The guestbook entries are well worth plowing through if you have the time. Many researchers mention surnames they're looking for or tell us they grew up in the area.
Some signers mention surnames and never mailed in queries.
That said, it's tempting to place a query in the guestbook, but researchers who don't have much browsing time could miss it. Then use your back button to return and explore the largest county site in the New York GenWeb. Believe he may be father or uncle of William Wallace Barbarick born in Ostego County in 1823. He fought in the Civil War and after the war he and his wife and Joseph their son moved to Hinsdale, New York where they had about 6 more children. I am interested in finding out who his Father and Mother were.