Hi, I'm working on one of my brick walls, and woudl like to enlist the help if a volunteer or paid researcher to help me overcome it. THE PROBLEM: To learn the names of the parents of my great-great-great-grandfather, Duncan Fraser. BACKGROUND I'VE GOT: Duncan Fraser was reputedly born in Scotland (date of birth not known). He married Margaret "Maggie" Cheney, born 24 May 1849, daughter of George Cheney and Rosetta Farley of Mallorytown, Ontario, Canada. Duncan & Maggie had two children. The first was John Farley Fraser (my grt-grt-grandfather), born 9 April 1874 in Scriba, Oswego Co., NY, according to his obituary. The second was George E. Fraser, born about 1877. *Duncan died while Maggie was pregnant for George* I do not know if the family was living in Oswego County or in Ontario when Duncan died, but the consensus of traditions I've gathered is that they were living in Oswego Co. After Duncan died, Maggie moved the family back to Ontario where she moved in with her borther Henry Cheney of Mallorytown. She lived there rest of her life, dying in 30 December 1837, by then the oldest living resident of Mallrytown. RESEARCH I'VE DONE: I have searched Oswego County, and Ontarion census records for 1870, 1871 and 1880 -- I cannot find this family for any of those years. I have checked online burial records for Oswego County and cannot find any record of a gravesite. Similarly I have searched online Onmtario burial indices and find no record for Duncan. I have one Canadian mariage record that mentions the marriage of a daughter of George & Rosetta Cheney of Mallorytown, named Mary, to a Richard Duncan Fraser of Edwardsburgh, Ontario, Canada, but as tempting as this record is, the facts are a bit off. Family tradition includes mention of Williamstown, Oswego Co., NY. I have a webpage about the family at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/fraser.html I do not live in the area, so I can't do on-site research myself. Can anyone help me, please? Thanks! Mark