This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dldove22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7555.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: According to Wikipedia Easthampton is the second largest city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and was settled in 1664. It was upriver from Springfield which began as a trading post on the Connecticut River. There are still people of Native descent in the area. They never left completely. I know of Abenaki people who traveled back and forth from Quebec to the area. I would check the border crossing records. 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: netgirl60 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7555.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's Easthampton, Hamshire,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: dldove22 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7555.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Which Easthampton is this? There is one in central Massachusetts and one on Long Island. 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: netgirl60 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7555/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would like to have information about the place were they was living? Is it an Aboriginal community. I know that my aunt Florida Bernier was living in US,if somebody can gives me information it will be appreciate. Sorry for my english 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: mlhook Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John, thank you for your interest. I know all about my grandmother's married life and later years, but her early years are a near blank. Apparently, the 'elders' didn't volunteer too much information about their past. I checked the links you provided, but they did not produce any records. I am beginning to think that she may have lived in Lowell (though my aunt claimed that my GM said she was 'born and raised' in Lowell), however she may in reality have been born elsewhere. Her name was, indeed, Monica. The problem is the exact spelling of her last name, which at this point, we simply don't know. It was my mistake in previously listing her on the 1910 census. Actually, she is listed in 1920 census and thereafter as Monica Barry - her married name (New York). Her sister, Anna - married name Fernandez - lived in Bayonne NJ (yes, Candido was her husband). and I have located her census reports also. They had a brother, Joseph, but again, without a last name & DOB, it's a dead trail. On the censuses for Monica, she lists her birthplace as Mass., and Anna lists hers as NJ. Regarding Antoni and Josephine, that's absolutely all I know; that the spelling of their last name at immigration could have so many phonetic variations. Depending on Monica's censuses, the parents are listed as being born in either Germany or Lithuania, which doesn't help. I have no idea when they came to the US, or how. I am grateful for any assistance. Thanks, Mary 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,   I was just looking for the informative web site about the history of State Hospitals in MA.    It has an unusual web site name, something like   www.   8522 ... com     and I haven't found it, yet.    But, in the search I came across this book mentioned:   http://www.worldcat.org/title/admissions-card-files-for-state-institutions-1910-1950/oclc/180703139   Just a reminder that at    http://www.worldcat.org/        you can try to find a special book in .any.  library.   Here's another related book: http://www.worldcat.org/title/weekly-returns-of-admissions-and-discharges-at-the-state-infirmary-1894-1935/oclc/83716135   That reminds me of all the postings from 6-8 yrs. ago where a researcher went through all the records for the Tewksbury State Hospital, looking for people with connections to Nova Scotia.    She posted them on the Nova Scotia List.   I searched on-line for  "State Hospitals, Massachusetts"  and didn't find the site I was looking for.   OH, I changed the search term to "MA State Hospitals,"  and found an old posting of mine which mentioned it:   http://www.1856.org/   (The man I .hope.  is an ancestor, John DEXTER, went to the Tewksbury State Hospital in 1904 and died there in 1905.    He was born and lived most of his life in Killingly, CT.     During the 1880's  he and his wife  moved up to Melrose, MA, and shortly after in 1892, as an older couple, adopted a toddler.     John and Mary (CLARK) DEXTER left a married daughter in Killingly, and I believe that Mrs. Clara (DEXTER) YOUNG had a pregnancy outside of her marriage in 1888.    So, the toddler being adopted  (my grandmother) was very probably John and Mary's granddaughter.) (long story I've told on the Lists for 10 yrs.)     Betty           (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Re: State Hospital Records My great grandfather also died in Medfield State Hospital...I had to write to a judge of probate records in that county and send proof on my relation and they granted me his records...Of course that was a week before the HIPPA law went into effect so not sure now if they would grant it...But it was great big big file even with two photos. He is buried on the property there... Sent from my iPod On Jan 25, 2013, at 3:01 AM, genmassachusetts-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: state hospital records (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:03:07 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] state hospital records > To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1359054187.142425@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: PaulFrazier55 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6724.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Within the last year I discovered my great aunt is buried at the Medfield State Hospital Cemetery. She had been a patient at the hospital for quite a while until her death in 1953. By the sounds of that email it doesn't seem like they would have any records that would be twenty years or older. > > 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 contact the GENMASSACHUSETTS list administrator, send an email to > GENMASSACHUSETTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the GENMASSACHUSETTS mailing list, send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of GENMASSACHUSETTS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 20 > *********************************************** >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PaulFrazier55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6724.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Within the last year I discovered my great aunt is buried at the Medfield State Hospital Cemetery. She had been a patient at the hospital for quite a while until her death in 1953. By the sounds of that email it doesn't seem like they would have any records that would be twenty years or older. 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/7554.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A couple of other places for you to file away for future reference... www.familysearch.org http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/vitalrecordssearch.aspx and www.italiangen.org That said, I'm not sure about Monica being born in Lowell in 1896. Had I listened to my family stories, my gggrandmother lived to be 102 and was buried in Lowell. I found her buried in West Springfield, having died in her early 80's. Things to consider: - maybe her birth name isn't really Monica. That of course really causes challenges since her last name could be spelled any number of ways. - you indicated that you had located her in 1910. I have not. Where was she, and what was her name at the time? If she was married, it would have been at quite a young age. - since Anna appears to have been born in NJ ca 1901, and you know the names of the parents, maybe finding more about Anna (is her husband Candido?) or the parents is a better proposition than finding Monica. (Easy for me to say; I haven't succeeded yet, but I'm guessing you know a little bit more than you've already listed. :) - What else do you know about the parents Antoni and Josephine? 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: mlhook Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks, Carol. I could sure use some help! I have repeatedly searched the Massachusetts Town & Vital Records 1620-1988 file: http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=2495&iid=40143_268437__0008-00000) without success. >From the last remaining daughter, the name is: Monica M. Byers, born 12/25/1896 in Lowell. Parent: Antoni Byers & Josephine Pilus, both from Germany &/or Lithuania. I am working on getting her death certificate & ss record. We are assuming that there are going to be many phonetic versions of her name. I'm finding Ancestry to be very frustrating, because when I search, it returns thousands of useless hits. When I enter 'exact' info, such as dob, it returns zero records. It would be great if I could do a search for ALL of Massachusetts with only the dob of 12/25/1896 and no other data. I believe she married in New York, but I have no data on what year. She died on Staten Island NY November, 1977. According to the 1920/30/40 census, Anna was born & lived in New Jersey, but only her married name appears on those reports. There are no other links there, but I will continue to dig. I appreciate any help or advice you might have. Thanks again! Mary 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: CBlaisdell8854 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mary, I do not have a connection. I try to help people on the MA boards as I have had quite a lot of luck with MA records. Do you know anymore about her sister Anna re: When she was born, where, where she married, when she died etc.? Carol 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: mlhook Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the response, Carol. I see her on censuses from 1910 onward, but it has her married name only and age, not DOB. She died in 1977, and left no paper records. She only orally told the family when and where she was born (Lowell, MA 12/25/1896). She lived most of her life on Staten Island, NY, but I don't know when she arrived there or when/where she married. I searched thousands of records from Lowell, but came up empty. Without knowing the true, correct spelling of her maiden name and the real town she was born in, I am at a standstill. Her husband and children are deceased. I am going to try to get a record from Social Security - because she HAD TO have provided SOMETHING to prove who she was in order to collect benefits, right? Do you think you have a connection to these names? Thanks, Mary 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: CBlaisdell8854 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi! I have tried everything I can think of, but cannot find anything. Where did you get her place and date of birth? Where did she get married? Do you have a copy of the death certificate? Where did she grow up? I'll keep trying, but if you can think of anything else that might help, give the information. Carol 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: Jfennell42 Surnames: Fennell, Finel, Morgan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7545.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have about 98% of the info you have posted. The one that is very interesting is the one about the English land records. However, if you look closely, in a magnified view, at the land records you mentioned for England, the surname appears to look like "Finch" rather than Finel. Thank you for your reply 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.

Re: Monica Byers I find a Monica Buja born in Lowell November 25, 1911 Parents : Jacob Buja and Mary Gynianka He is an operative and both born Russia. There is an Anna Buja but with different parents although both born Russia. There are 12 Buja births in Lowell with varying parents, maybe all fathers are related. There is an Edwina Buja born January 28, 1914 Father: Jakub Buja Mother: Mary Ganas Hope this helps and is the family you are looking for. Paula a message dated 1/21/2013 3:31:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, genmassachusetts-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Searching for Family of Patrick O'Shea - left Ireland about 1854 - sons went to Massachusetts or Connecticut (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) 2. Re: Searching for Family of Patrick O'Shea - left Ireland about 1854 - sons went to Massachusetts or Connecticut (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) 3. Byer, Buyer, Bayer, Baier, Beyer, Baehr, Byars, etc. (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:21:32 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Searching for Family of Patrick O'Shea - left Ireland about 1854 - sons went to Massachusetts or Connecticut To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1358701532.58917@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mmbutts1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unkno wn/7553.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Go to www.familysearch.org - free databases. You have a last name, parent's names so you could play around with that in the search field and see what you come up with. Margaret 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. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:27:41 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Searching for Family of Patrick O'Shea - left Ireland about 1854 - sons went to Massachusetts or Connecticut To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1358702863.57121@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: iabxyz9876 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unkno wn/7553.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the tip. I will look there... I was hoping I'd get lucky and find relatives of Patrick and William O'Shea in New England would be familiar with the story and send me a reply... 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. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:29:11 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Byer, Buyer, Bayer, Baier, Beyer, Baehr, Byars, etc. To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1358728238.2048@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mlhook Surnames: Byers, Byer, Bayer, Baier, Beyer, Byars, Bijah, Baar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unkno wn/7554/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for any records for MONICA M. BYERS (or derivatives above). Suuposedly born 25 Dec 1896 in Lowell, MA. Parents born in Germany/Lithuania/Austria. Cannot find info, because unsure of exact spelling of last name. She married John J. Barry in early 1900s, lived/died in Staten Island, New York. She had a sister, Anna (Fernandez - married name), who lived in Bayonne, NJ. Monica may have had other siblings, but without the family name, we are at a dead-end. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. (grand-daughter) 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 contact the GENMASSACHUSETTS list administrator, send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GENMASSACHUSETTS mailing list, send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of GENMASSACHUSETTS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 16 ***********************************************

Hello,   In this morning's,  "MassMoments" e-mail there is a story about the beginning of the Civil War that I don't remember reading before:        ...in 1861, the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was formally organized. With war approaching, men who worked in the textile cities of Lowell and Lawrence joined this new infantry regiment. They were issued uniforms and rifles; they learned to drill. They waited for the call. It came on April 15th, three days after the attack on Fort Sumter. They were needed to defend Washington, D.C.. The mood when they left Boston was almost festive. When they arrived in the border state of Maryland three days later, everything changed. An angry mob awaited them. In the riot that followed, 16 people lost their lives. Four were soldiers from Massachusetts. These men were the first combat fatalities of the Civil War.   http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=26   One question this morning would be:    How did the mills in both cities carry on without many of their employees?   Reminder that the "Town" of Lowell was originally annexed off of the Town of Chelmsford to create a "mill town" and different kinds of buildings were built to make that town  (1820's).   Betty            (near Lowell, MA)   (on Lists and Boards for 11 yrs.;   now an Admin for 10 Lists and 5 Boards)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mlhook Surnames: Byers, Byer, Bayer, Baier, Beyer, Byars, Bijah, Baar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7554/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for any records for MONICA M. BYERS (or derivatives above). Suuposedly born 25 Dec 1896 in Lowell, MA. Parents born in Germany/Lithuania/Austria. Cannot find info, because unsure of exact spelling of last name. She married John J. Barry in early 1900s, lived/died in Staten Island, New York. She had a sister, Anna (Fernandez - married name), who lived in Bayonne, NJ. Monica may have had other siblings, but without the family name, we are at a dead-end. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. (grand-daughter) 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: iabxyz9876 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7553.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the tip. I will look there... I was hoping I'd get lucky and find relatives of Patrick and William O'Shea in New England would be familiar with the story and send me a reply... 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: mmbutts1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7553.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Go to www.familysearch.org - free databases. You have a last name, parent's names so you could play around with that in the search field and see what you come up with. Margaret 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: iabxyz9876 Surnames: O'Shea, Shee, Roach Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7553/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for relatives of William Patrick O'Shea, son of Patrick O'Shea, who came to the United States from Cahir, Tipparary, Ireland. Patrick O'Shea, the father, came to the United States "in advance" of the family. He died during the crossing and was buried at sea. The mother's maiden name was Catherine Roach and she stayed in Ireland. She died in 1882. I'm looking for relatives of William Patrick O'Shea (1839-1912). He was born in Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland in 1839 and first came to the US about 1854. He traveled and returned to the US about 1869. He had brothers in Massachusetts or Connecticut according to sources, and I believe stayed with them in 1854 and again in 1869. I'm hoping that someone else out there has a family story about a relative dying during the trip to the United States. The rest of William O'Shea's life is pretty well documented, but I know nothing of his possible siblings back East or much about the parents in Ireland... 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.