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From: "Higher Ground Unlimited" <>
Subject: Re: [NYWestch] Barbara Smith Buys Passes On
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:44:52 -0400


Barbara Smith Buys was a top-notch genealogist, a wonderful mother and a
great person.

She "took me on" years ago, when I was just a new mother myself, complete
with my JONES family mysteries and managed to find me my first Mayflower
connection through the Howes family.

She was as excited, if not more so, than I was at the time!

I enjoyed corresponding with her and she added tremendously to my knowledge
of the areas we worked in and was always very encouraging and helpful. I
learned a lot from her.

I often think of Barbara while plugging away at my SMITH side of the family
(around Madison County, NY, among other places) and always wonder if there
might be a connection to her Smiths somewhere en route, too.

I'm sure she helped many people over the years.

Thank you,

Wendy Jones de Geofroy

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Subject: [NYWestch] Barbara Smith Buys Passes On


> Her obituary was in the Poughkeepsie Journal on 14 June 2000. I am sure
many
> people on this list have used her book as a resource. She made a wonderful
> lasting contribution to genealogy.
>
> Judy Wolf
>
> Barbara Smith Buys NASHUA, N.H. - Barbara Smith Buys, of Nashua, N.H.,
> formerly of Amherst, N.H., died in Nashua on June 13, 2000, after a long
> illness. Born Dec. 7, 1925 in Poughkeepsie, she lived in the Hudson Valley
> until 1992, when she moved to Amherst to be near family. She was a
graduate
> of Vassar College, and had a Masters degree from SUNY/Albany. She was a
> professional gencologist and author of a book, "Old Gravestones of Putnam
> County". She was predeceased by her husband, Douglas C. Buys, who died in
> 1987 and to whom she had been married to for 39 years at the time of his
> death. She was a member of the following organizations, which were very
> important to her: Dutchess Chapter OES, Society of Mayflower Descendents,
> Hugenot Society of America, Hugenot Historical Society of New Paltz, the
> Freer Family Association, the New York Gencological and Biographical
Society
> of New York, Daughters of American Colonists, Society of New England
Women,
> DAR, the Bevier and Schoonmaker Societies of New Paltz and the Descendents
of
> Colonial Governors. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara
and
> Jeffrey Millar of Mt. Vernon, N.H.; a son, Douglas A. Buys of Boston,
Mass.;
> two grandchildren, Thomas and Laura Millar of Mt. Vernon, N.H.; a nephew,
> Tony Smith of Forest Park, Ga.; and a niece, Michelle Smith Foulk of
> Knoxville, Tenn. There are no calling hours. A funeral service will be
> offered 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, at the Church of Our Savior in Milford,
> N.H. Interment will be at a later date in Poughkeepsie. In lieu of
flowers,
> donations may be made to Church of Our Savior or the Madam Brett
Homestead,
> Beacon, N.Y.
>
>
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