Can't find Miner family history for upstate New York region, Can you help me find my family history?

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Looking for family history?

Answer 1

Hey Tony M,

The GENFORUM site listed below is specific to the MINER surname, that should help you hook up with people interested in the MINER name. There were 1700 messages at this site, chances are that some of them are distant cousins.

You will have to strike up conversations, or search existing conversations, but you should find some really advanced insight there.

Of 353 entries in LDS Family Search, some are from New York too. Look there and try searching different ways (with first name, without, specify state, and don't specify, etc.).

Some additional sites found using Yahoo Search "MINER FAMILY GENEALOGY", try this too!

Answer 2

There is a THOMAS MINER family that immigrated from
Chew Magna, Somersetshire County, England, to Massachusetts. His wife was GRACE PALMER,
They had a son, Ephraim Miner, an Ensign is King Philips War.
One of the descendants was Washington Cogswell Miner,
b. November 13, 1900 in Buffalo New York. He was a film director. His wife was Frances Fuller, an Actress.

A second son of Thomas Miner and Grace Palmer, was John Miner. Their daughter Grace, married Samuel Grant.
Descendants of Grace Miner

1 Grace Miner1670 -b: September 20, 1670 in Fairfield County, Connecticut
..+Samuel Grant1659 - 1710b: April 20, 1659d: May 08, 1710
2 Noah (I) Grant1693 -b: December 16, 1693
...+Martha Huntington1697 -b: Abt. 1697
3 Noah (II) Grant1719 - 1756b: July 12, 1719d: September 20, 1756
....+Susannah Delano1724 - 1806b: June 23, 1724d: Abt. 1806
.4 Noah (III) Grant
.....+Rachel Miller Kelly
..5 Jesse Root Grant1794 - 1873b: January 23, 1794d: June 29, 1873
......+Hannah Simpson1798 - 1883b: November 23, 1798d: May 11, 1883
...6 Ulysses Simpson ( -18- President) Grant1822 - 1885b: April 27, 1822d: July 23, 1885
.......+Julia Boggs Dent1826 - 1902b: January 26, 1826d: December 14, 1902


Also, the Susannah Delano you see above is part of the Delano family that produced Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

For more info on MINER and for free, try:

This one shows some links to New York State:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dkapell&id=I17009

Answer 3

Just a couple more sources for you to try-

World Connect family trees-I put Miner in the search engine and then did advanced search with New York state as place of birth-there are over 2000 entries--

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

If you have first names or a more specific place name, you'll be able to narrow your search even more.

Once you know what county in NY they came from, go the heritagequest online. I can't give you a direct url, because HQ is accessed via your public library. But it is a very useful tool, because it has a wonderful collection of old genealogies and county histories. Put "Miner" in the search engine for names; then try the county for places. You may find quite a bit there. Next, use the search engine at HQ to find your Miner relatives in the US Census

Good luck!

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Answer 5

What town(s) did they live in?Do you have definite years of birth, marriage or death on anyone?