Anybody know who holds the sexton's records for Bloomingburg cemetery? Is it still Janet Cramer? Thanks, Elizabeth Harris Pope

Looking for any information on the children of Peter and Eliza KIEFFER. Peter M. KIEFFER (1816 - d. Feb. 5, 1867). He married Eliza VAN KEURAN, (4/10/1820 - 4/17/1897) Married August 28, 1843, daughter of Matheus VAN KEUREN and Margaret WHITAKER. (Van Keuren's I HAVE in abundance!) Children of Peter KIEFFER and Eliza VAN KEURAN are: 1. Margaret Ann KIEFFER, b. July 30, 1844; m. Jacob COONES. 2. Henry KIEFFER, b. October 3, 1846; d. March 25, 1847. 3. Myron KIEFFER, b. Dec.19, 1848; m. Melissa VAN NOSTRAND, Nov. 24, 1869. 4. George KIEFFER, b. March 8, 1851; d. January 28, 1857. 5. Mary Jane KIEFFER, b. January 3, 1857. 6. Harry KIEFFER, b. April 29, 1860; m. Elizabeth ATTWOOD, February 28, 1893. Thanks, Michelle

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted... We shouldn't. So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid..............

Hi folks, I have a few misc. LOCKWOODs to offer up for consideration. If you have any information abt these people, please e-mail me. Thanks. Eric Winchell ewinch7255@aol.com ____________________________________________ Elizabeth Lockwood was born Abt. 1778, and died October 1851 in Olive, Ulster co, NY. She married Elder Jonathan Van Velsen. He was born Unknown, and died March 20, 1824 in New York City, NY. Delia Lockwood was born March 10, 1830 in Marbletown, Ulster co, NY. She married Dewitt Clinton Winchell October 7, 1848 in Marbletown, Ulster co, NY, son of Lemuel Winchell and Mariah Givens. He was born March 4, 1824 in Olive, Ulster co, NY, and died Bef. January 5, 1898 in Stone Ridge, Marbletown, Ulster co, NY. Mary L. Lockwood She married Matthew Osterhoudt, son of Cornelius Osterhoudt and Eleanor Winchell. He was born February 23, 1834. Melvin Lockwood He married Margaret D. Bogart, daughter of Cornelius Bogart and Cornelia Davis. Anna Lockwood? She married William Lane. He was born in Ulster co, NY?, and died Abt. 1832 in Cayuga co, NY. Elmira Lockwood was born in ae 31-7-28, and died December 14, 1872. She married Stephen Henry Teas, son of Benjamin Teas and Hester Krom. He was born March 31, 1833, and died Aft. 1855. ____________________________________________ Obituary of Deborah Lockwood Letters, Sermons and & Obituaries related to the "Olive & Hurley Old School Baptist Church" as extracted from the the "Signs of the Times", Middletown, NY (a work in progress.) January 15, 1876 Elder Beebe:- It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of our dear mother, Deborah Lockwood, who departed this life Nov. 27, 1875, at a quarter before six in the evening. The doctor called her disease typhoid fever. She was sick about four weeks, and at times suffered much, until towards the last, when she seemed to be quite easy, and breathed shorter and shorter until her spirit took its flight. The last time I talked with her on religious subjects she seemed animated as usual to hear the eternal God exalted and his truth defended. She joined in with her whole heart. Her theme was salvation by grace alone, and her hope was in the blood and righteousness of her Lord and Savior. She was a firm believer in Election and Predestination, as taught in the holy scriptures. And I must join her in saying, All glory, praise and thanksgiving be unto the eternal Jehovah. She was asked how it was with her on her dying bed. She replied, that all her trust was in Jesus, - that he was her Strength. When she was dressed for the burial, O how lovely she looked! A heavenly smile lit up her countenance as though she had stepped out of time into the world of eternal glory, and was viewing her Saviour in rapturous bliss. Her age was 77 years, 6 months and 11 days. She died at the residence of her daughter, Catherine Aking, in the town of Star Prairie, Wis. Her former residence was Olive, Ulster Co., N.Y., and she had been a member of the Old School Baptist Church in that town about sixty years. May the Lord comfort and sustain all the bereaved relatives, brethern and friends. At her burial we had prayer and singing, but no preaching,as it was her request that her funeral should be preached at Olive, in the church where her membership was and had so long been. The hymns we selected for the occasion were- Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep." And, "O happy soul, who safely past Your weary warfare here." Also, "O happy souls, how fast you go." C.S. LOCKWOOD To the above tribute we feel constrained to add, that we have been personally acquainted with this aged pilgrim almost sixty years, and we can say in truth that a more spiritually minded, sound, consistent and humble follower of the Saviour we have never known. - Editor

Anybody have a Robert C. Gillespie of Middletown, born Sept. 1857, of Middletown. living on 44 Grand Ave in 1900 Orange County census? Wife is Fanny J., born Aug. 1861, children are Augustus C., b. Sept. 1886 and Esther M. July 1895. I have info on Esther, and have traced her descendants. Will share. Elizabeth Harris Pope, ElizPope1@aol.com

Would someone be so kind to look up census or any information on Edmund or Edmond P (possibly PATEL) DEYO. He was born in 1859 in Ulster Co., New York, but moved to Knox Co., Illinois where he married in 1880. He and Asa M Deyo purhased approximately 1300 acres of farm land in Texas in 1903. Asa was christened on 28, Aug 1857 in the New Paltx, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Ulster Co., New York. I don't believe Asa and Edmund are brothers, but they could be cousins. I would apprcieate any help. Thanks in advance Dan Tavener 1142 Pinecroft Sugar Land, Texas 77478 taven@swbell.net

Hi everyone..now PLEASE don't be nad fo rmy posting so much :-( Today I received the pension papers back for our gggrandfather Wilbur Lockwood so I have new info!!!! Wilbur Lockwood born April 9, 1840 Married Sarah Elizabeth Rider (all along I though tit was Rules as thats whats on the Marriage cert. but here it mentions Rider several times) Sarah Elizabeth Rider born July 16, 1847 in Lexington, Greene County, NY died April 27, 1926 in Union Grove NY (wherever that is!) Children: James W. born Nov. 28, 1868 (now if I can find a darned death date!!!) Mary E. Lockwood born May 4, 1848 Harvey A. Lockwood born Sept 18, 1883 Ada D. Lockwood born May 16, 1885 Wilbur and Sarah Elizabeth were married Sept. 14, 1863 in Morrissville, Delaware County, NY. This is so exciting!! Now when I get his father Abrams detah certificate back, I will have alot of stuff to send to UCGS!!! Again please forgive the many postings okay? Michele Lockwood

Has anyone heard the name Torin Lane? I just copied the plot map for the Wesleyan Methodist Church cemetery in Willow, Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, NY and found this name. There's no marker on grave. Many of my Lane ancestors are buried in this cemetery and this is the first time I've ever seen the name Torin. I copied all the plot map info and would be glad to do lookups. Keep in mind that the names on the plots could be either the purchaser or the occupant. Ginny Byron vbyron@ulster.net

Does anyone know the source of the place name "Ardonia"?

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0754B8ACC36A1B39EB8D6152 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------0754B8ACC36A1B39EB8D6152 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc03.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with ESMTP id <19990629193610.WOWC13781@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:36:10 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA25685; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37791EB0.78D6@futureone.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:29:52 -0700 From: "M. Clifton" <mclifton@futureone.com> Reply-To: mclifton@futureone.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [NYC] Columbia U. #3 Resent-Message-ID: <v39t3.A.8QG.n1Re3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/16270 X-Loop: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYC-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id MAA25685 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Here are a couple more items from Grandpa's scrapbook. Michele >From an invitation: October 14th, 1912 =93Officers, Graduates, Students, and Ex-Students, School of Architecture, Columbia University. Greetings: The Alumni Society, Columbia School of Architecture, cordially invites you to a =93Dutch treat=94 Beefsteak Supper in the Commons over Gymnasium= at a cost of $1.50 per cover. Following the supper the men will have an opportunity to hear and to meet Prof. A. W. LORD, the new head of our school.=94 (other info here) Cordially yours, Entertainment Committee, Alumni Society of School Architecture.=20 W. W. JACKSON, Sec. & Treas. 50 Beekman St., N.Y.C. E. L.. SATTERLEE 3 West 29th St., N.Y.C. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >From an unknown newspaper, July 29, 1913: Put College Theft on Ex-Army Officer Chase Britisher at Columbia and Find Him Hiding Behind Coal Bins Stolen Wallet on Him Police Send Word to New Haven and Cambridge, Where the Prisoner Has Journeyed =93The midsummer quiet of the Columbia University grounds was disturbed yesterday afternoon by the pursuit of a man by several students and instructors. The fugitive eluded capture for a time but eventually was traced to his hiding place and put under arrest. The police took a good deal of interest in the prisoner. In his pockets were found parlor car checks showing that the man who had fled across the Columbia University grounds had made several trips between New York and New Haven and New York and Cambridge, both college towns. =93The police of the West 125th Street Station in the last few months hav= e had sevral complaints of thefts at the university. In most cases these occurred when coats were in the gymnasium or other lockers, or were left hanging over the backs of chairs while students worked in the laboratories or drafting rooms. Thomas F. GIBSON of 420 West 121st=20 Street, a student at the Summer School, was working in the drafting room in Avery Hall yesterday afternoon. He hung his coat over the back of his chair. A stranger came along, leaned over his shoulder, and praised his work. GIBSON was annoyed and tried to get the stranger to go away, but withour success. At last GIBSON turned around. As he did so he touched the pocket where his wallet was kept, and found the wallet missing. The stranger hurried out of the room. =93GIBSON folllowed, not quite sure that he had been robbed. He was questioning the man on the stairs when Prof. C. A. HARRIMAN passed and overheard a portion of the conversation. He lost a pocketbook containing $30 a few weeks ago, and when he heard what the conversation was about he shouted to GIBSON to hold this man. At this the stranger bounded down the steps and ran across the campus to the near-by entrance at 117th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. he ran into 118th Street and disappeared into the cellar of 430. =93Detectives HAWKINS, DALY, and MC GRATH were called. They traced th= e fugitive to the cellar and finally found him behind some coal bins. He was taken to the West 125th Street Station. =93There he said he was Alexander L. FROST of 416 West 118th Street. H= e said he was a draftsman. Word of the arrest had sptead about the university. It brought to the police station Charles P. CHANDLER, who had lately lost $10 while working in Havemeyer Hall, and Thomas BYRON=20 of 569 St. John=92s Avenue, the Bronx. BYRON was swimming in the pool yesterday afternoon just before the arrest, and on going to his locker found his wallet missing. =93In searching FROST there were found on him GIBSON=92s wallet, containing among other things $5 and two tickets for the Winter Garden, and another black wallet which closely resembled BYRON=92s. The latter could not positively identify it, although it contained four $1 bills, as his had. There were also pawn tickets for a set of draughting instruments, and three pieces of jewelry, besides the parlor car checks. The police communicated with the Yale and Harvard authorities to ascertain whether there had been any robberies there lately. =93In the police station FROST showed great indignation because he was held. He said he had been a second lieutenant in the British Army and had been educated at the Royal Artillery School at Woolwich. He said he did not need to steal as his father was an eminent clergyman in England and his family sent him a large allowance every month. =93The police afterward made an investigation of FROST=92s room at 416 West 118th Street and from letters and effects found there, say that they are satisfied he was telling the truth when he said he was once an officer in the British army. There was also a Harvard year book on the fly leaf of which was written =93A. L. FROST - Graduate School of Applie= d Science.=94 They say they have looked up his record and found that on Aug. 19, 1912, he was sentenced to six months on Blackwell=92s Island for stealing at the Twenty-third Street Y.M.C.A. =93The police say that the prisoner=92s appearance tallies with the description given by Columbia students during the past few months after several robberies had been committed, of a man they suspected. This man posed as a student and was known as a =93good fellow.=94 The students at present at the institution would not necessarily know this man, as they are not the regular student body but members of the Summer school.=94 =3D=3D=3D=3D NYC-ROOTS Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D ROOTSWEB - http://www.rootsweb.com/ --------------0754B8ACC36A1B39EB8D6152--

Is there anyone out there that is doing the Swart genealogy? Samuel Swart, born in Esopus, came to Delaware County in his youth. He married Anna Beeman, bought a tract of land (80 acres), doubled it, and reared the following: Solomon who married Mary J. Akerly, William R. born 1/30/1821, who married Elizabeth Drummond, Peter F. who married a Miss Drummond, Attie who married E.J. Faulkner, Charles, Mary, and Orson who married Gussie Decker. Samuel later moved to Margaretsville. I would like more information about his daughter Mary and her husband. Records say she "married Peter Delamater, and died, leaving two children." Mr. "D"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------11DC87017A88FC4A14FB48D8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------11DC87017A88FC4A14FB48D8 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc03.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with ESMTP id <19990628220028.RSTI13781@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:00:28 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA29478; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:49:35 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:49:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3777EF31.7DD@futureone.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:54:57 -0700 From: "M. Clifton" <mclifton@futureone.com> Reply-To: mclifton@futureone.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [NYC] Columbia University names #2 Resent-Message-ID: <RsXX2C.A.aMH.v3-d3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/16245 X-Loop: NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYC-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id OAA29478 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >From a receipt for the Columbia Spectator, 1911: GRAHAM, A. L. >From a receipt for the columbia University Athletic Association, 1910-1911: MYERS, James Graduate Manager - also on YMCA receipt >From a receipt for the Newman Club, 1911-12: CARUTHERS, A. W. Treasurer >From a notice of the Annual Business meeting of the Newman Club (It doesn=92t say so, but I am pretty sure) , 1912: LITTLE, John T. =9113 President O=92DONNELL, R. C. =9113S 1st Vice President MC CORMICK, J. K. =9113 2nd Vice President BROPHY, W. E. =9115S Secretary PYNE, W. C. =9112 Treasurer Board of Governors: CELLA, C.D. =9110L MORTIMER, A. S. =9110L Nominating Committee: BRODERICK, E. V. =9112 O=92DONNELL, A. =9113S MC GINLEY, J. J. =9112S LYNCH, J. A. =9114 WHALEN, E. A. =9113 T. C. RUBINO, G. =9113L MORIARTY, L. =9115 O=92SULLIVAN, T. F. =9112 JOHNSON, A. =9114 KONARSKI, M. M. =9114 Harry FARRELL, Secretary >From an invitation, probably 1912: The Craigie Club of Barnard College invites the Newman Club of Columbia University to an informan joint meeting to be held in Brinkerhoff Theatre on Monday, May sixth, from four until six. Dancing. R. S. V. P. Frances O=92DONNELL, Chairman 2681 Briggs Ave. New York City >From a souvenir score card of the annual Army--Yale Game, October 19, 1912: Price, 5 cents. Line--up (sorry-only surnames are given): Army Positions Yale HOGE Right End AVERY DEVORE Right Tackle TALBOT JONES Right Guard COONEY PURNELL Center KETCHAM HERRICK Left Guard YORK ROWLEY Left Tackle WARREN GILLESPIE Left End GALLAUER PRICHARD Quarterback CORNISH HOBBS Rt. Half Back SPALDING KEYES Lt. Half Back PHILBIN BENEDICT Full Back FLYNN Officials: Referee: Mr. LANGFORD, Trinity Umpire: Mr. TORREY, Pennsylvania Linesman: Mr. COSTELLO, Cornell =3D=3D=3D=3D NYC-ROOTS Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D CYNDI's - http://www.CyndisList.com --------------11DC87017A88FC4A14FB48D8--

-- [ From: Richard Frisbie * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Another website for Greene County and Ulster County, which lists the libraries, their contact info and holdings, full contact info for the museums, town and county offices, historians, cemeteries, even LDC holdings . . . plus the early history of the Towns and each County, and a page of links to other significant sites on the region (including www.bearsystems. com): http://www.hopefarm.com/geneatop.htm Also hosting the NYGenWeb Ulster & Greene pages . . . Good Luck in your search(es) Richard FrisbieO

I am looking for the spouses that married into the Wetmore family. Daniel Wetmore born 9May1703 Middletown,Ct married there Dorthy Haleborn 21April parents Ebenezer and Ruth(Curtis) Hale. Mary Bacon born 7April1666Middletowndied 24May1709Middletowb child of Nathaniel and Ann (Miller)Bacon married Samuel Wetmore born 10Sept1655 Middletown Sarah Hall born 1622 Kent Co. Eng child of John and Ann(Willicke/Wilcox)Hall died 9Dec 1664Middletown,Ct. Hannah Summers born 1672 Fairfield Co.,Ct. died 16July1757 Middletown,Ct. married 1694 Middletown to James Scovill son of Arther Scovill born 1635 Dorset Co, Eng died Middletown,Ct. Hannah`s parents are Henry Summers and Sarah Gregory born 1644 and Henry died 1717 Milford,Ct. I need Henry Summers family who may of been from Mass. I need there families dates and places. This is all I have on them any additional help would be greatly appriciated. I am tracing this family from Delaware co, and Albany Co, and Winchestershire Co,NY Bill Ft. Walton,Fl

Hi Everyone, Marilyn Labbe has a few old copies of the Boston Weekly Journal newspaper. There is not a whole lot of New York information but there is some. There are names that are familiar to me that I have seen posted to Westchester and Ulster. The following is the website to find these, and a sample of the articles. Best, Sue in TN http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8629/bostonwj.htm Boston Weekly Journal, Thursday, Feb. 28, 1889 Keene, NH., Mar. 11. The wooden portion of CLARKE's Block caught fire this morning from spontaneous combustion in John CARPENTER'S harness shop and was badly damaged. The losses are: On building, $1000; Oliver P. MURDOCK, confectioner, $500; John CARPENTER, harness, $500; Charles W. WILBUR, market, $300; M. J. AUGER, billiard-room, $200. All covered by insurance except AUGER.

Hi To answer your last question first: Each generation had a greater number to support than the previous generation. As an area grew more congested, groups moved on to new lands. Often first groups settling a new area were all related to each other, if not by blood then by marriage. The earliest new settlements were established along waterways which provided a needed commodity plus a mode of transporting people & goods prior to 'roads' being cut through unopened lands. A *very* general general discription of where 'the Minisink' was/is located is to tell one to look for the place where the present-day boundaries of NJ & PA meet the NY line....note the bend of the Delaware River at this point. French's 1860 NY Gazetteer describes Minisink [Orange Co, NY] as: "formed March 7, 1788...It lies upon the NJ line...Its surface is rolling and hilly. The slopes are generally gradual, and the hills are arable to their summits..The soil is principally a gravelly loam." As a farmer's daughter my definition of 'a gravelly loam' is soil with good drainage and a good nutrient base to support a crop! In the early 1700s the principal settlers would have been the Dutch colonists, perhaps some early folks of Germanic origins...many having removed there from the Kingston area. The Dutch Reformed Church (I believe) was predominent. DRC records are wonderful for researching as maiden names are usually recorded for the women, even the mothers given in baptismal records of their wives. The sponsors recorded on baptismal records are usually related to the baptismal family in some way also so that obtaining as many bpt records as possible for a particular family is also collecting valuable clues to extended family members. It was common practice to baptize children as infants so that a baptismal record is a valuable clue to approximate dates of birth when other records are not available. Some bpt records also give birthdate; others record an age for a child not baptised as an infant. However, be aware that one family may have resided in the same spot when all their children were baptised but the baptisms might be recorded in several different DRCs---either because the minister or "Domine" served more than one congregation & records are where ever he made them or because the family traveled to another congregation for the baptism. The latter not unusual when the child was taken to the location of its namesake for baptism. However, I have one baptism where the child's sponsors were the grandparents & the only time the grandparents' names appear on that church's records were at that baptism. This was a key though as it was the first record I found which included the grandmother's maiden name! Hope this helps in some way. Laurie <laurielightfoot@prodigy.net> -----Original Message----- From: ZLIFE@aol.com <ZLIFE@aol.com> To: NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com <NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 11:12 AM Subject: VanKuykendaal querry >The web has helped me find my ancestors from Jacob Leurson VanKuykendaal born >in Netherlands-1616, to Leur Jacobson born in New Amsterdam-1650, to Jacob >born near Kingston-Ulster county-1683, to Johannes born in >Minisink-Orange-NY1713, to Henry Kuykendall Sr. born in Hamphire >county,VA-1765 or Walpack-NJ, to Henry Jr. born in Hamshire county, >Virginia-1765. > Can anyone help identify where Minisink is located and what type of >community was there in the era 1700 to 1720. I would love to know more about >these folks and why each generation moved as they did. > Any information or search suggestions would be appreciated. >Thanks for your help !! >

Would anyone have any information on the Bishop and Post families who lived in Kingston in the early 1800's? Would love to hear from cousins. Fran Bishop Hicks Bennington, VT

Hi, Is there a book for sale that lists people buried in Hurley? I have a name with estimated birth and death dates I would like to look for. Sincerely, Denise

The web has helped me find my ancestors from Jacob Leurson VanKuykendaal born in Netherlands-1616, to Leur Jacobson born in New Amsterdam-1650, to Jacob born near Kingston-Ulster county-1683, to Johannes born in Minisink-Orange-NY1713, to Henry Kuykendall Sr. born in Hamphire county,VA-1765 or Walpack-NJ, to Henry Jr. born in Hamshire county, Virginia-1765. Can anyone help identify where Minisink is located and what type of community was there in the era 1700 to 1720. I would love to know more about these folks and why each generation moved as they did. Any information or search suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for your help !!

Dear Listers: There's a great website for accessing information about the townships in Ulster County, as well as the townships in adjoining counties of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, and Greene. After posting a message about the Town of Olive website, I've gotton numerous requests for url's of other townships....so here it is. www.bearsystems.com Regards, Ginny Byron vbyron@ulster.net