1: == I have ordered two books from the NEHGS to which I belong: "Genealogical Guide to Saratoga County, by Field Horne, and "Gazetter of State of NY," by J. H. French. They will arrive ~Nov. 2nd. I will do Saratoga County looks up for anyone on this list. I'll be on travel until then, so please wait until I post a note saying they have arrived. Can't keep their books too long, so, think about a possible query... Sometimes when I see a book in the library, I can't remember why I wanted it!! 2: == The lines that are drawn like pie sections and horiz./vertical lines on the Beers map are supposed to be the original Kayadaroseras Patent markings. There were 25 Allotments, and each allotment was divided into 13 Lots. There were 13 Patentees, and they drew names for which Lot they would receive in each Allotment. I found a major error in the 20th Allotment (Town of Moreau) Lot 10 is actually Lots 10 and 11, Lot 11 is actually Lot 12, and what Beer's call Lots 12 and Lot 13 are actually Lot 13. Beer's draftsman made an error. I found the original Patent drawings in the Saratoga County Court house two weeks ago, and noticed Beer's sketch of Lot 10 looked to be about 1/5 as high as it is wide, whereas the original map showed it to be 1/10 as high as it is wide. To fix it, draw a horizontal line across the middle of Beer's Lot 10, leaving the east-to-west distances the same, but only half as high in the north-to-south direction. The map in Sylvester's History is correct. Thus, our farm was originally part of Lot 12, drawn by Nanning Hermance, and not lot 11 drawn by John Tudor. Mrs. Karen Campola, the County Historian, and her asociate, whose name I have forgotten, were most helpful! The moral: always double check secondary references!!!! Tracing the ownership of the land from then to Moses Lewis' occupancy in ~1790 may never be possible, but we will try. Some of those lands were owned by Loyalists, and when they fled to Canada after the Rev. War, some settlers simply took their lands; other lands owned by Loyalists were appropriated and sold by the new government. RE: Old names: The Kayadrosseras map of Lot 11, labels the 200 acre parcel closest to the Hudson (near the current Fort Edward Bridge) as "the ferry lot." Apparently its owner was named Jones (of Jane McCrea fame). Until the war it was called "Jones Ferry." After the War Gen. Thomas Rogers appropriated that land and it was called "Rogers Ferry," until the Fort Edward Bridge was built (around mid 1820's??) Ahh, and now I think of all the time I spent sleeping behind my textbook when Sparky Vaughn was trying to teach American History at South Glens Falls Hi! cheers, gone till Nov. 2. j John F. O'Hanlon O'Hanlon Consulting (There is "Nothing" to Vacuum) 1720 East Placita Padre Isidoro Tucson, AZ 85718-4027; Fax: 520-529-8225 [email protected]