HI, Lin: This is very interesting. 340 years is a very long time for a home to survive. I sure do appreciate your offering to share about this. I will try to contact the Schodak Historian and see what they can tell me. If that family has roots that deep, there must be some family histories written. Can't tell you how much I appreciate this. Diane --- Lin <veeb@getfreeinternet.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, Diane and other STAATS researchers > > Although I live across the Atlantic from Schodack and am > probably not > the best source of information about it, I do have a copy > of Lauretta > Harris's Vital Records of Schodack. This book, amongst > other things, > lists a number of cemeteries in the Town of Schodack, > large and small, > still active and long gone to seed. On page 67, she > describes the > location of STAATS graves, and I think that this must be > what you > are referring to. Here is what she says about the > location: > > "Located on the Island Farm of the Staats Family, since > 1660, north of > Castleton on the Hudson River. The Cemetery is on the > crest of the > hill north and in back of the Philip Staats House, and > south of the > Barent Staats House." > > My guess is that it would not be active, and that there > would be no > telephone number or office address. But for a > better-informed reply, > you might ring the Schodack Town Hall and speak to the > Town > Historian. She should know. > > I'm afraid that I'm not researching the Staats surname > myself, although > I still have three major "stuck" lines in Schodack (VAN > BUREN, > WESTFALL, MORRIS), and any one of them could have a > Staats > grandmother back there somewhere for all I know. > > It is my understanding that at least one of these Staats > houses > STILL SURVIVES TODAY, and that part of it is 340 years > old. > I've seen a photograph of its stone exterior. This is > really something > quite rare and special. > > Cheers > Lin Van Buren > Saint Leonard's on Sea, England > > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > > At 06:58 26/07/2000 -0700, Diane Spoo <dspoo@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >Good Morning Everyone.... > >Would someone be able to tell me anything about "Staats" > >Cemetery in Schodak? Location? Address? Phone? Is it > >still active? > >Is anyone else on this list researching the Staats name > >from Rensselaer / Albany / Columbia Counties? > >Thank you Diane > > > ==== 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/