This is a picture of Lewis Lyon, one of the early settlers of Lyon Mt., Chazy Lake, and Saranac area. The family name was the source of naming Lyon Mt.(not for any mountain lions).
..... The more I got into genealogy the more
I got into the history of the people and their times. So I would like to
have this page to cover the history of different areas, starting with ones
I am most familiar with first. I recently visited (1997) The Adirondack Museum
in Blue Mountain Lake, NY. This place is really a must see spot for you city
dwellers who would like to get an overall view of the Adirondacks in one
sitting or walking. I took some photographs of photographs and these will
provide some illustration to my historical writings. Another incident that
sucked me into history was the Margaret Reed's
Diary listed on The Bigelow Society
Page. She described events of my ancestors in Schuyler Falls, NY
as well as Dannemora ,Chazy Lake, and world events. Another is the research
I have done on tombstones of my ancestors has revealed history of other families
as the case of the Colchester Cemeteries
. So I will start out with the history of Chazy
Lake and its neighbors Dannemora and
Lyon Mountain . I grew up in Dannemora and
know some interesting stories of the prison there, etc. Lyon Mountain is
a mining town that has interesting history and facts attached to it. There
is more research about the Schuyler Falls
and Keeseville,
NY area. This is covered by an article about the UNION, a settlement by Quakers near
both villages. Keeseville
is the home of my mother Ruth and maternal grandmother Beatrice Marie (
LESPERANCE ) McGEE, named Gagy by me when I was was a baby. This nickname
has stuck and my whole family has used it ever since ( Gagy turned 98
in Oct 1999 (she died peacefully in March 2000 )).
More history of Keeseville can be found on R. Prescott & son Pages.......................ROD.....11/21/2000
Recent (1998) historical study was about the small
Hamlet of BIGELOW, located near Richville
and Gouverneur, NY.
The start of a history of Saranac, with The Redford
Glass Works.
A personal history of The North Family, with The
Memories of Luella R. North.
The start of a history of Peru, NY, with History
of Peru ....
Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Association:
site
The society has a new URL for its site which is www.nnyacgs.com. Our main concentration
is on Clinton County.
We're working on creating a library of 5-generation from the local
area to which you're invited to add your own
Also in 1997 I did some research in Geneseo, NY in the
Finger Lakes region. Links in that area can be found on the page for Epaphroditus BIGELOW ( Don't let the name
intimidate you!)
In 1999, I started what I call The Bigelow Papers, which covers the history of the Bigelow Family and related families in Northern NY. It will also cover the origin of these families before they moved to Northern NY, especially Clinton County. See link below:
In 1999, I completed more articles concerning
Lyon Mountain and nearby areas. One article deals with an Oral History of Levi White, who worked in the
mines and other northcountry places I know. He made sketches of the mine operation as it was in
1940. Look to those links for the latest info I've compiled from articles
and personal tours of present state of Lyon Mt. and mines. Also in 1999,
I started posting articles from a publication called "Mining for Souls".
Find these articles on Souls 1a,
and St. Bernard's 1...................................ROD
11/18/99.
John Miles of Chateaugay Lake has a great history page
on Chateaugay and Chateaugay Lake, Merrill, Brainardsville, etc. Find these
links at: http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/hunsmire/chateaugaylinks.html
Go to link below to add information to genexchange:
http://www.genexchange.com/downloads.cfm
Anyone interested in contacting the various historians in Clinton County
can check this site for a good listing:
http://www.genexchange.com/HistorianSearchco.cfm?state=ny&county=clinton
Clinton co., NY Civil War soldiers who died bef. June 1865: http://members.aol.com/jjelbrec/cl-died.htm
Sources:
Adirondack Museum photos, Blue Mountain Lake, NY;
History of Clinton County, New York;
There are some great sources of information on local history available on
the internet,
I will list a few:
Feinberg Library Special Collection: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/acadvp/libinfo/library/speccoll.html
and Polaris, a new search engine: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/acadvp/libinfo/newspaper_search/search.htm
Or: http://www.plattsburgh.edu/polaris.htm
1798 Tax assessment for Clinton co.;incomplete but interesting: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyclinto/1798tax.html
From Peru: Ephraim Bigalow (heirs of Zacheous Newcomb, owners), 72
acres near the river Sable joining David Gorges. $312. See: /rod/ephrai6a.htm
From Peru: John Haff, 325 acres, on Rogers road, joining William Keese. One log house ($25). One frame barrack barn 34 x 30. $2104.
Index of Pleasant Lake Cemetery, Brasie Corners, Macomb NY
http://members.aol.com/stlawgen/macomb/plcem/PL_index.html
1870 Census of Town of Lisbon, St Lawrence County, NY
http://members.aol.com/stlawgen/lisbon/394A.HTM
1870 Census Transcript - Macomb, St. Lawrence County, New York:
http://genweb.net/~raven/census/1870_macomb.htm
You can search NY counties for forums at:
http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/ny/counties.html
Clinton at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ny/clinton/
Franklin at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ny/franklin/
Essex at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ny/essex/
Livingston at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ny/livingston/
St. Lawr at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ny/saintlawrence/
Also try the expanded Colonial New England Database at:
http://www.netcolony.com/life/estevanjc/stevejc.htm
more links and notes on Page 2.
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