Abigail Bates of Otsego Dated June 1 1821 Probated June 19 1822 Mentions sons Nathan Richard daus Keziah Westcott Cynthia " Ester Sprague gr d Naby Bates Naby Teft Executor Richard Bates Witnesses William Lathrop James E Lathrop Jabez Chapman Marty Irons Always looking to contact others researching IRONS, especially in central New York or New England. I have over 2,500 people named IRONS in my database, plus over 500 whose mother was an IRONS. The index to other Otsego County will abstracts can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/barberindex.htm If the name you seek is not in this index, I have nothing to offer. It helps me if you "cut and paste" the line from the index into your message, so I can go directly to the volume and page in Miss Barber's book. One name per request, please. Please use the following format for your subject: POTTER, Caleb - died 1846 or POTTER, Caleb - will probated 1846 Please send all requests direct to me, not to the list. mailto:k2mi@frontiernet.net

There is a memorial on the front lawn of the Schenevus High School dedicated to the residents of the Town of Maryland who answered the call to the colors in WWII. Many have died since then and the rest of us will likely be gone in another ten or twenty years. For genealogical purposes it would be well to consider photographing such items and posting on the County websites. I have tried to photograph it with all the names and have been unable to do so. I am confident that there are many such evidences across the country, both for WWI, WWII and the several wars since. It would be a help to have such information on the County Web sites, perhaps all in the same category. Just think what a help it would be now if we had something like that for the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War! Cliff Hayes

Hi Cliff, Why don't you take a photograph of the memorial and then list all the names off the memorial and send it to the Otsego Co. web site coordinator. It's Jan Cortez at the present although I know that she's putting the site up for adoption. But that way the picture would be there and all the information. You can send the names, etc in just an email. Jan's email is janacortez@charter.net Your idea is good and we should do the same for the memorials in Neahwa Park in Oneonta. I've never thought of doing it before. It's easy to do as I've submitting lots of info that she has posted on the web page. Sandy Goodspeed Cliff wrote: > There is a memorial on the front lawn of the Schenevus High School > dedicated to the residents of the Town of Maryland who answered the > call to the colors in WWII. Many have died since then and the rest of > us will likely be gone in another ten or twenty years. For > genealogical purposes it would be well to consider photographing such > items and posting on the County websites. I have tried to photograph > it with all the names and have been unable to do so. I am confident > that there are many such evidences across the country, both for WWI, > WWII and the several wars since. It would be a help to have such > information on the County Web sites, perhaps all in the same category. > Just think what a help it would be now if we had something like that > for the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War! > > Cliff Hayes >

Gentle Friends- In many towns and villages in Otsego County there are similar monuments and markers. Some are on school walls (interior), some are on brass plaques mounted on boulders in parks, some are inside Post Offices, etc. My guess is that probably most hamlets, villages, towns and cities have at least one and perhaps more than one. Photographing and compiling those would be a wonderful project for someone for the new year....................... Think about it. Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year, Leigh Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian/Archivist Town of Butternuts & Village of Gilbertsville The Local History Collection The Gilbertsville Free Library Gilbertsville, NY, 13776 librarian@stny.rr.com http://www.gilbertsville.com/Library.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff" <cliff.hayes@earthlink.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 4:07 PM Subject: [NYOTSEGO] War Memorials | There is a memorial on the front lawn of the Schenevus High School dedicated | to the residents of the Town of Maryland who answered the call to the colors | in WWII. Many have died since then and the rest of us will likely be gone | in another ten or twenty years. For genealogical purposes it would be well | to consider photographing such items and posting on the County websites. I | have tried to photograph it with all the names and have been unable to do | so. I am confident that there are many such evidences across the country, | both for WWI, WWII and the several wars since. It would be a help to have | such information on the County Web sites, perhaps all in the same category. | Just think what a help it would be now if we had something like that for the | Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War! | | Cliff Hayes | | | | ==== 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 | | ============================== | 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