Thank you to Dick and James for your ideas.. Sharon in WI ----- Original Message ----- From: <nywashin-request@rootsweb.com> To: <nywashin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:00 AM Subject: NYWASHIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 45 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ROOT Fort Ann Washington Co.,NY (James W. Crippen) > 2. Re: ROOT Fort Ann Washington Co.,NY (Dick Hillenbrand) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:50:37 -0800 > From: "James W. Crippen" <crippen3@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NYWASHIN] ROOT Fort Ann Washington Co.,NY > To: nywashin@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimM2XEamQWRu1K7XXZpUiXy-viVVJwPjjVyUJ9V@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Sharon H. > The way many of us who work on Washington County research approach these > dilemmas is the 1800 census and watch for clues there-in then go to a > google > map. > You might also contact the Washington County historian who is rather > familiar with Fort Ann. > Regards, > JC3 > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Sharon Henke <sharhenke@charter.net> > wrote: > >> Does anyone on this list know where Asahel Root's home was located in >> Fort >> Ann in the EARLY 1800's, or could you tell me who to contact to find >> out? >> >> Sharon >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:11:54 -0500 > From: Dick Hillenbrand <nygenes@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [NYWASHIN] ROOT Fort Ann Washington Co.,NY > To: nywashin@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTi=7cLOFrcYEC+Nbk7bkYRYuyd+arZw9_1oqOUCy@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Asahel ROOT's full rev war pension file is online at footnote.com. You > will > need a subscription to access it. > > Chances are as a Rev War pensioner, someone up there knows where he lived > and is buried. Try the Washington Co. historian and the archivist. > > The American Legion also usually keeps track of these guys for decorating > graves and such. > > He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index so at least one woman has joined the > DAR under him, maybe more. > > Google him in quotes with some other keywords and there is quite a bit > about > him online and in old books that are online at Google books and > archive.org. > > I checked Landholders of North Eastern NY which covers some of the early > deed indexes but do not see him listed. Some of the land, actually quite > a > lot of lands in Washington county were under leasehold and there will be > no > deeds. > > One thing that I have done to put people in communities, or at least have > a > general idea, is to look at all of the various census available for him > and > then copy 10 names each side of him on each census. Look for patterns and > find someone that their property is known of and you should at least be in > the right neighborhood. > > Be sure to check the Washington County Clerk's office deeds and mortgages > indexes also. > > Dick Hillenbrand > Upstate New York Genealogy > www.UNYG.com/ > www.UNYG.com/blog/ > > Another genealogy research tool: > www.GenealogyDNA.com > > > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:50 AM, James W. Crippen > <crippen3@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Sharon H. >> The way many of us who work on Washington County research approach these >> dilemmas is the 1800 census and watch for clues there-in then go to a >> google >> map. >> You might also contact the Washington County historian who is rather >> familiar with Fort Ann. >> Regards, >> JC3 >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Sharon Henke <sharhenke@charter.net> >> wrote: >> >> > Does anyone on this list know where Asahel Root's home was located in >> Fort >> > Ann in the EARLY 1800's, or could you tell me who to contact to find >> out? >> > >> > Sharon >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NYWASHIN list administrator, send an email to > NYWASHIN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NYWASHIN mailing list, send an email to > NYWASHIN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NYWASHIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 45 > ***************************************