Toni, It would be hard for these places to be farther apart and still be all within New York State! Carlton, Orleans County is bordering Lake Ontario in western NY and Flushing is in Queens County on Long Island. Today, Queens County is part of New York City. Whitestown is in the middle of the state near Utica. I don't see anyplace resembling Flushing near there on my map. (There is a Whitestone in Queens County not too far from Flushing). Jefferson is in Schoharie County in the Catskill Mountain area of Southern NY. There are several other places with Jefferson in their names, but none of them are very close to any of the other towns named. Unless these place names were in existence at an earlier time near each other, you have a real mystery here. To search for probate of father, you'd need to know where and when he died. That isn't clear from what you've written, but if you do know, you might want to get help from the local County Historical Society. Joy toni evans wrote: >Hello to all, > >I am researching a New York family of 10 children and firstly would like to ask where is or was Whitestown, Flushing and Jefferson places shown for childrens births. > >Next I have the birth of last child shown as Whitestown, Flushing and death of mother same date shown as Carlton, Orleans NY, somehow think this could be wrong, how far apart are these places. > >Thirdly where would I search for probate or intestate of father who died five years later, and possibly gaurdianship of the younger children. > >Many thanks Toni in NZ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >