town of Maryland in the 1820 Census is listed as being over 45. He appears to have two sons, aged 16-25, in his household, but of course no names are listed. A Moses Bennett (likely a son) seemes to have remained in the Town of Maryland -- this is the 1850 Census entry for him, which should establish whether or not he is your great grandfather. -- but he was born in 1797, not 1826. 1850 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Maryland, p. 152, 272-281 Moses Bennett, white, male, age 53. Farmer. Real property $5500. Born VT Polly Bennett, white, female, age 51. Born NY Lester Bennett, white, male, age 21. Farmer. Born NY Mary Bennett, white, female, age 19. Born NY George Bennett, white, male, age 12. Born NY. Attended school. Warren Bennett, white, male, age 9. Born NY. Attended school. Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 coophist@stny.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith McConville" To: Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Research MOSES BENNET in Maryland, Otsego, NY > Hello: > My gg grandfather, Moses Bennet/Bennett was born in 1826. Most of the > records I have obtained have conflicting data re: birthplace. Some say > NY, others Canada. > > I found the above Moses on the 1820 Census for Maryland, Otsego County > (which borders Canada), NY. > > This is a long shot, but I only found two Moses Bennet's living in the > border counties in 1820. Is anyone researching the surname > Bennet/Bennett. > > Any information, direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Judy > > > > > --------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message > to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hello: My gg grandfather, Moses Bennet/Bennett was born in 1826. Most of the records I have obtained have conflicting data re: birthplace. Some say NY, others Canada. I found the above Moses on the 1820 Census for Maryland, Otsego County (which borders Canada), NY. This is a long shot, but I only found two Moses Bennet's living in the border counties in 1820. Is anyone researching the surname Bennet/Bennett. Any information, direction would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Judy --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

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I was unable to gain access to this collection using the Web address given in today's edition of "The Oneonta Daily Star." However, with help from the Historical Association I gained access by using the following address: _http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/collections/smith_telfer_conditions.htm_ (http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/collections/smith_telfer_conditions.htm) These very clear black and white photos bring to life the early 1900's in Otsego County. Carma (Bull) Stone San Dimas, California

Hi Everybody, For the past few months or so, I have been working with my cousins, Johnny Knox Holcombe and Liz Knox Adkinson to put excerpt of my Aunt Gladys diary she kept during WWII. Johnny gave me permission to put excerpts from her mother's diary on my site, and Liz, who volunteered to do my web site when I put Gramma Knox's Legacy Book I on the Internet, has done a wonderful job putting the diary on the site. There is one kink with the thumbnail pictures on the title page of the diary. They don't seem to be there right now, but I have no doubt that Liz will be able to fix that. The URL is: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~peggyjknox <http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/%7Epeggyjknox> The explanation of the other two pictures that have been added to my site. On my welcome page is a picture of me and my son, Dean DeVirgilio, which was taken in my home on December 26, 2004, and the other is a picture of Aunt Gladys with two of her four children--Sammie Tabor on the left and Lewis on the right.. It was taken by my son Dean in 1997, when we stayed with Aunt Gladys at the Knox farm in MIddlefield, NY--a few miles from Cooperstown--for a few days. During the war, Uncle Lewie was a student minister in Middletown, CT. In addition to the every day life that all Americans lived during that tine, the diary includes things that were happening in the Knox Family during that time, including the illnesses and deaths of my Aunt Lil and my Grandpa Knox. My grandparents, George and Lillian Knox, and my parents, Mike and Hazel Knox and my sister Faith, as well as my cousins Clifford and Janet Knox all lived on the farm on Resin Rd in Middlefield during the war. Uncle Lewie served as minister to the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church in MIddlefield and the the Methodist Church in Roseboom in the 1960s and 1970s. Uncle Lew, Ant Gladys and their son Lew are buried in the Middlefield Baptist Church cemetery. Their daughter Sammie and her husband Shirley Tabor live in Maryland, NY. Sammie is a lay minister in the Methodist Church in Middlefield, and for years has taken an annual Wesleyan tour in different parts of the world, including where the Knox family started out in Edinburgh, Scotland. She works in the bank in Hartwick.. I've tried my best to identify who is who in the end notes, and other things that I thought needed further explanation. It goes without saying, if you recognize I have something wrong, or would like further info, please feel free to let me know that. I do hope you enjoy reading. Shalom Peggy J. Knox

Where would I write to find a death certificate for my Alexander Butman whose date of death is unknown (probably died in either Cortland Co. or Otsego Co.) but who was b in CT (county unknown) about l790-1800? Connie Beck----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy Goodspeed [mailto:Goodspsm@oneonta.edu] Sent: 8/3/2005 8:58:02 AM To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Re: Birth Certificate Hi Jane, Oneonta Town Clerk, Town Hall, West Oneonta, NY 13861 phone (607) 432-2900. She's there Mon-Fri but currently leaves at 3 pm. Sandy Goodspeed Perllan987@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone give me the name of the person I should address and the address of that person? I would think it would be the Town Clerk of Oneonta or West Oneonta. > > Thank you very much. > > Jayne > perllan987@aol.com ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi Jane, Oneonta Town Clerk, Town Hall, West Oneonta, NY 13861 phone (607) 432-2900. She's there Mon-Fri but currently leaves at 3 pm. Sandy Goodspeed Perllan987@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone give me the name of the person I should address and the address of that person? I would think it would be the Town Clerk of Oneonta or West Oneonta. > > Thank you very much. > > Jayne > perllan987@aol.com

http://www.oneonta.ny.us/ this site has the address, phone number and an email address for the town hall in Oneonta, NY. I would start with them and go from there. Good luck, Christine -------------- Original message -------------- > Dear List: > > I have combed through the Otsego County Rootsweb site and could not find the > information I need. > > In 2000 I wrote to Oneonta to ask for a copy of my birth certificate that I > needed in order to get a passport. I can't now find my copy of that letter.I > received a copy of the certificate that gave only my name and date and place of > birth which satisfied the passport requirement, but now I am planning to start > work on DAR membership and I'm sure I need a certified copy of my certificate > that includes the names of my parents. Money is an issue so I prefer to get > the certificate from the town (West Oneonta or Oneonta) in which I was born > rather than writing to Albany. > > Can anyone give me the name of the person I should address and the address of > that person? I would think it would be the Town Clerk of Oneonta or West > Oneonta. > > Thank you very much. > > Jayne > perllan987@aol.com > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, > unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: > NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Dear List: I have combed through the Otsego County Rootsweb site and could not find the information I need. In 2000 I wrote to Oneonta to ask for a copy of my birth certificate that I needed in order to get a passport. I can't now find my copy of that letter.I received a copy of the certificate that gave only my name and date and place of birth which satisfied the passport requirement, but now I am planning to start work on DAR membership and I'm sure I need a certified copy of my certificate that includes the names of my parents. Money is an issue so I prefer to get the certificate from the town (West Oneonta or Oneonta) in which I was born rather than writing to Albany. Can anyone give me the name of the person I should address and the address of that person? I would think it would be the Town Clerk of Oneonta or West Oneonta. Thank you very much. Jayne perllan987@aol.com

Yes, indeed! Stupidity reigns! I signed the petition on behalf of my ancestors! Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Anonymous

I guess the message escaped before I added what it's about. Ginny Buechele, who's very active in Dutchess county pushing them to have a county historian (it's in the law, but they don't appoint one!) and much other genealogical research, sent this to the list: Subject: Leave our Heritage Alone! In an effort to stand up for our Dutchess County and Hudson Valley Heritage, I have created an on-line Petition to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Please Read and Sign the Petition if you agree! Here is the Link http://www.petitiononline.com/fishkill/petition.html This petition is in response to PETA's Call for Fishkill to change its name - Perhaps NOW and maybe another decade from now PETA will give up their ridiculous efforts in this regard and stick to the real issues. Poughkeepsie Journal Article Kill name, PETA asks Fishkill July 14, 2005 [excerpt] If Fishkill changes its name to a more animal-friendly moniker, will the striped bass swimming in the Hudson River have any idea? PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, seems to think so. The animal rights group based in Norfolk, Va., renewed its call, first made nearly a decade ago, for Fishkill to change its name. The group now wants the town and village to be known as fishinghurts.com, which just happens to be the Internet address for a PETA Web site dedicated to the group's ''fish empathy project.'' - ------------------------------------------------------------- Ginny says: "Bah Humbug" - Please Leave Our Heritage Alone!. Ginny A Google search also turned up the following (so PETA's been at it for years, evidently) Here's PETA in 1996! From: http://www.cnn.com/US/9609/06/fishy.name/ A fishy name will stay the same September 6, 1996 Web posted at: 11:50 p.m. EDT Someone provided an e-mail address for PETA, should anyone like to write them, though I doubt that it will do any good. I love all animals, but do we need to change historic names?? She wrote: Emails to PETA can be sent to info@peta.org. I just sent them one regarding this frivolous and silly campaign. It is indeed sad that with all the genuine instances of animal cruelty they would waste time and resources on this! Jean