Hi Ken, have you tried the Cayuga County Historian's Office? They have a pretty good collection of information and are usually very helpful. When summer comes again I might be able to check land records in Cayuga County for you. I only spend the summers up there. I too have Cayuga County Browns and some of them also went to Michigan ( Cass County ) Mark Brown Cayuga County Historian's Office Historic Old Post Office Bldg., 3rd floor 157 Genesee Street Auburn, NY 13021 (315) 253-1300 Email: historian@co.cayuga.ny.us Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am-5pm CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY Summer hours 8am-4pm in July & August On Dec 19, 2009, at 7:15 AM, kenneth brown wrote: > I have been looking for elijah barton brown for some time. he was > born in 1823 in cayuga county N.Y. His parents were joseph and > clarrissa brown. his family came to Mi. some time between 1823 & > 1840. recors show that he was married in 1848 to lucinda overacker > in wayne county Mi. they lived in ionia county in 1850 per census > records. the census shows a john a brown a few lines away i don't > know if this a relation or not is there someone out there that knows > about these familys? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BROWN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message "Why in childhood and youth do we wish time to pass so quickly - we want to grow up so fast - yet as adults we wish just the opposite?" My Dog Skip R. Mark Brown knodish1@mac.com