I recall that many Mayflower applicants would hit a road block with proving events occuring in New York because of the sparsity of records. There is no "easy answer" but the following URLs that I ran across might help them find what they're looking for in some cases. http://ny-genes.blogspot.com/ http://www.unyg.com/ The above information is from Dick Eastman's Genealogical Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/11/online_new_york.html Bill Decoursey