Have you tried looking in a local LDS Family History Center? Their webpage says they have one right in Denver along with many others thoughout the state. They have the Troy City Directories on film (you may have to order them though) along with the NY State Census. I am not sure what resources they have there in Denver, but the Family History Center many times will beat out the archives when it comes to what you are looking for. Remember the National Archives only contain data relating to national data, this does include great sources (ie. fed. Censuses, immigration, military service); but the family history centers contain only information pertaining to genealogy. I know that the FHC here in Los Angeles has all of the federal censuses, the NY state Censuses for Renss and Albany county, City Directories, plus they have access to cemetery info, church records, etc. etc. Plus the hours are usually better than the archives Being a long distance researcher, I know exactly the troubles you are having. And having spent a few days last week in Troy, I had to make the tough decision of where to go and what to do with my limited time (I did a few cemetery walks and the rest at the state archives). good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "bmyers" <bmyers@du.edu> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 7:52 PM Subject: [NYRENSSE] MYERS, RYAN, LOOBY, DWYER, KEENAN, ORR, COUGHLIN, etc. > Hello All, > > Well, I've finally had some time to spend at the National Archives, and have > extracted a good amt. of info. from the census there. My latest problem > (among many) is that the 1910 and 1920 census' are not indexed here in Denver. > On top of that, the 1910 is unreadable...I'll find out the readability of the > 1920 census when I get to it tomorrow. Our library does not have the city > directories for Troy here, and I already have the 1890 directory. What > alternate sources can I look at that are more readily available? Do I have to > wait until I can visit NY again to look at the city directories, or does > anyone know if I can ILL them? > > Working in the other direction (backward), I found the year (possible) that > my gggrandmother (HANNAH RYAN MYERS) moved to NY from Ireland. Although it > says she moved here in 1852 at the age of 12, I cannot locate a person with > her name and the proper age before 1880. I cannot even find my ggrandfather > (THOMAS MYERS)...to make things more difficult, I think he died young so many > census records show her as being a widow. > > I'll put this out there again...there are a few of you I've contacted before > who had similar names. I'm finding many LOOBY'S (ED), DWYERS, COUGHLINS, > RYANS, etc. who are related. I don't have a clear idea of how the LOOBYS are > related...just that they are probably cousins somehow, and are buried in St. > Joseph's Cemetary in Troy. Any catches? Any suggestions? I will be visiting > Troy in the first part of September, and am trying to figure out where my one > or two days (I know..not much time) will be best spent...at St. Joe's Church, > cemetary, or the Troy library. I'd like to do all of the above, but am not > sure how much time I will have as I have one living relative who I also plan > to visit. > > Thank You Sincerely, > Brooke Myers > also looking for KEENANS, ORRS > > > > ==== 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 > >