Try researching northern Rensselaer County in the early 1800s sometime.
1) There were very few churches, 2) the county made a bonfire of its
records later on when it built a new courthouse. With my particular
name, it's even more fun because "See" is mistaken for "Lee" as often as
not in handwritten records, and there are variants Cee, Zie and others.
Finally, there was a family cemetary in Pittstown that was plowed over
by a utility company before anybody thought to take transcriptions. But
I'll try not to talk about Sees too much on the Conklin discussion
group. :-)
I mis-typed Annetje when it should have been Annatje (Hannah) Storm, if
that makes a difference. Although she was at the right time and not that
far away from Kingston in 1743, she was definitely the wife of Capt.
John Conklin, who lived to a ripe old age. So I guess your Antje
STORMS(sic?) is someone else.
Any other questions, feel free to ask. However, my particular knowledge
of Dutchess County, such as it is, doesn't extend across the Hudson
since our family doesn't, at this point, ever _seem_ to have been there.
David See
dsee@preferred.com
A couple P.S.'s
1) Anyone know how to pronounce these Dutch names (Geertruy, Teuntje,
etc.) ? and
2) someone remind me how to join the NYS GEN-WEB discussion so that I
don't have to delete it from my CC: line.
Thanks