Greetings Ulster County List, Later today I will start posting a lot of obituaries from the late 1800s and very early 1900s for people who had some kind of a connection to the KrippleBush Methodist Church in the hamlet of Kripplebush, Ulster County, NY. I plan to post them one at a time so the subject line of the e-mail will be very clear. Would someone please let me know if I need to do anything "special" to have these postings go to the Ulster message board? These obits are from the local paper (perhaps the Kingston Daily Freeman?) and are pasted into four ledger books. Also in these books are handwritten births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, as well as meeting minutes and other information relating to the operation of the church. Even though the actual church building was not built until 1857, there are many records earlier than that, a few going back to the late 1700s. The person responsible for compiling these old ledgers was Elmer Wilklow, a Notary Public and an extremely dedicated man with a wonderful attention to detail plus a real interest in the church and the history of the area. (I think that Mr. Wilklow probably wrote most of the obituaries too, although his name isn't included in the newsclippings.) I am just finishing up transcribing some of the information from these books into what will be a 150th Anniversary Celebration Booklet for the church. The information included in many of these obits are what I call a genealogists' dream. I am thankful that these books survived for the past 100 years! One more thing about the subject line, since there are many different names in these obits, I suggest if you are commenting on a name other than the person who died, you change the subject line to reflect it. I'll probably include a reminder in each posting. Enjoy! Warm regards, Marilyn Hough Stern KrippleBush, NY mhoughstern@aol.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour