Folks, Did your county publish anything like "Board of Supervisors Reports"? If so, I'd like to hear about it. So far the only ones I know of are Orange and Otsego counties. I don't know how many or which counties of New York published something similar to the "Board of Supervisors Reports" that were published in Orange County for over a century. Digging through them it was discovered that they contained coroners' reports (who, when, where and why they died) and lists of orphans in orphans homes or similar facilities (schools for the deaf, etc). A volunteer indexed them for Orange County, and am wondering if anyone in other counties has done so. Number Type From To 6,016 Coroner's reports 1905 - 1950 8,671 Orphans 1861 - 1934 Coroners were called in only for unusual deaths (murder, suicide, drowning, etc...where no doctor was present at the time of death). If anyone needs to check on an UNUSUAL death or an orphan in Orange County during those years, I can check the indexes for you. If outside of those years, I can't help you. Please keep your requests very brief...just the type (coroners' report or orphan), full name and year...one line per person. Put "Coroners lookup" or "orphan lookup" in the subject, please. If your county published similar reports each year, you also might find genealogical information like this in them... but not necessarily for all years. These indexes have helped quite a few Orange County researchers. I hope this helps someone and/or some NY genealogical society. Marty Irons k2mi@frontiernet.net All e-mail scanned by Norton 2005 anti-virus, updated online daily. May all your ancestors YELL at you, telling you how and where to find them. PS: great great grandfather John F IRONS.... b. 1811 "somewhere"....possibly Otsego County NY.... m. 1834 Hartwick, Otsego, NY d. 1854 Cazenovia, Madison, NY.... please stand up on that brick wall and yell out the names I've sought for 12 years....LOUDER! Who were your parents? Were they from RI? Where were you born? Was it Otsego County NY? Did you have a brother named Orlando? Who were your other siblings?