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Mocavo

The other day I tried a new search engine: Mocavo Mocavo is a genealogic search engine. It does an excellent job of producing genealogical results, with none of the usual "crud" you typically get with a Google or Yahoo search. I have used it multiple times now, with great success. Most notably, Mocavo uncovered a link to a land map showing the holdings of my ancestor, Lorenzo Seeber (among others). Give Mocavo a try! www.Mocavo.com.

John M. Rearick

John M. Rearick (1829-1919) John Moses (Marvin?) Rearick 1 was born on 2 Oct 1829 in Alden, Erie, New York 2 – 8 and grew up around his dad’s grist mill.   According to his daughter, Anna Jeanette, John was industrious and helped in the construction and keeping up the grist mill, but did not have much time to attend school 17 . The Mill prospered, the land was very fertile, being in the Lake Plain area of New York 17 . According to Civil War pension records, he grew up a dark complexioned man, with black hair and gray eyes, standing about 5’ 8” tall. In 1854, John married Sara Ladd. Sara had been a school teacher in Vermont.   She went “Out West” on the Erie Canal. then called Governor Clinton’s Big Ditch, to Buffalo, N.Y. 17   John’s new family prospered, and by August 1860 John owned 35 Acres of improved and 11 acres of unimproved land outside of Mill Creek. He also owned 1 horse, 2 milch cows and 3 other cows. 9 The Civil War On 14 Jul 1864 John joined the Union Army. According to