Hello all, Well, I would be interested in any history research groups in Cayuga Co., NY, but I live in CA. I must say the Cayuga Co., NYGENWEB site provided confirmation of much of my family's oral history & written, although my Dad's oral history was more accurate than our little booklet "US BROWNS", written in 1931. I have browsed many state & county sites & the only ones that comes close to Cayuga County's site are the site of Jan Raub Reuther who has much of Warren County, NJ history & Steuben County, IN site & the posting in MI of the 1870 MI Census online by the Library of MI & indexed FREE. The Cayuga County NYGENWEB site is incredible & has amazed me with its rich posting of history. It is nice to see the "Biographical Review of Leading Citizens" scanned pages & the Directory of 1867 where I found Harmon G. Brown listed & Horace John Christian. The cemetery listings are great, also. I would like to know if there are listings of any orphanages in Cayuga County, NY ca 1847-1860 & the children. My Carrie M. Wallin was orphaned after her birth in 1847, her older brother, John T. Wallin went into the Army in 1858 & her older sister, Mary Ann Wallin/g married Horace John Christian in 1858. John Walling's grandson wrote a book telling that his grandfather & his brothers were "farmed out" to a family & they tended horses that were used in the construction of the Erie Canal. Their parents Joseph & Susannah (Cook) Wallin/g came to America ca 1840-1845, but aside from that & the little history Carrie wrote we know nothing more. I have Carrie Wallin Brown's CW Widow's pension papers & she was raised by the Benjamin & Susan VanOstrand family of NY & then Calhoun County, MI. She returned to Cayuga County in 1863 & is listed in the 1870 Census in Mentz with Horace & Mary Ann Christian. Horace & Mary Ann Christian & Carrie M. Walling moved to Calhoun Co., M! I after the 1870 Census & Horace John Christian died in 1878 from a horse kick to the head. I know all the history posted on the Cayuga site took much time & I am grateful, especially since I may never make it back to see where my ancestors settled in the early 1800's. The Historian's office seems very helpful & I spoke to them this past week. Thank you Bill Hecht for the aerial views of Cayuga County, NY. Sincerely, Marilyn (Brown) LeVeque in CA