In my own family research,I learned that the family was from Danbury ,Conn and vicinity, burned out by the British. Moved into western New York and I found them there in 1800 , and then in Huron Co. in 1823 or so. You can find name lists in local historys and lots of infomation than can lead you back to where they came from.The burned out familys started coming in to Ohio,the firelands, as soon as the land survey was done and the allotment numbers were given out.This is just a general view on my part, but I think it helps to get into local history as much as possible, to find clues. In "History of The Firelands....", I learned that my GGG Grandfather had the first brick house in Greenfield, Huron,Ohio. That was fun! I believe the area in New York was called the finger lakes area, and that was a good area to check census. [Owasco, Cayuga County] I found family groups there from two branches of my family , who then moved into the firelands.I seem to recall that area was set aside as a place for the burnt out familys, til they were settled in Ohio. ADuncan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.651 / Virus Database: 417 - Release Date: 4/5/04