This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LSLangille Surnames: FINEL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/7545.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I'm not related. I found a few references to a couple different Edward Finel's. You'd have to be the judge to see if they belong to you. You might contact a library or university research dept. to see if they have microfilm of any of these references. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name: Edward Finel Birth Date: 1720 Volume: 54 Page Number: 176 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 16 Dec 1925, 3669 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name: Edward Finel Birth Date: 1748 Birthplace: Massachusetts Volume: 54 Page Number: 176 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 18 Feb 1925, 2724; 23 Jul 1924, 2042 Edward Finel, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954" name: Edward Finel event: Death event date: 12 Jun 1821 event place: Poultney, , Vermont, United States age: 73 estimated birth year: 1748 Name of Cemetery: East Poultney Cemetery film number: 27546 digital folder number: 004544004 image number: 03128 New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Edward Finel Residence Date: 1776 Residence Place: Albany, New York, United States Comments: Thirteenth Regiment New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Edward Finel Residence Date: 1776 Residence Place: New York City, New York, New York, United States Comments: Second Regiment Web: Vermont, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2011 Name: Edward, Sr Finel Birth Date: 1748 Age at Death: 73 Death Date: 19 Jun 1821 Burial Place: East Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, USA http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=FI&GSfn=e&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=49&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=78414182&df=all& 1790 United States Federal Census Name: Edward Fennell [Edward Finel] Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Poultney, Rutland, Vermont Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females: 2 Number of Household Members: 6 1800 United States Federal Census Name: Ewd Farnel [Edward Finel] [End Farnel] Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Poultney, Rutland, Vermont Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 8 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 11 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Edward Finil [Edward Finel] Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Poultney, Rutland, Vermont Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 4 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 11 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Edward Finnel [Edward Finel] Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Poultney, Rutland, Vermont Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 1 Free White Persons - Over 25: 3 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7 All History of Rutland County, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers results for Edward Finel http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genealogy-glh27782485&so=2&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsln_x=XO&gskw="Edward Finel"&gskw_x=1&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=3o3&cp=0 London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932 Tenant: Edward Finel First Year of Section: 1754 Civil Parish or Ward: Cripplegate Without Borough or County: City of London Call Number: MS 11319/166 Edward Finel - page 262 "A History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont: From It's Settlement to the Year........" by Barnes Frisbie, Frederick Ruggles http://books.google.com/books?id=lQWbXcCvZCQC&printsec=frontcover&dq="Joslin's History of Poultney&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IFHoUKnJBcLS0wHitIHgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Finel&f=false I would suggest investigating Revolutionary War records for the surname. 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