Hi:     My 2 cents worth. I lived about a mile from Brick Church cemetery. I went to the Brick Church school there for 8 years. I attended the Church and Sunday School also. Most of my relatives are buried there. I have never heard it called by the name of Loescher Vet Mem cemetery.               Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nwidenmann Surnames: Widenmann; Seiler Lemcke Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/477.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you. According to my information, the one who died 4 Feb 1905 was Albertine's mother (also Albertine; maiden name Albertine Seiler-Lemcke). More improtantly, though, is that I have no information on Albertine Seiler-Lemcke's parents, so if anyone has that information I would be very grateful. Supposedly they were Germans. Regards, Nikolaj Widenmann Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ftreeman1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/477.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Albertine Widemann died 4 Feb 1905 at the age of 3yrs 8mos 18dys Elsie had worked for the Borden Company Ftreeman@aol.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nwidenmann Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/477.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am Robert Widenmann's son (he passed away in 2005). Thank you for the pictures of my great-grandparents graves (Albertine was the name of both the daughter that my father inquired about, as well as their daughter; Elsie was Robert and Albertine's daughter (never married; lived into her 90s). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 1_jimreynolds Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3569.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I'm related to you. I new Richard Collishaw when we were both teenagers. I would visit his family in New Jersey and he would visit us in Florida. I'm looking at a wedding announcment for Rita to LeRoy for Sunday, Oct.17th 1948 at 3 oclock at at St. Anthony's Church in Nanuet, New York. Jim Reynolds Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Westchester County Genealogical Society (NY) Upcoming Meeting ============================================================ Info about next upcoming meeting is below. =========================================================== WESTCHESTER CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN COMPLETED WCGS is pleased to announce that Volume 6 of the WCGS Journal, “Westchester Connections” has been printed. It will be distributed to local WCGS members who attend our first meeting on September 10 at no charge. Out of town members will not be charged but are asked to send WCGS $6 to cover postage and handling. The general public can purchase the journal for $8 + $6 for postage and handling. ============================================================ MEETING INFO: =========================================================== WHAT: Preserving Genealogical Documents with Patrice Kane WHEN: Saturday, September 10 @ 10 a.m. WHERE: The meeting opens at 10:00 a.m. at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 600 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Ms. Kane is Head of Archives and Special Collection at Fordham University. Her responsibilities include the conservation and preservation of rare books and documents. Patrice Kane has both a B.A. and M.A. in History from Duquesne University and M.L.S. from University of Pittsburgh. She will show the best way to preserve documents as well as answers questions from the audience. If you have a document that needs to restore, please bring it to the meeting. Guests are always welcome. Coffee and conversation precede the meeting at 9:30 a.m. Please bring something to share such as cake, cookies, muffins, or fruit. For information about Westchester County Genealogical Society (Westchester Connection or Surname List), visit WCGS home page -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/ Hope to see you on Saturday!! ============================================================ RESERVED THESE DATES FOR WCGS FUTURE MEETINGS =========================================================== Oct 8, 2011 The Last of The Ol' Put - New York Central's Putnam Division - Joe Schiavone Nov 12, 2011 20th Century Military Records - Toni McKeen Dec 10, 2011 The Cemeteries of Westchester County Patrick Raftery, Assistant Librarian @ Westchester County Historical Society. This meeting will take place at Westchester County Archives. Jan 14, 2012 Special Schedules of the US Census - Nora Galvin Feb 11, 2012 Overcoming the Brick Walls in Your Research -Tony Lauriano Mar 10, 2012 Researching Irish Ancestors in New York City - Joe Buggy Apr 14, 2012 Genealogy Web Message Boards & Blogs - Marian Wood May 12, 2012 One Thing Leads to Another: The Continuing Journey of Genealogical Discoveries - Maureen Wlodarczyk June 9, 2012 Searching the 1940 U.S. Census - Dorothy Dougherty

THE TROY NEWSPAPER PROJECT A multi volume Index of Death and Marriage Records transcribed from various Troy, NY newspapers A. The Troy New York Daily Whig for the years 1849 to 1858 is the EIGHTH set of newspapers recently added to the Troy Irish Genealogy Website. There are 3,777 reported deaths and 3,233 names on the reported marriages during this period. These records will be of great interest to genealogy researchers since the information in this data base predates the 1880 New York State law requiring the reporting of death and marriage records. These records may help with breaking down some of those "brick walls" that you have been struggling with. B. You can view these records by going to the Troy Irish Genealogy website at: www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ and click on PROJECTS and then click on THE TROY NEWSPAPER PROJECT. It should be noted that these records, like most of the TIGS data series, cover the general population in the area and are NOT restricted to Irish surnames. C. The following age distribution of the 3,777 deaths will be of interest: 1. No age was reported for 1,366 names and in 28 cases "child" was reported as the age while 23 cases were identified as "infant". 2. A breakdown of deaths by age groups shows: Under 1 year - 87 names. Age 1 to 10 - 396 names. Age 11 to 19 - 180 names. Age 20 to 29 - 353 names. Age 30 to 39 - 304 names. Age 40 to 49 - 222 names. Age 50 to 59 - 216 names. Age 60 to 69 - 228 names. Age 70 to 79 - 219 names. Age 80 to 89 - 111 names. Age 90 to 99 - 18 names. Age 100 plus - 3 names. D. While 548 of the 3,233 marriage records showed no indication of residence, those records where the residence was reported are of interest to researchers outside of the Troy Area as they show numerous cities and towns throughout New York State as well as 30 other states and even 12 foreign countries. Some specifics are: 1. While most of the records were for the Capital District Area, other areas throughout New York State were reported. Some locations in New York State and the number of records were: Albany-66, Albia-9, Ballston-6, Ballston Spa-4, Berlin-22, Brunswick-136, Buffalo-8, Cambridge-12, Cohoes-22, Easton-5, Glens Falls-8, Grafton-21, Greene-5, Greenbush-12, Green Island-40, Hoosick-19, Hoosick Falls-5, Hudson-6, Kinderhook-4, Lansingburgh-64, Nassau-11, Petersburg-9, Pittstown-46, Poestenkill-20, Sand Lake-27, Saratoga-16, Schaghticoke-42, Schenectady-13, Stephentown-4, Stillwater-5, Syracuse-7, Troy-1,286, Utica-6, Waterford-19, Watervliet-15, West Troy-41, West Sand Lake-6 and White Creek-7. 2. There were a sizable number of records from the neighboring states of Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey. Connecticut has 24 records, Massachusetts had 69 records including 13 from Boston, Vermont had 39 including 14 from Bennington and New Jersey had 12 records. 3. For the New York City area, there were 11 records for Brooklyn and 93 records for New York City. 4. Residence was also indicated from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania including 11 from Philadelphia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. 5. Foreign countries listed as the place of residence were Canada, China, Cuba, England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Scotland, Sweden, Sandwich Islands and Mexico. 6. At the time of the 1840 census, Troy, New York was the fourth wealthiest city in the USA on a per capita basis. This may account for the numerous individuals from across the United States coming to Troy to be married. E. There are several interesting death and marriage records in this group of the Troy Daily Whig newspapers. 1. The wedding of ex-president Millard E. Fillmore to Mrs. Caroline Carmichael McIntosh, a wealthy widow on February 10, 1858. Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States. 2. The wedding of Don Fermin Ferrer to Martha E. Winterbotham on May 9, 1858. Ferrer was the ex-president of Nicaragua. 3. The deaths in Green Island, NY of John Reed and his wife Caroline Hogle Reed on May 22, 1858. A 1858 New York Times Article on these two tragic deaths, is available at the following address: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00710FB38551B7493C7AB178ED85F4C8584F9 4. The wedding of famed Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind to Otto Goldschmidt on February 5, 1852. Born Johanna Maria Lind on October 6, 1820, Jenny was often referred to as the "Swedish Nightingale". F. To date the 8 newspaper groupings added to the TIGS website cover 15,063 marriage names and 11,332 death records. Keep in mind that all these records predate New York State's recording of these vital statistics. Twenty more years of death and marriage records from the Troy Daily Whig, 1859 to 1878, will be added to the TIGS website in the next few months. Regards, Bill McGrath TIGS Project Coordinator Clifton Park, NY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: acaplice1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/2018.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe you may be looking for my sister Maureen. I grew up on regina road in Monsey, NY. let me know Annie Caplice Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I guess I could be. Has she been researching the FORSHAY's? I lived on Rt 306 and Willow Tree Corner about 5 or 6 miles from Monsey. I left there in 1953 to join the Air Force. I went to Suffern High School.                  Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX >________________________________ >From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >To: NYROCKLA-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 6:47 PM >Subject: Re: [NYROCKLA] CONTACT MAUREEN A CAPLICE > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: acaplice1 >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/2018.1/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >I believe you may be looking for my sister Maureen. I grew up on regina road in Monsey, NY. >let me know > >Annie Caplice > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYROCKLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Margaret You know I won't be here. Sounds like a very worthwhile program. Please try to pick me up the handouts. Please, Please. Many thanks, Pat -------------------------------------------------- From: <burgenlaenderin@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 12:56 PM To: <nyrockla-L@rootsweb.com>; <nyulster-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [NYROCKLA] October 22 Seminar with Dick Eastman in Paramus, NJ > > > > > > > > he Genealogical Society of Bergen County (NJ) is very pleased to announce > that > ick Eastman, internationally acclaimed author of Eastman's Online > Genealogy > ewsletter, will be the speaker at its Technologies for Genealogists > Seminar to > e held on Saturday October 22, 2011. > > ick Eastman will offer four presentations: > > > he Organized Genealogist - Various methods of organizing online searches, > ecording results, and preserving the information for the long term. > The Latest Technology for Genealogists - A look at today's technology. > > atellite Navigation for Genealogists - Online geo databases, navigation > atellites and even Russian spy satellites used to locate sites. > Photographing Old and Delicate Documents and Photographs - Use your > computer > FORE you snap the picture. > > All interested family history researchers are invited to attend. The > brochure > nd registration forms can be downloaded from http://www.njgsbc.org/seminar > Registrations postmarked by September 30 receive an early-bird discount. > The > eminar will be held at Bergen Community College (see brochure map for > ocation), Paramus, NJ. Access is available from many nearby highways > including > he Garden State Parkway. > Questions may be emailed to contact@njgsbc.org > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYROCKLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

he Genealogical Society of Bergen County (NJ) is very pleased to announce that ick Eastman, internationally acclaimed author of Eastman's Online Genealogy ewsletter, will be the speaker at its Technologies for Genealogists Seminar to e held on Saturday October 22, 2011. ick Eastman will offer four presentations: he Organized Genealogist - Various methods of organizing online searches, ecording results, and preserving the information for the long term. The Latest Technology for Genealogists - A look at today's technology. atellite Navigation for Genealogists - Online geo databases, navigation atellites and even Russian spy satellites used to locate sites. Photographing Old and Delicate Documents and Photographs - Use your computer FORE you snap the picture. All interested family history researchers are invited to attend. The brochure nd registration forms can be downloaded from http://www.njgsbc.org/seminar Registrations postmarked by September 30 receive an early-bird discount. The eminar will be held at Bergen Community College (see brochure map for ocation), Paramus, NJ. Access is available from many nearby highways including he Garden State Parkway. Questions may be emailed to contact@njgsbc.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lauriequinn56 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3582.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: oops - I meant 1848 in the previous reply. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

>________________________________ > > >Theresa: > >      My grandmother was a house mother there for a few years in the early 1950's. They called her Aunt B. she had a girls cottage. Then my uncle and his wife had a boys cottage there also. His name was Richard Bierschenk. I lived at that time on Route 306 & Willow Tree Corner. > >               Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX > >  > > >>________________________________ >>From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >>To: NYROCKLA-L@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 10:16 PM >>Subject: Re: [NYROCKLA] happy valley school >> >>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >>Author: 1_Peacesign13 >>Surnames: >>Classification: queries >> >>Message Board URL: >> >>http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/1876.4/mb.ashx >> >>Message Board Post: >> >>I was at Happy Valley from about 1962 to 1964. There were cottages with house mother's so they called them.  My house mother's name was Mrs. Pro.  >>I would like to find people that I knew there even though it was a short time.  >>It was a beautiful place and I would go back to visit there almost every year for a few years.  >>I remember our cottage, you can see it after walking up a hill and it was beautiful. >>Were you able to find anyone else from the school while you were there? >>Theresa >> >>Important Note: >>The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYROCKLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >

Theresa:       My grandmother was a house mother there for a few years in the early 1950's. They called her Aunt B. she had a girls cottage. Then my uncle and his wife had a boys cottage there also. His name was Richard Bierschenk. I lived at that time on Route 306 & Willow Tree Corner.                Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX   >________________________________ >From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >To: NYROCKLA-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 10:16 PM >Subject: Re: [NYROCKLA] happy valley school > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: 1_Peacesign13 >Surnames: >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/1876.4/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >I was at Happy Valley from about 1962 to 1964. There were cottages with house mother's so they called them.  My house mother's name was Mrs. Pro.  >I would like to find people that I knew there even though it was a short time.  >It was a beautiful place and I would go back to visit there almost every year for a few years.  >I remember our cottage, you can see it after walking up a hill and it was beautiful. >Were you able to find anyone else from the school while you were there? >Theresa > >Important Note: >The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYROCKLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 1_Peacesign13 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/1876.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was at Happy Valley from about 1962 to 1964. There were cottages with house mother's so they called them. My house mother's name was Mrs. Pro. I would like to find people that I knew there even though it was a short time. It was a beautiful place and I would go back to visit there almost every year for a few years. I remember our cottage, you can see it after walking up a hill and it was beautiful. Were you able to find anyone else from the school while you were there? Theresa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ftreeman1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3593.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a Sophie L Rose wife of James K Knowlton born in 1821 died 1905 buried in Mt Rest Cemetery, Stony Point, N.Y. It appears from F H Record she died 14 Sep 1905 and was buried 17 Sep 1905 aged 84-04-23 ftreeman@aol.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: winspeare Surnames: WEIANT KNOWLTON WALDRON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3593/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am researching descendants of Hannah Weiant (1812-1837), daughter of Catherine Waldron and George Weiant of Haverstraw, Rockland Co., NY. She apparently married James Knowlton around 1830 and had at least two children before she died. One was Thomas Knowlton, b ca. 1832, who probably appears as Thomas Newton in grandfather Weiant's household in the 1850 census. A Thomas Knowlton is listed in George Weiant's estate records (1855). Unfortunately I have been totally unable to find James and his second wife, Sophia, in 1850 and wonder if anyone knows anything about a missing piece of the census that year. James was on the 1840 census in Haverstraw with a woman the right age to be Sophia (b Apr 1822) and a girl child, 1-5, who should be Emma (later marries John Linkletter). Emma was born either 1837 (then dau of Hannah) or 1840 (then dau of Sophia). To complicate things, the LDS entry by some submitter says James had a Thomas and a Anna G. Knowlton in the 1830s. The Waldron cemetery shows Hannah Weiant Knowlton and also a George W. Knowlton (1842-1851), a son of Sophia and James. By the time James shows up again, in 1860 and still in Haverstraw, he has many children in his household: Maria, Melvina or Malvina, Alexander, and Richard (and by 1870 Sophia, Jr.). Strangely, on the 1860 census and no other, Maria and Melvina are said to have been born in Virginia. I have searched the entire US 1850 census for James' family under every spelling known to Knowlton and cannot locate them. Plus, I have no idea who Sophia is. Any response welcome. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Those looking for information on England/ Scotland/ Wales might find this site interesting. You might even find a relative as a witness. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: birdeileen334 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3592.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hello there thank you for your response I will contact the Dominican Convent on Western Highway in Orangeburg. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: susanschwinn Surnames: Simpson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3592.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a Dominican Convent on Western Highway in Orangeburg: http://www.opblauvelt.org/ If you contact them they will give you some information on the children who were placed there. The site www.italiangen.org has many more William/Wm Simpsons listed in Manhattan than the one in 1936. Use the exact surname, but just put in "w" for the first name, and narrow it down to Manhattan and the years you want. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.