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/8319.3 Message Board Post: I know for a FACT that the present mayor of Potsdam (as of 11/05), Ruth Garner, is a major geneaology buff, and if all other leads fail, call her at her office: (315) 265-1670 (address: 35 Market Street, Potsdam, NY 13676 ), I'm certain that she would be more than willing to help you :) She loves Potsdam and a good genealogical hunt! I also do know that she is friends with people with the LaDuke last name, and familiar with much of their ancestry, as years ago we had discussed personally (she had shown me cemeteries in Canton, Potsdam, and Massena)