Have you tried "googling" Twiss genealogy? Or Mass genealogy? http://distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Twiss http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/surc-T/surc-Twi/sur-Twiss/ http://www.surnameweb.org/Twiss/surnames.htm http://genforum.genealogy.com/twiss/ http://books.google.com/ etc Then there are pay sites like Ancestry. Happy hunting! ________________________________ From: "downmemorylane@irelandmail.com" <downmemorylane@irelandmail.com> To: collins@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 8:50:53 PM Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and New Hampshire Ms. Greaves, If you can help me by suggesting where I may be able to go to continue on researching my TWISS family it would be greatly appreciated. This is from my cousin: ``I have researched the Collin in that area in 1800,s and was unable to find one that I thought could be Lyman,s father. His father probably would have been born in the early 1800's and in Ma.`` >From a COLLINS researcher: ``Have you ever checked any of the Native American resources? Dawes Rolls, Miller roles, and Cherokee by Blood are two that I have checked for my Collins... The surname Collins is a 'common Native American surname'. My Collins are elusive as well. My family has been doing genealogy since the 1940's. No one has been able to break the Collins/Price brickwall. George Wiley Collins b around 1812, somewhere in South Carolina. Has a female relative named Elizabeth Collins, b about 1799, somewhere in SC. George married Sedition Price also born somewhere in SC. They moved to GA and were living in Murray Co during the 1850 census and in Bartow Co during the 1860 census. There is a Price family next door, but that line of research is a dead end as well. The 1870 census shows George living with his second wife. We think Sedition died about 1864, but we do not know where she is buried, no death certificate, etc. Some researchers say the boys in this line were killed during the war, others say they moved to Miller Co. AK (I think)``. Thank you very much. Jessica -----Original Message----- From: Doris Greaves <doris_greaves@sbcglobal.net> To: collins@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 8:50 am Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and New Hampshire Do you have any dates? Are they early ones? There are very good records online that start very early in our history. ________________________________ From: "downmemorylane@irelandmail.com" <downmemorylane@irelandmail.com> To: collins@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 1:51:55 AM Subject: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and New Hampshire Hello, This is my first posting to this List and was wondering, please, if SKS would help me. My Lyman TWISS was b. in Massachusetts and his wife COLLINS (surname and no first name) was b. in N. H. This info. came from census records but do not know which one, unfortunately. This info. was given to me via another TWISS researcher. I would appreciate any and all info. or suggestions on the above. Thank you very much. Jessica BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Doris, where are you located? Are you near a National Archive? Or, for about $30 a year, you can join the Godfrey Library in CT. You get a library number, and can access all their archives anytime. They have early American Indians sites, etc.   Phil Collins, in Western Massachusetts, U.S.A. --- On Tue, 2/23/10, Doris Greaves <doris_greaves@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Doris Greaves <doris_greaves@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and New Hampshire > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 12:47 PM > Have you tried "googling" Twiss > genealogy? Or Mass genealogy? > > http://distantcousin.com/SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Twiss > http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/sur/surc-T/surc-Twi/sur-Twiss/ > http://www.surnameweb.org/Twiss/surnames.htm > http://genforum.genealogy.com/twiss/ > http://books.google.com/ > etc > Then there are pay sites like Ancestry. > Happy hunting! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "downmemorylane@irelandmail.com" > <downmemorylane@irelandmail.com> > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 8:50:53 PM > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and > New Hampshire > > Ms.  Greaves, > > If you can help me by suggesting where I may be able to go > to continue on researching my TWISS family it would be > greatly appreciated. > > This is from my cousin: > > ``I have researched the  Collin in that area in 1800,s > and was unable to find one that I thought could be Lyman,s > father. His father probably would have been born in the > early 1800's and in Ma.`` > > >From a COLLINS researcher: > > > ``Have you ever checked any of the Native American > resources?  Dawes Rolls, > Miller roles, and Cherokee by Blood are two that I have > checked for my > Collins... The surname Collins is a 'common Native American > surname'. > > My Collins are elusive as well.  My family has been > doing genealogy since > the 1940's.  No one has been able to break the > Collins/Price brickwall. > > George Wiley Collins b around 1812, somewhere in South > Carolina.  Has a > female relative named Elizabeth Collins, b about 1799, > somewhere in SC. > George married Sedition Price also born somewhere in > SC.  They moved to GA > and were living in Murray Co during the 1850 census and in > Bartow Co > during the 1860 census. There is a Price family next door, > but that line > of research is a dead end as well. The 1870 census shows > George living > with his second wife.  We think Sedition died about > 1864, but we do not > know where she is buried, no death certificate, etc.  > Some researchers say > the boys in this line were killed during the war, others > say they moved to > Miller Co. AK (I think)``. > > Thank you very much. > > Jessica > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doris Greaves <doris_greaves@sbcglobal.net> > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 8:50 am > Subject: Re: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and > New Hampshire > > > Do you have any dates? Are they early ones? There are very > good records online > that start very early in our history. > > > > ________________________________ > From: "downmemorylane@irelandmail.com" > <downmemorylane@irelandmail.com> > To: collins@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 1:51:55 AM > Subject: [COLLINS] COLLINS family in Massachesetts and New > Hampshire > > > > > Hello, > > This is my first posting to this List and was wondering, > please, if SKS would > help me. > > My Lyman TWISS was b. in Massachusetts and his wife COLLINS > (surname and no > first name) was b. in N. H.  This info. came from > census records but do not know > which one, unfortunately.  This info. was given to me > via another TWISS > researcher. > > I would appreciate any and all info. or suggestions on the > above. > > Thank you very much. > > Jessica > > > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > > > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >