Hi Jim... Silas is not that common as a given name and I have only four in my data base, born about that time, who lived in NY. Maybe I can match up your Silas with one of those? Where was he living in the 1850 census and the names and ages of his kids and possibly other Clarks who lived in the same locality on the 1850 census? Frequently members of the same family migrated and lived close by... Do you have any other info that could tie yours in to the 25,000 Clarks I have in my data base? Thanks From Joe ARLT........joearlt@juno.com......CLARK Clearing House... Compulsive Genealogy Searcher, (NY of particular interest), ARLT, CLARK, COSTELLO, COVERT, FALANGA, GUIDETTI, HIGGINS, KONEN, PARISI, RIDER, TOMPKINS, Van AUKEN & WAGNER On Sun, 29 May 2005 17:15:42 EDT Searchxr@aol.com writes: > Hi, > > Silas Clark is my gggrandfather. He was born in NYS in 1805. His > parents(names unknown) were both born in Connecticut according to > the 1850 census. > Silas married Hannah, maiden name unknown, about 1823. The family > farmed in > Big Flats, NY. Need help in identifying Hannah's family and the > parents of > Silas. Thanks Jim