M- What a great story!! That is why we do genealogy-we look out there at nothing,throw out some names, and then,suddenly, things hook up and there is something out there!! And Hector is a hard place. My Foster Updyke was a trustee of the 2nd Baptist Church. I am constantly hunting my Leflers there and have not found any public record, not even in the Steele Library of Elmira which I agreee is the greatest place to spend a day-bright and open, good chairs , friendly people who have done a lot for this visitor from a distant place. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Bess" <bess@penn.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] general search question > Good morning Mike, I do not know your location but in this area the Southern > Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of PA census records can be found at > Steele Library in Elmira, at the county Clerks office in the county seats in > New York. There is a Family History Center in Horseheads that has had some > census when I searched there in the past. In PA some of the Libraries like > Green Free Library in Wellsboro has the Tioga County Census, The Historical > society in Potter County has the census for that county. Each of these > areas have other records other than census. In PA you will find the early > birth and death records until 1905. You will find marriage records from 1885 > to the present. In PA you have the tax records. In both states you have deed > and wills, and probates. In my book nothing beats going to the area. I am > presently working on on of my families in the Hector area in Schuyler > county. I have looked for a set of Church records for over 20 years. On that > day I knocked on a door. A friendly woman invited me and said this was the > old parsonage, She let me use her phone to call people that she knew for > involved with the church. By the time I had returned home one had returned > my call and our husband had spent hours talking about their hobbies, old > cars and tractors. She called me a few days later and told me she had all of > the church records plus copies of all the census for the e area. She looked > up names . I told her how some fit in and we are to get together and work. > I am working on the next generation back in Cortland county. I have made > several trips there this summer and made some progress. I spent last Friday > on the phone running records and people down. I have not added new > generation this year but have file din alot of gaps. Marilyn Bess > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bobbie Selub" <bobbieselub@comcast.net> > To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 4:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] general search question > > > > Mike > > Are you near an archival area - we have the Fed center here in > > Colorado. I will admit I have difficulty getting there (time) It is > > free, they have ancestry, genealogy, and Heritage Quest - The only cost > > is printouts - but you need to spend some time there. > > Roberta > > > > > > On Oct 25, 2004, at 5:52 PM, Miketuch1@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to look at the results of a search of the US Census > > > records > > > without having to pay Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com $200? > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > > Contact JoyceTice@aol.com to find out how to submit your historical > > > and family materials to Tri-Counties site at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > Be sure to check the What's New page at Tri-Counties Site regularly. It > links directly from the main page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.783 / Virus Database: 529 - Release Date: 10/25/2004 > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > Tri-Counties Site includes nearly 700 Cemetery Listings available from the township pages and from the Cemetery Index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > >