> My suggestion is to join the county historical/genealogical society for the > county of your interest. The local members know the difficulty incurred for > themselves as well as us out-of-towners; so they generally have done a lot > of work and developed pretty nice libraries. Ellen, thanks for the reminder/suggestion. I have joined societies in Michigan and Illinois and found them to be most helpful. Question: does Niagara have a historical/genealogical society. That has been my hardest place to gather any facts. Pat Wilson Scott Looking for: Wilson, Wilkinson, and many more

> Question: does Niagara have a historical/genealogical society. It has two, if you count the Western New York Genealogical Society (http://www.wnygs.org/)! But the Niagara County Genealogical Society, although it currently has no Web presence, is certainly active: Niagara County Genealogical Society 215 Niagara Street Lockport, New York 14094-2605 Phone: (716) 433-1033 -- Ellen Keyne Seebacher elle@pobox.com