Pinckney Corners Cemetery, Copenhagen, NY

Thanks to the work of a lot of people the cemetery on Pinckney road, Copenhagen, NY has been restored and the graves of the veterans have been marked.  There is still work to do on the larger stones but the work all ready accomplished is impressive.

On 10 October 2015 a ceremony was held, honoring the buried veterans and celebrating the erecting of a plaque and the placing of the cemetery on the National Historic Register.

                              

Thanks to everyone for their work and dedication.  It was a honor to be a pert of it, however small, as a member ot the Thousand Islands Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Walker Family Events

Just posted a large update to the Walker Family Events page. Mostly obituaries for Reese, and Robson with a few others. Almost all members of Bartlett Baptist Church, Bartlett, NY.

The Thousand Islands Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which I am the registrar,  is growing and we are involved in a few events this summer.  I would b glad to help anyone interested in joining.

Have a nice summer.

Barns Family in Westmoreland.

Just finished updates to the Munn Family Events page.  The Munn and Barns family are tied together thru the Menktelow family.  Some interesting articles on Barns history and family reunions.  Amos Barns grandfather, Nathaniel Barnes Sr, 1740-1790?, is listed on the DAR site as A006378, a privateer and he helped evacuate Long Island after Washington was driven out.

The DAR site uses Barnes but all the newspaper references I've found from the 1800 use Barns.  I'm afraid both surname are used in by tree.  Both appear in a findagrave.com search of Oneida county.

Munn family in Westmoreland, NY

Just added a new page to Family Events for the Munn family.  These articles tie together the Munn, Manktelow and Barns families.  These are some of the oldest families in Westmoreland.  They are included in the Hull tree on ancestry.

I couldn't find all the obits that I felt should be fultonhistory.com but I'll keep looking.  Just a little twist to the search term can do the trick.  A world of difference between John B Munn, John Munn and JB Munn.

I've also added a page for Wales but I was unable to find much.

A mixture of snow and rain today.  This winter will not let go.

Walker Family Events

Long time, no post.  My only excuses are bad weather and being sick for all of December and half of January.  The Thousand Island Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is growing and I have spent a lot of time getting some applications in order.  This involves creating a tree for the applicants family and finding some documentation to prove the bloodline.

I've added a new family to the Family Events section of my web site.  The name shown in Walker but it also has Gookins, Abbe, Tice, Chase and Bicknell.  This family file ties into the Hull file through Mary Ellen Walker marring Elisha Milton Hull.

Spring training game are being played so warm weather is on it's way. Hurry!!

The Thousand Island Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution is finally a reality.  We had an excellent Charter Day luncheon with many guests from the Empire State Society SAR.  The above photo is from the Thousand Island Sun.  I am the registrar for the TIC and welcome any requests about this chapter.

On the day following our Charter Day, we joined with the Daughters of the American revolution to rededicate a Revolutionary war rave in Old Evens Mills cemetery.

That same day we also helped the DAR to rededicate a grave in Kelsey Bridge cemetery in Theresa.  I would like to thank everyone who participated in these events, in particular, Jim Eagen, who loaned us the flags used in these ceremonies.

OAS at Ft Drum, NY

On August 15, 2014, Parks Honeywell and I gave a presentation to the Town Hall Meeting, held at the base chapel on Ft Drum, NY.  Parks is shown explaining the Sons of the American Revolution's Operation Ancestor Search to troops from the Warriors in Transition Battalion.  In this programs the SAR provides free international memberships to Ancestry.com and assists in creating family trees using Ancestry and other online resources.  The presentation was well received and 38 people signed up for OAS.  They were supplied with blank family tree forms so they could get an early start.