This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1745.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I've had the same problem with researching in NY. Hit dead ends even after writing to the county and surrounding counties for two of my ancestors. Luckily one ancestor moved to Adams Co. IL and was the father of my Henry Smith who was the WA Pioneer--so found them in an IL census however that's as far as I got. Good luck to you!