In a message dated 1/21/03 7:20:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Patlynchma@aol.com writes: > At about the same time came the building of the first important railroad, > one from Boston to Albany, which ran across the newly created land. The > two > cities were now only fifteen hours apart. A highway paralleling the > railroad > was built and named Albany Street. The streets branching from it it were > named after the towns and cities which the railroad had now made near > neighbors. > > > Patrick Lynch, Urban Planner > Some of the streets: Berkeley, Bristol, Randolph, Malden, Wareham, Plympton, E. Dedham, jE.Canton, E. Brookline, Sharon, E. Newton, Stoughton, E. Concord, Mass. Ave., Northhampton, Southhampton Janice

I hope this message is appropriate but, I am hopeing that someone can tell me if a resident still excist. The address is: 1739 North Shore Road in Boston. My husband's grandfather lived there for many years. Thanks, Terry Greene tagreene@swbell.net

Researching my gggreatgrandfather Asaph BLAISDELL b. abt. 1782. Shows NorthEnd 1822. First ch. Jacob Clough BLAISDELL(my ggreatgrandfather.)Asaph is in 1830 census.Ward one Northend. Anyone researching BLAISDELL'S in Boston Area same time frame, Please reply. This is a brick wall. First ch. of my ggreatgrandfather was b. Malden, name was Charles Frederick BLAISDELL. I'm trying to find names of all BLAISDELL'S in databases Boston area.same time frame..I'll be most apprecative for assistance. Regards, Joan

Referenced from "Boston Ways" High, By, and Folk, Author: George F. Weston, Jr. and Updated by Charlotte Cecil Raymond: In 1833 a group of Engineer and businessmen formed the South Cove Corporation and work of filling in the shallow South Cove which rlayed east of Harrison Avenue along the south neck of Boston began, At about the same time came the building of the first important railroad, one from Boston to Albany, which ran across the newly created land. The two cities were now only fifteen hours apart. A highway paralleling the railroad was built and named Albany Street. The streets branching from it it were named after the towns and cities which the railroad had now made near neighbors. Patrick Lynch, Urban Planner

In a message dated 1/16/03 9:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, Xoa@aol.com writes: > He was refering to the same NY streets. well they where located > between Albany st and Harrison ave over by the Boston Herald newspaper > building which is now apart of China town > lonnie wick Xoa@aol.com > whoops, I didn't see this....that seems to be a better answer.....and also mentions Albany and Harrison. Janice

In a message dated 1/16/03 7:51:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, eldon.fisher@verizon.net writes: > It was interesting to read the recent discussion of the Gov. Ctr and West > End. Does anyone know of a similar book on the New York Streets area, In > the 1890 Boston Directory my great grandparents were listed on Oswego > Street. I know nothing about this area. When was this area built and when > did it disappear? > > Marianne Marianne, I don't know if anyone responded to "NY streets area of Boston". All I can think of is South Boston, i. e. Broadway, Fifth, Sixth, ects. Streets..... Re Oswego Street, my old 1910 directory lists: Oswego street, Boston: from 330 Harrison avenut to 235 Albany street; I do not see Oswego street in recent street directory, but Harrison Ave. and Albany street are still major streets in Boston's South End. Janice Boston born and bred :)

Surnames of my gggreatgrandparents.ch. Asaph left no paper trail .If anyone is researching these surnames, please reply. Henry D. HUSTON---- John F. BANNISTER----Catherine MANNING---Susan BLODGETT of Bedford-----Joshua S, BAILEY.------ Lydia Ann BURDITT Malden--------, Margaret LAWLER Roxbury. Asaph and Sally BLAISDELL lived in NorthEnd Boston, and Somerville. On death records of ch. It listed Asaph b. Manchester Ma. Chelmsford He was b. abt. 1782. Regards, Joan

Does anyone have access to an index for the 1910 census? I am looking for people in California. Ernest Soper and George R. Baker, in California. Both were born in either Rhode Island or Connecticut and George would have been about 21 and Ernest s little older. Thanks, Craig

Check this site for the appropriate addresses to write to for these marriage records. http://www.vitalrec.com/ma.html Nancy > Hi! I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a index for the above > years For Boston Marriage Records. I am Looking for marriage > record of > my grandfather from 1907-1914 can anyone Help? As to were I > could find > this information. Thank you > Michelle

Hi! I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a index for the above years For Boston Marriage Records. I am Looking for marriage record of my grandfather from 1907-1914 can anyone Help? As to were I could find this information. Thank you Michelle

In a message dated 1/16/03 9:08:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, Xoa@aol.com writes: > He was refering to the same NY streets. well they where located > between Albany st and Harrison ave over by the Boston Herald newspaper > building which is now apart of China town well oswego is there and albany parrallels harison to mass ave today jim all denning-dever-cogan in mass-some malone-carroll-mcguire-doherty-mcneil-piscopo-mazzola-heslin-martini-feddis-fa rley-dennen-dinan-fredricks- ------------------------------------------------------------- "we go to school to learn the words of fools" bob dylan

Hello, Along the same line of discussion of names of streets, I have an old map book of eastern MA, and the street map of Boston shows a Billerica Street in that same area, or perhaps closer to North Station. I didn't notice any other streets have the names of other towns, and wondered where that name came from. Reportedly, the placename, Billerica, is unique, and nowhere else in the USA do you find it. It is named after the town in England, .. Billericay. Billerica is pronounced ..like man's name: Bill Ricka. Billericay is pronounced .. like man's name: Bill er Ricky. :o) ... Along the same line of discussion, I'm curious how streets and roads were named in Greater Boston ..say after 1900. I had already obtained a street map of Billerica in 1875 and just got one from 1853. There are very few roads and streets in Billerica during those years. So, most of the roads that we know ..today.. were built .. after 1900. Were they mostly named after people who built their houses on that street? Were they named, at random, by "construction builders" ..?? Have a good day, Betty P.S. A great influx of people moved to Billerica ..after 1900 .. when it became known that there were several lakes and ponds and two rivers (Concord River) .. where people could build "summer cottages" and do a lot of swimming. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.

Interesting in the past days the topic popped up about NY streets well today visiting my daughter her Father in law who is a retired cop in Boston started a conversation about way back when on the Boston New York streets and I said WHAT!! making a story short.... He was refering to the same NY streets. well they where located between Albany st and Harrison ave over by the Boston Herald newspaper building which is now apart of China town lonnie wick Xoa@aol.com

In a message dated 1/16/03 7:51:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, eldon.fisher@verizon.net writes: > > > > > > It was interesting to read the recent discussion of the Gov. Ctr and West > End. Does anyone know of a similar book on the New York Streets area, In > the 1890 Boston Directory my great grandparents were listed on Oswego > Street. I know nothing about this area. When was this area built and when > did it disappear? > > Marianne > images of america has good book this was a sin look at charles river park jim all denning-dever-cogan in mass-some malone-carroll-mcguire-doherty-mcneil-piscopo-mazzola-heslin-martini-feddis-fa rley-dennen-dinan-fredricks- ------------------------------------------------------------- "we go to school to learn the words of fools" bob dylan

It was interesting to read the recent discussion of the Gov. Ctr and West End. Does anyone know of a similar book on the New York Streets area, In the 1890 Boston Directory my great grandparents were listed on Oswego Street. I know nothing about this area. When was this area built and when did it disappear? Marianne

A Good resourse is a book entitled the Urban Villages written by Herbert J/ Gan concening the politics behind the Boston Redevelopement of the West End of Bostonin the 50s and 60s politics within the Old Italian Neighborhood which was destroyed, in the process of Boston's Urban Renewal. This book is still in print new and use and is a required reading most Graduate and Undergradute Urban Planning Programs in the Boston. The book has collection of old Photographs of which includes the present Goverment Center, the site of of the Old Scolly Square. Pat Lynch

I recall my Dad getting sworn into the Mass. Bar Association in the old Suffolk Courthouse and remember that where Pemberton Sq is now behind 1, 2, and 3 Center Plaza that there was a street with buildings. I remember that my Dad later began working in the Chas. Hurley building at the corner of Cambridge and Staniford St, sometime around the late 60's I think ('68 perhaps.) I began Suffolk University in 1973 and Gov't Ctr was fully built at that point. Eileen Velez, Hyde Park, MA BBFFRRPP wrote: >Hello, > >Someone just responded to my query about "The Temporary Home" on Chardon >Street in Boston from the early 1900's, which is currently New Chardon >Street in "the Government Center" area of Boston. She mentioned visiting >New Chardon Street in the 1980's. That made me wonder when the new >"Government Center" was built. > >I was born and raised in Greater Boston and continue to live only a 1/2-hour >drive from Boston, and my (sometimes not-so-great memory) thought it had >only been there for about 20 years. (My how time passes by.) My friend >who grew up in Cambridge remembers driving by "the Government Center" in the >late 1950's or early 1960's. I just did a search for "Government Center, >Boston," and I found the following web site which stated that this "Urban >Renewal Project" was started in 1961: > >http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planning/cgis/arch.html > >This is amazing because this means the building or re-building of that part >of Boston was started while I was still in high school ... > >Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > >"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; >one is roots, the other is wings." > >Hodding Carter, Jr. > > > >==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== >Discover the City Archives and Records of Boston: >http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/archivesandrecords/information.asp > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >

In a message dated 1/14/03 8:25:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, bbffrrpp@attbi.com writes: > Someone just responded to my query about "The Temporary Home" on Chardon > Street in Boston from the early 1900's, which is currently New Chardon > Street in "the Government Center" area of Boston. She mentioned > visiting > New Chardon Street in the 1980's. That made me wonder when the new > "Government Center" was built. > The gov. center is not at New Chardon.....THE NEW COURT HOUSE IS. There is still a shelter there for families there across the street from the new court house. Since I work in social services, I did place a woman and her dau. there a few years ago at her request. She did well, got back on her feet and is gainfully employed in Indiana where her Dad now lives. She is a success story and her little dau. is as smart as they come. Janice

Hello, Someone just responded to my query about "The Temporary Home" on Chardon Street in Boston from the early 1900's, which is currently New Chardon Street in "the Government Center" area of Boston. She mentioned visiting New Chardon Street in the 1980's. That made me wonder when the new "Government Center" was built. I was born and raised in Greater Boston and continue to live only a 1/2-hour drive from Boston, and my (sometimes not-so-great memory) thought it had only been there for about 20 years. (My how time passes by.) My friend who grew up in Cambridge remembers driving by "the Government Center" in the late 1950's or early 1960's. I just did a search for "Government Center, Boston," and I found the following web site which stated that this "Urban Renewal Project" was started in 1961: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planning/cgis/arch.html This is amazing because this means the building or re-building of that part of Boston was started while I was still in high school ... Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.

Good morning, I was going to post a query anyways, but, before I did, I continued to look for information on a William and Mary CLARK/E from the late 1800's in southern New England (CT/RI/MA). What I then found provided me with a really good laugh! For all those who read the Census forms, you know that more than half the time the Occupation for the Wife states that she "Keeps House." Well, I found a William CLARK living in Holyoke, MA, with his widowed mother, Mrs. Julia CLARK. Under Occupation of this 26-year-old married man, the Census writer wrote down, "Keeps Eating House." :o) I presume that the mother was complaining that her son and daughter-in-law, William and Katy CLARK .. were "eating her out of house and home." :o) To get back to serious business. :o( .. I continue to research my grandmother who was reportedly "a foundling" on the streets of Boston in Feb. 1889. Brand-new information has surfaced within the past week, which shows that my grandmother might not have been born in Boston. There is a faint possibility that she was born in or near Killingly, CT, and that John and Mary DEXTER brought her (as an infant) to Melrose, MA, when they moved there around 1890. This could be a reason why no one has ever been able to find a birth certificate for my grandmother in MA. (Both 30 years ago and last year, searches were done for her original name, Daisy WATROUS, and her Adopted name, Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, from Mar. 1892.) I won't repeat the whole story again, but I'd like to mention again that, when my grandmother got married in Dec. 1911, she wrote down the names of her Adopted parents, John and Mary (CLARK) DEXTER, but she also wrote down the names of her Birth parents as: William and Mary CLARK. We were told she did not know who her birth-parents were, and this was confirmed when I opened her Adoption File in Cambridge Probate Court about 2 years ago. We also have no idea who this William CLARK is. I can only guess that he was somehow related to Mrs. DEXTER who was born and raised in Westport, MA, and her father's name was James CLARK (b1790's ??). This morning I went to www.familysearch.org to look through the 1880 Census information for William and Mary CLARK/E's born in the 1850's in southern New England. The only couple I found with that name was William and Mary CLARK, ages 30 and 26, living in Boston, MA. The Census place was: "E.D. 661" and I was wondering what that meant. I did find a William and Mariah CLARK also living in Boston, around the same ages.. Well, here's another good chuckle! :o) William and Mariah are 26 and 29, and they are listed with two sons, 27 and 17. Another chuckle was coming across the Census page which included a William CLARK in CA .. having been born in 1852 in CT ... who was in 1880 ... living in "San Quenton." :o) or :o( IF William and Mary CLARK were indeed the birth-parents of my grandmother, or at least William CLARK .. then he had to have been an adult in the summer of 1888 .. in MA or CT or RI. My grandmother remembered "an uncle" who was named George CLARK who had moved out to CA. One other suspicion is that, when Mrs. DEXTER died in Melrose, MA, in 1899, and Mr. DEXTER "disappeared," my grandmother, at Age 11, might have gone to live with William CLARK for a few years.. before.... she went to live in "The Temporary Home for Women and Children" on Tremont St. in Boston. Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I also noticed that in 1880 in Brockton, MA, two William CLARK's were listed as living in Hotels, and the other residents of the Hotels were listed. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.