I just want to share my experience with everyone. I found a great site, http://www.oldcitydirectory.com They sell the following Boston City Directories on CD 1796 Boston MA 1789 Boston MA 1800 Boston MA 1805 Boston MA 1859 Boston MA I have already purchased the 1800 directory and just received it today. I am so thrilled with it's contents, that I am going to purchase a few more of the others. These people also offer free census lookups and cemetery photos. They are also wonderful to deal with. Just wanted to share my experience Gia --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines

If someone does have a list of these people buried in St. Augustine's Cemetery in So. Boston - would you please post it to the list! Thank you Lucy

does anyone know if some has the list of people burried there its not that big jim

This post is being sent simultaneously to three lists: GenMassachusetts-L, NYSUFFOL-L, and BOSTON-L. Please forgive the duplication if you are subscribed to more than one of these lists. I am looking for information on Grace Berry, wife of Thomas Berry. She died May 17, 1625, probably Boston, is buried in Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston. This information/record appears in the Suffolk County Vital Records for Boston, epitaphs, p 4. Also looking for information on Thomas Berry, her husband. Does anyone have any idea when these folks immigrated here? any other information on Grace or Thomas? Is there anyone out there that can take a photo of this particular grave site/stone, if is still standing? I will reimburse film and postage. A digital photo would be ok, as I can receive it with no problem. Virginia Gandrup Berry descendant

New England Connections Maine Genealogical Society ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE SEPT. 28, 2002 CONFERENCE PROGRAM 8:00 am - 9:30 am Registration 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Vendor Booths 8:15 am - 4:30 pm Resource Room 8:15 am - 9:15 pm Early Bird Sessions Beginning Genealogy Program Archiving Your Legacy-Ellen Dwyer http://www.lib.umb.edu/newengarch/ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Gems Jewels or Fools Gold? Mining the US Federal Census Ruth Q. Wellner, Reference Librarian/Research Services Coordinator NEHGS will tell you how to get the most of your Census research and avid the pitfalls just waiting to undermine your efforts. http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/census/census_clues_1850_to_1930.html 10:30am - 11:00 am Break 11:00am - 12:00 pm Boston States Migrations Project Sharon Sergeant, Boston States Migrations �Looking at families migrating between the Canadian Eastern Provinces, New England and New York through the centuries. http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com/ 12:00 - 12:30 pm MGS Annual Meeting All Society members are invited to attend 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch 1:45 pm -2:45 pm Breakout Sessions Choose one of six specialty sessions including: Problem Solving Panel with various experts on different aspects of family research Internet Genealogy with Kathy Amoroso of Maine Historical Society http://home.maine.rr.com/kathya/ Italian Genealogy Success Stories with Joseph Summers Archiving Your Legacy - Ellen Dyer of Camden Public Library http://www.camden.lib.me.us/ Preserving Family Photos �David Mishkin of Just Black & White http://www.maine.com/photos/tip.htm Franco American Genealogy-Jane Bushey Fogg http://www.avcnet.org/begin/Pages/MainPage.html 3:00 pm -4:00 pm Researching in New England Ruth Q. Wellner. Learn the ins and outs of New England Research from a someone who specializes in this area at the New England Historic Genealogical Society-the one stop shopping mall for genealogical research. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ Participants can pre-register for the Conference only or a conference and Lunch package. Lunch will be a cold sandwich and salad buffet including beverage and dessert. Picnic facilities are available on the Dining Hall patio and throughout the campus. The 26th Annual Meeting Conference of the Maine Genealogical Society will be held on the campus of Southern Maine Technical College (SMTC) on Saturday, September 28, 2002. The Campus is located in South Portland Maine on the site of Old Fort Preble. In addition to the school buildings the campus also has a historic chapel, the old settler�s cemetery and picturesque walking paths. Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome to attend. This is a general interest conference with the underlying theme of making Connections. This is a great opportunity for learning, networking, visiting vendors, and researching. A research area will be available all day. For more Information email: lholland@maine.rr.com For everyone from beginner to expert there will be various sessions from which to select. Speakers from all over New England with worldwide expertise will be there to inform and inspire researchers to a new level. Mail Registration to: Greater Portland Genealogical Society c/o Lynne Holland 184 Spurwink Avenue Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 REGISTRATION FORM Please complete a separate form for each person attending. Please check the appropriate box: Conference Only (Registered by Sept. 18, 2002) MGS Members: $17.00 _ Non-member: $22.00 _ Conference and Lunch: (Reg. by Sept. 18, 2002) MGS Members: $25.00 _ Non-members: $30.00 _ I plan to attend the 8:15 am session (circle one if appropriate) Beginning Genealogy / Archiving Your Legacy Conference Registrations accepted at the door on a space available basis but NO LUNCH will be available. On Site Registration Fee $30.00. Please Print: Name _________________________________ Address __________________________________ Zip Code____________ MGS# ____________ Phone_____________________________ Email _____________________________ Make Checks Payable to: Greater Portland Genealogical Society DIRECTIONS TO THE SMTC CAMPUS Coming via Maine Turnpike North or South Exit 7, coming off exit proceed straight (1.7 miles) to Rte. 1, Main Street Turn left onto Rte. 1 north. At 4th set of lights (1 mile) bear right following signs toward Rte. 77 South. Proceed straight on Broadway approximately 2 miles. Just past Newick�s Restaurant (on right) take right at the 2nd light. From this point proceed straight to end of Broadway (approx. 1 mile). Take right at stop sign onto Benjamin W. Pickett St.-- 200 yards to campus Coming via Route 1 from South Follow Rte 1 north past entrance to Maine Turnpike (exit 7) in So. Portland Then follow directions as if coming off Maine Turnpike at exit 7 (above) Coming from North via Route 95 Enter the Maine Turnpike in Augusta Take 1st exit you come to (to 95 south) Stay on 95 (turns into 295) until you come into downtown Portland. Take exit 6A (Forest Avenue South) Immediately bear to the right onto Rte 77 South follow all the way through downtown. At bottom of large hill road bears right over Casco Bay bridge. After bridge proceed straight through lights and follow road (Broadway) all the way to end (little over 1 mile). Take right at stop sign onto Benjamin W. Pickett St.-- 200 yards to campus

The Origins of the American Stagecoach Excerpt (more at website, below) The first stagecoach in the American colonies was owned by Jonathan Wardwell of Boston. His coach first made the trip from Boston to Providence, Rhode Island, on May 13, 1718, and in doing so began a system of travel which would endure for nearly 200 years. Following Wardwell's example, stagecoaches and wagons began to travel regularly throughout the East. The individual credited with instituting long-distance stage travel was another New Englander named Levi Pease. He began a stagecoach run along the upper Boston Post Road after the American Revolution in 1784. This stagecoach traveled from Boston through Worcester, Springfield, and Hartford to New York. http://www.imh.org/imh/kyhpl4a.html#xtocid38841

At the Indian Killer's Grave by Robert Lowell Robert Lowell At the Indian Killer's Grave "Here, also, are the veterans of King Philip's War, who burned villages and slaughtered young and old, with pious fierceness, while the godly souls throughout the land were helping them with prayer." -- Hawthorne Behind King's Chapel what the earth has kept Whole from the jerking noose of time extends Its dark enigma to Jehoshaphat; Or will King Philip plait The just man's scalp in the wailing valley! Friends, Blacker than these black stones the subway bends About the dirty elm roots and the well For the unchristened infants in the waste Of the great garden rotten to its root; Death, the engraver, puts forward his bone foot And Grace-with-wings and Time-on-wings compel All this antique abandon of the disgraced To face Jehovah's buffets and his ends. The dusty leaves and frizzled lilacs gear This garden of the elders with baroque And prodigal embellishments but smoke, Settling upon the pilgrims and their grounds, Espouses and confounds Their dust with the off-scourings of the town; The libertarian crown Of England built their mausoleum. Here A clutter of Bible and weeping willows guards The stern Colonial magistrates and wards Of Charles the Second, and the clouds Weep on the just and unjust as they will -- For the poor dead cannot see Easter crowds On Boston Common or the Beacon Hill Where strangers hold the golden Statehouse dome For good and always. Where they live is home: A common with an iron railing: here Frayed cables wreathe the spreading cenotaph Of John and Mary Winslow and the laugh Of Death is hacked in sandstone, in their year. A green train grinds along its buried tracks And screeches. When the great mutation racks The Pilgrim Father's relics, will these plaques Harness the spare-ribbed persons of the dead To battle with the dragon? Philip's head Grins on the platter, fouls in pantomime The fingers of kept time: "Surely, this people is but grass," He whispers, "this will pass; But, Sirs, the trollop dances on your skulls And breaks the hollow noddle like an egg That thought the world an eggshell. Sirs, the gulls Scream from the squelching wharf-piles, beg a leg To crack their crops. The Judgment is at hand; Only the dead are poorer in this world Where State and elders thundered race, hurled Anathemas at nature and the land That fed the hunter's gashed and green perfection-- Its settled mass concedes no outlets for your puns And verbal Paradises. Your election, Hawking above this slime For souls as single as their skeletons, Flutters and claws in the dead hand of time." When you go down this man-hole to the drains, The doorman barricades you in and out; You wait upon his pleasure. All about The pale, sand-colored, treeless chains Of T-squared buildings strain To curb the spreading of the braced terrain; When you go down this hole, perhaps your pains Will be rewarded well; no rough-cast house Will bed and board you in King's Chapel. Here A public servant putters with a knife And paints the railing red Forever, as a mouse Cracks walnuts by the headstones of the dead Whose chiseled angels peer At you, as if their art were long as life. I ponder on the railing at this park: Who was the man who sowed the dragon's teeth, That fabulous or fancied patriarch Who sowed so ill for his descent, beneath King's Chapel in this underworld and dark? John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Gospel me to the Garden, let me come Where Mary twists the warlock with her flowers-- Her soul a bridal chamber fresh with flowers And her whole body an ecstatic womb, As through the trellis peers the sudden Bridegroom. http://www.certando.net/vali/lowell.htm

Hi All, The information below is from : History of Brookline, New Hampshire I do not have access to this source anymore but when I did I managed to retrieve Marriages : 1905. July 18, Linwood Tasker, Winthrope, Mass., Emma E. Hardwick, Boston. 1906. Aug. 29, Arthur C. Sellere, Chelsea, Mass., Mabel G. Ryder. I hope this helps someone. Andrea

I was just wondering if anyone has ever written to St Columbkille's Parish on Market Street, for any type of genealogical information? I have written to many churches in the past and normally get a response within 2-3 weeks. It has been about 2 months and I have not heard back from them. I sent a donation, along with a request for some baptisimal records. The check had been deposited over a month ago. Just being impatient I guess (smile) Helene - carsonmh@volfirst.net Purchase your Old City Directory, preserved on CD today at http://www.oldcitydirectory.com FREE CENSUS LOOKUPS and more...

Thanks to those who responded to my request on where to research upon my visit there. Really appreciate it. Arlene

Would someone please advise me as to the best places to visit for genealogy purposes while in these areas. I am looking for information on HOLMES- WILLIAMS family. They were in the theatrical and musical professions there in Boston around 1920. Will be searching for gravesites also. Only have a week so hoping to cover as many areas as I can while there while gathering the best and most information as time will allow. Appreciate any help offered as to where to search. Hoping for pictures and or copies of theater ads or poster. Traveling from OR and nave never been in that area of the country. Thanks Arlene

MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS, INC. ANNUAL MEETING AND SEMINAR SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2002 FIRST PARISH CHURCH, 24 VERNON ST., FRAMINGHAM, MA 01701 See our website www.rootsweb.com/~masgi/msog for directions 9:00-9:30 Registration, Coffee and Fellowship 9:30-10:30 Business Meeting and Election of Officers 11:00-12:00 "How to Trace Your 19th and 20th Century Immigrant Ancestors" by Jonathan D. Galli, CGRS- Jonathan is proprietor of American Ancestral Associates, which provides research services in all time periods of American history and focuses on Italian genealogy as well. He is a founder and past president of the Italian Genealogical Society of America, as well as a previous editor of the IGSA newsletter Lo Specchio. 12:00-1:00 Lunch and Visits to Vendor Booths 1:15-2:15 "Preserving Your Family Photographs" by Maureen A. Taylor-Maureen has more than twenty years of experience in genealogical and historical research and is author of several books, including one which has the title of her talk. She also writes articles for Family Tree Magazine and New England Ancestors. Her website taylorandstrong.com has a more complete profile of her many accomplishments. 2:30-3:30 "Bridging the Atlantic-Strategies for Finding Your Ancestor's Place of Origin" by Kay Sheldon-Kay is a noted lecturer and has taught beginning genealogy in the Worcester County area for many years. She is a former President of M.S.O.G., Inc. and co-founder of the Swedish Ancestral Research Association. Kay and Bill Schoeffler arranged the first New England Regional Genealogical Conference in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. 3:45 Drawing for Door Prizes 4:00 Closing The meeting and seminar are free to members. Non-member fee is $15. A buffet lunch will be provided for each person who pre-registers for a fee of $7.50. Non-members who join when registering for the meeting pay a total fee of $30, which includes lunch. Send your check payable to Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. to P.O. Box 215, Ashland, MA 01721. Last day for pre-registration is Friday October 4, 2002.

ISO Frank Defazio DOB 11-9-1936 born in Wakefield Ma. Graduated from Wakefield H. S. in 1953. Went to Emerson College. Parents were Frank&Vera Defazio (they had a home in Nahant, Breezy Hill Tr.). @1981-87 Frank lived in Winthrop, Ma(Tewksbury St.) and drove a cab. Told coworkers he was moving to Boston and no one has seen or heard from him since. If you know anything about Frank (past or present) Please email me. Thank You Sincerely, Julie

In a message dated 8/26/02 8:53:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, CARADOC28@aol.com writes: > > AS I LOOKED THRU MY OLD NOTES LOOK WHAT I SAW > > Patrick JamesDENNING @IRELAND COAL DEALER & Mary@IRELAND > > NOW patrick is > > Year child Husband Wife > > 1793/7 Denning, Patrick James M. Farrell************* > > ok thats what i see theni look again at this > > > > MARY CARROLL DENNEY1791@IRELAND19 Jun 1861@70, DISEASE OF HEART,17 > WILLIAMS > > ST.BOSTON MA.- dau of JohnCARROLL@IRELAND &Margaret@IRELAND > > well? carroll is a maiden name not middle and denney is a form of denning > > could someone with 1850 or 60 cencus check out 17 williams in boston and > > chelsea for family so she could be Mary Carroll married to a Patrick > James > > Denning > 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

Can anyone help with a lookup for this ship which arrived in Boston around 2nd June 1908. Anyone with the name Mullin who originated from Onaght, Inishmore, Aran Isles. Many thanks Anne

For Immediate Release For Further Information: (781) 647-8100 National Archives in Waltham Offers Genealogical Workshops Waltham, MA* The National Archives-Northeast Region Waltham staff is offering 10 new genealogical workshops through the fall of 2002. All of the workshops are introductory level and address U.S. Census records, except one workshop pertaining to Revolutionary War Records. Participants will learn what they need to know in order to locate a record as well as what one might expect to find in the record. The workshops will be offered at the Regional Archives building, located at 380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, MA according to the following schedule. Workshops marked with an asterisk (*) are followed by an optional behind the scenes tour of the archives. September 3, 2:00 PM* Census I, 1790 - 1870 September 17, 2:00 PM* Census II, 1880 - 1920 September 26, 6:30 PM Census II, 1880 - 1920 October 1, 2:00 PM* Census III, 1930 October 10, 6:30 PM Census III, 1930 October 15, 2:00 PM* Census I, 1790 - 1870 October 24, 6:30 PM Census I, 1790 - 1870 November 5, 2:00 PM* Census II, 1880 - 1920 November 14, 6:30 PM Revolutionary War Records November 19, 2:00 PM* Census III, 1930 Workshop and tour space is limited to 20 participants. Call (781) 647-8100 to register and for more details. There is no fee. The National Archives-Northeast Region consists of three separate facilities. In Waltham, MA hours of operation are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., and the first and third Saturday of each month 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. In Pittsfield, MA (microfilm research only) hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., and the first Saturday of each month 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. In New York City, hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., and the first and third Saturday each month 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Microfilm research only during evening and weekend hours in Waltham and New York. Excludes all Federal holidays. The mission of the National Archives is to ensure, for the Citizen and the Public Servant, for the President and the Congress and the Courts, ready access to essential evidence.

I'm specifically looking for 3379 Washington St. Johanna and Ann Manning - spinster - unfortunately they would not be in the index as they don't have children under 10 -- --- Ginny Chung <gchung@mindspring.com> http://www.mindspring.com/~gchung/tree.htm - Main page http://www.mindspring.com/~gchung/CemeteryMain.html - Mass Cemetery Transcriptions http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gchung/brochterbeck/Main.htm - Brochterbeck Germany ==============================================

Suffolk County, Massachusetts Cemeteries http://www.geocities.com/masuffolk/cem.html

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(Forwarded from another List with permission) From: tfeeney@xpressamerica.net (tfeeney) To: GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com New Free Book Excerpt Download is now available at my Free Downloads page at: http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/page7.htm Excerpt twelve is "Days And Ways In Old Boston," edited by William S. Rossiter. Published in Boston, R.H. Stearns And Company, 1915. This is a chapter from the book, written by Walter K. Watkins of the Bostonian Society. It is an interesting read about some history of Boston with a few illustrations From: tfeeney@xpressamerica.net (tfeeney) To: Farns10th@aol.com Hi Janice, I don't belong to the Boston list, but if you do, would you mind forwarding it on for me?? Sincerely, Toni