Hello again to all, This time - instead of waxing poetic on being in a research facility - would like to share some info from the following book researched during my recent visit to Sutro Library in San Francisco, CA. -->> Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York ... O. Turner. Originally published in 1849. Worked with the 1991 reprint published by Heritage Books. (and then I could make xerox copies too). For those of you who prefer to find books by number, it is F 127 H7 T7 1991 (then either vol 1 or vol 2) This book has tons of information - and I barely scratched the surface!! With all the land, "settlement", town and county information I found - I was surprised and pleased to find a biography on pgs 376-377 on Timothy HOSMER (1745, CT - 1815, NY). This is the Hartford, CT born HOSMER who (with William JUDD, Thomas LEWIS, William WADSWORTH and Isaiah THOMPSON) purchased land that was later to become the town of Avon, Livingston Co, NY. Because of this... other CT HOSMER people migrated north to CT (including my Graves HOSMER...) - whose son Sylvester HOSMER then migrated further west to Niagara County! Note that Timothy purchased this land "early" in 1789/90 and moved there in 1792. Graves HOSMER arrived ca 1798/9. I find Sylvester HOSMER in Niagara Co, NY in the early 1820s. All the townships and ranges are listed on pages 526-530 along with the first six people to purchase said land. I'm just now "learning" how to "match" the townships and ranges to towns/counties of today. I'll end this particular post with a list of HOSMER and PRATT listings in the index. (I'll move on to other trearsures from the library in future posts...) If anyone is searching these same surnames, these may peak your interests to go find this book! Good luck!! HOSMER listings in the Index - Pg 681: HOSMER, HOSMER, George HOSMER, Judge HOSMER, Mrs George HOSMER, Mrs Sidney HOSMER, Mres Sylvester HOSMER, Sidney HOSMER, Sylvester HOSMER, Timothy HOSMER, W C H HOSMER, Wm H C PRATT listings in the Index - Pg 690: PRATT, Calvin PRATT, Daniel PRATT, Ira PRATT, John PRATT, Mrs PRATT, Peter PRATT, Rollin PRATT, Samuel PRATT, Seth PRATT, Silas PRATT, Stephen debbie CAhobbies@aol.com