Jefferson County New York genealogy newsletter 1996

Genealogical Journals

Genealogical Journals of Jefferson County, NY - 1996

The Genealogical Journal of Jefferson County, New York, first published in 1989 as a quarterly, ran until 1999. At that time, the compiler, Patricia R. James, ceased the publication for the reason that the Jefferson County Genealogy Society had become solidly established and was publishing a respectable newsletter. The reason for the resumption of her newsletter in 2002 was simply that there is much information to share! Her newsletters are great supplemental material to the JCGS's Informer.

Newsletter features published in this newsletter for the year 1996:
     Census records:
         1825 New York State census for the Town of LeRay
         1865 Federal Census for Jefferson County: Civil War dead: Town of Theresa
     Church records:
        Early LDS Membership Records, 1830 -1849 (final part)
          Strangite Roots in Jefferson County (break-off of the LDS church)
          First Presbyterian Church of Adams, 1805 - 1900
          First Presbyterian Church of Watertown - extracted marriage and death records
                (source: Early Settlers of New York)
     Family histories:
          The Reuben T. NICHOLS journal of his ministerial labors (Strangite)
          Autobiographal account of Nancy Naomi Alexander TRACY
          "Mormon Saga: Divided Family"
          Henry or Ira DODGE?
          "Shipwrecked!" (DUNHAM, READ)
          "Mormon Saga: Divided Family" (FARNHAM, JUDD)
     Immigration records: Declarations of Intentions and Naturalizations, index to
     Library holdings (Jefferson County material listed):
          Jefferson County Historical Museum Archival material
     Military records:
          Civil War Drafts records, Town of Clayton
     Newspaper records:
          The Gospel Herald, 1846 - 1850 (LDS Strangite newspaper)
     Vital records:
          Miscellaneous birth records
          Miscellaneous death records

Newsletter articles published in this newsletter for the year 1996:
     "Front Porch Rocker"
     "The Meaning of Early Gravestone Art"
     Recording the Federal Census
     Early American First Names Reflecting Virtues

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