I was doing research on a grandfather, who fought in 1812, a while back. The records are hard to find; and you have to keep hunting, rest a while, and hunt some more. In the process, I stumbled upon these two (2) sites, which are very interesting especially for those digging in Western New York. <www.iaw.on.ca/~jsek/1812help.htm> <http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~roots/> These have so much in them that I know there will be several all nighters! Have a ball - Ellen Colangelo