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Jefferson County Bulletin
September 2003
As editor of The Genealogical Journal of Jefferson County, New York,
Pat (Patricia R. James) is introducing a free online bulletin of items she's
found along her route of discovery that don't fit into her "no frills"
newsletter. Such would include:
1. Lost & Found - miscellaneous vital records found in out-of-the-way
places. Example:
Seth C. WOOD died on Oct. 23, 1862 in City Point, VA.
He is the only son of Rev. Enos WOOD, late of Hopkinton, St. Lawrence
Co., now of Evans Mills, Jefferson County. (Source: the newspaper,
Courier-Freeman of Potsdam, NY. Extracted for the St. Lawrence
Valley Genealogy Society newsletter, Vol. 19, p. 9)
2. Website WeView - websites possibly influencing your Jefferson
County researcher.
Example: The Wisconsin Historical Society has an
online database of about 90,000 Civil War volunteer soldiers serving from WI.
A quick search yielding postive result(s) provides you with the option of
purchasing military records that are different from those held at the
National Archives. Go to:
www.wisconsinhistory.org then
add 'genealogy' to the website's address in your browser and click to arrive at
the genealogy page.
3. Eye Spy - books found at websites featuring rare
(out-or-print or otherwise valuable) books that have a genealogical or
historical Jefferson County slant. Example: Available from
Douglas Gunn Books for $30.00:
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Jefferson County in the World War. |
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Watertown NY::
Hungerford-Holbrook Co, 1920. 1920 - 208pp. Owner name ffep. A record of the
activities of the various organizations and individuals who devoted their
energies to the cause of freedom in the great conflict of 1914-1918,
containing the honor roll of those who served in Army, Navy and Marine and
the portraits of those who made the supreme sacrifice. , VG hardcover, no
dust jacket. Clean text. First edition. Bookseller Inventory #014852 |
4. What's New - brief summary of
additions to NewYorkAncestry.com.
Example: Helpful Research Tips; Fact & Fun pages; Names from
rare works newly indexed and uploaded to the searchable database.
This month: Take a quiz and win the publication of your
choice!
5. FYI - New finds, publications,
etc. appearing on the Jefferson County genealogy scene. Example:
The Historical Association of South
Jefferson County announced the recent acquisition of an 1886 ledger kept
by James STEELE at his store in Mannsville. If you've never seen
one of these, they are can be a treasure! Store owners would keep a page
in the ledger for each regular customer detailing his/her purchases. A
list of the customer names might provide clues to where your ancestor lived at
that date, his culinary habits and needs, whether or not relatives also lived
nearby. A look at your ancestor's page would reveal something of his
culinary habits and needs.
6. Comments - a chance for you to
add your voice.
The plan is to send this bulletin out once a month.
If you'd like to be on our list, return an
email with the word "subscribe"
in the subject line.
If you wish to discontinue at any time, return an email with the word
"unsubscribe" in the subject line.
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And by the way --
These books are free for the taking ...
Just send us the postage.
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James P.O. Box 4311 Boise, ID 83711. |
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Subject |
Year Pub |
Author |
Title & Explanation |
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Court |
1982 |
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"New York City Quarter Sessions Court Minutes,
1722 - 1742" (Nat'l Genealogical Quarterly, 1982) |
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Jefferson |
Biography |
1990 |
Miller |
"Drum Taps in Dixie - Memories of a Drummer Boy
in the Civil War" |
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Albany |
Biography |
1872 |
Frothingham |
"Blind Peter" - Religious Conversion story
of Peter Halloran |
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Oneida |
Biography |
1988 |
Swenson |
"Welthy Honsinger Fisher: Signals of a Century" |
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History |
1956 |
Lamb |
"Sectional History of Northern New York State"
- (written for schoolchildren) |
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History |
1956 |
Lamb |
:Sectional History of the Binghamton Area of New York"
(Central) |
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