Toby wrote: > Hi Betty, > > Having lived in SLC for 10 years, hopefully I can answer this question. > > I was told by a neighbor that at some point in time every LDS member > was to do a 4 generation (was it 5?) chart on his/her family tree. > Now, whether everyone did that or not is the big question. > > I'd start w/ the LDS church (called Stake) in Littleton. *If *there > is only one, they might know Bob personally and could answer this for > you. But you need to talk to someone at his Stake first. > > After that, you could contact someone in SLC at the FHL. I don't have > a suggestion as to where to write but I do know that the 4-(or > 5)generation charts are held there in a common place. > (Last time I saw them was in the Joseph Smith Bldg but they were > moving things here and yon at the time). > > So that's my suggestion. You could visit the Stake yourself if you > like (Meetinghouse refers to Quakers, I believe). You might have good > luck and I hope that you do. > > Sincerely, > > Toby (near Portland, OR) >> Hello, >> >> I have a question about whether you can request one person's "family tree" >> records from the Mormon Church. >> >> I'll explain a little. I've mentioned the HUTCHINSON Farm and the >> families that lived there many times. The HUTCHINSON's bought it from a >> GARDNER family in the 1720's and it existed until the 1950's. During the >> late 1800's, the families that lived there became "land rich and money >> poor." Somewhere around 1900 one-half of the farm was sold. When my >> "Grandma KIDDER" died in 1958, the seond half of the farm was sold. >> >> In that farm were 2 siblings who never married, so their parents, Thomas and >> Mary HUTCHINSON had no grandchildren. Across the street were Jacob and >> Eliza HUTCHINSON who had 3 children, but one daughter died as a teen. >> George was the their son. He married and had a son, Carleton. Carleton >> married and had a son, Leslie. There were several divorces in that >> extended family, so the children probably lived in 2 homes, or went back and >> forth. Carleton's EX lived in Cambridge, and that is where Leslie lived. >> And, even though we lived in the next town, I have no memory of meeting >> that family. >> >> It was only 2-3 years ago I took more interest in finding out more about >> Leslie. I found out he became Dr. Leslie "Loring" HUTCHINSON, a >> Podiatrist in Cambridge, possibly up past 1960. Then I found out he had >> married, and they had one son, Robert HUTCHINSON. >> >> Unfortunately, I didn't find out about "Bob" HUTCHINSON until 2 years after >> he had been killed in a car accident. Because he lived in Ayer and died >> in Westford, I was able to find his obituary. From that I found out he >> was a teacher in Ayer, and he had never married. That meant he was the >> last, male HUTCHINSON from the Farm in Winchester. * >> >> I went to Ayer Town Hall and saw the information on his death record. It >> said that a maternal cousin was the contact. I wrote to the lady, and she >> responded. But she didn't offer information, and she said that Bob did not >> know anything about his family-tree. >> >> When I reread his obituary last week, I was reminded that he was a member >> of the Mormon Church in Littleton. I mentioned that to a researcher in >> Ayer, and she reminded me -- if Bob did belong to that church, he "DID" >> know his family-tree ! (That had totally slipped by me 2 yrs. ago.) >> :o( >> >> *** So, my question is: Is there a way for me to obtain a copy of this >> family-tree of -- Robert Loring HUTCHINSON (1937-2005) -- from the >> Mormon Church ??? (Should I visit the meetinghouse in Littleton?) >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA) >> >> >> * There was another brother from the Farm, John HUTCHINSON, who moved to >> Brooklyn, NY, ~1860. I have not been able to find out about his >> descendants. >> >> >> FYI: In Bob HUTCHINSON's obituary, I was reminded that he graduated from >> BU. I took a chance and e-mailed the BU Alumni Office. Several days >> later I received a copy of a picture from a 1959 yearbook. I had an old >> picture of his grandfather, Carleton, and he looked just like him. So, his >> father, the doctor, probably looked like them. >> >> ( A few weeks ago I was at Bob's gravestone in Ayer, and someone had left a >> bouquet of roses.) >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >