This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans, Kaiser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2840 Message Board Post: I have a story in my family research about a murder in 1819 in New York, which I believe took place in Livingston County. The story goes... Death accursed due to a shooting incident with the previous owner of Mr. Evans new farm in New York. Apparantly, the previous owner had foreclosed on the farm, and lost it to the bank, who then sold it to Mr. Evans. After his death, the large family was split up, and Sarah was adopted by the Kaisers as their only child. The Kaisers were very well-to-do and Sarah had a good life. The records I have state that Sarah was raised in "Kaiserville, NY" but I can find no evidence to support that a town ever existed by that name. Sarah grew up to marry John Horatio Lawrence, the apprentice of Mr. Kaiser. They eventually moved to Nebraska and raised their family in Colfax County. John Lawrence served in the English army before immigrating to the U.S., and then fought in the Revolutionary War against England. Any information on how to prove any of this would be very helpful. I have hit a huge brick wall on Sarah Evans, and would love to be able to knock it down! Thank you! Jen Baldwin