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What is a local group administrator? Can you only do this if you live in a certain area? I would lovs to do this but I live in CT. Gladys -------------- Original message -------------- > They are looking for volunteers, the more who help, the quicker it will go: > http://www.ldsindexing.org/ > > -- > 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. >

This was announced and demonstrated at the FGS conference last weekend. I got a chance to try it out in the exhibit hall and signed up as a volunteer. I haven't heard back from them yet, but I'm sure lots of people signed up over the last week. The project as I understand it is to scan and make images available online with volunteer created indexes to access them. The only project currently in process is Georgia Death Records. If you have a group of volunteers with a project in mind, you should contact them and see if it is something that can be initiated. The indexing can be done more efficiently than on previous projects because (1) the images being indexed will be distributed via the internet in small batches; (2) there will be a time limit on each batch to keep on person from holding up the whole project; (3) the software they developed to facilitate the indexing really speeds extraction and the comparison of A and B sets. (A & B sets: each batch is distributed to two different extractors. Once they upload, the two sets are compared for differences and an administrator or arbitor decides which is correct -- though as I understand it, both versions become part of the index. You can learn more about it at the following links -- including pdf files from the presentations given at the FGS conference. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/Education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_conferences_fgs_2005.asp http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,605153189,00.html http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/201217.htm http://www.dearmyrtle.com/05/0806.htm Beverly Levine Smallwood Wheeling, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] LDS Indexing project > What is a local group administrator? Can you only do this if you live in a certain area? I would lovs to do this but I live in CT. > Gladys > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > They are looking for volunteers, the more who help, the quicker it will go: > > http://www.ldsindexing.org/ > > > > -- > > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > >

> > >What is a local group administrator? Can you only do this if you live in a certain area? I would lovs to do this but I live in CT. > Try the SUPPORT link and ask your question. I am sure they want your help but I believe, first your have register and then you will be assigned an administrator. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

They are looking for volunteers, the more who help, the quicker it will go: http://www.ldsindexing.org/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

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ANNOUNCING NEW DATABASE: PROMINENT CITIZENS OF TROY, NEW YORK AND RENSSELAER COUNTY, NEW YORK This message is being sent to: Rensselaer County List Troy Irish Genealogy Society List Albany County List Saratoga County List Schenectady County List Genealogy-NYS List Irish-NY-Troy List NY Irish List Chenango County List NY-Hudson River List NY-Old-News List NY-Rollcall List NY-Mohawk-Valley List NY-Warren-Washington-Saratoga County List The message can be forwarded to other lists where you feel it would be appropriate. If posted to any other lists, please copy me at: [email protected] If you are researching relatives with a TROY, NY area connection, you will be interested in this new on-line, name searchable, data base of almost 1,800 records of prominent Troy and Rensselaer County, New York residents. This data base was extracted from Volume III of the three volume set, Troy and Rensselaer County, New York: A History by Rutherford Hayner printed in 1925. I would be interested in hearing from individuals who found this new data base on prominent citizens useful in locating their relatives. You can write me off list at: [email protected] Thanks to Joan Howe, a Troy Irish Genealogy member from Iowa, for transcribing this data. This volume also contains biographies, family histories and photographs. Joan has volunteered to do lookups. If your relative's names is listed in the volume, contact [email protected] and she will email you a jpg file of the information. These records cover the general population in the area and are NOT restricted to Irish surnames. The information in this data base may include: Date of birth. Place of birth. Date of marriage. Place of marriage. Names of parent's. Name of spouse Names of spouses parent's. Names of businesses connected to the individual. Indication if photograph is in book. Indication if family history is in book. Notes like Civil War service, Mexican War service, etc. Many of the birth and marriage dates listed predate the 1880 law requiring reporting of such information. A quick scan of the data shows births and marriages from cities, towns, villages, etc., throughout the entire area of New York State. In addition, a large number of entries also cover births and marriages occurring in the following countries or states: Canada England Germany Holland Italy Ireland Scotland Alabama Connecticut Kentucky Illinois Iowa Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey New Hampshire Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont Virginia You can view these records by going to the TIGS website located at: Troy Irish Genealogy Society website http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on TIGS PROJECTS. We invite you to explore the TIGS website which has been newly redesigned by Jeanne Keefe, the TIGS Web Master. Here you will find local history articles, resources and genealogy research tips as well as several data bases and a number of interesting Troy Area photographs. Also, you can search your surnames in the following additional records automated by TIGS members and other volunteers: Burden Iron Company Steam Mill Payroll Records. (8,236 names) Troy Area Marriage Records. (1,448 names) Troy Area Death Records. (6,031 names) Index-History of the Troy Police Department. (668 names) Bank Officers in Troy Banks From 1801-1891. (299 names) These data bases are part of a continuing effort by the Troy Irish Genealogy Group to make available on line, Troy area records, that may be of interest to genealogy researchers, especially those outside the Troy area. As previously mentioned, these records are NOT limited to Irish surnames. The above series of records were transcribed by 28 TIGS members and other volunteers. Eighteen of the volunteers were from the Troy area while the other volunteers lived in Massachusetts, Iowa, Utah, North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland and California. We are now in the development stages of a major new project of automating the Rensselaer County marriage index. Our plans are to scan the source documents and send a pdf file as an email attachment to the volunteer workers. Data would then be entered into an excel spread sheet and returned. This index may exceed 30,000 names and we can use a lot more volunteers than the 28 used on the previous projects. If interested in working on this project, please write me off list at: [email protected] and send me your name, address and telephone number. The number of items to be data entered are minimal as shown by the following examples taken from the index: Surname ABEL Given Name JOHN C. Volume Number 3 Page Number 125 Marriage Record Number 10249 Marriage Date Oct. 8, 1918 Surname HART Given Name MARGARET. Volume Number 3 Page Number 125 Marriage Record Number 10249 Marriage Date Oct. 8, 1918 (NOTE: There are separate index pages for names of grooms and for names of brides. The ABEL record above was taken from the "A" index page for grooms and the HART record above was taken from the "H" index page for brides. The marriage record number, 10249, is what links these two records together.) Hope you enjoy visiting the Troy Irish Genealogy Website and that you find a relative's name there. Regards, Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY

Thanks to those who replied to my question on where to find an obit for George MILLIS. Thanks, Cindy --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

You are both right! As far as I know, the only Bath that is currently called Bath in NY state is indeed in Steuben Co NY. HOWEVER, prior to 1897, there was indeed a Bath in Rensselaer Co NY. It was called Bath-on-the-Hudson, and it was a spa and a village in the town of North Greenbush. In 1897, most of it was absorbed into the newly created city of Rensselaer. On the Rensselaer Co NY GenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/, you can click on "newspapers" and see a long list of newspapers published in our county and the dates of their coverage. There are also links to libraries, such as the NY State Library and the Troy Public Library, where microfilms of these newspapers are held. Hope this helps! Lin Van Buren Co-ordinator, Rensselaer Co NY GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Obituary for George MILLIS died Bath, Rensselaer N.Y 24 Sept... > Hi Cindy > > Bath is not in Rensselaer County. It is located in Steuben County New York. > May I suggest that you join the Painted Hills Genealogical Society and the > cost is only $5. and they cover this County. > > http://www.paintedhills.org/formmail.html > > Good Luck > Pat R

Hello to Cindy and Pat: There was another Bath besides the one in Steuben County. Bath, formal name of Bath-On-The-Hudson was a village in the Town of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County. It was absorbed into the City of Rensselaer in 1897. Regards, Bill McGrath Clifton Park, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Obituary for George MILLIS died Bath, Rensselaer N.Y 24 Sept... > Hi Cindy > > Bath is not in Rensselaer County. It is located in Steuben County New > York. > May I suggest that you join the Painted Hills Genealogical Society and the > cost is only $5. and they cover this County. > > http://www.paintedhills.org/formmail.html > > Good Luck > Pat R > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Add you name to the Rensselaer County Surname Registry > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/Surnames.html > >

Hi Cindy Bath is not in Rensselaer County. It is located in Steuben County New York. May I suggest that you join the Painted Hills Genealogical Society and the cost is only $5. and they cover this County. http://www.paintedhills.org/formmail.html Good Luck Pat R

Could someone tell me who (library, gene society, newpaper?) to contact to obtain this obituary be it there is one? I found this information listed on the Civil War Pension File for George. If anyone has access to a library that might carry this obit I'd be grateful if someone could email me the details. Thanks, Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Dave (and other interested parties!), 1) I haven't got any court records on Sarah "Sally" and David's marriage. Will have to do this. All I have is Sally's statement in the pension application that they were married and the date. 2) Harriet was definitely married to Almon Bonesteel, not to William Russell. Sally's pension application required her to list each of her children, their spouses, and whether these children could be counted on to provide her with financial support. Sally states her daughter Harriet as being married to Almon Bonesteel, and that they were unable to financially support her. As for the dates of birth, I don't have any for the Rogers's that far back. In most cases, I just have the approximate year. I think Marsha based her dates on the date the censuses were taken, but I'm not sure. No, I don't have a maiden name for Sally but I sure wish I did! Where did you find the initial S??? Maybe Simmons?!?! I was hoping that the pension papers would list her maiden name, but no such luck. 3) Okay, as for the Bonesteel lineage from William Sanford Bonesteel back, I have something different. I have William Sanford son of Jonas, Jonas son of Adam, Adam son of Ludwig/Lodewick, Ludwig son of JOHAN FRIEDERICH and Catharina Mayer, Johan son of Nicholas and Anna Margaretha Kuntz. You have Nicholas Bonesteel and Anna Elizabeth Treber where I have Johan and Catharina. Hmmmmm. I need to look into that a little more. You could be right. 4) Almon's parents...........why do you think Abigail's his mother? Not doubting you, just wondering. I'm still really tempted to order his pension papers from the war and see if he lists his parents names. I think I'll do it. I'm dying of curiousity. LOL 5) I agree with what you have on Peter Bonesteel and Abigail Richer's children, except I have their daughter Abigail being married first to Levi Hayner, who was killed in the Civil War. They had one child, John Levi Hayner, born in 1862, the year his father was killed. 6) I suspected that Abigail's maiden name was Richer. Glad you agree. I'm still at a brickwall with Jacob Rogers 1804-1855. I had a wild idea recently that, since I can't find a Rogers family that he connects to, maybe he changed his name to Rogers from something like...oooooohh....maybe....Richer?! Abigail Richer's father was Jacob Richer. Jacob Richer. Jacob Rogers. Sort of sound alike, don't they? Coincidence? Things that make you go "Hmmmmmmmm!" Lisa Murray Brunswick -- dave rinsem <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Lisa, Here are some answers [and questions for you]. Lisa M. Murray wrote: >1 -- My g-g-g-g-grandmother, Sarah, was married first to Jacob Rodgers, and after his death remarried to David L. Bonesteel. They were married December 20, 1857, but he purportedly abandoned her three months later in March 1858, and refused to live with her. > Would like to have copies of your court records on this ---will hook up with you on this sometime in Troy, no big hurry for . I have stuff to give to you also. > >2 – Sarah & her first husband, Jacob Rodgers, had a daughter named Harriet. Harriet married Almon Bonesteel. > According to Family Tree information put together by Marsha Ensminger , Jacob and Sarahs child Harriet , born 26 Sept. 1848, married William Russell.---Hmmm. Strange birthdates for father Jacob 1804 , mother Sarah 1805 , son Aaron 1840 , and daughter Harriet 1848, all on 26 Sept. Do you list Sarahs maiden name ? I have a first initial of "S" and could be Smith Simon or something like that. [Hand written note.] > >3 – Sarah & Jacob Rodgers also had a son named Edward Rogers. Edward’s daughter, Eliza Rogers, married William Sanford Bonesteel, son of Jonas & Lydia Bonesteel. Does anyone have info on Jonas’s parents? I know there must be a connection to the other Bonesteels in the Grafton/Brunswick area, but I can’t find it. > > Father of Jonas Bonesteel was: Adam Bonesteel , whose father was Lodowick Bonesteel [ Margaret Coonradt] , whose father was Nicolaus Bohnenstiel [Anna Elizabeth Treber] , whose father was Nicolaus Bohnenstiel [Margaretha Kuntz]. First wife of Jonas was Melissa Bonesteel whose parents were Jeramias Bonesteel and Margaret Simmons--HMMMM! Second wife was Lydia M. Coons. >4 – Edward Rogers had another daughter named Ruth A. Rogers who married Andrew Peter Bonesteel. In 1880, there's a Peter Bonesteel, grandfather, living with them. Who’s Andrew’s father? > That's still a mystery, but we know his mother was Abigail Bonesteel , daughter of Peter and Abigail Bonesteel. > So far, I have only found the following children (all daughters) for Peter Bonesteel and Abigail: Martha Selina, Mary Jane, Abigail, Mary, and Clarissa. Who am I missing? > Martha Selina born 1830, died 6 months old Mary Jane born 1831, died 1 month old Abigail born 1835, married #1-Levi Rogers, #2 John Campbell Mary born 1836, married George Myers Clarissa born 1840, died 1845 > >5 – Peter Bonesteel’s wife, Abigail……..does anyone have a maiden name for her? > Abigail Richer , daughter of Jacob Richer and Martha Palmer. > >I'm so glad to see all this discussion on the Bonesteels. It's good to see names I'm familiar with on the list for a change. > > >I know I sent some of this off list to you, but others may be interested . > Cheers~~~ Dave Rinsem > > ==== 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 ___________________________________________________________________ Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! 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Hi Lisa, Here are some answers [and questions for you]. Lisa M. Murray wrote: >1 -- My g-g-g-g-grandmother, Sarah, was married first to Jacob Rodgers, and after his death remarried to David L. Bonesteel. They were married December 20, 1857, but he purportedly abandoned her three months later in March 1858, and refused to live with her. > Would like to have copies of your court records on this ---will hook up with you on this sometime in Troy, no big hurry for . I have stuff to give to you also. > >2 – Sarah & her first husband, Jacob Rodgers, had a daughter named Harriet. Harriet married Almon Bonesteel. > According to Family Tree information put together by Marsha Ensminger , Jacob and Sarahs child Harriet , born 26 Sept. 1848, married William Russell.---Hmmm. Strange birthdates for father Jacob 1804 , mother Sarah 1805 , son Aaron 1840 , and daughter Harriet 1848, all on 26 Sept. Do you list Sarahs maiden name ? I have a first initial of "S" and could be Smith Simon or something like that. [Hand written note.] > >3 – Sarah & Jacob Rodgers also had a son named Edward Rogers. Edward’s daughter, Eliza Rogers, married William Sanford Bonesteel, son of Jonas & Lydia Bonesteel. Does anyone have info on Jonas’s parents? I know there must be a connection to the other Bonesteels in the Grafton/Brunswick area, but I can’t find it. > > Father of Jonas Bonesteel was: Adam Bonesteel , whose father was Lodowick Bonesteel [ Margaret Coonradt] , whose father was Nicolaus Bohnenstiel [Anna Elizabeth Treber] , whose father was Nicolaus Bohnenstiel [Margaretha Kuntz]. First wife of Jonas was Melissa Bonesteel whose parents were Jeramias Bonesteel and Margaret Simmons--HMMMM! Second wife was Lydia M. Coons. >4 – Edward Rogers had another daughter named Ruth A. Rogers who married Andrew Peter Bonesteel. In 1880, there's a Peter Bonesteel, grandfather, living with them. Who’s Andrew’s father? > That's still a mystery, but we know his mother was Abigail Bonesteel , daughter of Peter and Abigail Bonesteel. > So far, I have only found the following children (all daughters) for Peter Bonesteel and Abigail: Martha Selina, Mary Jane, Abigail, Mary, and Clarissa. Who am I missing? > Martha Selina born 1830, died 6 months old Mary Jane born 1831, died 1 month old Abigail born 1835, married #1-Levi Rogers, #2 John Campbell Mary born 1836, married George Myers Clarissa born 1840, died 1845 > >5 – Peter Bonesteel’s wife, Abigail……..does anyone have a maiden name for her? > Abigail Richer , daughter of Jacob Richer and Martha Palmer. > >I'm so glad to see all this discussion on the Bonesteels. It's good to see names I'm familiar with on the list for a change. > > >I know I sent some of this off list to you, but others may be interested . > Cheers~~~ Dave Rinsem > >

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Thank you so much. Marie Cleophine Alba was Marie Cleophe Blanche -- my grandmother. She married Thomas H. Strachan in 1909. This family kept moving from Quebec to New York -- not sure why. Were there any other records of children of Adjutor and Marie Laure -- such as Marie Laura Clara, Adele, Wilfrid, or J. Napoleon? I found the family in St. Henri, Canada in 1901 living next to F. Xavier Tanguay but without Adele Grenier (Dugrenier) --- so I am not sure where Adele died and was buried. You are very kind to have looked into this for me. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Grice [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Tanguay/Grenier/Belanger Carla, From the records of the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in Troy: Marie Laura Tanguay married Adjutor Belanger on 27 September 1886 Witnesses were Napoleon Breton & Malvine Jette Their daughter, Marie Cleophine Alba, was born 20 September 1887 and baptised at this church 21 September 1887. The sponsors were Francois Xavier Tanguay & Marie Adele Dugrenier. Marie Cleopine Alba Belanger married H. Strachan 12 May 1909 at St. Joseph's, Montreal QC I did not find anything regarding the burial of Marie Adele Tanguay in the records of St. Jean Baptiste. Lynn ==== 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.

Carla, From the records of the Church of St. Jean Baptiste in Troy: Marie Laura Tanguay married Adjutor Belanger on 27 September 1886 Witnesses were Napoleon Breton & Malvine Jette Their daughter, Marie Cleophine Alba, was born 20 September 1887 and baptised at this church 21 September 1887. The sponsors were Francois Xavier Tanguay & Marie Adele Dugrenier. Marie Cleopine Alba Belanger married H. Strachan 12 May 1909 at St. Joseph's, Montreal QC I did not find anything regarding the burial of Marie Adele Tanguay in the records of St. Jean Baptiste. Lynn

Looking for info on Francois Xavier and Marie Adele Grenier (Dugrenier) who lived in Troy, New York around 1868 &1887 - perhaps longer. Their daughter, Marie Laure Tanguay married Adjutor Belanger in the Troy, NY area and their first child, Marie Blanche Belanger was born in Troy in 1886. M. Adele Tanguay may have died in Troy and I would love to have evidence of her death. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Carla Lakatos

Wayne, Great, I love it, when you can accumulate that much. Its almost like you can close your eyes and vizualize their lives. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Simmons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: RE: [Rensselaer] Petersburgh Library > Patrick, > > Here is what I know about William Simmons and Betsey Ives. I also have > most > details about their 12 children. > > 1. William SIMMONS-[100]1 was born on 16 Jun 1796 in Troy, Rensselaer, > New > York,2 died on 4 Apr 1872 in Ionia Co., MI 3 at age 75, and was buried > about > 9 Apr 1872 in Balcom Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > > General Notes: William Simmons, a farmer by occupation, had served in the > war of 1812 when a young man. His father was Scotch and his mother > German. > The family moved into Rensselaer County at an early day.4 > > Noted events in his life were: > > . He served in the military Enlisted in War 1812 on 23 Aug 1814 in Sand > Lake, Rensselaer, New York.5 William mustered out at White Hall, > Washington > Co., NY on October 28, 1814 because there was news of peace. The war > actually ended in 1815. > . He emigrated Rotterdam, NY in 1826 from Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New > York.6 > By 1826 William bought land in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, NY. The NY > 1835 census shows William owning 64 acres in Rotterdam, 10 cattle, 3 > horses, > and 9 hogs. > . He emigrated the family to another farm in NY. in 1836 from Rotterdam, > Schenectady, NY.7 About 1836 the Simmons family moved to Wheatfield, > Niagara > Co., NY and bought land for a farm. In 1850 the wheat crops in the area > were destroyed by a plague of midges. This could be why the family moved > to > Michigan. > . He emigrated to Michigan in 1852 from Wheatfield, Niagara Co., NY..7 > In > 1852 the family settled on 80 acres in Berlin Twp., Ionia County, > Michigan. > At some time, the State of New York awarded William (listed as living in > Portland, MI) $12 for his service in the War of 1812. > . He appeared on the Michigan census in 1860 in Berlin Twp., Ionia Co., > MI..7 The 1860 census shows William and Betsey living with Polly and Able > and Alvira. William's farm is valued at $3,300. In 1869 William was > issued > some land near Pontiac, MI for his service in the War of 1812. He sold it > to the lawyer who had obtained it for him. The 1870 census shows William > and Betsey in Berlin Twp., Ionia Co. > > William married Betsy IVES-[103] [MRIN: 341691864], daughter of > ____________ > ____________ and ____________ ____________, on 14 Mar 1815 in Sand Lake, > Rensselaer, New York.8 Betsy was born on 29 Jul 1797 in Sand Lake, > Rensselaer, New York,9 died on 24 Feb 1871 in Ionia Co., MI 10 at age 73, > and was buried about 28 Feb 1871 in Balcom Cem., Ionia Co., MI.. > > Noted events in her life were: > > . She appeared on the General Information census in 1870 in Berlin Twp., > Ionia Co., MI..7 Her father was possibly a German soldier and her mother > was > (rumored to be) a full-blooded American Indian from New York State. The > 1880 census states, however, that Betsey's parents were both born in > Vermont. Betsey married William Simmons in Rensselaer County, New York. > Her first four children, all boys, were born in that county between 1816 > and > 1821. The 1870 census tells us that Betsey couldn't read or write. > > Regards, > Wayne Simmons > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Petersburgh Library > > Wayne > Have you dug up his 1812 war record yet?? > Patrick > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > ==== 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. > > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Have you added your names to the Troy Surname Roster? > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/troy/troysurnames.html >

Hi Ken Did it ever occur to you that the McGrath might of been the original ones who settled in Fort Hunter NY prior to the Rev War. In later years (some were Loyalists) and others settled in Albany County (later Rennselaer County) and this family was the first McGrath/McGraw/McGrawth/McGrah family in NYS. Regards PatR