I am trying to gether information of Henry Fininley and his family who were in Massachusetts on the 1850 census: Norfolk County, Dorchester, Section 1, Roll 329, page 14188. Henry was aged 36 and a physician. I have not been able to find any further info on him or his family apart from one son Henry who was killed at Nelsons Farm in June 1862, and one daughter Martha who married an Moses Williams in 1868. Henry and his eldest 4 children were born in England and I would say his first wife died on the ship out to the USA - his mother in law travelled with them abt 1848 and he married a Jane Blaidsall in Boston in Oct 1849 and they had a son. Any information on Henry or his family would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from South Australia Danielle

Hello, I just checked census pages  (through my library)  and this spelling of the name only shows up once: FININLEY, GEORGE   (1860 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , NORFOLK, 3-WD ROXBURY Age: 23, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MA Series: M653 Roll: 517 Page: 858 He is single, a blacksmith,  and living in someone's home. The FINENLEY name doesn't show up at all.     The  FINNLEY spelling shows up 3 times in 1860, but 2 in Ohio and one in NYC: FINNLEY, JAMS   (1860 U.S. Census) NEW YORK , NEW YORK, 17-WD NEW YORK CITY Age: 25, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NY Series: M653 Roll: 808 Page: 72 I see the  FINLEY spelling shows up many times,  but not in New England until 1900.     There are 2 Henry FINLEY's in MA that year actually living in bordering towns.    One has a wife, Catherine, and the other is single. FINLEY, HENRY   (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, ARLINGTON Age: 39, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: T623 Roll: 655 Page: 114 FINLEY, HENRY B   (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, LEXINGTON Age: 30, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: CANA Series: T623 Roll: 659 Page: 4 With that kind of name, someone could try a dozen, different spellings.   But some others aren't show up. Out of curiousity,  I checked    www.familysearch.org    and  Henry FININLEY's name shows up a few times.     One mention is of his marriage to Jane BLAISDELL in RI in 1849.     Another mention is that he fought in the Civil War.      Another mention is that Henry and Jane had a son, Robert, who died at Age 6 in Boston in 1857.   Hope this helps a little. Betty                   (near Lowell

Hi again,   I had already suggested that Harry Edgar GREENAWAY might have been a  Harold GREENAWAY.    But, while looking at   www.familysearch.org   just now,  I was reminded that the man might have been an Edgar GREENAWAY.     (and the obvious alternate spelling would be GREENWAY)   I did find a family in Marblehead which might be of interest.    The 1930 census has this family.    The page says that William was born in England and Jennie was born in PA.   Household Gender Age Parent William S Greenaway M 51 Parent Jennie E Greenaway F 51 Wilfred T Greenaway M 21   Albert E Greenaway M 18 Edith Greenaway F 17 Elizabeth Greenaway F 15 Florence L Greenaway F 13 Helen Greenaway F 11 Dorothy Greenaway F 9 Thedore Lundin M 43   If H.E.  GREENAWAY had a musical band,   he could have possibly had a "stage name."   Betty           (near Lowell, MA)     (Someone on the VT List  just mentioned the GOODNOUGH surname,  and I mentioned that I went to high school with someone with the alternate:    GOODENOUGH.)   P.S.    The name of my grandfather's small  (family)  band  just popped into my head:     "The  Lewis  Swing-Billies."     He and his 2nd wife, Hazel, lived in Windsor Locks, CT, during 1940's,  and it was her  BEDELL children who were in the band with him.    I think they performed locally in the Springfield, MA, area.

Hello,   Just wanted to mention that many public libraries in MA  offer access to newspapers on their web site.    And, some libraries allow you to access them from your home computer.   Oops.    I just checked and the Chelmsford Library only has the "Boston Globe" back to 1980.    And, I checked  "HeritageQuest"  and I thought they offered old newspapers and they don't.   But, they do allow you to search for  "Periodicals."   Betty              (near Lowell, MA)

Just a thought/follow-up - does anyone have access to the Boston Globe from the 1930-40's? Harry may have advertised his band in the paper or there may have been an article written about the Green Dragon's. From what I gather they played, dance, swing, & jazz music. Dave ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: David HOWE <[email protected]> To: MASS GEN <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, November 25, 2011 1:23:46 PM Subject: Harry Edgar GREENAWAY The above was b. in PA, 1900 and d. in Lynn, MA 1951 During the 1940's Harry was part of a band called the Green Dragon's. He played the coronet, and was most likely the bands leader. I am pretty sure the band played mostly in Mass as he lived in Lynn, Revere, and Marblehead. At one time I had a picture of the band, but that was misplaced many years ago. I am looking for someone that might direct me to a copy of the picture as well as information about the members of the band, and where they played. Any help with this quest will be appreciated. Dave 

Hi David,   I did a search for the full name you're looking for,  Harry Edgar GREENAWAY,  and found out you found some Lists to post on that I did not know about: MUSICAL-OCCUPATIONS THEATRICAL-ANCESTORS   www.rootsweb.com   It's a reminder to researchers to sometimes go to the home page and go to the Mailing List  INDEX section,  and then go to the   OTHER and  MISCELLANEOUS categories for Lists.     You never know what List you will find mentioned.   I already mentioned in my other message that my grandfather had a small, family band in the Springfield area during the 1940's or around 1950.    He was Silas Dean LEWIS born in Stoneham.   But, one of my mother's aunts married a Hobart PHELPS.    They lived near us so we visited them while I was growing up.     But, it wasn't until I started genealogy that I was reminded that Uncle Hobart had been an intertainer in Boston.     If I'm remembering correctly,  he was a female-impersonator and worked at "the Old Howard."     (I wasn't able to find him mentioned as an entertainer -  the Boston Public Library checked for me.)  *   Betty           (near Lowell, MA)     *  Hobart and Ruby PHELPS had a son, Lawrence PHELPS,  who became a famous builder of "church organs."

Hello,   I sometimes get more information from an on-line search at 5 am than I do at other times of the day.    I just searched for  "Green Dragon band"  and found this web page, which is about the "Boston Brigade Band" of the 1800's.      It mentions the "Green Dragon Tavern" in Boston which sounds familiar to me.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Brigade_Band   I think a KIDDER man was somehow involved with the "Green Dragon Tavern" in very early Boston,  but I don't see him mentioned here:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dragon_Tavern   It seems there is a current Green Dragon Band so that is not helping my search for one that existed in early 1900's.   Betty              (near Lowell, MA)       P.S.    My grandfather started up a small "family band"  in the 1940's, I believe, or around 1950.    He, his 2nd wife, and her school-age children were living in the Springfield, MA, area at the time.      I don't recall the name of it at this moment,  but I can look in my notes.       They included "Sy" LEWIS and his BEDELL step-children and their friends.

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The above was b. in PA, 1900 and d. in Lynn, MA 1951 During the 1940's Harry was part of a band called the Green Dragon's. He played the coronet, and was most likely the bands leader. I am pretty sure the band played mostly in Mass as he lived in Lynn, Revere, and Marblehead. At one time I had a picture of the band, but that was misplaced many years ago. I am looking for someone that might direct me to a copy of the picture as well as information about the members of the band, and where they played. Any help with this quest will be appreciated. Dave 

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>>Social Security Administration extends FOIA restriction to 100 years _http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/social-security-administration-extends-foia-r_ (http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/social-security-administration-extends-foia-r) >>Unfortunately, it’s now official. I have been ordering Social Security applications for several decades, and have found them especially valuable over the last decade for assisting with my Army cases. A few years ago, I noticed that they were starting to block out names of parents on the applications – which is very unfortunate since that’s the primary reason for ordering them. Still, the restriction seemed to pertain to applications for those born from 1940 or so on, and the explanation was that their parents could still be alive. So though I wasn't keen on it, I could understand the logic.<< >>But recently – without any announcement – the Administration extended the restriction to 100 years – that is, 100 years from the birth of the applicant, so you can now only obtain this record in an unaltered state for those born prior to 1912. This letter is in response to one I wrote where I explained how it would negatively impact the ability to locate soldiers’ family members and that the parents whose privacy was suddenly being protected would have to be somewhere on the order of 120 to 150 years old, if alive. I can apparently receive the full application if I can prove that the parents are deceased, but 1) that’s a catch-22 since that’s exactly why I usually ordered the document in the first place, and 2) many of my cases are for foreign-born soldiers who immigrated to the U.S. so I would have to seek death certificates from places ranging from Finland to the Philippines.<< >>For similar reasons, this perplexingly long restriction will obviously also affect the 40% of Americans of Ellis Island heritage, which is also regrettable as this was the best tool for learning the names of the parents of immigrants so you could then extend your research overseas. I'm very disappointed in this decision and truly can't grasp what has caused the Administration to put such a severe restriction in place – far in excess of that of most states that have limits on death certificate access – but I wanted to at least let the genealogical community know as it would be unfortunate for others to spend money needlessly. Because this policy was never announced, I have spent money on four requests ($27 or $29 each) for people born in the 19-teens, only to receive documents of no value to me. You might want to let your friends in the genealogical community know.<<

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Dear Listers I am doing the family tree research of the Lauchlan and McKenzie families on the behalf of my friend. I understand that Nene McKenzie came from Bedford County, USA but I am aware that there are four Bedford County in different states in America. I would like to search for the passenger lists for McKenzie coming to Wellington, New Zealand from Bedford County. There may be another names for Nene. I would like to look for the passenger lists of McKenzie from 1918 to 1921. I wonder if there is a record for security index? Nene came to New Zealand and met Robert Wilson Lauchlan. They had a child out of wedlock and I would like to search for some information about Nene. I would like to know if it is possible for you to look up for the passenger lists for Mckenzie coming to Wellington for me. You can email me [email protected] Any information is very welcome. Thank you. Angela Treanor New Zealand

At 07:56 AM 11/21/2011, Betty Fredericks wrote: >The one which is only 5-7 miles from the Lowell line is the "Tewksbury State Hospital." In earlier years it was called "Tewksbury State Infirmary," and before that the "State Almshouse at Tewksbury." It was apparently started in 1853 (the 6th annual report was issued in 1859). It had a poor farm, insane asylum, and multiple hospitals. A number of annual reports of the trustees are at Google Books, and a bound set of the reports from 1912 to 1928 is at the Internet Archive Text Archive. One of my great-grandfathers died there of tuberculosis in 1931. >And, one reminder is that the Town of Lowell was annexed off of the Town of Chelmsford in 1826 (?). It was, on 01-Mar-1826 ["Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts," First Edition (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920). Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

If memory serves me correctly, from my grade school days, Tewksbury was where Annie Sullivan spent part of her childhood before she became Helen Keller's teacher.   Pat McCoy, M.S. Addiction Psychology Slow Down and Enjoy Your Garden! ________________________________ From: Dale H. Cook <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Historic Hospitals in Lowell At 07:56 AM 11/21/2011, Betty Fredericks wrote: >The one which is only 5-7 miles from the Lowell line is the "Tewksbury State Hospital." In earlier years it was called "Tewksbury State Infirmary," and before that the "State Almshouse at Tewksbury." It was apparently started in 1853 (the 6th annual report was issued in 1859). It had a poor farm, insane asylum, and multiple hospitals. A number of annual reports of the trustees are at Google Books, and a bound set of the reports from 1912 to 1928 is at the Internet Archive Text Archive. One of my great-grandfathers died there of tuberculosis in 1931. >And, one reminder is that the Town of Lowell was annexed off of the Town of Chelmsford in 1826 (?). It was, on 01-Mar-1826 ["Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts," First Edition (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920). Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello,   I don't have the best of memories,  but I don't remember a "Lowell State Hospital" being mentioned before.     The one which is only 5-7 miles from the Lowell line is the "Tewksbury State Hospital."     But,  I looked on-line,  and found this old hospital mentioned:   http://libweb.uml.edu/clh/Patient.htm   And, just a reminder about all the information about the City of Lowell is available there:   http://libweb.uml.edu/clh/   When I searched on-line,  I didn't really find a "Lowell State Hospital" mentioned.    But, this site comes up which mentions  "haunted places" in MA.     I just looked at the places in Lowell, and it is interesting, especially one comment.      It mentions that there used to be an "old miltary hospital which had been sunk in the ground."   http://theshadowlands.net/places/massachusetts.htm   And, one reminder is that the Town of Lowell was annexed off of the Town of Chelmsford in 1826 (?).    So, the major part of the City of Lowell was once part of Chelmsford, inc. 1655.    And, part of it annexed off of Dracut, I believe.    And there are mills in Chelmsford,  and one is mentioned in that site as being haunted.   I just checked, and there is one section of Billerica High School which is reported to be haunted.    And, I know from my own hearing of the stories that the historic  Dudley Road is haunted.      Back in the old days,  Dudley Rd. was a horseshoe-shaped road that started in Billerica and went around and came out in Bedford - and concidentally there were horse farms there.     (And, Bedford annexed off of Billerica in 1730's.)   Betty                (near Lowell, MA)     (FYI:    Both a List and a Board for  "New England Research" now)

The mormon site only has MA deaths up to 1915. The Mass. Archives site also only has deaths to 1915 as yet. Does NEGHS have the deaths to 1920? If so, could someone check for a death of William E. Salter in Arlington in 1918? How far does NEGHS go to?

At 05:49 PM 11/20/2011, Richard Noble wrote: >Does NEGHS have the deaths to 1920? No - last I knew the filming of the 1916-1920 records at the Massachusetts Archives had not been completed. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

At 11:13 AM 11/20/2011, Kathleen Mayo Kendrick wrote: >Looking for marriage record 1903 V 536 P 2Charles Franklin >Powers Barnstable Mass. Anyone can access those images through the updated LDS site: https://www.familysearch.org/ Enter first and last names, 1903 for both years, and "barnstable, ma" (without quotes) for the place and hit Search. The first lit is the record you want. As a rule the advanced search at: https://www.familysearch.org/#form=advanced-records is better, because you can specify more and return less hits. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

Looking for marriage record 1903 V 536 P 2Charles Franklin Powers Barnstable Mass... please anyone with membership....would greatly appreciate it....god bless... Kathleen Mayo Kendrick