This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCoy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2RB.2ACE/2900.1 Message Board Post: My wifes family came from Ogdensburgh, New York and before that Canada and then Ireland. They were the John McCoy's who owned the hardware store in town. There is Ogdensburg Lake nearby. I wonder if that is the lake you are wondering about.