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The title for this section was coined by Rex Stevenson, originator of this site and contributor of the first profile of his own ancestor, "Captain Henry Eckler: Hero of the Mohawk Valley." The majority of articles below were contributed by site visitors and are a source of pride for their own family members to view on line. Some of the items listed are cross-indexed elsewhere on the site under their respective town or other major category.

Would you like to see your Montgomery ancestor or direct line featured on this page? Have you written something up about your family that would fit into one of the categories above? Need input on the local one-family study you're working on? Please contact the Site Coordinators about format and other details. We're sorry that we can't post GEDCOMs or genealogy software reports, but narrative items small and large similar to the ones featured below are always welcome.

Town and County Mixed Family Sketches

Montgomery County NY Biographies - listings lead to another site
Chenango County Residents, Montgomery County Connections
Oneida County Residents, Montgomery County Connections
Ontario County NY Residents From Herkimer and Montgomery
Ancestral Sightings of Montgomery County Pt 1
Ancestral Sightings of Montgomery County Pt 2
Ancestral Sightings of Montgomery County Pt 3
It's Party Time! Events From Old Newspapers

Journals, Diaries, Letters and Ledgers

4/6/15    The Date Book of Charles Z. Brandow of Fort Plain, NY
Journal of John S. Coleman, 1829 - 1846
Mercantile Journal of John Highwill Dunlap 1866 - 1867
The Letters of Joseph G. Klock:  Introduction   Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6   Part 7
Memoranda Book of Abram I. Quackenbush, 1863 - 1864: Pt. 1   Pt. 2
Two 1845 Shuler Family Letters
1853 Letter from Nicholas Loucks to Nicholas Smith
Two 1886 Lansing Family Letters

Obituary Collections

Obits Bulletin Board: Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6  Part 7
Part 8  Part 9  Part 10  Part 11  Part 12  Part 13  Part 14  Part 15  Part 16  Part 17

Obits of the Gros Family
Obits of the Family of Jacob and Magdelena Snyder Wendell
Obits of the Family of Jacob and Nancy Fox Gould Wendell
Wilson Family Obituaries

Personal Web Sites

Genealogy Sites of Herkimer/Montgomery Counties GenWeb Visitors

Extensive Family Studies

Kline Family of the Mohawk Valley
Minch Family of the Mohawk Valley
Genealogy of the Rulifson Family
The Shews of Fish House
Biography of the Spraker Family

The "A Line of..." Series of Family Studies

A Line of the Conover Family
Notes about the Dell Family of St. Johnsville
Birdsa & Emily Rider Dunlap Family
A Line of the Eacker Family
A Line of the Empie Family
The Jacob Fake and Henry Lansing Fake Families
Descendants of Henry Gerling of Fort Hunter
Hoffman Family & Growing Up In Amsterdam
The Howard Family of Florida
A Line of the Lewis Family
The Mault Family of Amsterdam
The Pepper Family of Amsterdam
Ancestry of Maria Elisabetha Goebel Seeber
Van Valkenburgh and Wait Families

Individual and Family Tributes

The Abeling Family of Canajoharie
Profile of Emory John and Minnie Rachel Wieneke Duesler of St. Johnsville
Profile of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lyke of Palatine
A Tribute to the Mayer/Myers Family
Minnie Gumbert & Alexander McGregor Thompson
A Tribute to John A. Meagley of Root
The John Smith Family of Minden

Individual Profiles, Some With Lineage

Biography of Dr. John Antis of Root
Ancestry of Judah Burton
Biography of Elias Cady
Ancestry of Veeder Caldwell
Richard Cripps of Brown's Hollow
Biography of John Lloyd Davidson of Charleston
Biography of William H. Davis
Profile of Henry "Harry" Easton Devendorf
Biography of Hiram Ellwood of Canajoharie
Biography of Dr. John B. Elwood of Minden
Biography of John A. Failing
Profile of James Haggart of Mohawk
Hon. Edward J. Hand of Amsterdam
Biography of Charles Hubbs of Root
Miller & Zoller Families of Minden, N.Y.
Bio of William Philip Minch
Biography of John E. Murphy of Mohawk
Assemblyman Richard Murphy of Amsterdam
Photo of Eleanor Patterson
The Adventures of John Pettit, Soldier of the American Revolution
Photo of John M. Playford
Profile of Lawrence Saltsman of Palatine
Profile of Dr. William Sanders
The Tragic Death of John Shew
Biography of David Spraker
Profile of Christian Ludwig Thielking
Biography of Herbert J. Thompson of Amsterdam, NY
Descendants of Peter Putnam Van Buren
Profile of Albert Vander Veer of Root
The Family of Peter P. Van Etten and Margaret Froelich
Biography of Albert H. Veeder of Mohawk
The Loss-Claim of Johannes Veeder
Profile of Dr. Sheldon Voorhees of Glen
Biography of Webster Wagner
Ancestry of Josiah Walrath
Profile of Rugene Walrath
Woodards of Minden

Short Profiles and Accounts of Notable Women of the Mohawk Valley

Women of the Mohawk Valley

Clara's Scrapbook: Ancestors in the Town of Glen

Clara's Scrapbook

The County Connections Project

Introduction to the County Connections Project
The Montgomery County/Jefferson County Connection
Jacob Peter Wagoner
Ebenezer Calhoun

Unique Family Items and Resources, and Reunions

Fritcher / Empie Family Bible Record
May Hooper's Girlhood Memories
Gerard C. Jones Sr. Family Photos, Canajoharie NY
Photo of 5 Generations of the Keck/Clemons/Hess Family
Montgomery County Connections!
Webster Wagner, Inventor of the Sleeping Car

Short Profiles Elsewhere on the Site

Check out our Military Roll of Honor: Part 1   Part 2   Part 3, and our 1997 Memorial Day Roll of Honor

Would you like to see your Montgomery ancestor or direct line featured on this page? Have you written something up about your family that would fit into one of the categories above? Need input on the local one-family study you're working on? Please contact the Site Coordinators about format and other details. We're sorry that we can't post GEDCOMs or genealogy software reports, but narrative items small and large are always welcome.

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