Hi Marykell, I know exactly what you mean. The White surname is as bad as my Roberts surname. I the the will of one of my Roberts who moved from VT to NY. He mentions his children by name 5-6 times during the will but that does not prove your relative is the son being spoken off in the will. Without some kind of paper that states who the parents were, the will is only for intestesting reading. I know it is a direct relative but DAR does not. I even have the application of a cousin whose relative into the Roberts line was the sister of my elusive Roberts. again, without the parentage of my line, who is to say I am correct. Could go bald pulling my hair out on this family. Like you said, the records from VT and MA were easy even though the dates were much earlier. If I wasn't such a nice lady, :-) I would go up to NY and wring a few necks. <G> I am working up in Canada for the moment to close up a few loose documents on my Richardson line and then I will have all the documents back to the Rev. War. No doubting if I am right or wrong on this line. Talk with you later and good luck. Sure wish I had a crystal ball. Maybe I could find some of your loose ends for you. Sue [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] Vital Records Books for Clinton County >In a message dated 01/04/2000 11:21:02 AM Mountain Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< Does Clinton County or any of the towns > in the county, maintain vital records books as do other counties and towns > in other states? >> > >Hi Sue, >As you know, I have searched faithfully for my ancestors in Clinton County, >NY, to no avail. The only thing I found in state records was Elijah WHITE's >deed, where his children sold his property after he died in 1877, but I had >to give them the exact page number, etc. in order to have them copy it. They >would not search for it. New York has got to be one of the worst state for >vital records and to search in. I found where Elijah was buried, by writing >to a Mrs. Zaumetzger who sent me some info on Elijah's grave. Luckily, I >found where Elijah, Jr. came from Whiting, VT and that he was born in MA, >(from his father's rev war papers.) When I got into the MA. sites, I found >tons of info on Elijah Jr, Elijah Sr and Sr's parents. I wish all states were >like MA. Almost all of Elijah WHITE, Jr's info in NY came from lookups that >kind people did for me or from the BABBITT Family Assoc. and Book. >marykell > >