I hope I'm not repeating anyone else's info here. I was away for a few days, had a big pile of emails to catch up with and deleted a few w/o reading them. By law, each NY state town has a town historian. If you go to the St. Lawrence county webpage at usgenweb.org, click 'places' then 'roster of officials' you can find the historian for Massena. I'm not sure if it is up to date but that list says Gloria S. Johnson, River Rd East, Morristown, NY 16664 is town historian for Massena. Phone is 315-375-6704. No email address is listed. It's pretty hard to find much prior to the civil war. If wills, probate and land records would help, they do date back to the county's formation in 1802 and they are indexed in large books at the county courthouse. The St. Lawrence county historical association could recommend a local researcher for hire if a trip to the county offices is not convenient. You might also try the LDS family history center at Potsdam for more info. I don't have their address and phone number at hand but go to www.familysearch.org and click on info for family history centers. Hope this helps - Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland From: "Bill and Leslie Mason" <bnl03055@yahoo.com> Reply-To: <bnl03055@yahoo.com> To: "'Russell Sprague'" <russxsprague@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [NYSTLAWR] Reuben Dutton Family Massena NY Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:53:21 -0400 Thank You very much for taking the time to find this information. I do appreciate it. I was hoping someone could tell me about the Rebecca Dutton who died in 1849. I am looking for a Rebecca Stearns from NH that MIGHT have married Reuben Dutton. Many times brothers from one family married sisters from another family. I am from the Stearns family and have a Dolly Stearns that married a Moses Dutton in NH. They went to Ft. Covington NY, Ill., and settled in Paw Paw Mich. Dolly had a sister, Rebekah, but I haven't been able to find her after 1820 in NH. Another sister Susan married a Crowell and had a son named Harvey. I found a record of him that said he went to Massena NY to visit his UNCLE, Reuben Dutton. It all makes sense. I found a Rebecca Dutton that died in 1849 in Massena and would like to think that is my Rebekah. I was hoping that Massena might have a town history book that might say where they came from, etc, Thanks agin, Leslie Stearns Mason -----Original Message----- From: Russell Sprague [mailto:russxsprague@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 9:39 PM To: bnl03055@yahoo.com; NYSTLAWR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYSTLAWR] Reuben Dutton Family Massena NY There is a transcription of the 1870 census at the county site under usgenweb.org. Click 'New York' then select a county and select St. Lawrence county. From that site clidk 'select a link' and choose census or 'anne cady'. There is a transcription of the 1880 census for the entire country at www.familysearch.org. Click 'advanced search' then 'census' then select the 1880 census. Hope this helps - Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland From: bnl03055@yahoo.com To: NYSTLAWR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYSTLAWR] Reuben Dutton Family Massena NY Date: 25 Apr 2006 07:12:41 -0600 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8512 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on the Reuben Dutton family who were in Massena in 1830 through 1870 at least. I think his wife was Rebecca. Any help will be appreciated.