In a message dated 10/5/00 5:14:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jwil@capital.net writes: << Does anyone know if there would have been one particular family line of Washburn's that might have settled in western NY - particularly in counties of Wyoming, Livingston, or Genessee? >> Hi Judy ~ Here's a way to find out where there are collections that have your surnames.....I found a collection of WASHBURN papers at Cornell with this...... NUCMC is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections webpage.... go to the URL: http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ scroll down to the link that says: RLIN AMC File Easy Search Form (wordlist) put "Washburn family" in the search form and click "submit"........I got about 71 hits.....you can click on the hits and find out where to find the collections.... Hope this helps, Dianne