Sandy, And when you find Ephraim and Eleanor I am going to do something really, really great for you. I noticed that Ephraim married a lady named Maria after Ellen died. I saw that in one of the census's-I think 1875 Laurens??? Ever heard of Maria Decker? Now there are three people I have to find. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Goodspeed" <Goodspsm@oneonta.edu> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [NYOTSEGO] Cemeteries > Guilty!! I am guilty of having compiled all the records and read > all the stones in Riverside, Oneonta Plains and Glenwood cemeteries in > Oneonta but have not put them on line. :'( I do offer lookups for them > and I enjoy doing so. I also include other family members, especially > ladies' maiden names, as well as women being buried with first husbands > and under their names rather than their second marriage which many times > people searching are not aware of. Really confusing these ladies who > die under one name and are buried under another. > > A few advantages that I supply, which would not be found if just the > cemetery names were on line, is that I also send all other information > on everyone buried in any lot relating to a surname being searched and > have supplied many people with ladies for whom married names were never > known. I also search the many many records that I have collected for > Oneonta area and supply much more information for individuals than just > burial places and dates and many times have gone beyond that to dig for > a little more information for someone. I also search the many > scrapbooks I have indexed for Huntington Library NYS room and provide > librarian access for people to contact her for information...indexes > that are not available on line. I also search the many obits that I have > for Oneonta Plains Cem. from 1973-1995 just to name a few. If just the > cemetery entries were on line, none of this other information would be > available. > > Annette, thanks SO much for all the wonderful volunteering you do in > transcribing records. Without your wonderful help, there would be so > much less online for researchers. And I hope that you get tons of > cemetery records to transcribe for online!! > Thanks to ALL the many transcribers... without you there wouldn't be > much help out there for those who can't travel. If we all share what we > collect, we can help everybody. > > A note of CAUTION regarding transcribed cemeteries on the Otsego Co. > web page-----there are many that lead you to believe that it is the > entire cemetery transcribed on line when it isn't. It's just an > oversight that no one stated it was only a partial listing. For > example, the Colliersville Cemetery (often called Cooperstown Junction > Cem.) was online. I did not realize they were one and the same and when > I read the stones and transcribed the cemetery a few years ago, I > discovered that there were about 400 entries in the cemetery and only > about 1/3 were actually transcribed on line but nothing was stated so it > was thought that the entire cemetery was transcribed.. So always try to > make sure that ALL the transcriptions are online or your ancestor could > be there and you think they aren't because they aren't listed. You can > always contact the transcriber to be sure. > > Sandy Goodspeed, Oneonta Plains Cemetery Historian > > > > > Annette Campbell wrote: > I find it interesting that there are some cemeteries that have been read in > full but are not on-line but the persons are doing look-ups. I have > offered my services many times to type up these cemeteries if you don't care > to with full tribute to you for reading them. > > > ==== 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 > > >