Thank you for your assistance. I know that it's difficult to find what I'm looking for without some other types of information. I'm trying other family members to determine who knows what, but most of those that knew are no longer with us. I am thinking that this is probably the person I am looking for, but I need to find some sort of corroborating data to place him in New York state at some point. As far as the Navy, I know that he did not serve in Vietnam, and was out before 1967. You have suggested checking for New York death records using just the surname. Would you be willing to give me an example of the specific steps to take to do this on Ancestry? I hate to be a pain, but I just want to understand how to get the best experience on this site. Speak to me as if I'm the stupidest person that you've ever met and have never done an Internet search before, because that's what the 10s of 1000s of results that show up when I do any kind of search are making me feel like.