I just received a new book, Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States by Christina K. Schemer. Here is what she had to say about our county and NYS: NYS: The earliest naturalizations in NY were the colonial oaths of allegiance taken in 1664, 1673, 1687, and 1776. Letters of denization were also granted by the king and by colonial governors until 1700. After 1790 naturalization records in NY can be found in county courts, including the county supreme courts, circuit courts, courts of common pleas, and the courts of oyer(??) and terminer(??). city courts, mayor's courts, marine courts, and US circuit and district courts also performed naturalizations. Rensselaer County: (all films referenced are for the LDS Family History Libraries, the + mean this is the first of a series) Rensselaer County Court -Naturalization records, 1900-6, index, 1824-1908 (film 1304666+) -Declarations of intention, 1854-1906 (film 1304663+) -Petitions, 1903-6 (film 1304665+) -Final applications, 1896-1906 (film 1304666) Rensselaer County Court of Common Pleas -court minutes, 1843-57 (film 1304662+) this contains records of the court of common pleas, 1843-7 and records of the county court, 1847-57. -Index to naturalizations, 1843-57 (film 1304662). the records which are indexed by this film have not been filmed. Rensselaer County Justices' Court: -Naturalization certificates, 1844-72 (film 1434130) -Petitions, oaths of allegiance, and affidavits, 1827-1929 (film 1434126+) City of Troy Justices' Court -declarations of intention, 1844-72 (film 1304659+) -naturalizations certificates, 1844-69, index, 1844-72 (film 1304655+) Rensselaer County Supreme court -declarations of intentions, 1906-31 (film 1516633+) -declarations of intention, petitions, oaths of allegiance, 1903-31 (film 1513921+) The original records of all the above are at the Rensselaer County Courthouse in Troy. (I had the occasion to visit here in 1998. The records were in an attic with no supervision or air conditioning. Pages were ripped out of books. I was appalled and spoke to the personnel. Hopefully, all was filmed by LDS before the public got to these precious records.) Nial, Loretta M. city of Troy and Rensselaer County Court, 1816-1844 (Troy, NY: n.p., 1975, film 1304666). This contains naturalizations from original volumes in the Rensselaer County Clerk's office. Nial, Loretta M. Rensselaer county Court Naturalizations, volume 3, Book of Oaths, 1814-1843 (Troy, NY: Troy Public Library, n.d., film 1437398) Nial, Loretta M. Rensselaer county Court Naturalizations, Volumes 1 and 2 (Troy, NY: n.o., 1975, film 1304666). Note of caution: Please recheck the film numbers at the below site for accuracy. I may have made a mistake copying them. I have typed all that I know, so if you have any naturalization questions, please address them to the list so everyone can answer them. http://www.familysearch.org Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, listowner Siochain Leat (peace be with you) Researching: Connors/O'Connor, McEntee, Campbell, Flynn/O'Flynn, Smith, Phillips, Carter, Boyle, O'Rourke, Healey, Cullinan, Hoare, Todd, Owen, Booth, Gallagher, Fahey, Ryan, Haviland http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~nymets http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Pat-Connors/ mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net
I am looking for two obituaries. My gr-grandfather: Hans Sorensen Skau, died Feb 25, 1949, Troy, NY buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY My gr-uncle: Howard A. Skau, died Jan 21, 1968, Troy, NY buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY At the time of their deaths they lived at 299-6th Ave., Troy, NY My gr-grandfather ran a trucking company out of his home. Would like to find out information on this trucking company. Any information on Hans and/or Howard would be greatly appreciated. You can e-mail me direct at murrayc@azstarnet.com. Thank you for your time. Valerie J. Murray, Tucson, AZ
I am working the family of Matthew BREWER/BROUWER who first married Annatie OUDERKERK. They had 19 (?) children all born in Old Albany county New York, while living around Hoosick, New York. Annatie died between 1789 and 1790. Matthew then married Sarah WEST. They had 5 children. Matthew died about 1812. In the land records of Rensselaer Co. Ny in 1838 I have found the following: a Lina WILCOX, widow of Abraham WILCOX and daughter of Matthew BREWER, late of Hoosick, NY sells her interest in Matthew's land. She is listed as being of Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. a Levinus BREWER of Wayne, Ashtabula County, Ohio grandson of Matthew BREWER, late of Hoosick, NY and nephew of Lina WILCOX does the same. I am interested in contracting any one connected to or working on this family. Thanks Shirley
Thanks Mark for your input. Does anybody know WHERE to find the Supreme Court records from the 1860's? Are they available to the public as long as they are over 100 yrs old? Thanks! Ned Schimminger
In addition to FELLER-CRAVER-SHAVER family genealogies here are My FAVORITE LINKS found on my web page http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB THE NEW YORK BARRINGERS Desc. of Johannes Coonradt Beringer MY PALATINE ANCESTORS Barringer, Jager, Simon, Haner, Treber, Reisdorph TINKLEPAUGH Family Genealogy ZUFELD- WEATHERWAX - HOLTSAPPLE Family Genealogies JEFF LAPE'S PAGE LOWE/LAPE genealogy & much more jb's GENEALOGY PAGE Many surnames with descendants incl.: Uline, Dix, Bidwell, Clapper, Cooper, Doty, Carmon, Black, Brust, etc etc. RENSSELAER COUNTY, NY WEB PAGE Includes Church, Census, & Cemetery records. DEFOREST-DEFREEST / WENDELL A few descendants of David Defreest (1747-1815)and a few descendants of Philip Wendell (1741-1812) HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD - 1870 - CENSUS Troy fifth ward - Nassau - Poestenkill - Berlin - Grafton (all Renssealaer Co., NY) WITBECK/WHITBECK Family Genealogy JETS - JEETS - YEATS - YATES Some of the descendants of Joseph Yates KLOCKNER-CLICKNER Some of the descendants of Johannes(George) Klockner (1741-1833) RUNNELLS/REYNOLDS Some descendants of Thomas & Christina (Mohr) Runnells/Reynolds. REICHARD Some of the descendants of Michael Reichard of Rensselaer Co. SCHNEIDER/SNYDER Some of the early Snyders of Rensselaer Co. KUHLMANN/KILLMORE/KILMER Some of the desc. of Johannes & Anna Veronica (Becker) Kilmer LINCK/LYNK/LINK Some of the desc. of Johann Wilhelm & Anna Eva (Firsback) Link PHILIPP/PHILLIP/PHILLIPS/PHILIPS Some of the desc. of Johann Petrus & Magdalena Philip BRANDAW - BRANDAU - BRANDO - BRANDOW Some of the descendants of Johann Wilhelm & Maria Elisabetha Catharina Brandow of Greene Co., NY For living desc. contact Joe Travis jtravis@parl.net and Lisa Orecchio genealogy@orecchio.net DIEDRICH and LAMPMAN Some of the desc. of Johann Friederich Dietrich and some of the desc. of Johann Peter Lampman PERSON and DEWITT A few of the desc. of Matthys & Jan Person and a few of the desc. of Lucas Dewitt - Ulster & Greene Co. PULVER Some of the desc. of Johann Wilhelm (Wendel) Pulver - a Palatine German family. WILTSE - WILLSE - WILSIE Some of the desc. of Marten Hendrickse Wiltse RENSSELAER CO. PROBATE ABSTRACTS #1 1790 and up RENSSELAER CO. PROBATE ABSTRACTS #2 continued from #1 MARRIAGES - Gilead Lutheran Church -Center Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., NY 1802 to 1859 MARRIAGES - SCHODACK Reformed Dutch Church at Muitzeskill - Rensselaer Co., NY 1788 to 1846 MARRIAGES - Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Nassau - Rensselaer Co., NY 1805 -1848 DUTCHESS COUNTY CEMETERIES Interments before 1880 KREBSER/CRAPSEY/CROPSEY Desc. of Wm, Valentine, & Ananias Cropsey COONRADT A few of the desc. of Adam and Elisabeth (Clum) Coonradt ANTHONY Some of the early Anthony familes RENSSELAER COUNTY DEATHS 1850-1860-1870-1880 Mortality Schedules & 1875 State Census RENSSELAER CO. MARRIAGES 1864 & 1865 RENSSELAER Co. MARRIAGES 1874 &1875 MARRIAGES from TROY churches 1st Presby. Ch. and State St. Meth. Ch. OAKWOOD CEMETERY BURIALS, Troy, NY includes date of death, place of birth, age, & parents __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
Ned, this isn't a direct answer to your question, but regarding the subject of divorce in the 1800s, I have a transcription of a divorce proceeding from Saratoga County on my web site that might be of passing interest. David See http://pages.preferred.com/~dsee/divorce.html NYRENSSE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: [NYRENSSE] Divorces in 1800s > Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:02:33 EDT > From: Nedschim@aol.com > To: NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com > > Maridel wrote: > Does anyone know if people got divorced circa 1820-30 how they went > about it, or if there are any divorce records for the REN/Troy/Berlin > area from then existing in any archive ? > a
hello list; Been away for a few days...catching up in emails.. Thanks to Rebecca, Mark and Ned for their very helpful input on the question of early divorce records for Rensselaer area. The hunt continues, but with some direction! :-) Maridel
The following is from: http://www.familysearch.org/sg/New_York.html Divorce Records Before 1787, divorce was practically nonexistent in New York. Some petitions for divorce were made to the governor or legislature, but only a few were granted. Records of divorces granted by acts of the legislature consist both of the legislative act and petitions that were sent to the legislature. Acts of divorce are indexed in the index mentioned under Law and Legislation in this outline. >From 17871847, divorces were recorded in chancery court records. Chancery court divorces are at the state archives or for the New York City area at: New York County Clerk's Office Division of Old Records 31 Chambers Street 7th floor New York, NY 10007 Telephone: 212-788-8580 or 212-566-5292 Fax: 212-385-4253 Since 1846, the supreme court has recorded divorce proceedings. Many people before 1966 found it easier to obtain a divorce out of state. Access to supreme court divorce records less than 100 years old is prohibited without judicial permission. You must obtain a court order to see a file. The actual trial records are sealed. The Family History Library has microfilmed very few divorce judgements. For New York County, only the index to divorce records has been microfilmed: New York County (New York). County Clerk. Index to Matrimonial Actions, 17841910. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL films 101746567; computer number 258893.)
I am looking for an obit for my gr-grandfather Hans Sorensen Skau, died Feb 25, 1949, Troy, New York. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York. At the time of his death he owned a Trucking Company. I think the Trucking Company was out of his home (299-6th Ave., Troy, NY). I would love to find out the name of this Trucking Company and any other information. You can e-mail me direct at murrayc@azstarnet.com. Thank you for any help or direction in this matter. Valerie J. Murray, Tucson, Arizona
Hello Barb, I believe the collar factory you are referring to is CLUETT PEABODY, C0. INC., 433 River Street,Troy, New York. Bea
Hello All, My g-grandmother worked for a collar factory in Troy in the early 1900's. Can any one tell me the name of the factory, location, and any information you might think interesting. Thank you, Barb
Maridel wrote: Does anyone know if people got divorced circa 1820-30 how they went about it, or if there are any divorce records for the REN/Troy/Berlin area from then existing in any archive ? I don't know much, but I do know that my gggm filed for divorce in 1866. She lived in Schodack, Renss Co, but filed for the divorce in Columbia Co - I don't know why she filed there. She died before the hearings on the divorce were completed. In fact, the only reason I know that the divorce was planned was that there were debts owed to her lawyer, so there is mention of the hearings in her estate papers. I checked at Hudson Court House in Columbia County, but they knew nothing of Divorce records from back then - they said to try at Albany because she didn't think there were any divorce records that far back in Columbia Co. I think I looked at the Albany Hall of Records - maybe even found divorce records there - but nothing for my ancestors. They might be a good place to look, especially if you are closer to the Troy/Albany area. Hope this helps a little. Good luck. Ned Schimminger, just outside Niagara Falls
There are three papers for the process of becoming a citizen i. e. naturalization. First papers - intent to become a citizen, second papers, petition to become a citizen and final papers - citizenship. Diane Jacobs New York > Someone recently pointed out to me that one of my family members is > mentioned in a book of buriels and the entry says "See also First Papers". > Can anyone tell me what this means. > Thanks > Judy Spenard Pausley > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > Listowner, Pat Connors: mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net >
Someone recently pointed out to me that one of my family members is mentioned in a book of buriels and the entry says "See also First Papers". Can anyone tell me what this means. Thanks Judy Spenard Pausley
Hi, I have some Bloomfields in my data base: Charles Warren Bloomfield, b 12/1854, d ?, m ? to Elizabeth McCredy, b4/1857, d ?. They had 2 children: Allen J. Bloomfield, b 5/30/1880, d ?, m 4/25/1917 to Ruby Emma Newcomb, b 4/25/1917, d 1961 in Albany, NY; and Russell Bloomfield, b 2/1889, d ?. Allen and Ruby had a Daughter, Elizabeth, b 9/15/1918, d ?. (Ruby Newcomb Bloomfield was my Wife's Great Aunt). Walt Warren spooner@coastalnet.com -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Bloomfield <bloomm@earthlink.net> To: NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [NYRENSSE] Roll Call: BLOOMFIELD, RAMROTH >Looking for anyone with either of these names: BLOOMFIELD, RAMROTH. > >Anyone with either of those surnames in the Capitol District is most likely >related to my lines. > >Matt Bloomfield >bloomm@earthllink.net >
Looking for anyone with either of these names: BLOOMFIELD, RAMROTH. Anyone with either of those surnames in the Capitol District is most likely related to my lines. Matt Bloomfield bloomm@earthllink.net
Since you got a death certificate, can I assume this person died late 1800's to present? Where they naturalized citizen (only good if they were not a child or wife)? If you are lucky, you might be able to find out from there. What exact time frame are you looking? If recent enough (last 70 years), Social Security is a good place. These are just the easy ones. You can try obits, cemetery records, marriage license, bibles, etc. And as we all know, you still may not find them ;) Hope this is not the case you you. good luck. > I have requested death certificates and only got the country of birth > (Canada). If I know when someone came to NYS from Canada and when they were > born how can I find out what part of Canada they were born in.
Here is the line I am researching. Descendants of Martin Quackenbush Generation No. 1 1. MARTIN2 QUACKENBUSH (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1808 in Pittstown, New York or Washington Co., New York, and died Bet. May 31 - June 01, 1891 in Probably Pittstown, NY. He married LUCY E LEE Abt. January 1833 in probably New York State, daughter of JOHN LEE and UNICE. She was born Abt. 1810 in Pittstown, New York or Brunswick, NY, and died October 14, 1892 in North Adams, Massachusetts. Children of MARTIN QUACKENBUSH and LUCY LEE are: i. CHILD3 QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1835, Rensselaer Co., NY; d. Bef. 1891. ii. THOMAS QUACKENBUSH, b. Bet. 1835 - 1838, Pittstown, New York; d. December 04, 1901, Somerset, VT; m. ESTHER HART, April 23, 1865, Adams, MA; b. Abt. 1847, Adams, MA; d. Unknown. iii. MARY G QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1836, New York; d. Bef. 1891. iv. ELIZABETH QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. March 1836, Pittstown, New York; d. April 20, 1885, Pittsfield, MA. 2. v. MARY ANN QUACKENBUSH, b. April 12, 1838, Pittstown, NY; d. February 26, 1904, 111 River Street, home, North Adams, MA. vi. JULIA QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1840, New York; d. Bef. 1891. vii. MELVINA QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1841, Hoosick, NY; d. Aft. 1891; m. STEPHEN BOUARD, September 21, 1865, Baptist Church, Pittsfield, MA; b. Abt. 1843, Canada; d. Unknown. viii. THEODORE QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1842, New York; d. Bef. 1891. ix. CHARLES H QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1845, New York; d. March 18, 1918, Pittstown, New York. x. EMILY QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1848, New York; d. Unknown. xi. JAMES T. QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1852; d. March 30, 1905, Hot Springs, Arkansas; m. EUNICE, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Unknown. xii. EMMA L QUACKENBUSH, b. Abt. 1854, Hoosick Falls, NY; d. Aft. 1891; m. ALPHONSO CHURCH, October 23, 1884, probably Pittsfield, MA; b. Abt. 1841, Ashfield; d. Unknown. Generation No. 2 2. MARY ANN3 QUACKENBUSH (MARTIN2, JOHN1) was born April 12, 1838 in Pittstown, NY, and died February 26, 1904 in 111 River Street, home, North Adams, MA. She married JACOB W COON March 12, 1854 in Hoosick Falls, NY. He was born April 16, 1835 in Hoosick Falls, NY, and died August 29, 1916 in probably North Adams, MA. Holly
I have requested death certificates and only got the country of birth (Canada). If I know when someone came to NYS from Canada and when they were born how can I find out what part of Canada they were born in. Thanks in advance Judy Spenard Pausley
Hi, I am new to the list. I am searching for information on Phoebe JADWIN, born August 29, 1815 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY. According to the 1900 census, her parents were both born in New York. She married Titus Perry July 4, 1836 in New Lebanon Springs, NY. They moved to Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and finally settled in Iowa. I have had a lot of Jadwin leads but nothing to tie her in with any of them. Darlene Garrity deegee@humboldt1.com