This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parody Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2RB.2ACE/5976.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Watertown is in Jefferson county which borders St. Lawrence county on the south. They have a pretty active messsage board. I subscribe to it because I have ancestry in both counties. You may want to post your query in the Jefferson county message board. I believe Syracuse is in Onondaga county. The rootsweb.com main page has a town/county locator. If you put in the town and state, it will return the name of the county. It's very handy. Also a lot of other good info from that main page. If you think someone died after 1960 or so and had social security, they may be listed in ssdi (social security death index). There is a link to that from the rootsweb main page. Good luck! Russ