This site is an archive of past issues of Traces, our Davis genealogy newsletter, as well as various genealogy research projects and documents.

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Projects

Early Ulster County and Area Baptism Project This project is our attempt to list all the Davis marriages and baptisms that were recorded in Ulster County and area Reformed Dutch Churches prior to 1850. Where families moved out of the area we've included baptisms from further afield.

Early Montgomery County and Area Baptism Project While researching Davis families that removed from the Marbletown area of Ulster County, to the Montgomery County area, we put together this list of baptisms from the Reformed Dutch Churches there, prior to 1850.

Early Albany County and Area Baptism Project While researching the Christopher "Kit" Davis family in the Albany County area, we put together this list of baptisms from the Reformed Dutch Churches there, prior to 1850.

Davis Obituary Project This project is a list of Davis obituaries and/or death notices that have appeared in Ulster County and surrounding area newspapers.

Davis Marriage Project This project focuses on Davis marriage announcements in Ulster County and surrounding area newspapers. The following marriages are listed alphabetically by first name.

Ulster County Revolutionary War Documents Project This project is a list of the records of Davises who served in Ulster County regiments during the Revolutionary War.

Documents

Horace Davis Civil War Discharge Papers. From Traces Newsletter #5.

Muster Roll of Capt. James Milliken, 16 July, 1776. From Traces Newsletter #7.

Photograph of stone house of Charity Schoonmaker Davis. From Traces Newsletter #9.

Feb 1813 document appointing James Davis administrator of Isaac C. Davis' estate, Isaac having died intestate. From Traces Newsletter #12.

Sep 1815 document appointing James Davis guardian of Matthew O Davis, son of Isaac C. Davis. From Traces Newsletter #12.

May 1818 document appointing Richard Davis Jr. guardian for his brother Josiah, sons of Isaac Davis. From Traces Newsletter #12.

Sep 1832 Revolutionary War pension application of John C. Davis. Courtesy Fold3. From Traces Newsletter #12.

Sep 1832 Revolutionary War pension application of Valentine Davis. Courtesy Fold3. From Traces Newsletter #12.

Newsletter Archive

Newsletter #1, December 2008
Davises Meet at Irwin Reunion
People and Places -
Lydia Markle Davis
Recent Discoveries, various birth, marriage and death certs.
Descendant Report, (John) William Davis, 1811 - 1894.
Snippets, taken from the Ellenville Journal, Ellenville, N. Y.

Newsletter #2, March 2009
Three Orange County Davis Families, With Roots in Ulster County
The Family of Moses E. Davis
The Family of Simon Davis
The Family of Thomas Davis
Descendant Report, Petrus (Peter) Davis, 1752 - 1849.
Snippets, taken from Middletown, N. Y. newspapers.

Newsletter #3, May 2009
People and Places -
Clayton Davis, 1902-1922
Jenny Lane
Snippets, taken from Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, N. Y.
Recent Discoveries, found at Sullivan Co. Historical Society.

Newsletter #4, October 2009
Genetic Genealogy, Finding Our Roots Through DNA.
NEW, Ulster County New York Y-DNA Project!
People and Places -
A Visit to Ulster County
The Davis Tavern
Recent Discoveries, Early Davis Wills.

Newsletter #5, January, 2010
Henry Wooden Davis, Researching Oral History
Descendant Report, Henry Wooden Davis
Old Photographs
1940 Census, Coming in 2012
Snippets, Davises in Wawarsing Reformed Dutch Church.

Newsletter #6, April, 2010
A Davis Mystery, Part 1: The Davids of the Minisink
Ulster County Y-DNA Project, Update!
Descendant Report, Joris Christoffel Davids
Snippets, Davises in the Minisink-Machackemeck Church Records.

Newsletter #7, July, 2010
A Davis Mystery, Part 2: William Davids, born in New Jersey
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
People and Places -
Joachim Henry Davis, 1857 - 1933
Descendant Report, Conrad Davids, 1790 - 1839
Snippets, Davises in the Minisink-Machackemeck Church Records, part 2.

Newsletter #8, November, 2010
Pvt. Selah Davis
Davis, Accord Cemetery
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
Making Connections
Recent Discoveries, found in local newspapers.

Newsletter #9, February, 2011
The Life of Charity V. Schoonmaker Davis
Charity V. Davis, a biography, Beers, 1896.
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
Snippets, Davises in the Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ulster, Co., 1871-72.

Newsletter #10, May, 2011
Moses Davis, circa 1800 - 1861
The Search for His Parents
The Life of Moses Davis
125TH Annual Davis-Losee-Erwin Cousins Picnic, Davisburg, Michigan
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
Snippets, The 120th NY Infantry Regiment.

Newsletter #11, February, 2012
James Wallace Davis, Entrepreneur, Livingston Manor, N. Y.
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
Three Davis Brothers in Westbrookville Cemetery
Making Connections, Updates, And More...

Newsletter #12, August, 2012
An Ulster - Montgomery County Davis Connection
John C. Davis
Valentine Davis
Isaac C. Davis
sons Richard Davis Jr., John B., Henry S., James, Chrsitopher,
Matthew O., George and Josiah
Ulster County Y-DNA Project Update
Montgomery County Archives.