On Sat, 22 May 1999 16:55:05 EDT, you wrote: >I have recently learned (from a 1850 NY census report) that my great-great >grandfather, Russell William Roscoe (also spelled "Ruscoe" or "Rusco") was >born in CT in 1779. I have no idea where in CT his family might have been >nor any information about his family before him. >Does anyone have a neat suggestion--or any suggestion!-- of how I might track >him down. Any thoughts will be appreciated. March on down to your FHC and get the Barbour Collection micro-film for your name, take lots of paper, as you may as well write all the records for your name, or lots of change for copies. Then, you'll probably want to order films on the in-laws you find. The Barbour collection is similar to later soundexes in structure, as all of your name, statewide, will be on the same film. Norris -- Silver Bullet <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html - -------------------------------------