Posted by in Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax Today I had a plan. I wanted to visit the Clinton County Surrogates Court. This was vitally important as I didn’t make it to Essex County yesterday. I really want to go there now. I prepped for my trip by perusing the Family Search Catalog and I had the list of names, dates of death…Read more »
Posted by in cemetery, New York Research I am on a solo trip in Clinton County, New York this weekend. We are saying goodbye to my Aunt Sheila. I had plans to stop at the Essex County offices today but it didn’t happen. I took a trip to Central Cemetery in Jay. I wanted to try and find the grave of Sarah…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax For the longest time my brick wall was my Sarah Larkin Beardsley. It is probably why I still look for information about her quite often. For me it is more that adding names and dates to a tree. It is about collecting the stories of their lives. I seriously wish I had paid more attention…Read more »
Posted by in cemetery, New York Research This afternoon I spent a couple of hours at St. Michaels Cemetery. I was looking for a particular grave for someone in a Genealogy group. I totally find cemeteries to be totally peaceful places. This cemetery though confuses the heck out of me with its layout. It is a mixture of old and new graves.…Read more »
Posted by in Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax It is a rainy and rather dreary day here in Queens, I am stuck at work. I am dreaming a research trip or two. I am at the point in some of my lines where I need a good old-fashioned boots on the ground research trip. I haven’t been to a library or an archive…Read more »
Posted by in cemetery, DellaVecchia Yesterday, I attended the annual Wreaths Across America event in Brooklyn. Since I was going to be there my sister-in-law asked me if I minded checking out her grandparents graves at Cypress Hills Cemetery no problem. She gave me her grandparents names and that they were in the Whitehead plot but she had no clue who they…Read more »
