My Great Grandfather, John G. Fischer, had a grocery store called J.G.F. Son on 1285 Michigan in 1890, 1891--Do you know if there are any photographs from...
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Toy
tinker45@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:35 am
Hi my name is Ed Toy my g,g,g grandfather Peter Cook came to Buffalo in 1831 when the city was young. Other members of my family including the Toy's,Glascotts...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:54 am
Welcome aboard Ed! It sounds like your family has been in the thick of things here in Buffalo. I'm hoping that this mailing list will turn out to be a...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 25, 2000 2:03 am
Hi Ann, I've been doing research in Buffalo for a long time, but I don't think I can give you a definite answer. Photographs certainly exist from that time ...
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Toy
tinker45@...
Sep 25, 2000 2:42 am
Thanks Chris yes my family has been very active in Buffalo and its always a good idea to introduce yourself never know someone out there might have info to...
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baze1@...
Sep 25, 2000 3:26 am
Although I have been working on Bazley family history for a number ofyears. I just recently started working on my Buffalo connections. My great grandfather...
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Gregory St. Clair
gregjohnna@...
Sep 25, 2000 12:46 pm
Hi List: Thought I would introduce myself, too. My Buffalo ancestors came here from Germany sometime between 1849 and 1854. They were farmers in the northern...
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mgallant@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:20 pm
Hi everyone - I am very excited to see what comes up in discussions here! I want to also inform everybody about the events taking place around the centennial...
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George Richmond
grichmon@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:34 pm
... I don't mean to be super-critical, but it would be nice if, in messages like this you catually told us your name. Also, there is no apparent "links" area....
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chill@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:37 pm
Hi Everyone, I lived in Buffalo all my life, until the company I worked for went bankrupt & laid off half of its work force. So now I live in Libertyville IL,...
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Michele Ryan Gallant
mgallant@...
Sep 25, 2000 1:58 pm
Thanks George for you message - as I have never sent a message through an e-group before, I am still learning the procedures. My name is Michele Gallant and...
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Ann Derner
annlynnd@...
Sep 25, 2000 2:06 pm
Thank You, Chris...
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George Richmond
grichmon@...
Sep 25, 2000 2:45 pm
I know the copyright issue has been debated endlessly in various online forums. I would like to know what the policy of this group will be. For example, I have...
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George Knight
trooper2473@...
Sep 25, 2000 5:34 pm
Hello, and I would like to introduce myself. I am Mary Lou Knight, and I reside in Florida. My father, Starkey Mortimer Green was born in Buffalo, son of...
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bschley@...
Sep 25, 2000 6:16 pm
Hello all... It is wonderful to see this group launched...I know that there is great interest in Buffalo's past and it's past is as much the personal...
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healeyc@...
Sep 25, 2000 10:07 pm
Mary Lou Knight asked: "The Sanfords were very prominent in Buffalo in those days. Wm was VP of the American Car & Foundry Co. Does anyone have any information...
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SKulp12345@...
Sep 26, 2000 12:50 am
Dear Mary Lou, With regard to American Car & Foundry, you might contact my cousin Ward Abbott, 1255 Sturgeon Pont Rd., Derby, NY 14047 phone 716-947-4941....
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 26, 2000 1:00 am
Hi list, Now that we are approaching 50 members, I think it's time I introduced myself. My family has lived in Buffalo since about 1835 and I've spent most of...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 26, 2000 1:52 am
George, Thanks for raising the issue of copyright. Maybe we can take care of it right away, or more likely not, since it is always so complicated an issue. I...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 26, 2000 2:19 am
Apparently, eGroups has some additional services other than mailing lists, one of which is a web page for members to post links to related pages which is at...
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George Richmond
grichmon@...
Sep 26, 2000 3:08 am
From a Buffalo Newspaper, likely the Courier-Express (inferred from typography and style), 1943 (estimated from internal evidence). Accompanied by a two-column...
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George Richmond
grichmon@...
Sep 26, 2000 3:08 am
Buffalo's first hospital was on the site of its first high school. The building still stands on the west side of St. Louis Place just south of Virginia. There...
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Cynthia Van Ness
bettybarcode@...
Sep 26, 2000 1:15 pm
... [snipped for space] Here's a helpful guide to when works pass in to the public domain: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm Copyright for genealogists...
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George Knight
trooper2473@...
Sep 26, 2000 6:15 pm
Hi Carole Thanks for the site. Unfortunately it did not reveal anything..but it was very interesting! MLK...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 27, 2000 2:13 am
Speaking of historical markers, has anyone else noticed that the marker that was in front of the (former) Milburn House (now parking lot) where President ...
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baze1@...
Sep 27, 2000 2:49 am
I want to preface this by saying that my only intent is to bring thisup for discussion. I did a very quick count tonight of a couple of Erie County...
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Chris Andrle
chris@...
Sep 27, 2000 3:43 am
By the way, for those who have recently joined the list, previous messages can be viewed on the web at this address: ...
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Hill, Claudia
chill@...
Sep 27, 2000 12:23 pm
Hi, I was recently going through a box of photos (unlabeled, unfortunately!), that belonged to my mother & my grandmother. One particular photo interested me -...
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Girt@...
Sep 27, 2000 12:31 pm
Hi, I seem to remember a picture of my uncle rowing a boat across the viaduct (under the railroad bridge) helping people get from one side to the other on ...
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Cynthia Van Ness
bettybarcode@...
Sep 27, 2000 9:39 pm
[While this event is taking place in Amherst, the organizer is seeking barns in Buffalo to show off on a tour.] We call them carriages houses or garages, but...
