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Family History Research Page

This page is currently in its raw form. We wanted to share this information to generate further interest.

This webpage will share information about ongoing family history or genealogy projects. We will encourage other members to join in the research. I’m currently working on a
a brief biography of Valentine and Anna Kopaskie using historical records, deeds, census, wills, and family stories about them.

Any stories we need to document about the Clarks, Tormeys, and Kopaskies families. Using some stories I remember Dad mentioned I did confirm that Mary Flanagan was Bernard Clark’s second wife and Dad pointed out that they owned a small farm near the powder mill. Some other information I’d like to gather and research is a small list below.

– the location of the barn behind the house that burned down in the 1930’s.

– Was there a small ice house in the front yard near the lilac tree,

– the whereabouts of the smokehouse,

– whether there was a silo connected to the barn. We also want to

– learn about the stories of growing up on the farm,

– having chicken dinners for the whole extended family, and

– the type of chicken business that Mommy was running. Also

– family stories of our relatives.

For example

– I confirmed a story that Dad told me about his mother talking to her half-sister.

– A cousin of ours that I have corresponded with did not think that was true but I
did find a marriage certificate that proves this.

– Additionally, we want to learn about people’s experiences of growing up on the farm like milking cows and bringing in hay.

– We need your help to collect and record all these stories and
questions.

If you can assist us, please click on contact, and sign up for the newsletter. The contact
and newsletters will keep you updated on our findings and progress on several fronts. Through this process of sharing information reports, zoom meetings, and field trips to local cemeteries, locations can be arranged. Below are some useful links I found while researching our family history.

Links to Local History – Just a collection of links dealing with local history.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-forest-road/oclc/886641506?referer=br&ht=edition

https://abouttown.us/articles/marion-the-last-wallkill-borden/

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2014/07/ulster-county-the-borden-family-of-wallkill/

Valentine Kopaskie’s obit in the news

https://theforestroadfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/leptondale-man-is-buried-today.rtf

https://theforestroadfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Leptondale-man-buried-today.jpg

https://theforestroadfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Leptondale-man-obit.jpg

Info on local cemetery

http://ulster.nygenweb.net/gardicem.htm

http://ulster.nygenweb.net/platcem.htm

Info on postcards