Parks, Rufus State:New YorkYear:1850 County:RensselaerRoll: M432_585 Township:BrunswickPage: 66 Image:315 I see that her father had probably recently remarried and had an infant by his new wife and that only the father, wife and child are in the family: Lewis, Calib State:New YorkYear:1850 County:RensselaerRoll: M432_586 Township:PetersburghPage: 185 Image:163 Just looking quickly, I do NOT see your ancestor Palmyra Lewis in Rensselaer County. Nor does she show up on an entire US Census search for her -- so, either she was missed, was using a different name, or was residing with another Lewis family at the time of the 1850 Census. I think that the key to finding the Parks who is the father, is finding Palmyra. There is an Elisha Bartlett, a widower, enumerated in 1850 - could this be him? Bartlett, Elisha State:New YorkYear:1850 County:RensselaerRoll: M432_584 Township:Troy 7Th WardPage: 258 Image:518 Good luck Cheryl At 01:22 PM 6/23/02 -0700, you wrote: >I have been looking for the Rufus Parks who had a son, Charles, in 1850 in >the Troy/Petersburg/Berlin area of Rennselaer County, NY by Palmyra >Lewis. They apparently did not marry and she married Elisha Barlett >within a year or so of Charles birth and bore him three daughters. > >There are Rufus PArk/e/s all over the place but I have been searching for >20 years without luck. The only reference we have is on Charles' death >certificate, where it is spelled 'Parks'. We have searched all the county >records and anywhere else we could think of. I have paid for copies of >land grant records to no avail. I found a Rufus Parks in the Michigan >death records who looked promising; he was born in New York and his >father was Asa Parks, a shoemaker. I simply have never been able >to make a connection. > >Thanks for letting me air my frustration. Mary > > > > > >==== PARKS Mailing List ==== >If you are unsubscribed from the list unintentionally, simply >resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error or spam may cause you >to be unsubscribed.