Dear Nadine, Thank you for offering to send the scan of the plaque to all who want it. I certainly do, and greatly appreciate it. Also, thanks to Margie. Betty Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie" <margie92@earthlink.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque > Hi Everybody. > > I scanned the photo of the Founders Park Plaque and sent it on to Nadine to > forward to everyone. > > I'm going to get a better shot of it when it's in the shade (the names will > show up better). On the day I took that photo, I didn't realize lots of > people would want a copy, so I wasn't very fussy with the details! > > Also...if anyone wants specific photos of a Mendon area site (gravestone, > etc) let me know. When I'm out that way, I'll see what I can do. My camera > is always in my car! > > Margie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NadinePenn@aol.com> > To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:04 AM > Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque > > > If everybody who wants a picture of the plaque in Founders Park will send me > a request, I will forward it to all of you individually. It would be my > turn > to help! > > Nadine > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks Margie , That was a new site to me..My that is a gem of a site. Thanks for sharing, Alice alicep@rcn.com Message from Massachusetts

Thanks Alice! I'm going to have fun exploring this! Sue God Bless America! Susan Marie Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA

Thanks Margie! I wasn't aware of that site -- and it is a great one! Sue God Bless America! Susan Marie Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA

I'm brand-new on this Mendon list, having just subscribed within the last week, so bear with me if you all are already aware of this. But, in case there's other newbies here, I just found a valuable website. It has pictures of the gravestones in "Old Cemetery" in Mendon, Mass. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/%7Emwhaynes/index.html I clicked on "Hopestill Read" and it gave me a good photo of her grave, plus some of her family information. (daughter of William Holbrook & Elizabeth Pitts, wife of Samuel Read, Sr) Lots of RAWSON grave photos!

Hi Again, If anyone is interested in other photos of Mendon and Founders Park Monument also.. Go to: http://www.wellswooster.com/tommies/ zap on tidbits then Nancy Thompson Photo album.. Any Thompson related lister will find a great deal of info on these pages, also. Happy Hunting, Alice

Thanks Margie -- I'll send it on in just a minute!

Frank is right that Heritage Quest is available through many local libraries. Check to see if your library has a subscription to it. If so, then you can access their thousands of books and the U.S. Federal Censuses online in your own home using your local library card. But...if your library does NOT have a subscription to Heritage Quest, and you want to access this wonderful resource, you can pay $35 and receive a library card from www.godfrey.org, which will allow you instant access. The Godfrey Library has great, personalized customer service. And $35 is not a lot of money for this amount of genealogical records. Heritage Quest (www.heritagequestonline.com) has the censuses, although they aren't all indexed. 1870 & 1910 are indexed, unlike Ancestry.com. Heritage Quest has a long list of Vital Records of Massachusetts books online, including the one for Mendon. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Comstock" <comstock@olg.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Finding Heritage Quest The only two ways I know to access Heritage Quest are: first, subscribe to ProQuest (which owns Heritage Quest), but that is rather expensive as far as I know. Usually schools, libraries, etc., subscribe to it. second, access it through your library. My local county library subscribes to it as one of the databases available on their website. I have to type in my library barcode number as the password, but then it is all there. I can access it from the library or from home. It was also available through the school library when my daughter was in high school, but it is not available through her college library. I used to work at a different college than the one my daughter attends and it was available through that college's library. So, it may be kind of hit and miss with different libraries. (message snipped) Frank Comstock ----- Original Message ----- From: <NadinePenn@aol.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Great List > Will somebody tell us beginners how we access Heritage Quest? Sounds > wonderful. > >

Hi Everybody. I scanned the photo of the Founders Park Plaque and sent it on to Nadine to forward to everyone. I'm going to get a better shot of it when it's in the shade (the names will show up better). On the day I took that photo, I didn't realize lots of people would want a copy, so I wasn't very fussy with the details! Also...if anyone wants specific photos of a Mendon area site (gravestone, etc) let me know. When I'm out that way, I'll see what I can do. My camera is always in my car! Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: <NadinePenn@aol.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque If everybody who wants a picture of the plaque in Founders Park will send me a request, I will forward it to all of you individually. It would be my turn to help! Nadine

Thank you, Alice. I'll take a ride over there and check out the Samuel READ stone that is there. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Palladini;" <alicep@rcn.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Samuel READ Samuel Read is buried in the Old Cemetery on Prov. St. in Mendon. death 12 Jan 1717 VR pg. 493. There isn't any stone or marker for this Samuel Read. Another Samuel Read d. 14 Feb. 1725; b. Nov. 3, 1696 .. does have a stone in Row 18. Note, b date comes from marriage to Abigail WHITE: Thomas Read does not have a stone in Old Cemetery. Alice

Hi Everyone. It's midnight on Monday and I just got back from spending Sunday night away. (I went to Maine to check out some cemeteries for genealogy.) I will scan that photo in the morning and send it on to those who asked. (Or to Nadine to forward it on.) I just checked the photo to make sure I didn't omit John Bartlett's name in transcribing it, but, unfortunately...the name is not on the plaque. I took 5 pictures of plaques in Mendon. The Founders Park plaque is the only one that mentions all those names. One says that George Washington passed through in 1789. Here's what another one says: 1630-1930 FIRST MEETINGHOUSE Here stood Mendon's first meetinghouse, built in 1668 and destroyed by Indians in 1676. Joseph EMERSON, the minister, was an ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission (All the words are in all capitals on the sign. "Meetinghouse" is spelled as one word.) Until tomorrow... Margie ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque In a message dated 8/17/2003 4:52:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, alicep@rcn.com writes: > How the MHS could omit such an early comer to Mendon, as John > Bartlett has boggled the mind of many later Historians, and saddened > many Bartlett descendants. . >

Thanks Alice - I'll give them a call and see what they have to say. I'll let the list know what I find out. Lisa llepore@juno.com On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:22:06 -0400 "Alice Palladini;" <alicep@rcn.com> writes: > Lisa, I am not aware of where the Old Draper Corp. records > are.. > Your best bet is to contact the Hopedale Historical > Commission. If > there are any available they would know. > Sorry can't help ya, this time. :) > Alice > alicep@rcn.com Message from Massachusetts > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Sorry, Lori, I got it in this letter that I neglected to add to the Gevry file. Joan

Nadine, I would like to have a copy of the picture. Lynn Hurley At 12:04 AM 08/18/2003 -0400, you wrote: >If everybody who wants a picture of the plaque in Founders Park will send me >a request, I will forward it to all of you individually. It would be my turn >to help! > >Nadine > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 8/18/2003 10:13:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, NLFlude@aol.com writes: > I would love one, but I already asked Margie to send one one. Maybe she > will > read this and be glad to have your help. With all these wonderfully helpful people we may be flooded with pictures! Thanks! Sue God Bless America! Susan Marie Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA

I would love one, but I already asked Margie to send one one. Maybe she will read this and be glad to have your help. Thanks so much, Norma

Sorry to have dropped out of the READ discussion. We've had a little excitement here at home. I will be back! Sue God Bless America! Susan Marie Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA

In a message dated 8/17/2003 4:52:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, alicep@rcn.com writes: > How the MHS could omit such an early comer to Mendon, as John > Bartlett has boggled the mind of many later Historians, and saddened > many Bartlett descendants. . > > That's good to know, Alice. I wasn't aware of it before. Sue God Bless America! Susan Marie Hillier Roe SueMHR@aol.com Seal Beach, CA

Nadine, I would certainly like a copy. Thanks, Betty Sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: <NadinePenn@aol.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque > If everybody who wants a picture of the plaque in Founders Park will send me > a request, I will forward it to all of you individually. It would be my turn > to help! > > Nadine > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Yes, thank you, I would love to have a picture. Thanks so much. Sue lvisfan35@comcast.net (that's an L, not an I) ----- Original Message ----- From: <NadinePenn@aol.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Founders Park Plaque > If everybody who wants a picture of the plaque in Founders Park will send me > a request, I will forward it to all of you individually. It would be my turn > to help! > > Nadine > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >