This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Dale_H_Cook Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6933.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: David - Thank you for this admirable and well-crafted project. I especially appreciate your use of footnotes, which will be a great aid to researchers of those families. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net 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.

Hello, Just one more question, and that will be all for a few days. :o) The Edward P. WILKINS who arrived in Presque Isle, Maine, ~1911 and opened a store there in 1913 seems to be the son of Joseph A. WILKINS. When Edward was 9, the family was living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH. Joseph and Anna had 6 sons and one daughter. A little on-line checking and that family is there in 1880, but in 1870 they are in Lawrence, MA. I don't think I found him in the 1860 census. Further checking shows Joseph was born in MA in 1831. The 1900 census has the family still living in Whitefield, NH. That census shows that Joseph and Anna were probably married ~1862, probably in MA. This Joseph was born in MA, but his father was born in VT and his mother was born in NY. I checked the 1790 and 1800 census for WILKINS and there were several families in VT during those years. So, I need to find which family Joseph's father belonged to. If Joseph's father (unknown name) was in VT, but had a son in MA ~1830, he might have come down to MA to live. I don't know how long Joseph was in MA, but, if he was an adult during the 1850's, he might have had a first marriage. Thank you for your time. April showers bring May flowers. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Looking at my notes, Edward WILKINS, might have married in Whitefield, NH, ~1903, and he had his daughter, Phyllis, there ~1905. The couple was still in Whitefield in 1910, but was in Presque Isle, ME, before 1913. And, Edward seems to have had his 2 youngest daughters there in ~1918 amd ~1922. And then he was a widower by 1930.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dawbarton Surnames: Preston, Taylor Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6933/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have started a blog at http://firelands.wordpress.com to tell the history of the settlement of the Firelands or "Sufferers' Land," a section of the Connecticut Western Reserve that was given to "Sufferers" who were burned out of their homes by the British during the Revolution. The early settlers of the Firelands included families born in Massachusetts, to include Samuel Preston, who founded the Norwalk Reflector and published it until his death. Samuel's journey west and his life in the Firelands are described in detail in the blog. I will post an episode every Monday for the next twelve months. My fondest wish is that people interested in the life of pioneers of the Firelands who emigrated from Massachusetts will be entertained and informed by these postings, and fill in gaps and correct inaccuracies in my research. Thank you for your kind attention. I hope you visit my blog and enjoy my story of the settling the "Sufferers" Land." David Barton 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.

Hi again, One more note before I get away from my computer for the day. I looked at www.familysearch.org for Isaac WILKINS in Maine, and some researchers have his line. I do not know if it is accurate, but it shows how our ancestors moved around - even in the 1700's: Patriarch: Bray WILKINS and Anna WAYE? in Middleton, MA Thomas WILKINS and Hannah NICHOLS went to Salem, MA Isaac WILKINS and Susannah WILKINS? in Salem, MA Timothy WILKINS and Anna SMITH to Carlisle, MA Timothy WILKINS and Mary CHAMBERLAIN of Carlisle, MA (m. Billerica) Isaac WILKINS and Sally EDWARDS to Albion, ME, then Brownville, ME (d. there 1820) Isaac WILKINS and ________ who had George Edward WILKINS. George is the one who moved to Aroostook Co., ME, and settled in Presque Isle. His 2 sons, Edward and Charles, remained in that area. Chat with you later. Betty (near Lowell, MA) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names.

Hello, Still working on my WILKINS mystery, I did a search for "Edward WILKINS, Maine" and am finding some old postings of mine (with responses). One researcher told me that I should check out the "1771 Massachusetts Tax List" and see if I can find the WILKINS name mentioned in "Maine." I never followed through with that. So, I just did a Google search for "1771 Tax List" and am finding some interesting sites: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2121705 http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=9449&sid=90929 http://www.narafriends-pittsfield.org/nehgs_state_cens.htm http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/services/73_people_locators.asp Scroll down to find information here: http://www.archive.org/search.php?sort=creator&page=1&query=((contributor%3A%22Boston%20Public%20Library%22%20AND%20format%3Apdf)%20AND%20-mediatype%3Acollection%20AND%20firstCreator%3AM)%20AND%20(format%3Ajpeg%20OR%20format%3Ajpg%20OR%20format%3Agif%20OR%20format%3Apng) Here is a Google / Book of interest: http://books.google.com/books?id=KRDZBysr5cwC&pg=PA780&lpg=PA780&dq=%221771+Direct+Tax+List%22&source=bl&ots=2x1XP8cS4I&sig=mSSWlqRvOLh_bOM-tX0EFmnsO3U&hl=en&ei=z27PSefZHd_MlQfGmq3ICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result FYI: Because of my "concrete-block wall" ancestor, Samuel WILKINS, I am interested in the several WILKINS men who moved from MA to "Maine" in the 1700's. And, I am interested in Samuel's descendants in Washington Co. and Aroostook Co., Maine. There is information in the archives of the Lists on the different men I have found out about. Samuel lived in Unity, ME, in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 census. And, a researcher told me that that was formerly: the "Twenty-Five Mile Pond Plantation." No one knows where Samuel was born, supposedly in "Maine" and who his parents were. My "educated guess" is that his father was William WILKINS from Middleton, MA, who moved to "Maine" ~1775-1780, and that's when Samuel was born. Unfortunately the census taker couldn't find William and he didn't show up in the 1790 census; I believe he was there up to 1800. I also don't know where Samuel married ~1800. Have a pleasant day. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Unfortunately for me, the 1771 tax list was before Samuel was born, and it was before William moved to Augusta / Pittston. And, the other WILKINS men who moved north moved later than that.)

Hi again, This morning I did a search for "Edward P. Wilkins" on-line, and found him mentioned at Ancestry.com They "have" him in the 1910 census still living in Whitefield, NH, probably with a wife. And they have him in the 1920 census living in Presque Isle, Maine, with his wife and children. (They did not have him in the 1900 census, but he was probably still in NH.) So, that helps to solve part of the mystery. He probably moved his family from northern NH to northern Maine ~1911, and opened the "Wilkins Store" in Presque Isle in 1913. (I do not subscribe to "Ancestry" so I don't have the rest of the information from the 1910 and 1920 censuses. But, I'd like to comment that in the Index for "HeritageQuest," I did not find E. P. WILKINS in 1900, 1910, or 1920.) :o( Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com>; <wilkins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Edward P. WILKINS, b~1871 MA to NH to ME > Hi again, > > I'm getting back to my computer, and checking in with > www.familysearch.org and I'm finding an Edward P. WILKINS, b1871 as one of > 7 children (6 sons) of Joseph and Anna WILKINS. The family is in the > 1880 census living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Susan_Carberry Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/969.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Allen's use to own a house in Norwood MA, which is now the Oakview Doll Museum on Walpole St. 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.

Hi again, I'm getting back to my computer, and checking in with www.familysearch.org and I'm finding an Edward P. WILKINS, b1871 as one of 7 children (6 sons) of Joseph and Anna WILKINS. The family is in the 1880 census living in Whitefield, Coos Co., NH. Joseph was born in MA, but his father was born in VT. And, his wife was born in England. Some of the children were born in MA, but the 2 youngest were born in NH. In 1900, Joseph and Anna are still in Whitefield, and some of their adult children are still living with them. But, son, Edward, is not there. And, so far, I'm not finding Edward in 1900, 1910, or 1920. In fact, I'm not finding Edward in the U.S. in those years. I wonder if he went to England for a few years, or to Canada. This 1900 census says that Joseph and Anna had been married for 38 years, and she had had 13 children, but only 7 live. Anna had come over from England in 1860. But, their oldest son was born in England in ~1857, so it looks like Anna and her young son came over, and then she married Joseph a couple years later. (There is a J. Fred WILKINS in the same town, and he could be the son, Joseph F. WILKINS.) In the 1870 census, Joseph and Anna are living in Lawrence, MA, with some of their children. It's possible Anna's mother is with them, Margaret PARNELL (sp?), 72. (There seems to be another couple living in the home with them.) Do these names sound familiar to anyone? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hello, I took on a small, genealogy mystery this week, and I think I just solved it, or at least part of it. I continue to try to find out who the parents were of my ancestor, Samuel WILKINS, b~1780, marring ~1800, and dying in 1867. He is my "concrete-block wall" I've mentioned on the MA and ME Lists for several years. One or 2 of Samuel's grandsons moved from Amity, ME, in Aroostook Co., up to Presque Isle, and I wanted to find out if any of his descendants were still in the Presque Isle area. So, I wrote a "letter to the Editor" to a newspaper in Presque Isle. Two days ago I heard from a gentleman in another state who said that he knew there was a "WILKINS Store" in Presque Isle for many years. And he said I should write to the Town Historian. I did that and found out that the store was probably owned by an E.P. WILKINS, and it started in 1913. I wanted to find out if a WILKINS family in 1900 was related to the descendants of Samuel in the 1800's. It took me 2 days, and a lot of searching on-line, and I "think" I finally found some answers to the mystery. To start with, I found that a George WILKINS had arrived in Aroostook Co., Maine, with his wife and children in 1880, and he had been in other counties in Maine, from 1860. (Possibly from a George in 1820 in Maine.) This George WILKINS and his adult son, Charles WILKINS, were living in Presque Isle in the 1900 census. But, George had an older son, Edward WILKINS, who wasn't there. So, I thought he might be the owner of the "Wilkins Store." But, to make a long story short, I found this Edward in Houlton, ME, with a wife and children in 1900, and he remained there, and possibly later owned a hardware store. I posted a query, and someone told me that an Edward P. WILKINS was living in Presque Isle in the 1930 census. And, he was born in MA, and he was probably born in 1872. In 1930 he was a widower and had 2 children and they were living in a LEWIS home. This was probably the owner of the "Wilkins Store." I checked the earlier census pages, and I'm not finding this Edward P. WILKINS in earlier census pages. And, I checked the 1880 census and I'm not finding him in MA or ME - as a child. The 1930 census said that his father had also been born in MA. There were many WILKINS families through the 1700's and 1800's, so without knowing Edward's father's name, I don't think I can find his family. So, I wondered whether anyone recognized this name. (The Town Historian in Presque Isle would be interested in learning more about .. E. P. WILKINS.) Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: The patriarch was Bray WILKINS from 1600's Middleton, MA, and he had "many" children, and "many" descendants. And, the first name, Bray, probably came down several generations. But, while researching the large Charles WILKINS family in Presque Isle, Maine, I discovered he had his first son, named Charles H. B. WILKINS. It turns out that this son also went by the name, Bray WILKINS, and he was listed as Bray WILKINS in the 1930 census in Presque Isle. Since Charles' father, George, seems to have come from Maine families in the very early 1800's, I found it interesting that the first name, Bray, was given to a boy in very northern Maine after 1900. (The long, complicated story about Samuel is in the archives of the Lists. I am descended from him twice, through his daughter and then through his younger son. As I've mentioned before, I'd "love" to be able to find out if his parents were William and Sarah (BANCROFT) WILKINS from 1700's Middleton, MA - descendants of Bray.) It turns out that George WILKINS was living a town away from the sons of Samuel WILKINS in Aroostook Co., ME, in 1880. But, I have no way of knowing whether the 2 families were somehow related.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: amidd67 Surnames: Hansen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6932/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robin Hansen was born about 1955. She was the daughter of Donald E. Hansen, who was born about 1932 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 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: amidd67 Surnames: Hansen, Eagling Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6931/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please look for a marriage for Donald E. Hansen and Virginia Irene Eagling, who may have married in Massachusetts about 1950. I am especially interested in Donald's parents names. Thank you so much. Ann Marie Middleton 204 S. Columbian Bay City, MI 48706 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: amidd67 Surnames: Hansen, Eagling Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6930/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please look for a marriage for Donald E. Hansen and Virginia Irene Eagling, who may have married in Michigan about 1950. I am especially interested in Donald's parents names. Thank you so much. Ann Marie Middleton 204 S. Columbian Bay City, MI 48706 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.

Does anyone have any safe suggestions for cleaning the backs of old photos(from ca. 1910)?? These have writing on the backs of them, and they were at one time glued onto what is probably a page from and old photo album.? I can get the black paper off some places, and I can see through the glue, but there are some areas that the black paper is really adheared to the glue.? Is there something I can put on the paper to lightly disolve it without it going through to the other side of the photo? I've tried lightly scrapeing it but at times accidently get some of the lettering.? Thanks a lot!? Janine

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Brophy2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6929/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Massachusetts Genealogical Council annual seminar and meeting will be held on July 18, 2009 at the LaCava Center at Bentley College in Waltham. Our featured speaker will be Paula Stuart-Warren, a national known genealogy and historical researcher. Ms. Warren is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and has lectured at the NGS and FGS conferences since 1993. Paula's topics for the day will include: -Using the Resources of the Family History Library - What Next? Developing Step-by-Step Research Plans - Why Do I Descend from THESE Families? - American Indian Research (Panel Discussion) - Becoming a Professional Genealogist (Panel Discussion) Highlights of the seminar will include updates on legislation affecting genealogists' access to records on a national and state level. Other topics will include DNA and genealogy, Irish Research, Internet research, and using the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: www.newenglandancestors.org. www.massgencouncil.org for more information and registration 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: Brophy2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6928/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Massachusetts Genealogical Council annual seminar and meeting will be held on July 18, 2009 at the LaCava Center at Bentley College in Waltham. Our featured speaker will be Paula Stuart-Warren, a national known genealogy and historical researcher. Ms. Warren is a course coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and has lectured at the NGS and FGS conferences since 1993. Paula's topics for the day will include: -Using the Resources of the Family History Library - What Next? Developing Step-by-Step Research Plans - Why Do I Descend from THESE Families? - American Indian Research (Panel Discussion) - Becoming a Professional Genealogist (Panel Discussion) Highlights of the seminar will include updates on legislation affecting genealogists' access to records on a national and state level. Other topics will include DNA and genealogy, Irish Research, Internet research, and using the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: www.newenglandancestors.org. www.massgencouncil.org for more information and registration 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.

My ancestor, Robert McKOWN(sp) is mentioned in an article which appeared in The Saint Croix Journal of St. Stephens, New Brunswick. It dealt with early fisherman on the Passamaquoddy. It also mentioned Alexander Nickels, also my ancestor. The article is 100 or so years old and I don't believe I can get any references. It states that Robert's father was killed in an Indian raid at Sheepscot (Maine) ca 1720 when Robert was a young child. The survivors were taken to Canada. Robert, according to the article spoke French, which leads me to believe he spent his childhood with a French family. Robert shows up ca 1747, marrying at Boston. I would like to know what happened to Robert and the McKown family. None of the Indian captive books have anything on the capture. Sheepscot was on the frontier when this happened. I don't know if Robert was ransomed or any other circumstances. Robert would probably have a good story to tell and I'm looking for it. thanks, Charles

Depending on the town or county in which you are interested you might hit it lucky and find they have a genealogy volunteer "on staff". I have also had luck contacting town librarians and emailing town clerks directly - maybe the towns have been small enough to give them time. gotta say, Judy, i love your email addy! faye ---- Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Judy, > > I can offer a comment on Divorce records. My paternal grandparents were > divorced in 1935. They both lived in Middlesex County, and the divorce was > a long time in coming. They were both remarried a few months later. I > knew about the date of the divorce but nothing else about it. Because I > was fairly familiar with "Family & Probate Court" in Cambridge, :o( I > decided to write a slow-mail letter to the "divorce dept.," and they > responded with the information. This was several years ago. It was > only information which could be written on an "index card," but it was > information I could use. > > I doubt that MA Divorce information is on-line. And, to the best of my > knowledge, the Middlesex County "Family & Probate Court" does not "do" > genealogy. No telephone calls and no e-mails, and probably no slow-mail > letters - for genealogy reasons. (Perhaps I just hit it lucky that day.) > > It would be interesting to find out if all the "Probate Courts" in MA have > the same rules. > > Oh, I should say that you can go to the Courthouse in person and "ask > questions." > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > (Several of us wrote a letter to the "Courthouse" a year or 2 ago and asked > them to set up a "Genealogy Office." They responded saying it was a good > idea but there was no way that they could do that - for financial reasons.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Needavaca02@aol.com> > To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:03 AM > Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Marriage records or Divorce records > > > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone know if there are marriage or divorce records on line for the > > early to mid 1900's? > > > > Thank you, > > Judy > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > > or > > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Judy, I can offer a comment on Divorce records. My paternal grandparents were divorced in 1935. They both lived in Middlesex County, and the divorce was a long time in coming. They were both remarried a few months later. I knew about the date of the divorce but nothing else about it. Because I was fairly familiar with "Family & Probate Court" in Cambridge, :o( I decided to write a slow-mail letter to the "divorce dept.," and they responded with the information. This was several years ago. It was only information which could be written on an "index card," but it was information I could use. I doubt that MA Divorce information is on-line. And, to the best of my knowledge, the Middlesex County "Family & Probate Court" does not "do" genealogy. No telephone calls and no e-mails, and probably no slow-mail letters - for genealogy reasons. (Perhaps I just hit it lucky that day.) It would be interesting to find out if all the "Probate Courts" in MA have the same rules. Oh, I should say that you can go to the Courthouse in person and "ask questions." Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Several of us wrote a letter to the "Courthouse" a year or 2 ago and asked them to set up a "Genealogy Office." They responded saying it was a good idea but there was no way that they could do that - for financial reasons.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Needavaca02@aol.com> To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Marriage records or Divorce records > Hello, > > Does anyone know if there are marriage or divorce records on line for the > early to mid 1900's? > > Thank you, > Judy > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > or > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > >

I'm trying to learn more about a Watson family, said to have strong naval links, I think from the region of Orange NJ about 1850-60, or alternatively from Mass. There were two brothers - one became a captain in the US Navy and the other John George became a clergyman serving in Orange. The first had a daughter Laura Watson who married John Burke of Dublin a liquor magnate, and the second, John, had a daughter Elizabeth West Watson who became John Burke's second wife. Any assistance or advice much appreciated. Rod Smith, Wellington, New Zealand.

>From MA Vital Records 1841-1910 at NEGHS: Vol. 597, pag 191 Boston 10 August 1910 marriage: Edom Dorey, age 22, 1st marriage, iceman, born Lunenberg County, NS, parents: William Dorey and Rose Carver Iona Langille, age 18, 1st marriage, no occupation, born Nova Scotia, parents: Nathan Langille and Diana Ernst. Both residents of 41 Ruggles Street, Boston Priest: Edwin Everett, 13 Lambert Avenue Priscilla > Hellow listers, I have an inquiry from a relative in Nova Scotia about > this family. Iona Blanche Dorey died in 1989 in Dorchester, MA and we > have her obituary. My relative wanted to know where the rest of the > family was, or if anyone would be able to find the marriage of Edom Dorey > to Iona Blanche Langille, somewhere in the 1910 year range, possibly in > Boston? It has not been found in Nova Scotia. They had 2 children, > Lawrence and Charles, but again I can't find them in any of the census' > that I have access to. > > Thank you, Barbara Shepard Smith, Middleboro > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message