Noted your comment on the Decker family. There was a Decker family who came out of Ulster County, New York, early 1800's. They went on to Hancock County, IL. One of the girls was one of the 12 wives of Brigham Young; however, the family never mentioned her again. I have no idea if your Decker family is related but the Deckers are in Ulster Co., NY. . A Decker married into my family in the late 1800's. One of them was a Superintendent of the Hancock County School District, I believe, somewhere about 1924. I am not related to this Decker family; one of my relatives married a Decker, a long time ago. Annie -----Original Message----- From: nyyates-request <nyyates-request@rootsweb.com> To: nyyates <nyyates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 12:40 am Subject: NYYATES Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6 Today's Topics: 1. Early Records - Decker Family (Brent Glad) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:27:04 -0600 From: "Brent Glad" <brentglad@comcast.net> Subject: [NYYATES] Early Records - Decker Family To: <nyyates@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <9FAE345230ED4297BE297B4C235B4FF5@BrentPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am planning a visit to the area and am interested in knowing the best places to visit to do genealogical research. I am looking for my ancestor John Decker, born 1818. Family records state that he was born in Yates County on 9 Jan 1818, but I have found nothing about his parents or siblings. The 1880 census shows that his parents were both born in New Jersey. If anyone is searching the Decker family, or if anyone can give me any direction about where to do research on my visit, I would be greatly appreciative. Brent Glad ------------------------------ To contact the NYYATES list administrator, send an email to NYYATES-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the NYYATES mailing list, send an email to NYYATES@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYYATES-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 NYYATES Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6 *************************************