Hi Folks I am tring to find any information re: George Detlor b. abt 1777 at Staten Island, New York who married Letty Van Pelt b. abt 1766 at Flatlands, King's County, New York. It appears that Letty had 2 children: William Van Pelt Detlor and Elsy Ann Van Pelt Detlor several years before her and George were married. I believe that Letty was married to a Van Pelt previous to George but have no proof. George and Letty emigrated to the Fredericksburgh area of Upper Canada. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I am also researching the Hoffman\Huffman family as well as the File family. Also, a big thankyou to Lorine for putting this list together, it's been needed for a long time!!!!!! Jim Beattie

On 25 Feb 2002 at 22:28, Jim Beattie wrote: > > I am tring to find any information re: George Detlor b. abt 1777 > at Staten Island, New York who married Letty Van Pelt b. abt > 1766 at Flatlands, King's County, New York. It appears that > Letty had 2 children: William Van Pelt Detlor and Elsy Ann Van > Pelt Detlor several years before her and George were married Jim, Can you tell us a bit more about George and Letty? Do you know George's parents' names? And do you have the names of George and Letty's children? Sometimes naming patterns of children can help provide clues as to grandparents' names. Do you have any bpt records? Sometimes witnesses provide clues to famiy relationships. Also, you may already realize this, but in case you don't, it is quite probable that your Letty's name is really Aletta. Letty would be the shortened form. I offer this just as an idea for your research efforts. Another possibility is to check the Flatlands and Staten Island records. I have Flatlands online on Olive Tree Genealogy pages starting with bpt 1747 at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/flatlands1.shtml The Staten Island records (bpt 1696-1790) are available on Ancestry.com I think. I have a link to a 14 day free trial that they are offering - you might want to take advantage of it! Go to the URL I gave for the Flatlands church above - look on the left hand side bar of my page (about half way down) The link to the 14 day free trial is there. Lorine Lorine McGinnis Schulze For research tips, notices of new database and more, join my Olive Tree Genealogy Newsletter at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveTreeGenealogy/join The Olive Tree Genealogy http://OliveTreeGenealogy.com/ My Family Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/ otg@csolve.net olivetreegen@netscape.net