This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VYG.2ACIB/1536.1 Message Board Post: You haven't provided too many clues to start on. The family does not seem to be listed in the VT Families in 1791 series where I hoped they might have been listed. I would join and post to the Buck-L@rootsweb.com list directly as there is at least one lady on the list I believe has this family in her database. Sometimes a discussion on the list helps surface some better sources than one just finds online. It appears that your Matthew BUCK was born 17 Nov 1780 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, VT, the son of Thomas BUCK and Abigail __?__. Thomas BUCK was apparently born 16 Oct 1761 in Scituate, Providence, RI . He may be the son of John BUCK & Mary AMES of Plymouth, Bridgewater, MA and later of Pownal, Bennington, Vermont. I have not personally verified this, however, so you will need to work to do that. There are a couple databases on WorldConnect that have these same families as does my other souce. . However, they provide no sources other than perhaps gedcom files or he LDS Ancestral File which can have multiple errors but also good clues.