One question - if your family is from Schoharie, why the Dutchess County
books?
Mike
On Sun, 6 Oct 1996 MWBURNE@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Rooters,
>
> This is not meant to be a commerical, mearly
> a request for advice/suggestions on how best
> to conduct my research with out going broke.
> I am interested in research on my Burnett family from
> Schoharie, Albany County area. There are documents available
> from a Mr. Arthur C.M. Kelly and his Kinship operation.
>
> Mr. Kelly has obviously done a tremendous amount of work in
> gathering vital staticstics and making them avaialble for sale.
>
> >From a review of the Catalog of Kinship, several of the documents
> look promissing for my particular area of research:
> * St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie Co, - 1728-1899, 4873 bap. $49
> * St. Paul's (Zion's) Luth Ch., Red Hook, - 1730-1899, 4620 bap. $52
> * Schoharie Reformed Church -1731-1894, 4192 bap. $45
> * Baptism Record, Albany Reformed Church - 1683-1809
> 13,195 baptisms, 660 pages wrappers, $60
> * Marriage Record, Albany Reformed Church 1683-1804
> 2,871 marriages, 116 pages, wrappers, $20
> * Lutheran and Reformed Churches of Schoharie, NY
> 1732-1899 2,404 mar. $34
> * Middleburgh Reformed Church. Middleburg, NY
> 1797-1899 893 bap, 421 mar. $29
> * Schoharie Co. NY Family Cemetery Inscriptions
> Town of Wright, by A. Burton, 36 pp, wrpr., 1961 $7
> * Dutchess County, NY Tax Lists 1781-1787 by Clifford Buck
> with Rombout Precinct, 305 pg. $55.
> * Red Hook, Dutchess County, NY Newspapers:
> Deaths 1859-1918 321 pp. $56
>
> I have not purchased such items. I am wondering if and
> which of the above might be available for lookups and/or
> sharing with other rooters. It would be quite difficult to
> bare the cost of so much material. Especially when I don't
> know if the materials will be useful for my research.
>
> I am also wondering if any rooters have had experience
> with such research materials and Kinship, Mr. Kelly and
> your thoughts.
>
> I would greatly appreciate your help.
>
> Mike Burnett
> MWBURNE@aol.com
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