The project is moving along well. In the past month, 19 individuals have registered to the database and contributed their trees to our effort. A number of individuals have also submitted DNA samples.
While this is a great start we need more of you to participate, especially those with knowledge of individuals in the late 1700s.
It appears that the Babcock migration pattern was Rhode Island to Connecticut to Northeast NY State in the mid 1700s and then outward from there.
The documentation for this time period is weak. I've recently reviewed the Orange County land records for the 1700s and there are no records of Babcocks owning any land. Yet by the early 1800s they were selling land in the new Rockland County. I would have to guess that because it was not convienent to travel up to Newburgh to record the land transactions, that there was a secondary set of local books, recognized by the locals but never making it to "official" ledgers. (Didn't they realize that we would need this information 250 years later?).
So, if anyone out there can help please visit (babcock.dnafamilies.net/index.html)

Also, you suggestions/recommendations are welcome.