Hi! I am new to this list and have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone could help me with. My gggrandfather Almon Dunbar Goodwin's obit says that he was born in Rauser,NY 25 Mar 1841. I don't see this on any map and I also looked in the old town names that changed on the NY genweb page. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what town this might be? I am looking for Almon's father Timothy who was born in New York 6 Apr 1818. In the 1820 census for the town of Florence in Oneida County there is a listing for a Timothy Goodwin (I'm exploring the possibility that he was named after his father). I think I have the most of the fields figured out on the census except what the last 1 means. Timothy GOODWIN 2 - - 1 - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 Does anybody have any suggestions on the best way to find Timothy and Philena's parents and how to make a connection? Timothy G GOODWIN b 6 Apr 1818 NY d 19 Jun 1882 Lyons, Walworth County, WI Philena A BUERR b 17 Aug 1822 in NY d 20 Oct 1896 Lyons, Walworth County, WI children: Almon Dunbar GOODWIN b 25 Mar 1841 NY d 26 Apr 1920 Ironwood, Gogebic County, MI George Gillman GOODWIN b abt 1843 NY Timothy G GOODWIN b 24 Dec 1845 NY d 11 May 1848 Lyons, Walworth County WI Augusta GOODWIN b abt 1849 Lyons, Walworth County WI Calista GOODWIN b 18 Jun 1862 Lyons, Walworth County WI d 8 Oct 1863 Lyons, Walworth County WI Thank you very much Kelli Skindzelewski researching GOODWIN, BUERR, BOSS, WALRATH