In a message dated 11/3/2004 8:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

The six removes of BP are now a little more complete since my gentlemanly grandfather in Phelps, NY was once the County Clerk and would be doing business in Pam's coffee shop if he were still doing business.

Ain't that sump'in! My great-grandpappy was town clerk in Wichita in the 1890's. Died young. When my 12 year old grandmother recorded her observations of Halley's Comet in 1910 she had been an orphan for 6 years. --christopher

ps Land records! Land records! Talk about land records! See this:

For a digitized version of the New York City (Manhattan) building permits from 1900-1986, please examine www.metrohistory.com/searchfront.htm .