This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobboss55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7360.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For William, he does not specifically show on the Britich census until the 1901 census. The earliest I have found him mentionmed, in census, in the British 1881. It lists his wife and children and a note in it states 'husband at sea'. The 1891 Beitish census lists his wife and children but does not mention him. The 1901 British census does list him st home with a few children but no wife. Found out thru searching BMD that she died in 1900. Then William died in 1935. On John, yes he was my paternal grandfather. I found him on the 1910 Census listed as Jack Boss age 33 and a lodger in Whitehall, Washington, New York. Then found him in Seattle Washington in the 1920 and 1930 census. I think that if he actually provided the information that is on the census that there was probably strong anti immigrant feelings in the area and listing his father as born in the U.S. might have made things easier. Bob Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7360.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's very possible the fudging was done by someone else. In the case of William, if he spent so much time at sea, whomever provided the information for the census may have thought he was born in Ireland instead of Scotland. I haven't found John in NY, but it could be the same explanation. It's possible that John didn't know where his father was born, although why he would say MA instead of England or the others is curious. Or perhaps he was paying a game for naturalization to become a citizen. Can you post a link to John in NY in 1910? Also, you hint at John being your grandfather. Is that so, or is just that you have a birth certificate of John? John ps - minor point... the 1891 Census I looked at doesn't list William at sea. It just shows Elin/Glin as a Housekeeper. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobboss55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7360.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you the reply. It gives me some ideas. I am not sure if it really applies in this case though. I know my grand father immigrated from England to the U.S. between 1891 (he was on the British census) and 1910 (he is on the U.S. census in New York state). I know his father, my great grandfather died in North Liverpool in December 1935. Where its tricky is with Williams birth and back.I found a post on gdetting the GRO to search so now will order a certificate that I wont have to pay for what I dont need. Bob Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I must say, this is fascinating... Ok, so there was indeed a Hugh McLaughlin and Mary Quigley having children in the city of Lynn in the 1850's and 1860's, so the Nellie born abt 1867 is likely accurate. (There is a death record for a son Michael born in 1859, died in 1899, which also lists the Quigley maiden name; and Mary herself died in 1910 at abt the age of 73. There were also other birth records for children of Hugh and Mary McLaughlin, but not a specific Quigley reference.) We also know that John William Campbell, son of William and Susan, was born Nov 1892. Nothing yet on a first marriage or his wife's death. Although I have still not found the birth record for Walter or Bernice, the records for the children born in VT are all pretty consistent that Laura McLaughlin is abt 10 years younger than John. And besides, Nellie would have been in her 60's when Laura was still having children. One record I did find interesting was Rose's marriage. Every other record is pretty consistent about Laura being born in Lynn, and John being born in N Reading. Rose's lists Chelmsford for Laura and Groton for John. (I did notice that John's WWI draft card originally listed Chelmsford as the address of his employer, so I suspected they may have lived there about 1918.) John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dianeshort112 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Betty...yes I did a quick look in the census and I read over my last post and realized I forgot to say that my grandmother was the only one born in Wilmington. John...thanks so much for the tips on other places to look. I have found a few other dates and names so I'm going to get all of my notes gathered, buckle down and search. The SS app was for Laura my great grandmother. I've ordered my own copy so I can actually see it. Thanks again for the responses. Diane Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Very perplexing Diane! Other places to look: - familysearch.org, but it may not help much (or at least I've not had great luck with your family:). One feature I like is the ability to search using parent's names. It provides the same MA vitals as NEHGS, but uses a different index, so sometimes different results occur. It also provides access to some VT vitals. - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/ This index is relatively quick, and lets you enter partial spelling of any names. I sometimes use it to play around with name possibilities. It's only good through 1910. I'll keep looking, but not sure I can do any good. And just to clarify, which SS application listed Mary and Otis Cosgrove? The Laura born 1892 that had been in the orphanage? Or your grandmother? (I presume the first but had to ask.) Good luck with your great aunt! John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Hannah, Ritchie Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7360.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Bob, I can only offer 2 FYI's. One set of my great-grandparents were born in Liverpool, England, in 1859 and 1860. They became part of the UK's "Child Migrant Scheme" and were "shipped to Canada" as teens in 1874. On the other side of my family-tree, I have my HANNAH / RITCHIE great-great-grandparents. Both William HANNAH and Eliza RITCHIE were born in County Donegal, Ireland (1828, 1837). But, they married in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1854. They had 2 daughters there, and then left from there to migrate to MA/US in 1857. I know the names of both sets of parents but know nothing else about them. And, I don't know which part of Donegal they came from. I've been told by researchers in the past that the 2 families probably migrated back and forth between Ireland and Scotland looking for work. So, William and Eliza could have remembered both countries in their later years. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. Back in Liverpool, John LEWIS' father was a Clerk in an office in Liverpool until he died ~1870. Mary CORKILL's father was a mariner. He was born on the Isle of Man, married in England, and mostly lived in Liverpool. He and his wife had 7 children, but lost one as a child. When the wife died ~1870, the 6 children went to different places. When the children were being "shipped to Canada" during 1870's, Evan CORKILL was on a ship which was on its way to Africa. I don't know how long he was a mariner, possibly 1850 to 1880's, but he lived past 1900. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: McLaughlin, McLoughlin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again, I just used the "Archives Search" feature for the Lists to remind myself of my husband's grandmother's information. Annie Mary Magdalene McLAUGHLIN was born ~1891 in London, England, and had 3 sisters. She came to US ~1908 probably at 18. I don't remember whether I had obtained her marriage record to James GAVIN, but it was probably ~1912 in Cambridge or Waltham. The 1920 census had them in Cambridge with some of their children. Diane, are you positive that your Laura McLAUGHLIN was born in the US? Also, in my old postings, Annie's father back in England was listed as a McLOUGHLIN. Betty (near Lowell, MA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: McLaughlin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Diane, I went back to your first message to remind myself of some of the information. You have not mentioned whether you have looked at census information. You have the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 to browse at. By the way, was the family in MA in 1920 or had they moved to VT by that time? Also, you didn't mention whether you had contacted the Town Clerk in Wilmington for information on the birth-records there. http://www.town.wilmington.ma.us/Pages/WilmingtonMA_Clerk/fees2 The Town of Wilmington is not mentioned too often. That page says that they do charge an hourly fee for genealogy research. As in many towns, perhaps if researchers go to the Town Hall, with a specific question, they won't charge. (Cambridge does that.) Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: One of my husband's grandmothers was born in London, England, and came her to MA as a young adult. She was Annie Mary Magdalene McLAUGHLIN. The "family story" is that she had spent most of her childhood in a Convent. A believable story for the times. But, I did some research a few yrs. ago, and the story wasn't exactly true. Annie had lost her father when she and her 3 sisters were young teens. The mother couldn't keep them, so she placed them in a nearby Convent. But a year or 2 later she remarried, and she went to the Convent and got her 4 daughters back. (I didn't finish this research, so I don't know who Annie traveled with, and I don't know what happened to her sisters. If my memory is working, her mother back in England was alive, when Annie married in Cambridge, MA, to James GAVIN from Waltham, MA. Sorry, I don't remember details this morning.) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: a220gorkmc Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/55.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi....just ran into your post. Did you ever hear from anyone? Samuel Potter is in my line as well. Let me know if you still need help breaking down your brick wall. Jane from NH Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobboss55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7360/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to make some sense of a great grandfather. What I have on him as far a 'proof' data is this: Name: William Boss Wedding: Church register from St Anthony's, in Liverpool, that he married Ellen (O'Brien) Gansitt, a widow, on February 28, 1874. Census: On the 1881 and 1891 census returns hius wife, Ellen / Glin, and children. He is listed as "at sea" on both. The 1901 census does list him though. It has him as a widower and age 52. Birth Certificate: I have the Birth record of one of William and Ellens sons. It has their son John born in Liverpool on December 21, 1874. The birth was at their home at 161 Athol Street in Liverpool. Now trhe interesting parts. On the 1901 census it lists his birth place as Dublin Ireland. On the U.S census of 1910 it lists John's father (William) as being born in Massachusetts. Searched of census records in Mass. find nothing. Searching records from Ireland doesn't find anything either. A search of Scottish reords does find several 'possibilities' though. The ages are a few years different but well within an acceptable range. While I know thru out history there were many times when someone would 'fudge' on their birthplace and birthrates on records. Would there be any reason for a Scotsman to say he was born in Ireland? Why would Williams son John list his father as being born in Mass rather than Ireland or Scotland? It's all rather puzzling. Any thoughts or ideas? Bob Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JudithT_Wade Surnames: Hopper, Brattig Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7119.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, was your mother Grace Matheson? I have John T Hopper fitting the information married to Doris Brattig for a short time. Father of Joan Elizabeth Hopper. The marriage broke up within a few years of her birth. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dianeshort112 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: @ John...I know that John and Laura had 3 children in Massachusetts before moving to Vermont. Son Walter was born in 1913,Bernice in 1915 and my grandmother Laura Louise in 1917 in Wilmington,Mass. One of my mother's cousins recently received a copy of Laura's social security application and it listed Mary as her mother and Otis Flint Cosgrove as her father. I've looked for Cosgrove but can't find anyone with that name. I've looked on ancestry and also NEHGS. Do you know of other sources where I can search? There is one sibling still living but she is the one that no one could really get along with. There was some bad blood between her and my grandmother (her sister) so not sure if she will be willing to help. I'm going to reach out to her and see if she has any info. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Dexter, Clark, Watrous Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Diane, I've told my grandmother's story many times for several years, so I'll just mention a few parts of it. She was told she was born in Feb. 1889, and was told many other things which I believe were not true. She was taken in as a baby by an older couple who had moved to MA from CT. (They in late 50's.) In Mar. 1892, they adopted her. They stated her birth-name was Daisy WATROUS, and that is stated on the Adoption record.* They changed her name, at Age 3, to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER; this was the adoptive-mother's name. Mrs. DEXTER died in Apr. 1899, and the little girl was taken to the Boston Female Orphans Asylum. If I found the right girl, she was listed in those records as Mary CLARK. Maybe at 13, she went a few blocks over to "The Temporary Home for Women and Children." That "home" still exists; I've written twice to ask for records and they never respond. So, I don't know which name she used there. "No" birth certificates exist for her, and there should be two. I think Mr. DEXTER went to the courthouse and made them disappear. Up to her marriage in 1911, she stated she was Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, but she listed her birth-father as William CLARK. To our knowledge, she never found out who her birth-parents were. And we have no idea who this William CLARK was. Mrs. DEXTER's father was a James CLARK who is one of my "concrete-block walls." So, I know nothing about him. He went out of his daughter's life when she was 10, and I cannot find out whether she knew her CLARK relatives. And, if she did, where did they live? ** I'm mentioning this because it shows that a child can have different names. And 1892 is mentioned. My grandmother had 2 nicknames, May and Mamie. Also, since no birth certificate exists anywhere; she might have been born in someone's home. And, since the DEXTER's told her a lot of lies, no one knows whether Daisy WATROUS was her true birth-name. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * Because 100 yrs. had passed, I was able to have the Adoption file opened. ** Some have suggested that she did know her CLARK relatives. One said perhaps a relative lived in CT, and she, from Westport, MA, might have gone there to Killingly, CT, and met her future husband there, John DEXTER. FYI: My educated-guess is that the DEXTER's married daughter had a pregnancy outside of her marriage during the summer of 1888. And that "family secret" for Mrs. Clara YOUNG is still strong 123 yrs. later. By the way, old family photos show a very strong resemblance between my grandmother and Mrs. DEXTER's relatives. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

That is quite a story! Mine is pretty simple. My grandfather was youngest son in a large family. For some reason, he lied about his age and after awhile had no idea when he was born or how hold he really was. That made it really hard to sign up for Social Security and it took a lot of work (personal stories, family statements, Family Bible etc.) to determine that he was born 4 July 1880. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] confusion on marriage record from 1911 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Dexter, Clark, Watrous Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Diane, I've told my grandmother's story many times for several years, so I'll just mention a few parts of it. She was told she was born in Feb. 1889, and was told many other things which I believe were not true. She was taken in as a baby by an older couple who had moved to MA from CT. (They in late 50's.) In Mar. 1892, they adopted her. They stated her birth-name was Daisy WATROUS, and that is stated on the Adoption record.* They changed her name, at Age 3, to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER; this was the adoptive-mother's name. Mrs. DEXTER died in Apr. 1899, and the little girl was taken to the Boston Female Orphans Asylum. If I found the right girl, she was listed in those records as Mary CLARK. Maybe at 13, she went a few blocks over to "The Temporary Home for Women and Children." That "home" still exists; I've written twice to ask for records and they never respond. So, I don't know which name she used there. "No" birth certificates exist for her, and there should be two. I think Mr. DEXTER went to the courthouse and made them disappear. Up to her marriage in 1911, she stated she was Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, but she listed her birth-father as William CLARK. To our knowledge, she never found out who her birth-parents were. And we have no idea who this William CLARK was. Mrs. DEXTER's father was a James CLARK who is one of my "concrete-block walls." So, I know nothing about him. He went out of his daughter's life when she was 10, and I cannot find out whether she knew her CLARK relatives. And, if she did, where did they live? ** I'm mentioning this because it shows that a child can have different names. And 1892 is mentioned. My grandmother had 2 nicknames, May and Mamie. Also, since no birth certificate exists anywhere; she might have been born in someone's home. And, since the DEXTER's told her a lot of lies, no one knows whether Daisy WATROUS was her true birth-name. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * Because 100 yrs. had passed, I was able to have the Adoption file opened. ** Some have suggested that she did know her CLARK relatives. One said perhaps a relative lived in CT, and she, from Westport, MA, might have gone there to Killingly, CT, and met her future husband there, John DEXTER. FYI: My educated-guess is that the DEXTER's married daughter had a pregnancy outside of her marriage during the summer of 1888. And that "family secret" for Mrs. Clara YOUNG is still strong 123 yrs. later. By the way, old family photos show a very strong resemblance between my grandmother and Mrs. DEXTER's relatives. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- 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,   Just wanted to mention that my husband  and I visited the Acton Library last week and were able to walk around the very impressive  "Civil War Exhibit" they have.      The ancestor that I am most aware of who was a Civil War soldier was Joseph KIDDER of Calais, Maine.     His unit was sent to Florida to fight,  and they fought at Fort Fernandina.    "Joe" was seriously wounded while there, but survived to return to northern Maine.     It was said that he was shot through the shoulder, and the hole was large  enough to run a scarf through.      While at the Acton Library last week,  I was able to see an example of the "bullet" which went through my  great-great-grandfather's shoulder.      http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/     Betty                  (near Lowell, MA)     P.S.     I haven't mentioned my KIDDER line in a while:      James, John, Thomas, Joseph, Calvin,  Joseph "Calvin,"  Joseph,  George "Sanford,"  Clarissa.   The line went from Cambridge and Billerica, MA, to Chelmsford and Westford, MA,  up to New Ipswich and Temple, NH,  and up to  New Brunswick in 1784, and over to Calais, ME, in 1830,   then "Sanford" came down to Winchester, MA, .. and I ended up in Billerica in the 1960's -  never known that my KIDDER ancestor arrived in the town in 1650's and was one of the first settlers.   (Calvin KIDDER (1765-1799)  was not a Loyalist or Sympathizer.    Some have suggested he followed a girlfriend when her family was migrating to Canada.     They were part of the set of families from New Boston, NH.    He was 18 or 19 when he left NH.      His 2 brothers had fought in the American Revolution.    The older brother, Wilder, was a "famous and animated Fifer" in the War.    He lived a long life but no one knows where he died.       I'm finding out the younger brother, Joseph, Jr., probably was killed as a young teen while in Saratoga, NY.)

Thank you Don for all your time and patience.  This surely was a large task.  I am looking for my GGG Grandmother and can't seem to locate her.  I have gone to the local town halls and checked the BDM registers and still am at a standstill.  Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Krieger" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:48:26 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Early Massachusetts vitals Hi Everyone, I've placed a bunch of books on the site in a single volume so you can search them all at once as I had done for the 39 volume set for Boston. These are the ones that cover Abington, Arlington, Boxborough, etc. from "early times till 1850."  As with the other set, if you want to confine your search to one municipality, e.g. Abington, then include "AbingtonV" in one of the search fields.  The search will likely be slow if you search for something that yields a zillion matches, e.g. "john".  Actually I've put a throttle on it so it but it still slows down a lot.  The index is quite large since the set of books, about 140, has a searchable text index of 62 Mbytes. I probably missed a few books in the series and might even have some repeats too.  Hopefully you will find it useful.  I know there are other copies on other sites.  You can find them both on my directory and census pages:   http://Directory.DonsList.net   http://Census.DonsList.net Just a reminder: I've also placed finding guides at http://Guides.DonsList.net to help you find digitized microfilms from the National Archive that are hosted on the Internet Archive.  I have guides for 30,000+ reels covering the complete decennial census's for 1800-1930, compiled service records from the Revolution and the Civil War, and an alphabetical index of volunteers from the War of 1812.  The Revolution and War of 1812 records are particularly nice because they are organized alphabetically and contain personal information. Don Don Krieger - Pittsburgh, PA http://www.DonsList.Net - Always fast. Always free. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] confusion on marriage record from 1911 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unkno wn/7359.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hmmm - Definitely a birth record for John with the right date and parents. - The unnamed McLaughlin in 1892 has a different mother's maiden name than the marriage in 1911. - I didn't find a death record for a female "Campbell" between 1900 and 1910 whose husband was John with a reasonable age. So let me ask this... other than the family stories, what do you know about them? Have you found them in a census? It appears that John was in Addison, Vermont in 1942 and I suspect that he was no longer with his wife since his employer is listed on the WWII as someone that "will always know your address". I see them in Poultney in 1930, but I had no luck finding Walter's birth record. The 1930 census seems consistent with the birthdate's and the fact that John had been previously married, since his age minus age-at-first-marriage is different than Laura's. I can't spend more time right now, but any other clues wold be useful. John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.   ------------------------------- 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   ------------------------------- 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

Thanks, Susan. Don Don Krieger - Pittsburgh, PA http://www.DonsList.Net - Always fast. Always free. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:40 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Early Massachusetts vitals Thank you Don for all your time and patience. This surely was a large task. I am looking for my GGG Grandmother and can't seem to locate her. I have gone to the local town halls and checked the BDM registers and still am at a standstill. Susan _____ From: "Don Krieger" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:48:26 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Early Massachusetts vitals Hi Everyone, I've placed a bunch of books on the site in a single volume so you can search them all at once as I had done for the 39 volume set for Boston. These are the ones that cover Abington, Arlington, Boxborough, etc. from "early times till 1850." As with the other set, if you want to confine your search to one municipality, e.g. Abington, then include "AbingtonV" in one of the search fields. The search will likely be slow if you search for something that yields a zillion matches, e.g. "john". Actually I've put a throttle on it so it but it still slows down a lot. The index is quite large since the set of books, about 140, has a searchable text index of 62 Mbytes. I probably missed a few books in the series and might even have some repeats too. Hopefully you will find it useful. I know there are other copies on other sites. You can find them both on my directory and census pages: http://Directory.DonsList.net http://Census.DonsList.net Just a reminder: I've also placed finding guides at http://Guides.DonsList.net to help you find digitized microfilms from the National Archive that are hosted on the Internet Archive. I have guides for 30,000+ reels covering the complete decennial census's for 1800-1930, compiled service records from the Revolution and the Civil War, and an alphabetical index of volunteers from the War of 1812. The Revolution and War of 1812 records are particularly nice because they are organized alphabetically and contain personal information. Don Don Krieger - Pittsburgh, PA http://www.DonsList.Net - Always fast. Always free. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] confusion on marriage record from 1911 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unkno wn/7359.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hmmm - Definitely a birth record for John with the right date and parents. - The unnamed McLaughlin in 1892 has a different mother's maiden name than the marriage in 1911. - I didn't find a death record for a female "Campbell" between 1900 and 1910 whose husband was John with a reasonable age. So let me ask this... other than the family stories, what do you know about them? Have you found them in a census? It appears that John was in Addison, Vermont in 1942 and I suspect that he was no longer with his wife since his employer is listed on the WWII as someone that "will always know your address". I see them in Poultney in 1930, but I had no luck finding Walter's birth record. The 1930 census seems consistent with the birthdate's and the fact that John had been previously married, since his age minus age-at-first-marriage is different than Laura's. I can't spend more time right now, but any other clues wold be useful. John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jjcaffrey Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hmmm - Definitely a birth record for John with the right date and parents. - The unnamed McLaughlin in 1892 has a different mother's maiden name than the marriage in 1911. - I didn't find a death record for a female "Campbell" between 1900 and 1910 whose husband was John with a reasonable age. So let me ask this... other than the family stories, what do you know about them? Have you found them in a census? It appears that John was in Addison, Vermont in 1942 and I suspect that he was no longer with his wife since his employer is listed on the WWII as someone that "will always know your address". I see them in Poultney in 1930, but I had no luck finding Walter's birth record. The 1930 census seems consistent with the birthdate's and the fact that John had been previously married, since his age minus age-at-first-marriage is different than Laura's. I can't spend more time right now, but any other clues wold be useful. John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dianeshort112 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7359.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just thought of that also...about the ages being mixed up so I went through and looked for earlier marriages for both of them but found nothing. I have other documents showing John & Laura's birthdates...his being 11/4/1882 and hers being 9/3/1892. Slow day at work so I've been playing on here...lol Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.