Hi Maureen, This is Dee Robinson, Historian for the Town of Gaines. I am also a Reference Librarian at Swan Library, the public library in Albion. One place you can look is at the library. We have a local history table where you can search. We also have old maps which may help you to find where your relatives lived. We have Landmarks of Orleans County (1894) with a very thorough index. If some of your relatives were here later like 1880s-1900s, then we have newspapers on microfilm from 1824 to present, where you might find obituaries. I think it is worth a stop at the County Clerk's office to check the indexes for deeds. If land was purchased it had to be recorded. If and when you find the deed it will tell you the township, range and lot # -- write these down because they will help us locate the land on a map at the library. From glancing at the census on genweb your relatives were in at least Gaines, Carlton and Kendall etc, so I think our 1879 and 1913 atlases could be of assistance. The library is open every day of the week. Hope to see you here. Dee Dave and Maureen wrote: >I am planning a trip to Orleans County the last week in April. Can someone >advise me on how to figure out where my ancestors lived in various towns >just by looking at the census or do I need to go to the Town Clerk of each >town and check something there? I have no idea where to begin. I will be >researching the Capwills/Capwells and the Canfields. > > > >Thank You, > >Maureen Sausen > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >