banjoman

And I thought no one could be worse than Cuomo!  What was I thinking???

And we thought nobody could run NY worse than Cuomo was doing. Holy moly!!! Appreciate what you're trying to do Mr. O'Mara but you need some help (and somebody new) in the governor's office, as well as more help in the Legislature.

On 1/23/2022 at 8:00 PM, Elizabeth Whitehouse said:

What rise in crime? I have done quite some research and can find absolutely nothing addressing crime in upstate New York. What have I missed?

It doesn't take much research to learn about crime rates in Upstate NY. Couple of things: upstate covers a rather large area and there are many categories of "crime" ranging from murder to petite larceny.  Well there may not be rise of crime in one area - there may be a significant rise in another area.

There is crime in upstate to be sure - and there has been a rise in crime - as some of the following articles point out:

Ithaca - on average a crime happens every 2 1/2 hours - https://crimegrade.org/violent-crime-ithaca-ny/

Shootings all over Elmira - https://www.mytwintiers.com/crime/elmira-shootings-where-are-most-of-elmiras-shootings-happening/

Binghamton area - Total crimes are up - violent crimes are up - property crime is up - https://www.areavibes.com/binghamton-ny/crime/

Syracuse area - total crimes, violent crimes and property crimes all up -  https://www.areavibes.com/binghamton-ny/crime/

From a Rochester news outlet in December 2021 - https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/mcso-rochesters-homicide-rate-up-126-higher-than-buffalo-and-syracuse/

Suffice it to say - we have a problem of way too much crime in upstate NY (IMHO).

You are entirely welcome Linda.

Linda - I found that Joyce Tice's site on the internet was a treasure trove of information back when I was actively doing research. It covers just a three county area in the twin tiers - but I was mainly looking at lines in Chemung County at the time and I found it to be very helpful.

I was lucky enough to be able to take a tour of the mine in Lansing several years ago with a friend who worked there. It was amazing to see but a bit scarey at the same time - miles of big tunnels. Since the elevator catastrophe however, underground tours are no longer allowed there. BTW - if you think salt has no smell, think again. I could not and would not work there.

Reading your articles has got me thinking about picking up the pieces where I left off about 15 years ago. I've got bits and pieces of family history scattered and unorganized all over the place - LOL - it's been years since I've looked at it.  I too hit a brick wall or two in my research - and then life kinda got in the way, as they say. I think one problem I had was trying to follow and research too many lines - one leads to another, then another, and another, and so on. For instance, while researching my father's line, I found that his mother was a "Thomas" and there were several Thomas' in and around the Erin and Park Station areas. Which led me to the Erin Historical Society which houses a lot of information on that line and they even have an old Thomas family bible there - a wealth of information on births, deaths and marriages, etc. It was very interesting reading. I found my father's grandfather who was rumored to be the best cradler in the county. And an aunt that married the fellow that owned and ran the old hotel at Park Station (got a photo of that somewhere). Ugh - I've got to get back into it and get it all organized some day somehow...