Welcome, Rayomnd, Unfortunately, New York State did not require that births, marriages & deaths be reported to the government until 1880. Before then, one pretty much relies on church records. Here's more than you ever wanted to know about finding records in Buffalo & Erie County: http://www.buffaloresearch.com/vital.html --- Raymond F Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new member of this list. I hope there is someone that > may be able > to give me some help in locating info on a Francis and > William Silver > who may have been born in the Buffalo area. > > The earliest information I have on that family is from the > 1850 census in > Richmond, Lincoln Cty, Maine. The mother and the two boys > were > there. Jane Silver was 40 years old and William and Francis > were 12 and > 6. That census had all three being born in Maine, however, all > other > census and other sources had the boys born in NY State. > Information at > the death of Francis had Buffalo as his birth place hence the > reason I am > trying this area. Would there be any city or county records of > birth and > marriages for the 1830 and 40 time period? There are probably > also > records of the marriage of a Jane Stacy and a Silver in the > 1830's. I > have no information on Janes husband as to what happened - > death, divorce > or something else. She did remarry later in life. > > > > Ray Roux > Vero Beach, FL > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)