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I'm trying to trace my roots a little and find my parents first home in Star Lake NY.
My father was a Presbyterian Minister in 3 to 5 small churches upstate in the 50's and 60's. They were in the Star Lake and Wanakena area.
This is probably a shot in the dark but I'm hoping to to reach someone who has lived in that area since that time and is still attending those churches.
The goal is to find someone who may remember where they lived.
I grew up in Wanakena, and went to the Presbyterian church there while your father was minister. I was young, but I do remember him - he was an awesome singer. He had a loud, booming voice that would fill the whole church. There were 3 Prebyterian churches that he ministered to: Wanakena, Star Lake, and Cranberry Lake. My parents still live in Wanakena, and we go there a few times every year. My mother told me that your family lived in the manse in Wanakena for all the time that your father was the minister. The next time I'm there, I'll get a picture of the house.
I'm not sure what the specific address is, but I believe it will be on either 4th Street, 5th Street, or River Street, in Wanakena 13695. There's not a lot of streets in Wanakena, and they all either have a dead end, or loop back such that you'd come back to where you started. There's a small grocery store, where you could stop for directions, but it's closing at the end of this year.
Interesting, I'm over in Tupper Lake. Went to the Pine Cone last winter.
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