This is it - We Have Moved Our Blog!

This time it really happened.

We are now live with the new UNYG Blog.

Many of our long time Blogger Blog readers might not have ever even see the official Upstate New York Genealogy website at www.unyg.com but that site was built and has a ton of information on it for NY State genealogy research and it was created before this Blog was on Google's Blogger platform.

We were lucky when we set up the main website that the four letter domain name was available and it should make it very easy to remember because Upstate New York Genealogy = unyg.com.

Now the new Blog is just an extension of the main website and all future Blog posts will be on the new site at www.unyg.com/blog.

When you go to the new site remember to use either the RSS or the email the subscribe method to be kept informed of all future posts on the new UNYG Blog. There are thousands of people subscribed to the old Blog but in order to be assured that you will know of new posts you should subscribe again, and of course as with all of our posts and writings, it is FREE!

A big thak you to all of our readers and we look forward to servicg you all with many new pieces of information to help you find those pesky Upstate New Yor ancestors.

Dick Hillenbrand

You may experience a few glitches for a few days until we fumigate all the bugs but it will work perfectly after a little while.

Thanks for reading.

Come visit us at the new Blog site and please leave comments or ask questions.


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New Events Coming to UNYG Blog

Well we finally will see a new website associated with this Blog. It is still being tested and loaded up with content.

We are working on building the new site now and soon you will be reading this Blog on a new platform. As many of our long time readers know, the Upstate New York Genealogy website and then Blog evolved over the past nine or so years.

We actually had an earlier website on a free webhosting platform that was called NYGENES. That is why it seemed only natural to set up my email address as nygenes at gmail.com. the Internet has changed greatly since I started publishing genealogy information over a dozen years ago.

The new platform, (website to be announced real soon now,) will have a much nicer look and feel than having to use this pre-made template that Blogger supplies. We will also have a better method to handle categories and subjects, and will be able to offer you specials on certain products that we all need to do research with.

I thank Google for the free use of the Blogger platform as without it I would have never met so many of you nice people who have been following my rants and ramblings. So a very big thank you goes out to all of you as well.

The new website url will be very easy to remember and we will have it posted prominently right here on this Blog platform which will remain up for an undetermined time period. It will be very easy to find the new Blog.

So again, thanks and stay tuned for the new Blog platform for Upstate new York Genealogy Blog. Coming soon!

ps: We will also have some nice new gifts and contest prizes to reward you as loyal followers.
Dick Hillenbrand




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CAPES – BROOKS – SACKETT – BELL – ORCHARD – DICKMAN – PILLOIS - BONNIWELL – BROWN – LEWIS – WEEKS, Family Bible Record – 1829 Bible

This family bible starts with William and Sally (BROOKS) CAPES and places mentioned are Boston, Linco[l]nshire, England - New York City - Williamsburgh LI, NY - Erie, PA and Darien, CT.

This bible was purchased from a rare book dealer in 1989.

Title Page:
The Holy Bible, Contatining the Old and the New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. With Canne’s Marginal Notes and References. To which are added, An Index, An Alphabetical Table of All the Names in the Old and New Testaments, with their significations; Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coins, &c.

Cooperstown, [NY]: Stereotyped, Printed and Published by H. & E. Phinney, and sold by them at their book-stores, and by the booksellers generally in the United States. – 1829.


There is an inscription on the front flyleaf that is somewhat difficult to read but this is as I make it out:

Given to
Jennie Louisa SCOTT
By her cousin Harriett Arabella ORCHARD
Norton Conn.
Jan 1916
Formerly owned by your great grand parents
William and Sally BROOKS CAPES
And by your great aunt Harriett CAPES BELL.


Family Record

Marriages

William CAPES
Born January 21 1784 [crossed out & 1783 written over]
In Boston, Linconshire, England

Sally BROOKS was
Born October 17, 1792
Norwalk, CT

They were married 12th May 1810
In New York City

In Dairen, By Rev. Aaron ROGERS
Sarah Ann CAPES
Sept 22th 1847 To
William Frederick DICKMAN

Ellen Louise CAPES
March 2d 1851, to
John PILLOIS

Harriett CAPES was
Married to
James Joseph SACKETT
Of New York City
26th December 1836Ceremony by Rev. James
DEMORIST – R.D. Church
Williamsburgh, L.I. N.Y.

In Williamsburgh
Phebe CAPES
James BONNIWELL(?)
23rd November 1837

Harriet CAPES
26th December 1837

William H. CAPES ---- [marginal note:] Cousin Julia’s father mother
To Mary DICKERMAN
25th February 1840

Julia CAPES To
John Frederick BROWN
24th April 1841

John W. CAPES
June 2nd 1844 to
Susan WEEKS later to
Alice

Mary E. CAPES to
Thomas LEWIS
[no date]


Births

Harriet CAPES was
Born July 30th 1812
New York City

Phebe CAPES was
Born October 9th 1814
New York City

William H. CAPES was
Born November 10th 1816
In Erie Penn.

Julia CAPES was
Born August 11th 1819
Erie Penn

John W. CAPES was
Born March 24th 1822
In Darien CT

Mary E. CAPES was
Born May 7th 1824
In Darien CT

George W. CAPES was
Born December 14th
1826 in Darien CT

Sarah Ann CAPES
Born May 27th 1829
In Darien CT

Ellen CAPES
Born Jan 10th 1833
Darien CT



Deaths

George W. CAPES
Deceased April 4th
1832

Julia BROWN
Deceased July 12th 1844

William H. CAPES
Deceased July 1st 1845

William CAPES
Deceased Oct 31st 1854

John H. CAPES
Deceased Aug 22nd 1876

Sarah [BROOK written in] CAPES
Deceased April 7th 1878

Phebe CAPES
Wife of James BONNIWELL
Deceased March 18 188[0?]

Harriett CAPES
Wife of John Jay BELL
Deceased Thursday
November 9th 1888
Funeral Monday the 12th
From St Lukes Church

John Jay BELL
Deceased Friday September
8th 1898
Funeral from St Lukes Church –
Darien on Tuesday
The 12th

(end)

Several resources to use for further information on this family may be found from Internet searches.










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