Phyllis> My grandparents both died when my mother was just a child
Phyllis> so I never knew them.I have obtained their death
Phyllis> certificates, but am having trouble with the birth
Phyllis> certificates or any other information. My grandfather
Phyllis> was James LENT. He died December 28,1938. According to
Phyllis> his death certificate, he was born August 2, 1881. His
Phyllis> parents were Daniel and Katherine (FARLEY) LENT. My
Phyllis> grandmother was Violet (SNYDER) LENT. She was born April
Phyllis> 8, 1891 and died November 20, 1937
[...]
Phyllis> Would appreciate any information. Thank you. Phyllis Lee
Have you see "The LENT book", the 1902/3 book by Nelson B. Lent about
the NY Dutch Lent/Van Lent family? I have a copy at home and can do a
look up for you. It is readily available from various genealogy
reprinters for around $35. I can't vouch for it's accuracy...
Lorine McGinnis Schulze <lschulze@bconnex.net>, the owner of the
excellent Olive Tree genealogy web site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote)
has quite a bit of information about old New York Dutch. She mentions
an article she wrote that may be of interest to LENT researchers, see
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/dnysign1.htm
I don't know if it is published yet, but I'll be buying a copy it if
is!
-marc
-- Marc Nozell <marc@nozell.com> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell (genealogy stuff)