This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RFB.2ACE/1745.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Gayle, you were lucky! I've found that the upper northwest has wonderful records. Just be glad you don't have to research in New York! Also my James Smith who was married to Sarah, was Sarah Smith daughter of Wessels Smith and ? Roe so I'm actually reseaching two different Smith families! But I've found researching their 12 children and grandchildren has turned up clues to proceed further back. Mary