Trying to Catch Up!

I'm a week late getting to the latest edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. All of the posts were great and I have several new resources to check out.

As always, Jasia has picked an interesting topic for the next Carnival.

And now it's time to Call for submissions! The topic for the next Carnival of Genealogy will be: Shelter from the storm, stories of the home and hearth. Is there a haunted house in your family? Did one of your ancestors live on a boat? Did you research your grandparents' home and find that someone famous once lived there? Did your family share a hunting cabin or cottage at the lake? What have you learned about Aunt Millie's house from census records? Was a family member's home destroyed by fire, flood, tornado, or a hurricane? It's time to tell all about your family's abode! Write your blog post and submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy using our carnival submission form. The deadline for submissions for the next edition will be February 28, 2007. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

More Kelly Photos

Mary Kelly (my grandmother) in the center. I'm not sure who the other four girls are, she only had two sisters. I'm fairly sure it was taken on Metcalf St. I originally thought it was taken prior to her marriage, sometime between 1917 & 1922 but then I found the next picture.


1926. In this picture Mary is clearly wearing the same dress and is with her husband, Kimberly Powell Berry and son, Harvey Gordon Berry who was born June 1926. This photo is labeled Ottawa.


Isabella White Kelly (my great-grandmother, Mary's mother) Not sure of the year, Again I think this was taken at the Metcalf St. address. 1926? 1936?


1936. Ottawa. Isabella White Kelly with grandson, Thomas Kimberly Berry. Her only granddaughter is in the back ground (not identified here as she is still living.)


Isabella White Kelly 1949. I'm not sure if this was taken in Ottawa or Syracuse.


1949. Taken same day. left to right - Isabelle Kelly McKinstry (daughter of Isabella), Kimberly Powell Berry (My grandfather, husband of Mary Kelly Berry), Isabella, Mary Kelly Berry, (I think) David Gordon McKinstry (husband of Isabelle)


1949. In this one Kim Berry took the picture. The new man in the picture I believe to be a son of Isabella but I have no idea which one. Since there is no wife in the picture it could be Philip, as far as I know he never married. It could be Mary's twin, Sandy, I don't know when his wife, Honoreen died. But it could be James and his wife, Ida, simply wasn't there at the time.

Top 5 Tips - Upstate New York

Top 5 tips for online research in Upstate New York.

1. NYgenweb - Some counties have more information than others but when searching in Upstate New York this is where I aways start. Most counties have handy search this site features but do not rely on them. Poke around for links that may be off site and not covered by the search.
2. The Making of America (MOA) collection at Cornell University. Lots of NY information also at the MOA collection at the University of Michigan. I wrote about these collections here.
3. Old Fulton NY Postcards - Do not overlook the wealth of information here. The papers are not limited to Fulton or even Oswego County. There are many other resources available here too. For more information see what I wrote here.
4. New York State Historical Literature Collection at Cornell University. Your ancestor may well be mentioned in one of the scanned books but I use this site to brush up on my history. There are many County, Town and Village histories here. The site is searchable. This is a list of Upstate sites but I will mention that you will also find Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York here also. These abstracts include wills of persons who lived between New York and Albany in the 1700's.
5. New York State History Net - Links, links and more links. Links to Historical Societies around the state. Erie Canal links. Email address to individual Historians from around the State. And much more.