I am trying to find out some information on a William McChesney who came to the US about 1840. He was married to a Sarah, I do not have her maiden name. Some where between the time he came to America and Sarah ended up in Steuben County, NY, William died. I am trying to find out as much information as I can about him. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Linda K. Tennant linkten@usadatanet.net

CAn someone kindly check the census for Renssaeler area in regards to BERLIN, and Stephentown.. GRAFTON, IN one of these is listed JONES many descendants of SIlas JONES .. I remember seeing a MADISON MATTISON near one of them .. I would love to know whom that was. ANd whos line of MADISON MATTISON it might be.. Still looking for SUSAN Madison's Parents.. SusiCP BLessed Joyous New Year

Susan, The online directions are included with the * LIST OF BOOK NUMBERS & CEMETERIES * . Choose that link from: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Cem/Col/CEM-ColMaster.htm I have added a note at that point so that it is now clear where the ordering directions are given. I included the directions with the book numbers and pages since that is information that would be required in order for the order to be placed. You are the second person to ask that question, which only proves that we don't all think alike or work the same way. The note that I added should correct the problem. Cliff Susan Elliott wrote: > This is a wonderful index. Thanks, Cliff, for > putting it online! > > Does anyone know how to find the online details > (referred to below) for the obtaining copies? > > Susan Elliott > > --- Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@global2000.net> > wrote: > > > The Columbia Co. Historical Society has agreed > > to provide copies of of these pages at a small > > fee (details online). That will allow you to > > obtain the life dates and possibly who was > > buried nearby. > > > > There are three parts to this project. > > 1) A webpage that contains an introduction and > > links to 39 alphabetical indices of names. > > 2) The 39 alphabetical index files themselves. > > 3) A webpage that contains all book and page > > numbers, plus the cemetery names, locations and > > other data. > > > > These files went through a series of revisions. > > If you find any broken links, please let me > > know. > > > > Here is where the fun begins: > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Cem/Col/CEM-ColMaster.htm > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > GenExchange-Rensselaer Co http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer

This is a wonderful index. Thanks, Cliff, for putting it online! Does anyone know how to find the online details (referred to below) for the obtaining copies? Susan Elliott --- Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@global2000.net> wrote: > The Columbia Co. Historical Society has agreed > to provide copies of of these pages at a small > fee (details online). That will allow you to > obtain the life dates and possibly who was > buried nearby. > > There are three parts to this project. > 1) A webpage that contains an introduction and > links to 39 alphabetical indices of names. > 2) The 39 alphabetical index files themselves. > 3) A webpage that contains all book and page > numbers, plus the cemetery names, locations and > other data. > > These files went through a series of revisions. > If you find any broken links, please let me > know. > > Here is where the fun begins: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Cem/Col/CEM-ColMaster.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

A Christmas present for my genealogical friends. It might seem that I have been inactive for the past month. Although I have not posted any new records to my website during that time, I have been working daily on this Columbia Co. project.. Lawrence V. Rickard of Columbia Co. volunteered at the Columbia Co. Historical Society to make full name indices for 33 cemetery books which had none. The fete required two to three years to complete. When the indices were finished in 1994, he merged them all into one giant index containing over 60,000 names of people buried in Columbia Co. Some of the names are duplicates because a cemetery may have been transcribed in more than one "book". These books are almost all are notebooks and had limited distribution, so the following information will be new to most of you. The index to these books consists of a person's name plus the number of the book and the page(s) on which the name occurred. It was designed to be use with books that were on a shelf near the index. Since you don't have access to the books, you would only be able to tell that a person by that name was buried in Columbia Co. However, I thought that that could be valuable information for many people, so I requested that Mr. Rickard allow me to post the index. He kindly agreed. Then I realized that I could add something that would make the index even more valuable. So that you would be able to tell the "name" and location of the cemetery, I have made many trips to Kinderhook in order to record that and other information for about 350 burial plots and cemeteries. Small cemeteries didn't have names, so the transcriber had to make up something. The Columbia Co. Historical Society has agreed to provide copies of of these pages at a small fee (details online). That will allow you to obtain the life dates and possibly who was buried nearby. There are three parts to this project. 1) A webpage that contains an introduction and links to 39 alphabetical indices of names. 2) The 39 alphabetical index files themselves. 3) A webpage that contains all book and page numbers, plus the cemetery names, locations and other data. These files went through a series of revisions. If you find any broken links, please let me know. Here is where the fun begins: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Cem/Col/CEM-ColMaster.htm Happy holidays. Cliff

Looking for any information on the Taylor and Crane families who lived in Nassau and Troy from the 1860s to the 1920s. Washington L Taylor 1828 to 1862 - Died at Antitam in Civil War his wife Mary Ann Templeton Taylor 1834 - 1878 Buried in the Larkin Cemetery in Hoag Corners their children; John W Taylor 1858 - 1921 Lived in Nassau, buried in the East Nassau Cemetery w/ his wife Francis J Phillips 1859 - 1911 Frank B Taylor 1860 - 1914 Mary Ann Taylor's 2nd husband Daniel E. Crane No information known at this time If any of these names rings a bell with someone, I would be glad to hear from you. Happy Holidays

Seek living descendants or anyone having knowledge of the family of George TEFFT/TIFT (1754-1813), who m. Rebecca BROWN (1757-1813) both buried Denison-Jones cemetery, Stephentown, Rensselaer County, NY children: John (1775-1848), m (1) Martha Rose (2) Polly ____ Rhoda (1777-1869), m Griswold Denison Nancy Eleanor (1780-1846), m Latham Denison Known surnames of descendants include Denison, Hull, Martin, Cole, Tripp, Clark. Willing to share info with others researching the Tifts and Denisons of Stephentown NY. Marty Irons Goshen NY k2mi@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Jared Harrison (b Aug 1782, Conn) died on Friday, 8 Feb 1839. His funeral was on Sunday, 10 Feb 1839 at the Seventh Day meeting house, Elder Jones preached. Would anyone know where that would have been and anything about this denomination? It would have most likely been located in either New Lebanon or Stephentown. In 1832 he lived "in Lebanon, near Gilbert's tavern", but died in Stephentown at his son Avery Randolph Harrison's house. Thanks, Patricia

For those of you with ancestors, relatives, or ancestral links crossing through Wisconsin, and particularly Green Lake County, Waushara County, and Winnebago County, the largest Cemetery in Berlin [Green Lake County, but bordering on Waushara County and only a couple of miles from Winnebago County border], Oakwood Cemetery, is listed on Genealogy Exchange at the following URL: http://www.genexchange.org/cemreg.cfm?state=wi&county=greenlake Almost 6,000 burials listed. I've already found several of my relatives there. If you have family that at one time or another lived in this area of Wisconsin, there's a good chance there are relatives in this cemetery. First death buried there is listed as 1801, although as I recall, the city officially began in 1847 or thereabouts. If you have friends or relatives or family that have been looking in Central Wisconsin or as some call it "Wisconsin's Heartland", please let them know about this resource. It's great. With all good wishes, James J. Carey Washington, DC

My Aunt Patience -- I have been searching for a while. I am looking to the folks who keep records, as well as those who may be able to make suggestions on how to find her. She was born in Seward, NY 11/21/1921 to Thelma Eckerson, father unknown. My grandfather married my Gma several years later and took Patience as her own and she never knew the difference for a long long time. She went by the name Omeda/Peg Gras for years, not knowing that my Gpa was not her dad. But when she went to find for SS number in mid 40's (after 2/1944), it was then that she found out Gpa wasn't her real Gpa. She disappeared. The only reference I have to her is this single piece of correspondence, dated 2/5/1944 in N. Tarrytown NY. She makes reference to Bill (I am assuming it is Wm. Dietrich as my Aunt vaguely remembers, who lived in Dobbs Ferry) and I further believe she married him, so that would have been after 1944. She went by the name Peg and Omeda then and I'm not totally sure she knew her name was Eckerson or even Patience -- I just have no idea. In sum: she was born 11/21/1921 and her name was Patience (no middle name) Eckerson. Her last known address was Beekman St in N. Tarrytown, NY as of 2/5/1944. She probably married a guy named Wm. Dietrich sometime after 2/1944. That's all I have. I would like to find her. I don't know how. Please give me your insights, lookups, etc. I would love to find her and I just don't know how.

If your ancestors migrated to Michigan from New York, as many did, you might want to check the on-line death records for clues. http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendis/search.htm If there is one, I'm not aware of such a site for NY. Let's all put it on our CHRISTMAS WISH LIST. Lyn WAGER, WASHBURN, FISHER from NY to MI

I'm interested in obtaining information on my great grandparents, Freidrich Class/Glass/Glafs and Margaretha Havenstein Class/Glass/Glafs who lived in Grafton, NY in the mid to later 1800's. Thanks, Dorsey

As to today, here are some numbers: Update on Troy census project: 1870 census, we have 9 volunteers, 11 pages completed, 9 pages in progress, 7 pages submitted to GenExchange and on line (hope to get the other 4 pages submitted this weekend) 262 records (names) on line 1880 census, we have 10 volunteers, 27 pages completed, 12 pages in progress, 25 pages submitted to GenExchange, 20 pages on line (hope to get the other 2 pages submitted this weekend) 993 records (names) on line If you would like to volunteer for this project, email me. The more we have helping, the more names we can get on line. Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, listowner GenExchange Rensselaer County and Westchester County Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=westchester

I thought those of us who are doing research involving Irish ancestors might be interested in a new genealogy tool getting ready to be published. This is an email sent by Jane Lyons to my Irish county lists and I have copied it. Jane is an engineer living in Dublin where she is a professor and does genealogy on the side. She is on many Irish mailing lists and is constantly sending wonderful Irish culture/history item. If you are interested in this please email Jane at: mailto:jlyons1@iol.ie Many who read this will know me and my posts, you will know how long I have posted to the various newsgroups as Jane O'Brien and as Jane Lyons. Most of you probably realise that I try to help, that I am so aware of being here in Ireland with access to so much and how so many want access to what I have. Some of you like what I post, some of you don't. Some of you know how frustrated I can get at not being able to pass everything on easily and quickly, as well as other things. Many have told me that they have a folder or a file into which they put what I post or some of what I post. Many have told me that they love the bits of history and folklore which I post as well as whatever I post with names. There are people in various parts of the world who have asked my permission to pass something I have posted on to a particular newsgroup they are involved in, those who have asked my permission to use something I have posted in their local Genealogical Newsletter; people who have asked to put my posts on their web sites...... and then there are all those people who mail me and ask "can you help me?" - not realising that because I am subbed to so many groups that I get so much mail and can't take time to reply immediately if the answer isn't on the top of my head or in one of my databases. Believe me, I would like to be able to answer everything yesterday if not sooner - but it's not possible. There are those who know that I can talk too much once I begin, so I will just ask what you think of this idea. I am going to publish/produce a 'Newsletter' - in this newsletter, each of the thirty two counties on the island of Ireland will be dealt with. It will be published once every two months to begin with. Initially, it will simply be a document emailed to the recipients. Eventually, it is hoped that this will become a hard copy (paperback)or on-line publication. Every two months there will be an article on each of our thirty two counties, the article may be one of real 'hard-core' genealogical data - just names and addresses - these may include 5-100 names for a county; it may simply be a poem or a ballad specifically relating to that county; it may be a list of references for that county; it may be the original transcription of one graveyard in that county. The information may be held by the Family History Libraries around the world; someone else may have the information posted to some web site (unbeknown to us); it may be a list of URL's for a county; it may be the description/history of a parish in that county. The list of maybes is long. The 'Newsletter' will also contain Irish history, explanations of whatever documents are included, documents will be analyzed and the people found therein will be listed as being from a particular county, the document itself not being one that those searching for those people would be inclined to look at. The 'Newsletter' will contain information from unpublished sources, will abstracts, graveyard transcriptions, documents held by some archive here in Ireland and as yet not filmed by the LDS. It will contain stories as the various pieces of folklore which can be collected from different sources. I was talking to people last weekend who have and are collecting/documenting music/songs/stories here in Ireland and who when I said "That should be published" replied "how can this be published, who is interested in the different versions of this song or that song" or who said "You can't publish this kind of thing" We will ask those people to write articles for inclusion. The 'Newsletter' will try to tell people about life here in Ireland - as it is and as it was. The first edition of this newsletter will be issued in the month of January 2001. It will be sent to anyone who is interested free of charge, so that they may assess it. There is a magazine produced in Ireland called 'Set Dancing News', see www.SetDancingNews.net there are six issues in any year and the cost is USA$30, Canada - CAN$40, Australia - AUS$50, Britain - STG£15. It is believed that annual subscription to this Newsletter will be of a similar price. Currently what we have is 30 pages long (unedited) with the Province of Munster still to be dealt with in issue one. It is intended that this newsletter will be produced by people who are very much involved with all things Irish, our culture, our history. Those who never expect anything for what they do, those who would say "Who would appreciate this?", those who do what they do simply because they love it. We would like to know how many of you who do not live where we do, yet who do love things or the idea of these things as we do, would be willing to give us your support in what we are about to attempt, in what you know that I (personally) have done over the years, and that you would appreciate that I know others like me who say to themselves "There is no-one but me who likes this kind of thing........." We would like to know what those of you who would be interested in such a publication would like to see included in it. We would like to know if you would like to see some newsletter coming from Ireland, written by Irish people for you (mainly). We would like to try - and then, we would like to build - to learn as we go, to make what we can do now better than now,and be able to teach those who come behind us that there are those who want to know what we know, to make them want to find more and to share more. In the Ireland of today, we can only begin if we can show people that there are those outside who are interested. Thank you for reading this. Jane Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, listowner

>> I just saw a new product...the optical pen scanner...on sale and am very interested in finding out anyone's opinion (who has one or knows better than I) on this seemingly handy genealogy device. I read the product info. available, but could find no answers to this other question. Does anyone know if this optical scanner scans cursive writing, or writing from a projection on a microfilm reader? It does not seem likely, but I am curious nonetheless. It seems like this would save on countless copies of newspapers and records from the Troy library or any other place, for that matter.<< Brooke, Dick Eastman with Ancestry.com has recently reviewed one of the devices. You can find the article at http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/2887.asp Brad Miter

Brooke, I haven't myself investigated these products, but I saw a good article about the Quick Pen scanner by Dick Eastman. He reviews it, especially its uses with genealogical pursuits. The URL for his article (it was in his newsletter in November, I think) is: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/2887.asp#1 Laura Balluff

I'm seeking an obituary for my great-great-grandfather Samuel WARK, who died 14 February or 18 February 1907 in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co., NY. The area newspapers on microfilm do not cover this time period. Any suggestions for locating this obituary? Thanks in advance, Laura Balluff St. Louis, MO

Hi Group, I just saw a new product...the optical pen scanner...on sale and am very interested in finding out anyone's opinion (who has one or knows better than I) on this seemingly handy genealogy device. I read the product info. available, but could find no answers to this other question. Does anyone know if this optical scanner scans cursive writing, or writing from a projection on a microfilm reader? It does not seem likely, but I am curious nonetheless. It seems like this would save on countless copies of newspapers and records from the Troy library or any other place, for that matter. Thanks, Brooke

A new biography has been posted at the Warren County GenExchange. The principal person profiled herein is WALTER G. ROGERS, but this bio. covers a lot of ground. It includes mention of Glens Falls, (Warren County), Essex County and Clinton Counties, Schaghticoke, (Rensselaer County), and Fort Edward, (Washington County). It even includes Williamstown, MA, and Burlington, VT! James Rogers married Susan C. GEER of Rensselaer Co. She was the daughter of WALTER GEER, who moved from Schaghticoke to Glens Falls. James and Susan were the parents of Walter G. Rogers. There is a brief bio. of James Rogers at the Clinton Co. GenExchange. Here is the URL for the NYGenExchange. (All bio's for all NYS counties may be found through the NYGenExchange Bio's link.) To read this or other biographies, please click on the link for Biographies to begin your search. http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=ny Happy hunting, everyone... Susan Laursen Willig, Susan@GenExchange.org Assistant National Coordinator, USGenExchange: http://www.genexchange.org/us.cfm NYGenExchange State Coordinator http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=ny Washington County Coordinator: NYGenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=washington NY Counties Open for Adoption: http://www.genexchange.org/counties.cfm?state=ny

Does anyone have access to the Baptism and Marriage Records of the Reformed Church in Nassau? I need some information from these books. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Jennifer Nordyke