See the following posting from another list to which I subscribe. I personally didn't find anything in the New York Marriage Database, but found a great deal of useful information on the 1870 census. Note that this is only available free-of-charge for a limited time, ending Oct. 13, 2005. Susan Cearlock Tilleman List Administrator of the BALDWYN, BOLDWYN, CARELOCK, CARLOCK, CARLOUGH, CEARLOCK, DOBKINS, GARLOCK, GOODNIGHT, and TXBEXAR Lists http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/?Welcome=1 046272098 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: [ObitCentral] Digest Number 86 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > We'll help your hive really thrive (healthy tips for the whole family). > http://us.click.yahoo.com/sjgFUD/0lQLAA/a8ILAA/0csqlB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > There are 2 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. New York Marriage Database 1600-1784 - FREE ACCESS > From: "cribbswh" <[email protected]> > 2. 1870 U.S. Census - FREE ACCESS > From: "cribbswh" <[email protected]> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:11:07 -0000 > From: "cribbswh" <[email protected]> > Subject: New York Marriage Database 1600-1784 - FREE ACCESS > > Hi all, > The New York Marriages 1600-1784, normally a fee-based database at > Ancestry, has been opened up for free searches for NYGenealogy.com > http://www.nygenealogy.com for two weeks only, ending Oct. 13, 2005. > Get all of the searches that you can while you can! > The search can be made from the main page at > http://www.nygenealogy.com ONLY. Let your friends know since I'm > evacuated and can't access much internet. > > The description of this database is here: > > Description: > Acquired from the Dutch in the seventeenth century, New York became > one of the most important English colonies in North America. This > database is a collection of marriage records from the state prior to > 1784. Each record contains the names of both bride and groom and > marriage date, with the earliest marriage dating to 1660. Reference > information is also provided to aid the researcher in obtaining the > original record. For those seeking ancestors from New York prior to > the American Revolution, this can be an informative database. > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Bill Cribbs > GenealogyBuff.com > http://www.genealogybuff.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:29:07 -0000 > From: "cribbswh" <[email protected]> > Subject: 1870 U.S. Census - FREE ACCESS > > Hi again all, > The 1870 U.S. Census, normally a fee-based database at > Ancestry, has been opened up for free searches for GenealogyBuff.com > http://www.genealogybuff.com for two weeks only, ending midnight Oct. > 13, 2005. > Get all of the searches that you can while you can! > The search can be made from the main page at > http://www.genealogybuff.com ONLY. Let your friends know since I'm > evacuated and can't access much internet. > > The description of this database is here: > > Description: > This database details those persons enumerated in the 1870 United > States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. In > addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are > linked to the actual images of the 1870 Federal Census, copied from > the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M593, > 1761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132. > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Bill Cribbs > GenealogyBuff.com > http://www.genealogybuff.com