Planning a research trip

I am planning a research trip to New York, probably in March. My husband is doing some work there, so this is a great opportunity to not only be with him and to save him a trip back home that weekend, but to do some research in the area he is in - which also happens to be very near the area where some of my ancestors settled.  Most of my ancestors came to Michigan from New York. Before that they were in the New England area - Massachusetts/Connecticut and some in New Hampshire. The surnames I will be concentrating on are Lane and Rhoades. This is a somewhat shortened list of those I will be researching in the Lane family:

1 Roswell Lane b: 15 Apr 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, d: Aft. 1806 in Ira, Cayuga, NY

...... + Sarah Dudley b: 17 Oct 1744 in Guilford, New Haven, CT, m: 25 Aug 1766 in East Guilford, New Haven, CT, d: Aft. 1800

............2 Ezra Lane b: 02 Feb 1768 in Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, d: 15 Jan 1859 in Ira, Cayuga, NY

............ + Sarah Chapman b: 20 Feb 1774 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT, m: 06 Mar 1793 in New Marlborough, Berkshire, MA, d: Bef. 1850 in NY

..................3 Almira Lane b: 1794 in Litchfield, CT, d: Aft. 1870 in NY

.................. + James M. Watson b: 01 Apr 1788 in Halifax, , Nova Scotia, Canada, m: Abt. 1810, d: 18 Apr 1859 in Huron, Wayne, NY

........................4 Female Watson b: Abt. 1810 in NY

........................4 Male Watson b: Bet. 1815–1820 in NY

........................4 Syreno J. Watson b: 1818 in NY, d: 1871 in NY

........................  + Mary L. ? b: Mar 1823 in England, m: Bef. 1841, d: 1907 in NY 

..............................5 Norman Watson b: 1841 in NY

..............................5 Frances Watson b: 1845 in NY

..............................5 Nelson B. Watson b: Nov 1846 in NY, d: Aft. 1930

..............................  + Margrett Jane ? b: Jan 1851 in NY, m: Abt. 1880, d: 1907 in NY

....................................6 Ross A. Watson b: 18 May 1888 in NY, d: Aft. 1930

..............................5 Eliza A. Watson b: 1849 in NY

..............................5 George Watson b: Jul 1851 in NY

..............................  + Mary J. ? b: Aug 1853 in NY, m: 1873

....................................6 Eunice M. Watson b: Sep 1878 in NY

....................................  + Raymond Bailey b: Jan 1876, m: 1896

..............................5 Edward Watson b: 1861 in NY

........................4 Female Watson b: Abt. 1821 in NY

........................4 Female Watson b: Abt. 1825 in NY

........................4 Female Watson b: Abt. 1830 in NY

........................4 Male Watson b: Abt. 1830 in NY

........................4 Male Watson b: Bet. 1832–1835 in NY

..................3 Lovina Lane b: 1796 in Litchfield, CT, d: Aft. 1823

..................  + William Earle m: Bef. 1823

........................4 Adeline L. Earle b: 1823 in NY, d: 08 Mar 1890 in Sterling, Cayuga, NY

........................  + Heman Myers b: 1806, m: Aft. 1841, d: 23 Oct 1889 in Sterling, Cayuga, NY

..............................5 Hellen Myers b: 23 Jan 1854 in Sterling, Cayuga, NY, d: 14 May 1863 in Sterling, Cayuga, NY

..................3 Roswell Lane b: 10 Apr 1798 in Litchfield, CT, d: 28 Aug 1870 in Hannibal, Oswego, NY

.................. + Jerusha Rhoades b: 16 Aug 1802 in New Marlborough, Berkshires, NY

..................3 J. Dudley Lane b: 20 Feb 1800 in Litchfield, CT, d: 21 Oct 1863 in Cayuga Co., NY

..................  + Clarissa Parish b: 1805 in NY, m: Bef. 1828, d: Aft. 1870

........................4 Martin Lane

........................4 Antoinette Lane b: 27 Jun 1828 in NY, d: 29 Aug 1839 in Cayuga Co., NY

........................4 Alfonso Lane b: Abt. 1835 in NY, d: 16 Aug 1848 in NY

........................4 Dudley Lane b: 1839 in NY

........................4 Clarissa Lane b: 1843 in NY

..................3 Laura Lane b: 1802 in Litchfield, CT, d: Aft. 1870

.................. + Richard P. Watson b: 01 Jun 1796 in Nova Scotia, Canada, m: Abt. 1819, d: Bef. 1870 in NY

........................4 Lauraette Watson b: May 1829 in NY

........................  + George D. Grannis b: Mar 1827 in NY

..............................5 Charles W. Grannis b: Apr 1849 in NY

..............................  + Frances ? b: 1848 in NY, m: Bef. 1870

....................................6 Fred D. Grannis b: 1871 in NY

....................................  + Emma E. ? b: Feb 1871 in NY, m: Abt. 1896

....................................  + Gertrude A. ? b: Abt. 1890

....................................6 Jessie B. Grannis b: May 1874 in NY

....................................6 Florence Grannis b: 1878 in NY

..............................  + Laura ? b: Dec 1860 in NY, m: Abt. 1880

....................................6 Paul M. Grannis b: Jul 1883 in NY

..............................5 Florence Grannis b: 1860 in NY, d: Bef. 1870 in NY

..............................5 Martin F. Grannis b: 1863 in NY

........................4 Male Watson b: Abt. 1820 in NY

 Roswell and Sarah Dudley actually had three children, including: Luman/Lumen Lane and Sarah (Sally) Lane who married Ira Cowles.  Some of the Cowles children settled in NY. I have not been able to track Luman down with any confidence. The Lanes reproduced like rabbits (not Roswell and Sarah), and there are several Luman Lanes around the same time. Roswell and Jerusha Lane are my 5th greatgrandparents.  They had Ezra Lane, married to Sarah Chapman. Ezra and Sarah had 11 children, with some staying in NY and others going to MI or KS. Ezra and Sarah had Roswell Lane, married to Jerusha Rhoades.

Jerusha's parents (wife of Roswell Lane #2) were David Rhoades and Jerusha Hitchcock. Jerusha Hitchcock was David's second wife and Jerusha Rhoades was an only child. David had eight children by his first wife, and I think some of them followed him to NY. 

Roswell and Jerusha Rhoades Lane had 13 children, with 9 living to adulthood. Their daughter, Sarah Ann Lane, married Brooks B. Hazelton (my 2nd great-grandparents), this couple settled in Michigan. Some of Roswell and Jerusha's other children stayed in NY and I will check on what additional information I would like to have for them.

 

So what are my steps for getting started on planning this trip?  First and foremost, I need to update my data on the Lanes and Rhoades. I also need to update the data I downloaded to my iPhone more than a year ago. More on all this another day. I ought to get busy!