10. If anyone is interested, I have a thirteen page write up on selected New York City sights that can be sent to you as an attachment. The listing covers 47 areas of interest (museums, Christmas window displays outlining this year's themes, famous buildings, interesting restaurants, impressive hotel lobbies, etc.) and is arranged in descending order from 104th Street to 12th Street.. If you aren't familiar with New York City street sequences, the order of the Avenues from the East River to the Hudson River is also listed to help you out. The items on my list with addresses and side street locations and some interesting historical facts are: 1. Museum of the City of New York. 2. Tree Lights On Park Avenue. 3. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4. Rhinelander Mansion/Ralph Lauren Store. 5. The Frick Collection 6. The Crystal District. 7. Barney's. 8. Bloomingdale's. - Christmas Windows. 9. Plaza Hotel. 10. World's Largest Menorah. 11. Time Warner Building. 12. Van Cleff & Arpels. 13. FAO Schwarz. 14. Bergdorf Goodman. - Christmas Windows. 15. Giant Snowflake. 16. Tiffany & Co. 17. Trump Tower. 18. Henri Bendel - Christmas Windows. 19. Dahesh Museum of Art. 20. Harry Winston Jewelers. 21. Carnegie Deli 22. The House of Cartier. 23. Rockefeller Center. 24. St. Patrick's Cathedral. 25. New York Palace Hotel. 26. Radio City Music Hall. 27. Saks Fifth Avenue. - Christmas Windows. 28. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 29. Diamond and Jewelry District. 30. Tkts Booth. 31. Hershey's Times Square. 32. Joe Allen Restaurant. 33. Toys "R" Us. Times Square 34. Fred F. French Building. 35. New York Yacht Club. 36. The Westin New York At Times Square. 37. Chrysler Building. 38. New York Public Library. 39. Fetes de Noel Holiday Shops At Bryant Park. 40. Grand Central Terminal. 41. 42nd Street Food Court. 42. Lord & Taylor Dept. Store. - Christmas Windows. 43. Morgan Library. 44. Exit Art. - Christmas Windows 45. Macy's Herald Square. - Christmas Windows. 46. Empire State Building. 47. Forbes Magazine Galleries. You can write me off list and I will send you the attachment. Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY

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Hello All: On Nov. 19th I posted a message regarding microfilm of old Rensselaer Co. newspapers, available via the library in Albany. I contacted them to see how these can be obtained. Here is their reply, below. Best Wishes, Judy Herbert The New York State library makes microfilm available through interlibrary loan. The link http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/borrowetc.htm will allow you to borrow copies of Rensselaer County newspapers through your local library. Contact your local library for these services. This link http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/index.html will allow you to see what specific newspapers we have in our collection as well as what other libraries in Rensselaer county have on file in their collections. The dates in < > are our actual holdings. Thank you. New York State Library Reference Services CEC, ESP Albany, NY 12230 (518)474-5355 www.nysl.nysed.gov/refserv.htm cf

> > >Kerr married an O'Connor. Close to yours, but...how many spellings are there of that name! > Which surname: I know about O'Connor: O'Conor, Connor, Conor, Conner, O'Conner, O'Coner, Connors, Conners, Coners, Conors, etc. etc. etc. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Hi Pat, I have recently added my name to NYRENSSE in hopes of finding info on my Patten relatives from R. County. (And I did!) Your info below tells me that I might find even more information about my grandfather Patten who married a Kerr whose father was born in Albany (marriage certificate) of Irish immigrant parents (1880 census). Was there a large Irish settlement in Albany at that time? I can't believe all the connections that can come from signing onto one email list! Incidently, my g grandfather Kerr married an O'Connor. Close to yours, but...how many spellings are there of that name! Thanks for the "heads up"! dpk > From: Pat Connors <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:49:39 -0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Rensselaer] Heads up for Irish genealogy and history next June > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:49:44 -0700 > > am passing this on from Mary Dunn who sent it to the list. She can be > reached at: [email protected] > > Before the upcoming holiday whirl begins next week with its demands on time > and attention, here's some genealogical news that you may want to note for > next spring. > > > The Ballykilcline Society will hold its annual Reunion in Albany, NY and > Rutland, VT from June 25-27, 2006 with a line-up of great speakers. The > Society will welcome local genealogists who are NOT members to all or part of > the planned events, which will take place at the College of Saint Rose in > Albany on Sunday, June 25, the Holiday Inn Turf in Albany and the Rutland > Holiday Inn the following day, and the Rutland Holiday Inn on Tuesday, June > 27. > > The speakers in Albany will include Ruth-Ann Harris of Boston College's Irish > Studies program, who is a historian and lead editor of the well-known Missing > Friends book series which presents immigrants' Boston Pilot ads for lost > family members; John J. McEneney, New York State legislator and former Albany > County historian; and Jeannie O'Keefe, webmaster and a founding member of the > Troy Irish Genealogical Society. In Rutland, the main speaker will be Michael > Austin of Castleton College, whose doctoral dissertation dealt with Rutland's > Irish immigrant history. > > The Ballykilcline Society is a non-profit international organization which > aims to trace the histories of the tenant farmers evicted from a townland near > Strokestown in County Roscommon during 1847 and 1848 and to foster the local > history of that part of Ireland, especially during the early and middle 1800s. > The Ballykilcline rent strike, evictions, and forced emigration of several > hundred people were the subjects of historian Robert Scally in his 1995 book, > The End of Hidden Ireland. For 40 years, Ballykilcline was part of the Mahon > estate in Strokestown where Ireland's Famine Museum is now located. Many > immigrants "assisted" from the Mahon estate died at Grosse Ile in Quebec > during the calamity there in the summer of 1847. > > The Society's web site, which lists the Ballykilcline evictees by name, is at > www.ballykilcline.com; annual membership is $15 a year. Previous Reunions > have been held in Ireland, Canada, and the U.S. The Society has learned that > dozens of immigrants from Ballykilcline settled in or stayed for a time in > Rutland, which had social, commercial, and economic contacts with Troy and > Albany due to proximity, connecting rail lines, markets, and so forth. > > This event should be of interest to anyone whose ancestors came out of Famine > Ireland. This notice is a heads-up. Further information will be posted after > the holidays when the Reunion registration period begins. > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > The NYRENSSE Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > A place to unsub, change your subscription, access the archives and links.

Thanks for the link! I may have found the Ives family that I am looking for using the links you provided below. However, there are three daughters of Lazarus Ives and his wife Lydia Gremes that are not named. Can anyone help identify their daughters? "The Troy branch of the Ives family descend from Lazarus Ives, who was born in Wales, 1733, died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, New York, 1812. He came to America when a young man in company with his brothers, John and Benjamin. Lazarus settled in Connecticut, but before the revolution removed to New York, settling at Sand Lake, where he leased several hundred acres of ground, engaging in farming and stock raising. He prospered, became a large owner and the founder of a numerous and influential family of the county. His wife, Lydia Gremes, died 1824, aged eighty-three. She bore him sons: Lazarus, Christopher, see forward, and three daughters." Can one of these daughters be Betsey Ives (b. 1797 in Sand Lake, NY) who married William Simmons (b. 1796 in Troy, NY) in Sand Lake, NY in 1815? Thanks for your help! Happy Thanksgiving! Wayne Simmons -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Rensselaer] Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs Thanks to Robert Sullivan at the Schenectady Public Library, this resource is now on line and fully searchable. Here is the link for the Rensselaer County Section. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/rensselaerindex.html -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== Do you have Irish ancestors who landed, lived or passed through NY State? Join a new list related to the history, culture and geneology of the Irish in NY mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe

Thanks to Robert Sullivan at the Schenectady Public Library, this resource is now on line and fully searchable. Here is the link for the Rensselaer County Section. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/rensselaerindex.html -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I'm looking for a TURNER family that lived in Rensselaer County around 1816 to 1850. I found in a County History from Michigan that Samuel TURNER was born April 25, 1816 Rensselaer County N.Y. and remained with his parents until their death, he married Miss Grace McLaughlin in Rensselaer County, June 6, 1849. a year after his marriage they moved to Wisconsin. With this info I figure his parents died around 1850. I have been searching for some time now and still cannot find any info on Samuel's parents or his marriage to Grace McLaughlin. I had no luck with the historical society. I have no idea where to go from here. Any ideas? Thanks Bradley

Pat, What is this about? I think I must have missed it or deleted it by mistake. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Rensselaer Newspaper Names > That's a great website, Judy. Thanks for sharing it with us. You can go > back to all NY counties, if you are researching other counties. Last > month when I was at the state library, I found the workers very helpful. > The library gets easier to use with each visit. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Add you name to the Rensselaer County Surname Registry > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/Surnames.html >

I am passing this on from Mary Dunn who sent it to the list. She can be reached at: [email protected] Before the upcoming holiday whirl begins next week with its demands on time and attention, here's some genealogical news that you may want to note for next spring. The Ballykilcline Society will hold its annual Reunion in Albany, NY and Rutland, VT from June 25-27, 2006 with a line-up of great speakers. The Society will welcome local genealogists who are NOT members to all or part of the planned events, which will take place at the College of Saint Rose in Albany on Sunday, June 25, the Holiday Inn Turf in Albany and the Rutland Holiday Inn the following day, and the Rutland Holiday Inn on Tuesday, June 27. The speakers in Albany will include Ruth-Ann Harris of Boston College's Irish Studies program, who is a historian and lead editor of the well-known Missing Friends book series which presents immigrants' Boston Pilot ads for lost family members; John J. McEneney, New York State legislator and former Albany County historian; and Jeannie O'Keefe, webmaster and a founding member of the Troy Irish Genealogical Society. In Rutland, the main speaker will be Michael Austin of Castleton College, whose doctoral dissertation dealt with Rutland's Irish immigrant history. The Ballykilcline Society is a non-profit international organization which aims to trace the histories of the tenant farmers evicted from a townland near Strokestown in County Roscommon during 1847 and 1848 and to foster the local history of that part of Ireland, especially during the early and middle 1800s. The Ballykilcline rent strike, evictions, and forced emigration of several hundred people were the subjects of historian Robert Scally in his 1995 book, The End of Hidden Ireland. For 40 years, Ballykilcline was part of the Mahon estate in Strokestown where Ireland's Famine Museum is now located. Many immigrants "assisted" from the Mahon estate died at Grosse Ile in Quebec during the calamity there in the summer of 1847. The Society's web site, which lists the Ballykilcline evictees by name, is at www.ballykilcline.com; annual membership is $15 a year. Previous Reunions have been held in Ireland, Canada, and the U.S. The Society has learned that dozens of immigrants from Ballykilcline settled in or stayed for a time in Rutland, which had social, commercial, and economic contacts with Troy and Albany due to proximity, connecting rail lines, markets, and so forth. This event should be of interest to anyone whose ancestors came out of Famine Ireland. This notice is a heads-up. Further information will be posted after the holidays when the Reunion registration period begins. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

That's a great website, Judy. Thanks for sharing it with us. You can go back to all NY counties, if you are researching other counties. Last month when I was at the state library, I found the workers very helpful. The library gets easier to use with each visit. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

For those of you wanting to find out about Rensselaer newspapers and their availability on microfilm, here is a link to the NY State Library page that deals with Rensselaer newspapers: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/142.htm Note that it appears they will make copies of the microfilms. I'm not sure whether they charge you to purchase these, or make them available to your local library through inter-library loan. I have emailed them, and will post the answer to the list when I get it. Best Wishes, Judy Herbert

Thanks to all who answered my question about the newspaper, The Troy Daily Whig. It sure didn't look like that on the record I have, but it does now. Janet

Probably the Troy Daily Whig

Janet, It is probably the Troy Daily Whig.

Can someone please tell me the name of a newspaper from Troy aorund 1820. My source is unclear. I think it's spelled WITIG, but I'm not sure. Thanks, Janet

Does anyone on the List have an E-mail address or phone number for a Philip C. Simms who lives in Saratoga Springs, NY. I have a street address which I hope is still valid, and will send a snail mail if nothing else is known. He was doing research on the Bonesteel family several years ago, according to an inquiry I found at the Troy Public Library, and I would like to get in touch with him. He has an unlisted phone number but still resides at the street address I have for him.[I hope] We are trying to remove a couple of roadblocks in our research on the Ren. Co. Bonesteel families and hope he may be able to help. Thanks Dave Rinsem

Hi, Thank you - that is what I thought, but according to a genealogy that I looked at someone decided that they were one and the same. Barbara --- Brad Miter <[email protected]> wrote: > They are two distinct biblical names. Ezekiah was a > king and Ezekiel a > prophet > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barbara Jeffries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Rensselaer] Question > > > Hi, > Does anyone out there know if EZEKIAH and EZEKIEL > are > the same name? > Thank you, > Barbara > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Have you added your names to the Troy Surname > Roster? > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > The NYRENSSE Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > A place to unsub, change your subscription, access > the archives and links. > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

The following information may be of interest to Troy area researchers. The November meeting of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society (TIGS) is being held at Thursday, November 17, 2005 at the Troy Library, Second and Ferry Streets, Troy. Website address for TIGS is: Troy Irish Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Ruth Sweet, Head of Adult Services at the Troy Library will be giving a talk on the resources of the Library that would be of interest to genealogists. The talk by Ms. Sweet will be prior to the TIGS meeting and will start at 6 P.M. The talk, as well as the TIGS meeting, is open to any interested persons. Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY

They are two distinct biblical names. Ezekiah was a king and Ezekiel a prophet -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Jeffries [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Rensselaer] Question Hi, Does anyone out there know if EZEKIAH and EZEKIEL are the same name? Thank you, Barbara __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== Have you added your names to the Troy Surname Roster? http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html