Michael White, welcome. I had some correspondence over the last year or so with Allen Ashlaw of Saranac Lake NY, one of Ted's grandsons. Would that make him your uncle?

I have been working over the last several years with Bob Bethke, the folklorist who recorded your great grandfather back in the 1970's, on gathering information and recordings of Ted and also his brother Eddie for a forthcoming website on Adirondack traditional songs and singers. It will be published on the web later this year by Traditional Arts of Upstate NY (www.tauny.org).

Did you know or have a chance to spend any time with your great grandfather before he passed away?