Maureen, You can do great research if you have access to the LDS library and can view Census records. or go on line to http://www.familysearch.com this site is the LDS site and you just need to put in the surname and see what you might get. good luck Mary McKillop In a message dated 4/26/00 4:41:06 PM, abc@empire.net writes: << My Cooley family is from MA. CT. and N.Y. I do not have many dates, MY GGrandfather was a Matthew Cooley. He had sons Joseph, George,William, and Thomas. And also daughters, May and Gertrude. There might have been more siblings. I do not know how to research where they originated from. I could use some help. Thank you, Maureen >>