Thanks for getting back....I have been told that much of the information on the Reed family listed on the LDS site is taken from the book The Reed Family of Europe and America by Jacob Whittmore Reed ~ unfortuantely many people, including me, have found this book has errors and often can not be relied on.   It seems doubtful that Lucy Reed was born in Grafton VT, she did die there though.   Appreciate your input and comments, are you related to the Burgess family? Janice --- On Tue, 30/12/08, joycejmatyas@prodigy.net <joycejmatyas@prodigy.net> wrote: From: joycejmatyas@prodigy.net <joycejmatyas@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Lucy Reed/Erastus Burgess To: pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz Received: Tuesday, 30 December, 2008, 10:44 AM  dear janice..... i found her on the new LDS website.it is brand new andstill in the works.it is only released in a few places.you have to be a member to acsess it. I think there is a public site too. try    newfamilysearch.org   I am not sure about that as i only use the other one.I will run names through it for you if you send them to me.happy hunting...joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter & Janice Lodge To: joycejmatyas@prodigy.net Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Lucy Reed/Erastus Burgess Hi Joyce   Many thanks for responding to my post.... would you please tell me what your source is for Lucy Reed's place of birth ~ I'm trying to sort out this Reed family and it would be helpful   Thank you Janice --- On Tue, 30/12/08, joycejmatyas@prodigy.net <joycejmatyas@prodigy.net> wrote: From: joycejmatyas@prodigy.net <joycejmatyas@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Lucy Reed/Erastus Burgess To: pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz Received: Tuesday, 30 December, 2008, 8:59 AM lucy reed was born in grafton,windham,vt. i can take her husbands line back to 1512 but not hers....joyce in ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter & Janice Lodge" <pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz> To: "GenMassachusetts-L Rootsweb" <GenMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Lucy Reed/Erastus Burgess > Hoping to find birth place of Lucy Reed born 15 June 1777, she died 3 > April 1863 at Grafton, Windham Co., VT ~ Lucy the daughter of Josiah Reed > and his wife Hannah who lived at Westfield VT in 1803/04 and previously > Gilsum NH and Montague MA???. > > Lucy Reed married Erastus Burgess, he born May 1779 and died 12 Jan 1846 > at Grafton VT the son of Ebenezer Burgess and Hannah Gibbs of Wareham, > Plymouth Co., MA. > > Children of Lucy Reed and Erastus Burgess; > Electa b.1804 d.1813 > Patience b.24 July 1805 married Moses Tarbell > Elfreda b.Sep 1807, d.1814 > Hubbard b.10 May 1809 > Arvilla b.16 Apr 1810 > > Appreciate help in finding out where Lucy Reed was born, or any > information on this Reed family many thanks > Janice > > > > ------------------------------- > 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