This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bari_burke Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7485.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Since you are new to genealogy and seeking information in this county, it would serve you to sign onto the Westchester County, NY Mailing List by emailing > NYWESTCH-L-request@rootsweb.com Then, you can ask questions that way and get feedback or directions to guide you. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bari_burke Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7484.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Phil, I couldn't view your attachment, but you are one of the most savvy history folks I know. That being said, these are my ideas. Go to or phone the Town of Somers Clerk and ask about Land Records and maps of early property owners. Back in the day when Westchester was rural, local civil maps indicated land tracts with owners names on them. 2nd I know that property had to be registered on the county level. If you find out that the county archives has anything, get back to me and I'll retrieve it for you. They charge $2./ per page to scan from huge ledgers, and that machine must be working to get such items. Circa 1965 a Dennis FLOOD lived in that area and graduated from then St. Mary's HS in Katonah. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jshvalby Surnames: Sundblad Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7485/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear all, I am pretty new to genealogy and trying to find out more about my great grandmother, Anna Berha Sundblad. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 21st 1872, and lived in Kristiania (Oslo), Norway until 1920. She went to the US and back several times, I have found immigration records February 20 1915, she was now married to my great grandfather. Next immigration March 13. 1920, she is divorced and is staying at 257 Mayflower av. in New Rochelle NY. She is here estimated born in 1880. In the 1920 census she is registered at this same address as a servant. Last immigration record is from September 21, 1923 where she is registered as a nurse and staying with friend Johanne Johnsen of 20 Garden st. New Rochelle, NY. I can not find her in the New York 1925 census. Where did she end up? Maybe she married again and took another surname? I am on Geni and have not found anything. Would be great if someone cound help me further. I do not know US records that well, and am struggling to search for old address books, more censuses, marriage records, cemetary records. Thankful for all help. Best regards, Jorgen 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. <br>

Dear Friends, These online indexes of the Westchester Archives include those who ever resided in Westchester County OR what later became the Bronx. Also, check these if ancestors lived in Manhattan, from Harlem north. TIP: Run each surname search through all 7!Include females in all searches. TIP: Search by SURNAME only. If you have a surname than often gets misspelled, search by the FIRST LETTER of the surname. This way you don't miss any possible ancestors, e.g., McGann vs Magann; Eliza vs Elizabeth 1) BUSINESS/INCORPORATIONS, 1876-1914; Searchable by surname or business name http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/IncorporationsSearch.aspx 2) COURT RECORDS, 1768-1912, include Basterdy files http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/CourtRecordsSearch.aspx DETAILS: http://archives.westchestergov.com/archives-faqs/court-records] 3) JAIL BLOTTER RECORDS INDEX, 1903-1938 by surname http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/JailBlotterBookSearch.aspx 4) MARRIAGE LICENSES, 1908-1935; Brides & Grooms, Civil, pre-marriage, church marriage usually attached http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/MarriagesSearch.aspx 5) NATURALIZATIONS, 1808-1955 http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/NaturalizationSearch.aspx 6) SURROGATE RECORDS , 1775-1941= A + source for relationships ( Includes Wills*; Estate & Guardianship records; Letters of Administration) http://recordcenter.westchestergov.com/SurrogatesSearch.aspx * Additional Wills exist but have NOT been indexed here, but are searchable in person. 7) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS--1840-1916, by surname http://archives.westchestergov.com/misc-personal-name-index---main- Questions? Email me. Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com

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...we're now on the cusp of finding out if this will be a storm that'll break records, or if Long Island and Connecticut get the brunt of it, as the latest report forewarn. Meanwhile....many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that run on Mondays were canceled, as were the NY Knicks and Nets basketball games. Wall Street was running slow, but in the black (phew) as companies scurried to release their suburban employees. Metro North, aka the ole New York Central Railroad, added extra cars to the trains for an early rush hour exodus. Metro airports canceled flights early...that's the big three: LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark. Mayor de Blasio set a curfew for non-urgent vehicles to be off Manhattan streets by 11pm. Major driving routes scooted folks off to keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles. Most schools finished up the day with cancelations for tomorrow, and some for Wednesday, too. NYS Regents exams have been rescheduled for the high school kids. Yup, NY still has those harrowing state exams; we're the Empire State remember. Right now it's pretty and misty white. The winds rumble in the background but don't feel overwhelming yet.... Still homesick? Watch this for a bit> http://on.aol.com/video/lights-out-on-broadway-518620459 >From my perch on the Hudson, Barb

W. David:  Do you know when they started to record Naturalizations? I have some Duffy's in my line, do you think you could help me out with them? John Duffy  married Sarah Boyle, they had Murray William Duffy. Murray William Duffy - RS141B7 Helen Margaret Foshay, married: Murray William Duffy, 2 May 1922, Saint John county, 2964, Film Num: 19682. They had 4 children: Mae, Donald, Winifred. and Connie all born in Saint John, Canada.            Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX

January 27, 1945 On this date in world history, the Soviet army liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz. Tomorrow, is the 70th anniversary. Today, many survivors gathered in Poland to speak for those who lost their voices and their lives, by the torment and atrocities of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi regime. Some of those survivors were mere children...here's more about them today.> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2926645/Survivors-visit-Auschwitz-day-ahead-70th-anniversary.html Today, as our news sources decline in numbers and quality, and trained, unbiased journalists are replaced by shoddy, sensationalists spewing forth news bleeps that seek poll voters, may we remember to tell the truth to younger generations. Barb

OK boys, play nice. So far it's Brian 4 /others zilcho 1) Naturalizations are federal records. During the large swarms of immigrants arriving, they were processed by courts not usually used for granting citizenship. NARA is the repository for all U.S. Naturalizations., aka National Archives and Records Administration. (Read the fine print in source notes on Ancestry, below and clickable to records.] 2) Naturalization records *do not* include many helpful familial facts the earlier back you go, especially when compared to later Natz records, where such details as who you would live with and their address. To use 1906 as a tabbed year sounds more than reasonable, but I'd pre1885. 3) Naturalization records may be accessible online and copies may repose in county archives, but were never processed is small municipalities. Just didn't happen. 4) Once upon a time, in Westchester County, there existed Towns of [note spellings] West Chester and East Chester...that's how they appeared on old map circa 1858> http://www.old-maps.com/NY/ny_CoWestchester_1858WallMap.htm Today, Eastchester exists bordering Yonkers. "The present Bronx County was contained in the Town of Westchester and parts of the towns of Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham. In 1846, a new town, West Farms, was created by division of Westchester; in turn, in 1855, the town of Morrisania was created from West Farms. In 1873, the town of Kingsbridge (roughly corresponding to the modern Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Riverdale, and Woodlawn) was established within the former borders of Yonkers" (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx) Next? Barb

> > 2) Naturalization records I forgot to warn everyone! This is relevant to New York. In 1868 many fraudulent Naturalization Certificates were issued because the political bosses needed voters. So, a great many "citizens" were never really citizens. They may or may not have known about it. You won't find any of those "Naturalization Records". ;) Brian

> 3) Naturalization records may be accessible online and copies may repose > in county archives, but were never processed is small municipalities. Just > didn't happen. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with that statement as well. This taken the NA's own home page on Naturalization, emphasis mine: "From the first naturalization law passed by Congress in 1790 through much of the 20th century, an alien could become naturalized in ***any court of record***. Thus, most people went to the ***court most convenient to them***, usually a county court. The names and types of courts vary from State to State. ***** The names and types of courts have also varied during different periods of history--but may include the county supreme, circuit, district, equity, chancery, probate, or common pleas court. ***** Most researchers will find that their ancestors became naturalized in one of these courts. A few State supreme courts also naturalized aliens, such as the supreme courts of Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Aliens who lived in large cities sometimes became naturalized in a Federal court, such as a U.S. district court or U.S. circuit court. " Really, they could have happened anywhere. Any "court of record". Def: Court of Record - In common law jurisdictions, a court of record is a trial court in which a court clerk or a court reporter takes down a record of proceedings. Our very small town (different kind of town) court is a court of record, because there is a court clerk. Probably so for the town courts of the Town of Eastchester and Town of Westchester as well. It should be noted that Towns in NY, in case one is unfamiliar are not necessarily what we think of as a "town". The Town of Westchester had several cities inside of it. Towns in NY (or Borough Towns) are what many other locales call a Township. Here's a nice history of the town done over 100 years ago. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/towns/wsthst01.htm Also, for those needing to do research in that extinct town, please read this for research ideas, as the records have been split up between Westchester County and the Bronx (I alluded to this in my original request): http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/towns/westches.htm Also, keep in mind the Eastchester Historical Society. Well, that's enough tilting at Windmills for today. Have a pleasant evening all, and do some genealogy or light history reading! Regards, Brian

Federal control started October 1, 1906 and required details including spouses and children and full dates of births and places. David Samuelsen On 1/26/2015 2:56 PM, Bill Forshay wrote: > W. David: Do you know when they started to record Naturalizations? I > have some Duffy's in my line, do you think you could help me out with them? > > John Duffy married Sarah Boyle, they had Murray William Duffy. > > Murray William Duffy - RS141B7 Helen Margaret Foshay, married: Murray > William Duffy, 2 May 1922, Saint John county, 2964, > Film Num: 19682. They had 4 children: Mae, Donald, Winifred. and Connie > all born in Saint John, Canada. > > Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** >

> There's a problem with your assumptions like many others. I wasn't making assumptions, but requesting a look up and including as much information, and back story as I felt necessary. I may have included some theories which need to be tested in the mix, but that doesn't mean I assume they are either true or false. Just possibilities that need testing. > > Declarations and petitions prior to Oct 1906 does not give more than > date of declaration and naturalization, country of birth and will not > show anyone else in the family if any. Well, be that as it may. It is a necessary step to check several things. While the useful information may be less than what I would like, the point was to get what was available, to make a determination of whether or not this was a related individual or not. > > naturalizations prior to 1906 are kept at county or state level, not at > city or town level. I have yet to find even one at city or town level. Which is why I asked for someone going to the County Archives to look for me, and gave the references needed to find them at the County Archives. But, I guess you missed that part of my request. Thankfully, someone who didn't miss that has taken care of this request. > > That's it. > > There is no Town of Westchester. It's City of Westchester from the > beginning - and is in Westchester County to this day. Hunh!? You need to rethink that statement, it's full or errors. Take a look at a Westchester map from 1880. Here's one from 1881, clearly showing the "Town of Westchester". http://collections.westchestergov.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/1881atlas/id/1 More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx As it will tell most if not all of the Town of Westchester is now part of Bronx County. There are numerous sources for this, where you are getting your ideas from is complete mystery to me. > > FYI, these records are on microfilm available through Family History > Centers. Thank you, yes, I know. Regards, Brian

There's a problem with your assumptions like many others. Declarations and petitions prior to Oct 1906 does not give more than date of declaration and naturalization, country of birth and will not show anyone else in the family if any. naturalizations prior to 1906 are kept at county or state level, not at city or town level. I have yet to find even one at city or town level. That's it. There is no Town of Westchester. It's City of Westchester from the beginning - and is in Westchester County to this day. FYI, these records are on microfilm available through Family History Centers. David Samuelsen On 1/12/2015 12:44 PM, Brian J Densmore via wrote: > I'm hoping someone is planning a trip to the County archives and can look > up the naturalization for the person I think is my gr-gr-gr-grandfather > Patrick Duffy. > > A naturalization in 1866 for Patrick Duffy might be my ancestor. Either my > gr-gr-gr-grandfather, or his son (Patrick Edward). > > Last First Year Type Archive Number Page No. > DUFFY PATRICK 1866 Declaration A-0006(1)S(DD10) 85 > DUFFY PATRICK 1866 Petition A-0082(1)S(C2) > > I'm asking for enough information from those two records to determine if > he is indeed one of the above named relatives. Patrick senior came over > with at least three children (Ann, John, and Patrick E), according to my > current theory. > > My problems with this that John appears to have been naturalized by 1861, > and Patrick E says he was naturalized in 1869. John says he came over in > 1852 at the age of 10, and Patrick E says 1870! So Patrick E says he was > naturalized before he arrived! Now that's funny! > > I've never found a naturalization for John in either Westchester or New > York. I may have missed something, that was more than a decade ago I made > that search. It was also before I knew his father's name. > > Patrick E stated that he was naturalized in Westchester, NY in 1869. I > take that to mean either the town of Westchester or the county. Meaning > the record could be in Westchester County, or been handed over to New York > City when it swallowed up parts of Westchester Township. I simply don't > know, and it's possible Patrick E got it wrong. This statement, by Patrick > E was made in 1879 in California. > > Thanks, > Brian > > > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > Browse or Search the Mailing List Archives of postings sent to this list over the years. Visit > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/NY/westchester.html#NYWESTCH > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Friends, In 2014, I completed eight years co-researching a famine era, adult-male, Irish immigrant to Ossining, NY, with the immigrant's descendant. The descendant compiled a book from our findings. My best suggestions from this experience are: l) Keep your minds open to surname spelling alternatives. We found one in 1860 Ossining w/o any vowels. 2) Dig deep: Run every surname from the same era through Ancestry and view other towns nearby where you first located your ancestor. 3) Search for siblings nearby. Seek those with birthdates slightly older and younger. 4) Be willing to thumb through and read every page of a ward in a census to find your Irishman. 5) View every online index for all of your surnames at the Westchester Archives site. May all of your leads be good ones! Barb

My off line e-mail is mailandrews@verizon.net <mailto:mailandrews@verizon.net> thanks, barb > On Jan 11, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Andrews <mailandrews@verizon.net> wrote: > > Barb, > > I just saw your query about the Haights. I don’t have your off line e-mail address. > > My 4th gr-grma was Jane Haight (b 28 Jun 1779, d 9 Sep 1859); m Jonathan Gedney (b 7 Feb 1772, d 9 May 1857). Jane’s first and only son was named David H Gedney - I can’t not seem to place her with her family. There was, I believe, and Any Haight who married a Gedney about the same time as Jane’s marriage and I suspect Amy may be a sister. I was told that Jane had a brother named Caleb Haight that may have been in the Rev. War. I am suspecting the family was either Quaker, Methodist, or M.E. and from around Rye. > > Nothing more. . . . > > Do you have any clues that could help? > > thanks, > barb andrews > redondo beach, ca

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: philiplhayes Surnames: Yerks Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7484/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking to locate the farm of James Flood. According to a WWI Draft Record, my wife's Grandfather, James L Yerks, worked for him on his farm in Somers. According to a 1920 Somers Census, there is a James Flood, b. 1871 living with Lilian, John, James and Lilian. He owns a farm on Somers-Lincondale Road. Where is that road. Is that todays Lincolndale Road? I also found an Auction Announcement, dated 8/4/1926, in which C E Scheuber and James Flood intend to sell 50 head of High Grade Cattle. It says the farm is between Somers and Lincolndale. I will be grateful for any suggestion in tracking down the farm. I would like to learn as much about it as possible. Phil Hayes Monroe, CT 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jamesphughes Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7483.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Try fultonhistory.com, it is a great site for NY newspapers, especially Yonkers and Brooklyn. 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. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RandallStockman53 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.westchester/7483/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me where I might find an obituary from Westchester County, New York from the year 1921? Thank You 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. <br>