Have you looked for William's certificate yourself on FHC microfilm? What's the year of death, what boro did he die in, and what's the number? Russell On Monday, January 16, 2006, at 11:37 AM, KATIE wrote: > HI RUSSELL - THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE. > > I GUESS YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE FRUSTRATION IN MY INQUIRY. > I KNOW MY COLBY'S WERE IN RICHMOND COUNTY BUT BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW > WHAT TOWN, WELL.. THEY WRE ALL ON THE RICHMOND COUNTY CENSUS IN 1850 > ALL, EXCEPT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM, WHO WAS BORN IN 1852 IN > RICHMOND COUNTY. AGAIN - I HAVE NO WAY TO TELL YOUWHAT TOWN IN > RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA. > > AS I SAID, I KNOW MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM AND HIS SISTERS MARYANN > AND CHARLOTTE AND BROTHER THOMAS ALL ENDED UP IN NYC. I CAN TRACE THEM > THERE FOR A FACT, BUT ALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES. > > AND AS FOR NYC AND GETTING INFORAMTION - BELIEVE ME, I KNOW WHAT IT > TAKES AND THEY ARE TERRIBLE. I EVEN HAVE WILLIAM'S DEATH CERTIFICATE > # AND THEY CAN NOT FIND IT... SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT NY? > > I FIGURE IF I KEEP MY NAME AND INFO REQUESTS OUT THERE SOMEONE, > SOMEDAY "JUST" MIGHT RECOGNIZE THOSE FACTS OR ME... > > THANKS AGAIN > KATIE COLBY --------------------------------------------------- This email has been certified virus free. Scanned by Georgia Business Net, Inc. 706-823-2115 - info@gabn.net -