The names I posted previously, were really those from 1800, I realized this evening. So, I updated the last post with the names of those in Ulster Co., NY in 1790, though I didn’t type up all the names. I … Continue reading
If you click on the above image, you will be able to read more clearly the cemetery dates Aida Austin wrote for some of the Kyte, Austin, Greig and DeSilvia families.
A number of people have asked me, “What are you going to do now?” Well, the major goal is to reorganize my neglected house, including my office—both the massive paper and computer files. While reorganizing, I am also researching (my … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook friends, I am happy to tell you that Farewell to Eldred is now available from Halfway Brook for $42.95 which includes $5.50 shipping and handling. Gary added a “Look Inside” which includes the 30-plus pages of the … Continue reading
The third Smith wedding in a year (March 2012 to February 2013) took place over the weekend. Before the wedding I was working on the WWII years and writing multitudinous “notes to remember.” In the week since the arrival of … Continue reading
There were 250,000 Ford model T cars built in 1913, the year of the first drive-in gas station. It took Ford workers 12.5 hours to build a Model T on an assembly line. In 1914 the average Model T cost … Continue reading
One of several items I am working on (besides getting ready for a daughter’s wedding in October—hence the fewer posts) for book 3 are the jobs the Town of Highland residents held in the 1920s. Echo Hill and Mountain Grove … Continue reading
Today the 1940 census is available. I’m hopeful of downloading it within a few days. The site seems to be overloaded right now. So in honor of the 1940 census, here are some folks who lived in the Town of … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook Friends, It’s time for me to start work on the next book in my Memoirs of Eldred Series. Last week I started to record information from the Eldred yearbooks of 1939 to 1950. I recognized many names … Continue reading
Hello Halfway Brook friends, Just a note to say I am hoping that Echo Hill and Mountain Grove (484 packed pages right now) will be ready to print by the end of June. That means that there may not be … Continue reading
