All this Starr activity and I really feel like MY Starr's must have come from another Universe. I haven't been able to come up with any Starr link past my Great Grandmother Laura Sarah Starr. But I did recieve a page from the Covington City directory from 1884 that listed my GGrandmother Laura Starr at the same address as a E.J. Starr, he is listed as a blacksmith. I don't think this was a husband because she married my Great Grandfather John M. Kemper, so he must have been her Father or Brother. Then I found a E. Starr in the 18?0 census with a Mary and he is listed as Carriage smith and born in Pa. but living in Covington at that time. Covington KY and Cincinatti Ohio are practically considered the same city. I am planning to go to Cincinatti and Covington this Thursday for the sole purpose of getting to the bottom of this. Does anyone have any Starr's in Cincinatti they want me to look up? My Laura Starr was adopted by the Starr family, I just don't know which one! ---------- > From: Norman C. Morrison <normm@brinet.com> > To: STARR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: question > Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 8:57 AM > > In my opinion, Ancestry.com, is a mixed bag. Their free stuff offers > access to a large gedcom collection, as well as a few other data bases. > Also, they will put you on their Email list and keep you informed of their > new data bases being added, which are free for ten days. All that's great. > But the few times I've tried to use their other data bases, I've been > disappointed. Our local library buys their service, so I can use it there. > > Since it's been a long while since I listed my STARR query, here it is > again. My great grand father waws Eli STARR, born about 1820. who married > Martha Jane COBURN(sp?) in 1847 in Dutchess Co., NY and lived in > Greenhaven, Beekman Twp, where he was a blacksmith. Their marriage > announcement said he came from Patterson Co., NY. There was a Josiah STARR > in Patterson who could be his father, but I've found not specific evidence > of that relationship. Can anyone help me? This Josiah is desc from > Comfort, so all I need is one little step to go all the way back to England > in the 1600's. > > Norm Morrison in Hendersonville, NC > > Researching COBURN & STARR in Dutchess County, NY in the 1840's; > >