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/7361.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Kim, Just to add to the confusion, although all fascinating... Daughter Sarah lists her place of birth as Charlestown on her marriage record, but it is recorded as Nelson, NH on daughter Georgianna's birth register. Also NH on the 1860 Census. (And Georgiana appears to be named after George H's wife!) Daughter Helen Riblets marriage to Richard Morse indicates she was born in Roxbury. Since the state is not listed, the general inference is MA. But, Roxbury, NH is not very far from Nelson, outside of Keene. Perhaps the clerk assumed MA(??). And Geoerge H's marriage indicates Temple, NH.(You had mentioned NY in your first post... where'd that come from?) Which then raises question about these pre-1850 records (from NEHGS). Because the birth records were considered illegible, I had assumed that NH was a mistake, but now I suspect not. The Russell surname for Cornelius is also curious. At first I had assumed it was something illegible, but maybe not. Unfortunately, I can't see the original records. View 9999 RUSSELL Phebe Augusta, dau. of Cornelius Riblett Russell & Sarah his wife, b. in [Hudson?], N.H., July 2 [illegible].Birth Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) View 9999 RUSSELL Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Cornelius Riblett Russell & Sarah his wife, b. in [illegible], N.H., Feb. [17?] [illegible].Birth Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) View 9999 RUSSELL Helen Maria, dau. of Cornelius Riblett Russell & Sarah his wife, b. in [Roxbury?], N. H., [Sept?] [illegible]Birth Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) View 9999 RUSSELL Harriet Ann, dau. of Cornelius Riblett Russell & Sarah his wife, b. in [Roxbury?], N.H., [illegible].Birth Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) View 1827 RUSSELL [illegible] [Henry, son of Cornelius Riblett Russell & Sarah his wife, b. in [Roxbury?], N.H., [Apr.?] [illegible], [1827?].Birth Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) View 1835 RIBLETT Harriet Ann, dau. of Cornelias Riblett & Sarah his wife, d. Dec. 1, 1835.Death Charlestown, MA (VRs to 1850) Initially I was guessing that Sarah went to see family when having the babies. Although it's not uncommon for the first or second, it would be unusual to travel for each one. Plus her death record indicates that she was born in South Reading. (I was hoping for a NH location.) It may be very difficult to determine conclusively where Cornelius was born. I suspect NY because he seemed pretty consistent with it, and certainly, whomever the informant was at the time of his death, believed that he was from NYC. Unfortunately, if those NY records exist, they will be near impossible to find. The city archive doesn't go back that far. The next best would be to find the marriage record. I would typically look in the town of the bride, but we don't know where that was. I checked the Reading records without luck. Ditto for Charlestown. A couple of other random bits... Maybe there is a clue at http://www.green-wood.com/burial_search/. Type in Riblet in the surname field. Also, I noticed at ancestry that there was a probate record for Cornelius dated 1866. Probably will/estate related, but it might have useful info. Perhaps the MA Archives can help you with that --> http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcres/residx.htm Sorry i can't help more. 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.