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Ulster County, New York Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y. A careful abstract and translation of the Dutch and English wills, letters of administration after intestates, and inventories from 1665, with genealogical and historical notes and list of Dutch and Frisian Baptismal names with their English Equivalents, by Gustave Anjou, Ph. D., Volume 1, 1906. Volume 1 (published in 1906) Volume 2 (published in 1906) Click here for more free genealogy resources! #NewYork #wills #probaterecords #UlsterCounty

Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York, published by the State under the supervision of Hugh Hastings, State Historian, 1901. The series contains an ecclesiastical history of New York, embracing every denomination, from the earliest Dutch times. Volume 1 (Read) Volume 2 (Read) Volume 3 (Read) Volume 4 (Read) Volume 5 (Read) Volume 6 (Read) Volume 7 Index, shown below (Read) (Image from Vol. 1) CLICK HERE FOR MORE FREE GENEALOGY RESOURCES #NewYork #churchrecords #ecclesiastical

This biographical sketch was printed in an unexpected place, a book called "The Only Eaton Rapids on Earth". Nathaniel Leonard of Batavia, New York, migrated to Eaton Rapids, Michigan, in 1844. Alternate Link #otherleonards

Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, was published in 1915. These two volumes contain a history of the counties and detailed biographies about the early people who inhabited them. Volume 1 [Alternate Link] Volume 2 [Alternate Link] Click here for more free Genealogy Resources Click here for more Pennsylvania genealogy resources #ColumbiaCounty #pennsylvania #Pennsylvania #MontourCounty

Published in 1911 by John and Wilfred Jordan, "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs" contains valuable information about Pennsylvania's Colonial and Revolutionary families. On these pages are hundreds of valuable histories, photos, coats of arms, and genealogies of long forgotten Pennsylvania men and women. Please note: An index is provided in Volume 3, but Volume 4 has no index. I flipped through each page and made note of the family names to make it a little easier for viewers to locate the name of interest, however, you can also use the search feature within each book to search for a name. (Open the link in a new window or tab to do this). Keep in mind some spelling varied in colonial times. I recommend browsing through each volume if you are researching old Pennsylvania families. Choose one: Volume 1 p. 1-656 - Penn, Logan, Lloyd, Morris, Norris, Shippen, Powell, Swift, Willing, Balch, Bevan, Rawle, Biddle, Emlen, Waln, Warner, Wistar-Wister (or Wuster), Pemberton, Fox, Holme, Crispin, Tyson, Yeates, McCall, Plumstead, Gilpin, Shoemaker, Roberts, Cuthbert, Carpenter, Preston, Pennypacker, Lloyd, Chew, Hamilton, Wharton, Magee, Singer, Mosier, Sheppard, Heyl, Rupp, Marshall, Corbin, Kendrick, Turnbull, Spearhawk, Rea, Donaldson, Blynn, Sill Volume 2 p. 657-1168 - Seargant, Blight, Whelan, Cooke, Abbot, Findley, Lyne, Duane, Ricketts, Miner, Steel, Biddle, Mercur, Fisher, Waller, Patterson, Evans, Waddell-Smith, Laughlin, Kennedy, Hillman, Putnam, Curtin, Bunting, Carstairs, Denny, Chaplin, Herron, Evans, Lyon, Jenkins, Brodhead, Smith, Benners, Derr, Fassett, Miller, Follansbee, Lydick, Mehard, Clark, Robinson, Haines, Samson, Reineman, Hays, Homer, Griffith, Allen, Adams-Anshutz, Logue, Decker, Lovejoy, Sullivan, Scott, De Armit, Robb, Paul, Eaton, Morrow, Burns, Corcoran, Gleffer, Lindsay, Crowell, Babcock (Badcocke), Hewson, Bosbyshell, Potter, Carson, Robbins, Molten, Lennig, Neff, Wallace, Richards, Brown, Osbourn, Converse, Marston, Calvert, Madeira, Boggs, Lloyd, Wilkinson, Montgomery, Howard, Nichols, Smith, Bournonville, Craig Volume 3 p. 1169 - 1700 - Wells, McKean, Wynne, Pinkerton, Ellison, Leaming, Burnham, Etting, Kimber, Huff, Burchfield, Snowden and McKay, Shattuck, Newhall, Paine, Winsheimer, Kimball, Cassidy, Wentworth, Tingley, Peet, Moon, Kinney, Ashton, Mitchell, Flagg, Porter, Dechert, Ashhurst, Patterson, Schriver, Van Leer, Johnson, Bodine, Purves, Ball, Weitzel, Patton, Bonsall, Townsend, Fisher, Houston, McCloud, Hart, Merrill, Weaver, Perrin, Lloyd, Thomas, Sellers, Diehl, Price, Brice, Hamill, Bissell, Bryden, White and Beeson, Say and Liggett, Butler, Thorington, Maclay, Mann, Wiederseim, Eveland, Plumly, Philips, Ward, Johnson, Barlow, Humbird, Preble, McClintock, Larimer and Mellon, McCurdy, McMasters, Patton, Stevenson, Childs, Cassatt, Mulford, Thomas, Paulson, Coyle, Sailor, Friend, McCandless, Liggett, Bigger, Horne, Neale, Ruffner, McKnight, Carson, Davis, Dickey, Barnes, Jarvis, Semple, Hunt, Comegys, Walter, Smith, Sanderson, Pinkerton, Darte, Riter, Sankey, Smith, Paul, Kent, Rouse, Barnes, Baird, Lammot, Wignall, Wagner, Reed, Hutchinson, Pequignot, Snowden and Mitchell, Lyon, Askin, Osten, Ballard, Wainwright, Jordan, Farr, Wurts Volume 4 - Hopkinson, Wharton, Pepper, Morris, Lloyd, Biddle, Thomas, Cadwalader, Baird, Van Rensselaer, Wister (formerly Wuster), Hutchinson, Robinette, Van Schrieck, Gaither, Fownes, Sellers, Smith, Buckley, Buck, Farmar, Burd, Barde, Grubb, Vaughan, Shippen, Gribbel, Reynolds, Holmes, Jones, Crooker, Wright, Damen, Willets, Underhill, Feake, Townsend, Fleet, Coles, Woodin, Townsend, Bancker, De Peyster, Wood, Kooghlande, Eppes (Van Eps), Boelen, Bailles, Hooper, Tristram, Winter, Porter, Dighton, Andrews, Walker, Gooding, Richmond, Hodges, Beal, Sergeant, Jordan, Godfrey, Williams, Gollop (Gallop), Macey (Macy), Marshall, Houston, Bonnell, Harbottle, Grimston (Grimstone), Lievens, Tidmarsh, Curryer (Currier), Gibbins (Gibbons), Bringhurst, Clarkson, Baude (Boude), Strickler, Van Schwick, Darlington-Butcher, Bodine, Donaldson, Fortescue, Penn, Stockton, Crispin, Wetherall (Wetherill), Wayne, Dodge, Barclay, Row, Mapes, Gordon, Firmin (Furman), Pearsall (Parshall), Greene, Browne, Taylor, Pearson, Dutton, Floyd, Coats, Janney (Jenney), Walter, Newland (Newlin), Woodward, Coggeshall, Hosier, Jackson, Kimber, Mitchell, Tripp, Coffin, Gardiner (Gardner), Kimball, Worth, Hough, Morris, Blin (Blinn), Chadborn (Chadbourne), Blagdon (Blagden), Hilton, Delano, Gilmor (Gilmore), Stileman (Stillman), Denison (Dennison), Townley (Townsley), Bayne, Herd (Heard), Spinney, Hatch, Harmon, Weymouth, Clarke, Nashe (Nash), Simonds (Simmons), Molins (Mullins), Shapleigh, Wadsworth, Peabody (Pabodie), Alden Index Click here for more free genealogy resources #pennsylvania #Pennsylvania #coatsofarms #biographies #resources

According to the 1890 Veterans Census, Albert Strong enlisted on Sept. 30, 1864, and served as a private in Company E, Third Pennsylvania Artillery for 8-1/2 months. He was discharged on June 15, 1865. When the census was taken, he was counted in Bradford County, Pennsylvania as follows: Click here to learn more about Albert Strong. Click here for more about this branch of my family. Click here for my index of free genealogy resources to help research your family history! Sources "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-RQYJ-2?cc=1877095&wc=M62D-46F%3A174324501%2C174584801%2C174320903 : 22 May 2014), Pennsylvania > Bradford > All > image 158 of 229; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). #strong #albertstrong #mayo

Map showing The Erie Canal, Genesee Valley Canal, Oswego Canal, Black River Canal, Chenango Canal, Chemung Canal, Champlain Canal, and Hudson Canal. Source: "New York's Part in History", by Sherman Williams, 1915. Click here for more New York genealogy resources. #maps #NewYork #ErieCanal #leonard #Leonard

Check this valuable resource for Irish marriages that occurred between 1771 and 1812. Title: Irish marriages, being an index to the marriages in Walker's Hibernian magazine, 1771 to 1812, by Henry Farrar, 1897. Volume 1 (Surnames A-J) Alt link: https://archive.org/stream/irishmarriagesbe01farr#page/n10/mode/1up Volume 1 (Surnames K-Z) Alt link: https://archive.org/stream/irishmarriagesbe02farr#page/n10/mode/1up Click here for more genealogy tips and resources #Irish #Ireland #marriagerecords

The New England Historic Genealogical Society is anticipating 2020, the year that commemorates 400 years since the arrival of the Mayflower. If you are a descendant of a Mayflower passenger, you can add your name and be a part of history. You may be able to discover new information pertaining to your ancestors by connecting with other known descendants. If you need help tracing your Mayflower ancestry, paid researchers can help with that, too. Mayflower Passenger List John Alden (c. 1599-1687) Isaac Allerton (c. 1586-1659) Mary (Norris) Allerton (d. 1621) Bartholomew Allerton (c. 1613-1658) Mary Allerton (c. 1617-1699) Remember Allerton (c. 1615-1652/56) John Allerton (d. 1621) John Billington (c. 1582-1630) Elinor Billington (d. aft. Mar. 1642/3) John Billington (c. 1604-1627-30) Francis Billington (c. 1606-aft. 1674) William Bradford (c. 1590-1657) Dorothy (May) Bradford (c. 1597-1620) William Brewster (c. 1566-1644) Mary Brewster (c. 1569-1627) Love Brewster (c. 1607-1650) Wrestling Brewster (c. 1611-1627-51) Richard Britteridge (d. 1620) Peter Brown (c. 1600-1633) William Button (d. 1620) Robert Carter (d. c. 1621) John Carver (c. 1585-1621) Katherine (White) Carver (d. 1621) James Chilton (c. 1556-1620) Mrs. Chilton (d. c. 1621) Mary Chilton (c. 1608-bef. 1679) John Clarke Richard Clarke (d. c. 1621) Francis Cooke (c. 1583-1663) John Cooke (c. 1607-1695) Humility Cooper (c. 1620-aft. 1639) Robert Coppin John Crackstone (c. 1575-c. 1621) John Crackstone (c. 1602-c. 1621) Edward Doty (c. 1599-1655) Francis Eaton (c. 1595-1633) Sarah Eaton (d. 1621) Samuel Eaton (c. 1619- ) Mr. Ely (seaman who returned to England) Thomas English Moses Fletcher (c. 1565-c. 1621) Edward Fuller (1575-c. 1621) Mrs. Fuller (d. 1621) Samuel Fuller (c. 1608-1683) Samuel Fuller (1580-1633) Richard Gardiner (died at sea or in England) John Goodman (d. 1621) Giles Heale (returned to England) William Holbeck (d. c. 1621) John Hooke (died the first winter) Stephen Hopkins (c. 1582-1644) Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins (d. by 1651) Oceanus Hopkins (1620-by 1627) Damaris Hopkins (c. 1618-bef. 1628) Constance Hopkins (c. 1607-1677) Giles Hopkins (c. 1609-1690) John Howland (c. 1592-1673) Christopher Jones (shop's master) John Langmore (d. c. 1621) William Latham (returned to England after 20 years) Edward Leister Edmund Margesson (d. c. 1621, no descendants) Christopher Martin (c. 1582-1621) Mary (Prower) Martin (d. 1621) Desire Minter Ellen More (c. 1612-c. 1621) Jasper More (c. 1613-c. 1621) Mary More (c. 1616-c. 1621) Richard More (c. 1614-1694-96) William Mullins (c. 1568-1621) Alice Mullins (d. c. 1621) Joseph Mullins (c. 1596-c. 1621) Priscilla (Mullins) Alden (c. 1603-c. 1685) Degory Priest (c. 1579-1621) Solomon Prower (d. c. 1621) John Rigsdale (d. c. 1621) Alice Rigsdale (d. c. 1621) Thomas Rogers (c. 1572-c. 1621) Joseph Rogers (1603-1678) Henry Sampson (1604-c. 1685) George Soule Myles Standish (c. 1593-1656) Rose Standish (d. 1621) Elias Story (d. c. 1621) Edward Thomson (d. 1620) Edward Tilley (1588-c. 1621) Agnes (Cooper) Tilley (d. c. 1621) John Tilley (c. 1571-1620) Joan (Hurst) Tilley (d. c. 1621) Elizabeth Tilley (c. 1607-1687) Thomas Tinker (d. c. 1621) Mrs. Tinker (d. c. 1621) (Son) Tinker (d. c. 1621) William Trevor (seaman, remained only one year) John Turner (c. 1590-c. 1621) (Son #1) Turner (c. 1617-c. 1621) (Son #2) Turner (c. 1617-c. 1621) Richard Warren (c. 1578-1628) William White (c. 1590-1621) Susanna (Jackson) White (d. bet. 1654-1675) Resolved White (c. 1615-aft. 1687) Peregrine White (1620-1704) Roger Wilder (d. c. 1621) Thomas William (d. c. 1621) Edward Winslow (1595-1655) Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow (d. 1621) Gilbert Winslow (returned to Eng. by 1627) An unidentified woman named Dorothy who later married Francis Eaton #NEHGS #Mayflower #pilgrimfathers #pilgrim

When the 1880 census was taken, Albert Strong was 61 years old, a farmer. His wife, Mary C. Strong's age was given as 68. The only other person in the home was Hattie N. Strong, age 15, a grand-daughter. They were counted in Terry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania as follows: Notice, the entry after Albert's family, is the household of Oscar and Lycenia Mayo. Lycenia was Albert Strong's daughter. Photos of the family and more memorabilia can be found on the Strong genealogy page and the Mayo genealogy page. If you have information to contribute, please comment below! CLICK HERE FOR FREE GENEALOGY RESOURCES Sources "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-9NR9?cc=1417683&wc=QZ24-HY6%3A1589394781%2C1589399666%2C1589407865%2C1589396285 : 24 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Bradford > Terry > ED 25 > image 13 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). #strong #albertstrong #mayo

Albert Strong was a Private in the Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Co. E, 152nd Regiment from Sept. 27, 1864 to June 9, 1865. He was born April 22, 1819 and married Mary C. Newell. He is buried in New Era Cemetery, Terry Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. This record from the Civil War Muster Rolls at the Pennsylvania Archives is in poor condition but Albert's name can be clearly read. He enlisted at Troy, on Sept. 27th, at the age of 44. Troy is about 30 miles northwest of Terry, where his family lived in the late 1800s. Click here for more details about Albert Strong. Click here to learn more about this line of my family. Click here for free genealogy resources you can find online! Albert Strong is also named in History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, Vol. 4, p. 724. Information about his unit and their role in the war. Albert was in Company E of the 152nd Third Artillery, which "served in the army of the James during the campaign before Petersburg, and were posted on the Bermuda Front. Battery E, with others, under the command of Samuel Hazard, was assigned to Fort Converse, covering the pontoon bridge across the Appomattox, the extreme left of the Army of James, and the right of the Army of the Potomac. Details were constantly furnished for fatigue duty upon the fortifications, and for duty in other arms of service. Upon the downfall of the rebel power, these companies returned to duty at Fortress Monroe, Jefferson Davis being for a time in durance there, and under guard of detachments from this regiment". Read on: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; by Samuel P. Bates, 1870. #strong #albertstrong #mayo #veteran #civilwar #musterrolls #military

The Veterans Burial Card shown here is from the Pennsylvania Archives. It confirms Albert Strong was a Private in Co. E, 152nd Regiment from Sept. 27, 1864 to June 9, 1865. He was born April 22, 1819 and is buried in New Era Cemetery, Terry Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS FAMILY. CLICK HERE FOR FREE GENEALOGY RESOURCES Sources Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 1 #strong #albertstrong #mayo #veteran #civilwar

Harry Decker was a son of Charles Decker and Lydia Mayo. He died at the age of 17. See a photo of Harry here. October 24, 1918 - "Died, Harry W. Decker, son of Mrs. Lydia Decker and the late Chas. G. Decker, of New Milford, born Jan. 26, 1901." Click here for more Decker genealogy. #harrydecker #Decker #death #decker #charlesdecker #lydiamayo

Learn about the first Welsh people to purchase land in Pennsylvania from the State Archives book "Minutes of the Board of Property and other References to the Lands in Pennsylvania", by William H. Egle, 1894: Click here for more genealogy resources! #reese #Reese #welsh #pennsylvania #Pennsylvania #wales #williampenn

This map was printed in "The History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania", 1915. Scroll down to access the book. Click here for more Pennsylvania genealogy resources. #maps #historicmaps #Pennsylvania #pennsylvania

Herbert H. Decker was born February 25, 1910, in Warwick, Orange County, New York. He was a son of Lydia Mayo and Charles Decker. The name of his wife was Ruth and he lived at 242 North Franklin Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the time of his death, which occurred on May 23, 1964. He was buried in North Hadeston Cemetery in Hardeston, New Jersey. Photos of the family are available here. His death certificate is available through the State Archives. Click here for more Decker genealogy! #decker #Decker #herbertdecker

KNAPP - In Moravia, Monday, Dec. 3, 1883, Mrs. Sophronia Knapp, aged 69 years. The remains were brought to Union Springs for interment. (Union Springs Advertiser, 12/6/1883) I can find nothing more on her death but she was found on the census three years prior, in 1880, widowed, living in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York, in the home of her daughter "Nellie S." who was 26 years old, and her husband Benjamin Wilson (age 37). Nellie and Benjamin had two children at the time: Ada Wilson (age 10) and Calvin Wilson (age 8). Sophronia's age was given as 67. The following Cemeteries are found in the Findagrave database, for Union Springs and Springport, respectively: Chamberlain Family Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) All Chamberlain burials. Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) An excellent map of the grounds can be found here. Joseph Knapp (___-1865) *This may have been Thomas Joseph Knapp, Jr. (see below). He is buried in Section 2, Plot 368. Nancy (Ammerman) Knapp (___-1972) Riley W. Knapp (1888-1911) No Leonard burials on findagrave. County House Cemetery, Sennett Louis Knapp (___-1883) Sarah Knapp (___-1906) William Knapp (___-1909) Amos Leonard (___-1882) Lamb Family Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) All Lamb burials. Lowry-Stout Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) All Lowry and Stout burials. Quaker Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) No Knapp or Leonard burials. There is an Old Quaker Cemetery on Levanna Road with five recorded burials on Findagrave. No town given. The earliest known burial is 1866 and there may have been other burials there. St. Michael's Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) No Knapp or Leonard burials. Thompson Cemetery, Union Springs - (Link) No Knapp or Leonard burials. Union Cemetery, Springport - (Link) No Knapp or Leonard burials. According to paper trails, Sophronia was married first to Charles "Russell" Leonard. He disappeared in 1834 while on a trip to purchase land in Michigan Territory. Soon after, Sophronia was married to Thomas Knapp. Thomas was born abt. 1811 in Connecticut and died on 10 May 1869 in Genoa, Cayuga, New York. He was a Civil War Soldier and is buried in West Genoa Cemetery in nearby King Ferry, New York. There are several other Knapps buried there, but none familiar. There is one Leonard buried there, that being William Leonard (1827-1905), also unfamiliar. Thomas served in the Civil War in Company A of the 16th New York Heavy Artillery, as was their son Thomas, Jr. Their son also served in Co. K, New York 3rd Light Artillery regiment and Co. K New York 19th New York Infantry. Anyone with more information on Sophronia, please contact me or comment below. This has been a huge brick wall in the family tree and identifying her could also help find more information on her husband, Charles "Russell" Leonard. For more, see the Leonard page. Click here for free genealogy tips and resources! #Leonard #sophronia #leonard #sophroniaknapp #sophroniaburrill

This map shows the Territorial Division claimed or occupied by the Six Nations. The Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Oneidas, and Mohawks. This early New York map shows the locations of the following tribes: Oghwaga (Onaquaga), Cunahunta, Cukooes, and Unadille (Unadilla) tribes. Also Tioga Point, Owego, Oswego, Harpersfield, Middleburgh, Cobleskill, Schoharie, Sharon Center, Cherry Valley, Canajoharie, Springfield, Stone Arabia, Fort Hunter, Fort Plain, Schenectady, Albany, German Flatts, Little Falls, Fort Herkimer, Minisink, and Goshen. Source: "New York's Part in History", by Sherman Williams, 1915. Click here for more New York genealogy resources. #maps #NewYork #NativeAmerican #Indians #territory #historicmaps

This historic map represents early settlements of Alaska. Source: "New York's Part in History", by Sherman Williams, 1915. Click here for more New York genealogy resources. #maps #historicmaps #America #Alaska

This early map of New York shows the rivers including Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Hudson River, St. Lawrence River, Lake Champlain, Genesee River, Oneida Lake, the Mohawk River, and the Allegany River. Also, historical places including Niagara, Oswego, Frontenac (Kingston), Fort Stanwix, Schenectady, Albany, Schuylerville, Fort William Henry, Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and La Prairie. Source: "New York's Part in History", by Sherman Williams, 1915. Click here for more New York genealogy resources. #maps #NewYork

Lycenia L. Strong was born October 22, 1850, the daughter of Albert Strong[1]. See photos and more about her family on the Strong Genealogy page. Lycenia married Oscar Mayo and raised her family in northern Pennsylvania, where she died at the age of 76. She died in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, on March 6, 1927. She is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. (Block 4, Lot 5-1/2).[2] This record was found in the Pennsylvania Archives online. Click here to find out how to access these valuable records! Click here to see more about Lycenia and her family. Click here to see my list of free genealogy resources online. Sources: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number: 030998 Findagrave MEMORIAL ID 132802125 #mayo #strong #lyceniastrong #Decker #decker

While searching for information about my Mayo ancestors, I came across a composer named Oscar Mayo, adorning the pages of sheet music. He appears to have done much of his work in the 1870s and 1880s. With a little digging, I found out more about him. There were eight men named Oscar Mayo counted on the census in 1880. After reviewing their occupations, I recognized him as a "Music Teacher". He was born in Germany around 1836 and was living in South Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, when the 1880 census was taken. His wife, Mary, and three sons lived in the home: Elgin Mayo was 12 years old, Oscar Mayo was 7 years old, and Emil Mayo was 3 years old. [1] His photo is available on Findagrave, stating that he was born Dec 1, 1832, in Germany, and died on February 12, 1915, in Modesto, California[3]. The sheet music can be found here, on the Library of Congress' site [2]. Click here for more Mayo genealogy or Click here for more genealogy resources Sources [1] "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJH-DK9 : 15 September 2017), Oscar Mayo, South Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 217, sheet 267A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0201; FHL microfilm 1,254,201. [2] Mayo, Oscar. Allegretto. Brainard's Sons, S., Cleveland, monographic, 1873. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, [3] Findagrave MEMORIAL ID 57571754 #mayo #oscarmayo

This early map of New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts shows Utica, Fort Stanwix, Oriskany, Schenectady, Albany, Kingston, West Point, Peekskill, Fort Independence, Troy, Stillwater, Bemis Heights, Johnstown, Schuylerville, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Hubbardton, Mt. Defiance, Pittsford, Castleton, Rutland, Skenesborough, Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Manchester, Cambridge, and Bennington. Source: "New York's Part in History", by Sherman Williams, 1915. Click here for more New York genealogy resources. #maps #NewYork #Massachusetts #Vermont #historicmaps

This book gives a thorough study of the early history of New York. Written in 1915 by Sherman Williams, it gives the history of: The Indians of New York Sir William Johnson and the Iroquois Confederacy The Struggle for Supremacy New York under the Dutch The Manor of Rensselaerswyck New York as an English colony Albany as a colonial center Indian Trails New York in the Revolution New York in the Border Wars Burgoyne's Invasion Sullivan's Expedition Alexander Hamilton and the Federal Constitution Robert R. Livingston and the Louisiana Purchase William H. Seward and the Purchase of Alaska The Erie Canal and the Commercial Supremacy of the State of New York Andrew Sloan Draper and the Public School System of the State of New York Several early maps and illustrations are also included. Click here to see more New York genealogy resources! #NewYork #genealogy #resources #history

The American Revolution, by John Fiske, was published in two volumes in 1891. You can read and search both volumes for free right here. Volume 1 gives the back story and the events leading up to the Revolution. See the contents for topics of interest: Click here to see more sources for military records. #americanrevolution #militaryrecords #military #revolutionarywar #american #america #history #americanhistory #soldiers

George H. Ensign was an early settler of Madison County, New York. His biography was printed in "Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Madison County, New York", by John E. Smith, 1899. His photo and biography are found on page 639. This portrait was also supplied. From his biography, we learn that he was born in Nelson, Madison County, New York. He was the son of Thomas and Laura (Bailey) Ensign. Laura was the daughter of James and Betsey Bailey. Thomas Ensign was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on Oct. 27, 1812 and was a son of Isaiah and Eunice (Vining) Ensign, who went to Madison County about 1823. George's brothers and sisters were: James, Albert, Anson, Amelia (Mrs. Minor Anderson), and Cornelia Ensign. Note: A connection to Esther Abigail Ensign, daughter of Royal Ensign and Sally Rood, has yet to be made with this family, although it seems likely they were related. View this family on WikiTree: Click here to see more about the Ensign Family. #Ensign

This 1882 letter, written in fountain pen, was found in an old box of papers my mother acquired somehow, probably at a yard sale or estate sale. The letter is intriguing with an embossed seal in the top left corner and a pretty decoration glued to the bottom, but what does it say? What language is this? If anyone can help, please comment! ** UPDATE! Mystery solved! See below. *** UPDATE! A kind Reddit user, Fredelas, has translated the letter! (Thank you, Fredelas!) In German: Cincinnati den 1sten Januar 1882 Theuerste Eltern! Heute am ersten Tage dieses neuen Jahres, danke ich herzlich für die vielen Wohlthaten welche ich mein ganzes Leben von Ihnen empfangen habe ich will mich ernstlich bestreben Ihnen von nun an durch Fleiß Gehorsam und gutes Betragen recht viele Freude zu machen Möge euch der liebe Gott dazu stärken und möge er Ihnen liebste Eltern in diesem neuen Jahre recht viel Glück und Segen ve[r]leihen Dies wünscht von Herzen Euer dankbares Kind Elis. Ida Miller In English: Cincinnati - January 1, 1882 Dearest parents, Today, on the first day of this new year, I give heartfelt thanks for the many benefits which I've received from you my whole life. From now on, I earnestly want to strive to make you very happy through hard work, obedience, and good behavior. May the loving God strengthen you and may he grant you, beloved parents, lots of luck and blessings in this new year. With all my heart, Your grateful child, Elis. Ida Miller #foreignlanguage #translationneeded #myblog #German

New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, A compilation of documents and records from the Office of the State Comptroller, Volume 1 and Volume 2. Volume 1 Volume 2 Click here for more New York genealogy resources #americanrevolution #NewYork #military

This book written in 1873 by Evelyn Philip Shirley, contains information about the Shirley family of Etindon (Warwick County, U.K.), and of Shirley (Derby County, U.K.). "This work, Illustrating the ancient and honourable descent of his ancestors, the ever loyal race of Shirley". Scroll down to view the entire book. Alternate Link: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029787250 Click here to see more about the Shirley family. #shirley #england #England

The book "Our country and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Madison County, New York", contains much information about the early settlement of Madison County, New York. From the times of Indian occupation to 1899, this book covers it all and contains maps and illustrations, too. Check the index for your family name and then locate scroll up to the page the index refers you to. Surnames in this book: Abbott, Abell, Abercrombie, Ackerman, Ackley, Adams, Ager, Aiken, Ainsworth, Alby, Alcott, Alderman, Aldrich, Alger, Allen, Allis, Alvord, Ambler, Amedown, Ames, Amsbry, Amsden, Anderson, Andrews, Angel, Annas, Antes, Anthony, Armour, Armstrong, Arndt, Arnold, Arnst, Arrowsmith, Atkins, Atkinson, Atwell, Atwood, Aubeuf, Audas, Austin, Avery, Ayer, Ayres, Aylesworth, Babcock, Backus, Bacon, Bailey, Baker, Balcom, Baldwin, Ballard, Ballou, Bamber, Bamford, Bancroft, Banning, Banton, Banyea, Barclay, Bardeen, Barker, Barkinson, Barlow, Barnard, Barnes, Barnett, Barott, Barr, Barrett, Barry, Bartholomew, Bartle, Barton, Bass, Bassett, Bates, Battey, Baum, Baxter, Beach, Beal, Beardsley, Beck, Beckwith, Beden, Beebe, Beebee, Beecher, Beekman, Beeman, Beers, Bell, Behr, Bellamy, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Benson, Bensted, Bentley, Bemis, Bergen, Berry, Berson, Betsinger, Betts, Bicknell, Bigsby, Bill, Bills, Billings, Billington, Bingham, Birdsall, Birge, Bishop, Bitz, Bixby, Black, Blackstone, Blair, Blakeman, Blakeslee, Blanchard, Blish, Bliss, Blodgett, Blowers, Blye, Boardman, Boden, Bogardus, Bond, Bonney, Boon, Bort, Bordwell, Bostwick, Bosworth, Bouck, Bowen, Bowler, Boyer, Bradin, Bradley, Bradner, Brainard, Brand, Brasse, Breese, Brevoort, Brewer, Brewster, Bridge, Briggs, Brigham, Bright, Britt, Britton, Broad, Broadhead, Brockett, Broga, Bronson, Brooks, Brown, Brownell, Brownson, Bruce, Bruen, Bryant, Buck, Buckingham, Buell, Bugbee, Bulger, Bulkley, Bull, Bump, Bumpus, Bunker, Burchard, Burden, Burdick, Burgess, Burhans, Burke, Burn, Burnett, Burnham, Burr, Burroughs, Burton, Bush, Bushnell, Bushyte, Butler, Button, Byer, Cady, Cadwell, Cain, Calhoun, Calkins, Callanan, Calvin, Calway, Cameron, Camp, Campbell, Campton, Candee, Card, Cardner, Carey, Carl, Carlon, Carpenter, Carrier, Carrington, Carrol, Carscadden, Carter, Carver, Cary, Case, Casler, Caswell, Catlin, Cavana, Cazenove, Cazier, Chafee, Chaffee, Chamerlain, Chamerlayne, Chambers, Champlain, Chandler, Chaphe, Chapin, Chapman, Chappell, Chariton, Chase, Chasmer, Chawgo, Cheney, Cheesebro, Cheesebrough, Chesebro, Chesley, Childs, Christman, Chubbuck, Church, Clark, Clarke, Clary, Clemens, Clements, Clemons, Cleveland, Clough, Clow, Cloyes, Cobb, Cody, Coe, Colburn, Cole, Coleman, Coles, Colegrove, Coleman, Coley, Colgate, Collins, Collis, Collister, Colson, Colton, Colwell, Colyer, Coman, Comstock, Conant, Cone, Conger, Conine, Conklin, Conley, Conniff, Cook, Coolidg, Coolidge, Coon, Coons, Cooper, Copley, Cornell, Corson, Cossett, Costello, Cotes, Cotton, Couch, Covell, Cowan, Cowen, Cox, Coye, Craine, Cramer, Cramphin, Crandall, Crane, Cranson, Craw, Crawe, Craweford, Crawshaw, Crayter, Chrichton, Crispe, Crocker, Cronk, Crosby, Cross, Crouse, Crowell, Crumb, Cruttendon, Cummings, Cunningham, Curtis, Currier, Curry, Curtis, Cushing, Cushman, Cutler, Daboll, Daggett, Daharsh, Damon, Dana, Danehy, Danforth, Daniels, Dapson, Dardis, Darling, Darrow, Dart, Dascom, Dauby, Davenport, David, Davidson, Davis, Dawson, Day, Dean, Dearborn, De Clercq, Deering, De Forest, Delamater, De Laney, Delaney, De Lano, De Long, Denison, Dennie, Dennison, Derbyshier, Deuel, Devan, Devereaux, Devolant, Dewey, Dewitt, De Witt, De Wolf, Dexter, Deyo, Dick, Didama, Dietz, Dillaye, Divine, Dix, Dixon, Dodge, Donaldson, Donnelly, Doody, Doolittle, Doran, Doremus, Dorion, Dorrance, Douglass, Dow, Dowd, Downer, Downey, Downing, Drake, Draper, Drew, Driscoll, Dryer, Duffey, Duke, Dunbar, Dunham, Dunlap, Dunster, Dunton, Durfee, Durham, Durkee, Durst, Dutten, Dwinelle, Dyer, Dygert, Dykeman, Eagan, Eames, Earll, Eaton, Eddy, Edgarton, Edgerton, Edson, Edwards, Eells, Eggleston, Ehle, Eisaman, Eldred, Eldridge, Ellinwood, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmore, Elphick, English, Ensign, Enos, Esselstyne, Evans, Everett, Everton, Fairchild, Fancher, Farnam, Farnham, Farr, Farrell, Farwell, Faulkner, Faurot, Fay, Fearon, Fellows, Felt, Felton, Fenner, Ferguson, Ferrier, Ferry, Field, Finch, Finney, Fish, Fisk, Fiske, Fitch, Flaherty, Flower, Foord, Foot, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Forman, Forrester, Fort, Forte, Forward, Foskett, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Freeborn, Freeman, Freemyer, French, Frink, Frost, Fry, Fryer, Fuess, Fuller, Furman, Gage, Gale, Gardiner, Garrett, Gasten, Gary, Gaston, Gates, Gay, Gaylord, Gere, Germer, Gibbs, Gibson, Gifford, Gilbert, Giles, Gill, Gillet, Gillett, Ginney, Girvin, Gleason, Godfred, Goff, Goldstein, Goodell, Goodenough, Goodrich, Goodsell, Goodwin, Goosens, Gore, Gorton, Gostling, Gough, Gould, Graham, Granger, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenhow, Greenland, Greenly, Greenwood, Gregg, Greiner, Greminger, Gridley, Griffin, Griffith, Griffiths, Griner, Griswold, Groat, Groesbeck, Groff, Grout, Guernsey, Guest, Guiteau, Gulbran, Gullerat, Gunn, Gurley, Hackley, Hadcock, Haight, Haines, Hakes, Halbert, Hale, Hall, Halliday, Hallock, Halsey, Hamblet, Hamblin, Hamlin, Hamilton, Hammond, Hanchett, Hand, Hannum, Harbottle, Harder, Hardie, Hardin, Hardy, Hare, Harmon, Harp, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartjen, Hartshorn, Hascall, Haskell, Haskins, Haswell, Hatch, Hatfield, Hathaway, Havens, Hawkins, Hawks, Hawley, Hay, Hayden, Hayes, Hayward, Haywood, Hazard, Hazeltine, Hazelton, Hazzard, Heacock, Head, Hearsey, Hecox, Heffron, Henderson, Henry, Herrick, Hess, Hewes, Hewitt, Hickox, Hicks, Higgins, Higinbotham, Hill, Hills, Hinckley, Hinman, Hintermister, Hitchcock, Hitchman, Hoadley, Hoag, Hobbie, Hobart, Hodge, Hoffmann, Holbrook, Holden, Holdridge, Hollenbeck, Holmes, Holton, Hopcraft, Hopkins, Hoppin, Horton, Hosley, Hostler, Hotchkin, House, Hough, Hovey, Howard, Howe, Howell, Howes, Howland, Howson, Hoxie, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hudson, Hueston, Hughes, Hull, Humphrey, Hunt, Huntington, Huntley, Hurd, Hurlbut, Hutchings, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Huyck, Hyatt, Hyland, Ingalls, Ingraham, Isaacs, Isbell, Ives, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jaqueth, Jarvis, Jenks, Jenkins, Jennings, Jepson, Jermy, Jerrold, Jessup, Jewell, Jillson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Joslin, Joslyn, Joy, Judd, Jurden, Kaiser, Kearns, Keating, Keegan, Keeler, Keeney, Kessler, Keith, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelloway, Kelly, Kendrick, Kenfield, Kenna, Kennedy, Kenney, Kent, Kenwood, Kenyon, Kern, Kershaw, Keyes, Kibbie, Kilbourn, Kiley, Kilroy, Kimball, Kimberly, Kincaid, King, Kingsbury, Kingsley, Kinney, Kirkland, Kling, Klock, Knapp, Kneiss, Knowles, Knowlton, Knox, Krumbhaar, Ladd, Lamb, Lamphere, La Munion, Lane, Langdon, Langworthy, Lansing, Larkin, Lathrop, Lawton, Lawrence, Leach, Leavenworth, Ledyard, Lee, Leet, Leete, Leggett, Leland, Leonard, Levy, Lewis, Lighthall, Lillibridge, Lincklaen, Lindsley, Lints, Lippitt, Litchfield, Littlefield, Livermore, Livingston, Lloyd, Lochner, Lockwood, Logan, Long, Loomis, Lord, Loucks, Louder, Lounsbury, Loveland, Love, Lowd, Lowe, Lowell, Lower, Lownsberry, Loyster, Lucas, Luce, Luescher, Lull, Lum, Lumbard, Lyman, Lynch, Lynden, Lyon, Lype, McAlpin, McCabe, McCarthy, McClellan, McClanathan, McClure, McConnell, McCrellis, McCune, McDuffee, mcElwain, McFarland, McGahan, McGraith, McGregor, McGregory, McGuinness, McHenry, McLoughlin, McLean, McMahon, McMorrow, McMullen, MacConnell, Mackey, Macomber, Madison, Maginnis, Mahan, Maine, Malcolm, Mallory, Malloy, Manchester, Manley, Mann, Mannering, Mansfield, Marble, Marcellus, Marcey, Markham, Marquisee, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martindale, Mason, Mather, Mathers, Matson, Matterson, Matthewson, Matteson, Matthews, Maybury, Maynard, Mayne, Mayo, Maxfield, Maxon, Maxson, Maxwell, Mead, Meader, Meaker, Medbury, Menzie, Merchant, Mereness, Merriam, Merrick, Merrill, Merrills, Merritts, Messenger, Messinger, Miles, Miller, Mills, Milmoe, Miner, Mitchell, Mix, Mixer, Moffett, Monroe, Montgomery, Montross, Moody, Moore, Moot, Morgan, More, Morey, Morgan, Morris, Morse, Morton, Moseley, Mosher, Moshier, Mott, Mowry, Moyer, Muir, Muller, Mulligan, Mumford, Munger, Munn, Munroe, Munson, Murphy, Murray, Murtagh, Muzzy, Myer, Myers, Myrick, Nash, Near, Needham, Neff, Neil, Nellis, Nelson, New, Newitt, Newton, Nichols, Niles, Nixdorf, North, Northrup, Norton, Nourse, Noxon, Nye, Oaks, O'Brien, Olby, Olin, Olmstead, Olney, O'Neil, Orton, Osborn, Osgood, Ostrander, Otis, Ottoway, Owen, Owens, Paddleford, Paddock, Page, Paine, Palmer, Palmiter, Palsley, Pardee, Park, Parker, Parkhurst, Parks, Parmalee, Parmelee, Parr, Parsons, Partridge, Patrick, Patten, Paterson, Pattison, Paul, Payne, Pearl, Pearlman, Pease, Peasley, Peck, Peckham, Pecksport, Peebles, Peet, Pennock, Perkins, Perry, Persons, Petrie, Pettitt, Pfaff, Pfeiffer, Phelps, Philipp, Phillips, Philpot, Phipps, Pickard, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Pilbeam, Piotrow, Plank, Plato, Polley, Pool, Pope, Porter, Potter, Powell, Powers, Pratt, Pray, Preston, Price, Prior, Pritchard, Pryne, Pulford, Purdy, Putnam, Quackenbridge, Quackenbush, Quinn, Rabie, Rainbow, Rainey, Randell, Ramsey, Randall, Randolph, Rankin, Ranney, Ransom, Rasbach, Rathbone, Rathbun, Ratnour, Rawson, Raymond, Raynor, Rechtenwald, Reed, Reeve, Reeves, Reidy, Remick, Remore, Ressegieu, Reynolds, Rhoades, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richardson, Richmond, Riddell, Rider, Rightmyer, Riley, Ring, Risley, Ritter, Rivenburg, Roach, Roads, Roantree, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Robie, Robinson, Rockwell, Roe, Rogers, Rollo, Root, Rose, Ross, Rouse, Rowe, Rowland, Rowlands, Royce, Ruby, Russell, Ryder, Sabin, Sabine, Sabins, Sadler, Sage, St. Clair, St. John, Salisbury, Salsbury, Saltsman, Sanders, Sanford, Sanger, Satchwell, Satterlee, Saunders, Savage, Sawdy, Sawyer, Saxe, Sayles, Schaffer, Scheifele, Schellinger, Schuyler, Scofield, Scott, Scoville, Sears, Seaver, Seeber, Seeley, Sellick, Senate, Senn, Sennet, Sergeant, Sexton, Seymour, Shaffer, Shapley, Shed, Sheffield, Sheldon, Shepard, Shepardson, Shephard, Shepherd, Sherburne, Sherman, Sherrill, Sherwood, Shields, Shipman, Shoecraft, Shumway, Shute, Sikes, Silsby, Simmons, Simonds, Simons, Sims, Sinclair, Sisson, Siver, Sizer, Skadden, Skelton, Skidmore, Skinner, Slater, Slingerland, Sloan, Sly, Slyke, Smally, Smith, Smyth, Snedeker, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Solon, Soper, Souter, Southworth, Spaulding, Spear, Spencer, Sperry, Spooner, Squyers, Stacy, Stafford, Stanbro, Stanley, Stanton, Stapleton, Stark, Starr, Stearns, Stebbins, Steere, Steers, Stephens, Sternbert, Stevens, Stevenson, Steward, Stewart, Stiles, Stillman, Stillwell, Stimson, Stisser, Stoddard, Stone, Storke, Storrs, Story, Stow, Stowell, Stower, Stradling, Stranahan, Stratton, Streeter, Striker, Stringer, Strong, Stroud, Suiter, Suits, Sumner, Sunderlin, Sutcliffe, Sutherland, Sutton, Swain, Swan, Swayze, Sweet, Sweetland, Swift, Swinny, Switzer, Taber, Tabor, Tackabury, Taft, Tallett, Tanner, Tappen, Taylor, Tayntor, Teale, Teller, Temple, Ten Eyck, Tenney, Terry, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thorn, Thorpe, Throop, Thurston, Tibbits, Tibbitts, Tifft, Tillinghast, Tillotson, Timmerman, Todd, Tompkins, Tondeur, Tooke, Topliff, Torpy, Torrey, Townsend, Tracy, Travis, Treat, Trevor, Tripp, Troup, Trowbridge, Trueax, Truesdell, Trumbull, Truman, Tucker, Tuckerman, Tully, Tupper, Turnbull, Turner, Tuthill, Tuttle, Twist, Twogood, Tyler, Tylesworth, Ufford, Underdown, Underhill, Underwood, Upson, Van Allen, Van Brocklin, Vane, Van Epps, Van Evra, Vander Hess, Van Hooser, Van Horn, Van Horne, Van Loon, Van Rensselaer, Van Riper, Van Sice, Van Slyck, Van Slycke, Van Slyke, Vanvalen, Van Vaulkenburgh, Van Vleck, Van Wagner, Vedder, Veling, Vollmer, Vrooman, Wade, Wadsworth, Wager, Wagoner, Waite, Walden, Waldron, Walker, Wallace, Walrath, Warcup, Warner, Warr, Warren, Warrick, Washburn, Waterman, Waters, Watkins, Watson, Watts, Way, Wear, Weaver, Webb, Webber, Webster, Wedge, Weed, Welch, Wellington, Wells, Welton, Wendell, Wentz, Wermuth, West, Westcott, Whedon, Wheeler, Whipple, Whitcomb, White, Whitford, Whitman, Whitmore, Whitnall, Whitney, Wibert, Wickwire, Wiggins, Wightman, Wilber, Wilbur, Wilbor, Wilcox, Wilcoxen, Wiley, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wills, Wilson, Wiltse, Wimmet, Winchell, Winchester, Wing, Wingman, Witherell, Witherhead, Witter, Wolf, Wood, Woodbury, Woodcock, Woodford, Woodruff, Woods, Woodward, Woodworth, Woolaver, Wooley, Woolver, Worden, Worlock, Wright, Wylie, Yates, Yaw, York, Young, Youngs, Zimmer These names are from the index, biographical, and personal references in the back of the book. 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