The SMITH and PECKHAM's are American Indians. The PECKHAM's I am told are Pequots of RI. I have never did any research on American Indians befor and I can use all the help I can get._______ Thank you all

re: NORBERT EDWARD BLAIR's death info on microfilm..... I went to the URL I posted for ya. Besides various places in B.C. listed where the microfilm collection is available for viewing free of charge (hahaha), you can go to the Family History Center in Bloomfield!..... It says: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a copy of the microfilm collection in its archives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Individuals may borrow rolls of the microfilm collection through any of the Church's Family History Centers.

good news, huh? so you might want to call them :-)

hello again :-) please don't forget me when you're ready to get rid of the CT Nutmeggers! Thank you so much for offering! I'm definitely interested, willing to pay you & drive out to your place or whatever you wish. Would also give us an 'excuse' to meet again :-)

thanks for the email. glad to help. FYI.. have you tried switchboard.com for Laura or other living VAILLANCOURT yet? They come up w/ only 1 listing for a Laura VAILLANCOURT in Tiverton, RI... and they show 12 listings for VAILLANCOURT in IL.

Delia is way too old to have been married to Alfred NORTON.. do you think that Delia part is just an error/family folklore? OR she could be some other Delia and have never been an OSTRANDER....According to my NORTON info wife number one was Dellia. There is listed both a Nettie and a Nellie....And what happend to Bradley ? Do you suppose he went with Deliz's family? Nellie must have been married to a RREDDICK or a REDMAN.

I hope you get the answers you need. And I will be thinking about you.

we love you too Toni! Try to relax thru it... listen to some music if they let you & don't worry (doesn't accomplish anything anyway LOL) Know we're all pulling for ya in here & saying prayers today for a good outcome. BTW, when I was going in for mine, my sister told me to take whatever extra pillows I could from them & it makes it a little more comfy. (they just put one under my knees & boy did that help) I think the only rotten part was how loud/long the banging of the machine was and having to stay still for so long LOL. Was over before I knew it.

hi there! sounds like you're doing some good diggin's there! happy hunting.... I better turn in now so TTYS

oops, sorry I didn't reply back before about the HFLW in Boston. Glad you haven't given up on them (not taking no for an answer) & hope you'll be able to get them to find your info. We're crossing fingers 'n toes here! .... nighty-nite!

The OSTRANDER book says REDDISH for Josephine, NOT Reddick or Redman. Now to discover the mom of Bradley NORTON.

Hi! I will give them to you for $50.00 if that is ok with you. I know I don't have but a few years left and I want them to go to some one that can and will be able to help and to help others and I knoe that person is you. There are alot of books here and there are some missing that I ledded out and never got back. Let me know if you still want them.. Becky

Sorry I did try e-mailing you but it keeps coming back. Had to send it to you this way.

Isit possible for you to do one more favor for me? You found Bradley NORTON or M. Bradley NORTON in two census rolls. Once he was in Niagra Falls and the other time in Buffalo. I was wondering if his mother's place of birth is listed.

Yes, I did try Switchboard & a couple of other address searches for Laura or other Vaillancourts. Now I just have to find the time to write letters - once our rainy season starts (overdue by 7 wks), I'll be forced indoors after work & will try to catch up. Thanks again for all the info.

She was born in NY according to the census for Bradley

Checking in here in Cool at 11:15 AM. Today I am researching the SHERER surname. Anywhere anytime. Cheers to all!

Thank you. Well it can't be Nellie for a couple of reasons, one she was borm in WI and her husband did not die until 1887, Bradley being born in 1888. It is going to be very difficult to track dowm the first Mrs. Alfred B. NORTON.

 Can anyone find any info on these people. This is all she knows abt them. Alice Bell Bacon  born 1/21/1887 in Minneapolis, MN died 1/12/1955 in Cook County. -Married Harry Getchell Higgins born 2/16/1884 Lakeland, MN  Died 9/27/1962  Evanston, IL  Cook County.   They had three children, John, Harry and Evelyn   They lived in Ryder, North Dakota after marriage and he worked with someone named Judge Dickinson, but soon moved to Baldwin, ND and opened the Baldwin State Bank in 1912. Harry served as president of the bank but after the depression occured, the bank closed and they moved back to Minneapolis where they lived until the last years of their lives when John, their son moved them to Evanston, IL.

Higgins, Beth & John 114 Ashland Ave River Forest, IL 60305-2106 (708) 488-0233

Got that one listing from whitepages.com There are MANY more for the name..

http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/surnames.html Try it you WILL like it

Ostrander in Colorado mid 1800's

Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa 28 Aug 1912................. (a little mor than 1/2 way down page.)We understand that Mr. E.J. HIGGINS and Miss Lillie PATTON are to be married at LeGrange, Illinois, tomorrow...............Nothing else with this news item......... http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/newspapers_1912.htm ............

http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/newspapers_1912.htm ........ Palo Alto Co. Iowa USGENWEB PROJECT.......Newspaper Items... 1912.............Jan 12,1912- Dec. 25,1912......many Surnames...(short news items about members of the community ).It is amusing ,informative, gives prices of acreage,and some mention of cattle,crops,who's visiting who, a few marriage notices,etc.........if nothing else, it is interesting reading.........

For those in Canadian research going to the FHCs to request the film, check the FHL catalog first and see if they have the same information that they had filmed, rather than the Canadian govt. We found a world of difference it the quality of the filmings. LDS better.

I forgot to ask earlier, did you know that Diantha was really Elizabeth D.? Just in case your records don't show it that way, she was listed in one of the census like that.

I think I have her listed as Diantha, but my sister went to Friendship, Allegany County, NY over 20 years ago before we were even thinking about genealogy and I think Elizabeth is on the tombstone. BUT her death date is wrong and it took me a long time to discover the date was wrong.

That last post did not make too much sense... Elizabeth is not on the tombstone, but her name is......

Would you be interested in any of these? Ship Passenger Lists for New York and New Jersey (1600-1825)_____Ship Passenger Lists National and New England (1600-1825)_____Ship Passenger Lists The South (1538-1825)______The Source A Guidebook of Anerican Genealogy (From Ancestry)_______Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire________Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777_________The Mayflower and the Plymouth Colony.

Searching for William Lane born abt 1773 in MD died after 1850 I believe in Ohio. Searching for his wife and where William is buried. We can find him on an 1850 census in Ohio and then lose him.

I hope that when you all are researching in the census at Ancestry that you realize that they do NOT have all the small towns in some counties covered, esp. finding that in the New York census records. Allegany county is one that is not completely covered, I have to use the census at genealogy.com to find what I am looking for.

I did not realize this. Which one ancestry, Heritage, or genealogy.com do you consider the best one to subscribe to.

Actually I have all 3. What one doesn't have the other does. Genealogy.com has all the years except 1920 and 1930 transcribed. Ancestry doesn't have 1910 transcribed, so I can take the roll #'s, county. town, and page #'s shown there and go to genalogy.com and have no problem pulling it up. One of the years ancestry didn't have Friendship in their listings. Right now I am in the middle of 1900 Friendship looking for your Bradley, maybe he will turn up there as a 12 yr. old??

ok, what do i do next

Where it says Message? Type in looking for info on the family that your looking for.

Can I give you one more. David Hall NORTON's first wife was Sally HARRISON. She died and then he married Diantha. Sally and David had one child Harrison R. NORTON. Harry was born in Friendship April 22, 1858. He married Emma HYDE. I have him leaving Friendship and going to Hassam CT wher ehe was a pricipal of a boy's school and later Superintendent of the County Home. He died in 1913 in MIddletown CT . He had one son Jonnie born 1879. I was hoping to find out more of Jonnie and also if there were more children.

am having trouble finding a James Connell who was born in Newburyport Mass.in the late 1800's

OK, will look in CT. Found 1900 census of Friendship: NORTON, Martin B age 34 b. May 1866, Nora E age 33 b. Oct 1866, Frank W. age 4 b. July 1896, Diana E age 63 widow, Oviate Beamen age 21 employee

I had no idea that they were still there in 1900. Father never spoke of his cousins, but did of Diantha, his GM.

Okay here is what I have found #1. 1900 census of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY, NORTON, Harrison R age 40 b. NY, working as a teacher in the Hudson River State Hospital...#2. 1910 Census of Haddam, Middlesex, Co., CT, NORTON, Harrison, R age 51 b. NY Emma L. age 50 b. NY, Katherine M. age 8 b. CT grandaughter, Rough, Benj. F. age 83 father

1900 Census of Windham, Windham, CT: FRANCK, James age 70 b. CT, Lydia age 50 wife b. MA, Elliot age 22 b. CT, Jennie age 19, b. CT, Walter age 16, b. CT, Maud age 14, b. CT, Harry age 16 b. CT, George age 9 b. CT,..son-in-law..NORTON, John age 20 b. June 1879 NY, son Russell 2 mos.,,1920 Portland, Middlesex Co., CT inds John and Jennie living without family, 1930 finds John and Jennie living alone in Cromwell, CT

Becky, please e-mail me...thanks

Hi & welcome! You posted fine. Post as often as you want... can you add anymore info that might help narrow things down? Keep checking back for replies in the chatroom &/or Archive section here. If anything's found for you, the person may just post it here... may or may not always email replies. ..... BECKY, thanks for sending her here :-) I'm just getting to sit down at puter but hopping up & down LOL... got some catching up to do here first.

Hi Mom! Just came on, thanks for the emails. Answer=yes/no LOL

Thank you, one question, is Benjamin Rough the father of Emma? I had her as Emma HYDE but after turning Redman to Reddish it could just be something that was handed down incorrectly. What do you think? also any mail from MA? We will wait until next Monday and then I will make a follow up call if you do not receive the forms.

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