Dear Chenango, Otsego and Cortland listers ~ Just wanted to share a story with all the people that think they are never going to find their roots. I just found parents to my gggg grandfather Thomas SARGENT of Butternuts, Otsego Co. NY. He was b. 1773/74 in Boston, MA bp 1779 in Boston. A dear cousin in CA has been searching feverishly through old microfilmed church records in Boston about 1765-1785, and he finally found baptisms of both Samuel and his younger brother, Thomas Sargent of Boston. We found that the parents names were Samuel Sargent Sr, and mother Bethany Elizabeth (Smalledge) of the Second Church of Boston, and the New North Church of Boston. We knew this from a suggestion of a former Genealogist ancestor, but never could prove their relationship until now. The real treat for us was that with that information we also found record of who Samuel Sr.'s parents were too and his siblings! The Parents were Thomas Sargent and Elizabeth Tompson(Elizabeth was previously from church in Provincetown, MA) before Boston. This data is now taking us all the way back to 1700 in MA or a little before. This took us a long time with many of us working on it, and many of our previous ancestors could not accomplish this. So everyone please hang in there...It will happen eventually for you, I know it will. I became discouraged many, many times and also felt like giving up, but don't do it. Remember it takes perseverance. Please remember this story! Seven years or more we have searched. Sometimes Church records are the only hope, since my Sargents didn't seem to leave much of a paper trail, it was all we had. Good Luck to all. May you all be as lucky as I feel right now. Sincerely, Penny Kresl --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.265 / Virus Database: 137 - Release Date: 7/18/01