Hello Hugh, Would you be able to do a lookup for me? If so, thank you. Here's the family I'm working on (below in the census). I found that Jesse, Lucinda and children left for Illinois sometime after 1853. But I'm having problems finding information on Elijah and Rebecca. There seems to be several Elijah Butts born in Connecticut close to the same time period, but not close enough to match this Elijah. According to his age on this census he was born about 1790. I also haven't been able to find anything on Rebecca in Illinois. Perhaps she died in NY? I know your not a miracle worker. I thought as much information I could give you would help. 1850 Census Pittsfield, Otsego Co., New york M432_580 Image 587 page 292 Line 20 289/291 Elijah Butts, 60/m 1500 b. connecticut Jesse 29/m 500 b. new york Lucinda 33/f b. new york Rebecca 8/f b. new york Demetrius 7/m b. new york Charles 1/m b. new york Thank you again, Debbie Phenis Arlington Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cooperstown Historian" <coophist@stny.rr.com> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Otsego Newspapers on NYGBS Site > This may be old news, but the Early American Newspapers website, > available (to me) through membership in the New York Genealogical and > Biographical Society (NYGBS), seems to be rapidly expanding, and currently > has the following Otsego County newspapers available, and both searchable > and browsable, on line: > Cherry Valley Gazette (1818-1820) > Cooperstown Federalist (1809-1816) > Freeman's Journal (1818-1820) > Impartial Observer (1808-1809) > Otsego Herald (1795-1821) > Otsego Republican Press [Cherry Valley] (1812-1813) > Watch-Tower (1814-1831) > > They seem to be adding new titles fairly rapidly, and it is certainly > becoming a major resource for local history here in Otsego County. The > search engine is also a good one. > > Hugh > > Hugh MacDougall > Official Historian > Village of Cooperstown > 8 Lake Street > Cooperstown, NY 13326 > coophist@stny.rr.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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >