A friend of mine recently gave me a tip for finding my Richard Hall and I thought I would pass it on and see what the rest of you might think about it. She was reviewing an "Orders" book for her area of research in VA, and starting a lot of entries on bound out children. She knew I was having trouble finding Richard, so she asked if I had ever looked at the orders books for NY. I said no. Problem is, I couldn't find anything like an Orders book for NY courts. We looked through the descriptions of each of the various items and decided that minute books were the closest alternative. We chose the Surrogate court, because that was the one with records about guardianships - at least for the time frame I'm looking for (1855-60). I ordered the book for Delaware Co. NY, where Richard was in that time frame, but I thought I would ask if any of you have tried the same thing? Vicki