My 4th great-grandfather was Pliny/Pliney KELLOGG, son of Noah KELLOGG. He was born 12 Nov. 1752 at Sheffield, Berkshire Co., MA and married Mary KELLOGG 24 Sep. 1782 at Sheffield. Mary was the daughter of Elisha KELLOGG and Rebecca _____________. Their children were: Henrietta KELLOGG - b. 21 Jul 1783 - married ___________ Bartlett Martha KELLOGG - b. 4 Mar. 1785 - married Daniel Jackson Amanda KELLOGG - b. 18 Dec. 1787 - married Asa Rockwood *Marquis de Lafayette (Marcus?) KELLOGG - b. 21 May 1789 - married Elizabeth Manchester Perkins Lydia KELLOGG - b. 28 Jun 1791 Noah KELLOGG - b. 12 Nov. 1793 - married Jerusha Stoddard Mary KELLOGG - b. 15 Feb. 1796 - married Ephraim Rood and Ezekial Ballard I believe all of part of this family later migrated to Jefferson Co. NY and then to Lorain Co. OH. I would like to correspond with anyone who has information on the Kellogg or related families. Thank you. Pat J. Iowa

Did you get a reply to your question? I do know that Arvilla was a popular name in the 1800's. My grandmother was born in early 1800 but her last name was Ingalls and that was her name and i found it in many names when looking through birth records in Pittsfield. If you don't get an answer, i can look it up for you at the Pittsfield Library the next time i go up. Let me know. Thanks. joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Newton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 12:08 AM Subject: [MABERKSH] Arvilla, b. 1812 Pittsfield > Does anyone have information on an Arvilla C. (maiden name unknown) born > in Pittsfield in 1812. She married Amos C. Riggs and they moved to New > York. > > Thanks, > > Dawn Newton > Berkshire County USGenWeb County Coordinator > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eleanor Ellis > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:49 PM > Subject: Arvilla > > > Hi Dawn, I'm searching for my gr.gr.grandmother who was from Pittsfield > Mass. She was born in 1812 and her first name was Arvilla but I don't know > her last name. I know this could be looking for a needle in a hay stack > but it is an unusual first name so I thought that would help. She later > moved to New York State and then to Albion, Orleans. county, NY. She was > married to Amos Riggs and she died on Sept. 5,1878. Do you think you > could find her for me? Thank you in advance, Eleanor Ellis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is anyone out there researching the SABATO Family, in Western Massachusetts? Any info greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Edna MacPherson Sabato

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griswold, Jones, Davis, Burnham, Gale, Lasell, Folsom, Recor, Ashline, Joyal, Farnham,Martin, Barker, Willard, Frost,Hurlbut,Cooley, Harvey,Kibbe,Pryor, Wildes, Norh, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5511/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Everybody, My name is Barbara Combs and I am trying to find descendents of Fred Rockwell Jones and Anna Miller Jones who were married 9/15/1890 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, NY. Fred Rockwell Jones was 1 of 3 brothers born to Alverton Jason Jones, b 6/29/1830 and Ellen Clarissa Griswold, b 8/2/1833 both of Cornwall, VT. Alverton Jason Jones and Ellen Clarissa Griswold had Alverton Griswold Jones b 6/6/1859 in Shoreham, VT. They had George Ashley Jones b 2/4/1861, d 11/23/1862 in Shoreham, VT. Clayton Wilber Jones b 11/20/1866 in Shoreham, VT. Clayton Wilber Jones was my mother Pollyanna Jones father. We have be unable to track Fred Rockwell Jones and we don't know what happened to him. He may have married a second time. We are trying to locate any progeny he may have had. You can reach me via e-mail at [email protected] I will gladly share any information that I have on this family with you. Thanks in advance for any information you are able to give. We did find ! a record in the 1900 Census showing a Fred R. Jones in the Danvers State Isylum. Whether this is him, we don't know for sure. We do know we lost track of him. He did show up for his mother Ellen Clarissa Griswold Jones Halls funeral 5/17/1898. The place he came from though was listed as North Carolina. My mailing address is: Mrs. Barbara J. Combs 2730 S E 150 Ave Morriston, FL 32668-2879 Thanks in advance for any help you are able to give. Sincerely yours, Barbara J. Combs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Griswold, Jones, Davis, Burnham, Gale, Lasell, Folsom, Recor, Ashline, Joyal, Farnham, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5510/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Everybody, My name is Barbara Combs and I am trying to find descendents of Fred Rockwell Jones and Anna Miller Jones who were married 9/15/1890 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, NY. Fred Rockwell Jones was 1 of 3 brothers born to Alverton Jason Jones, b 6/29/1830 and Ellen Clarissa Griswold, b 8/2/1833 both of Cornwall, VT. Alverton Jason Jones and Ellen Clarissa Griswold had Alverton Griswold Jones b 6/6/1859 in Shoreham, VT. They had George Ashley Jones b 2/4/1861, d 11/23/1862 in Shoreham, VT. Clayton Wilber Jones b 11/20/1866 in Shoreham, VT. Clayton Wilber Jones was my mother Pollyanna Jones father. We have be unable to track Fred Rockwell Jones and we don't know what happened to him. He may have married a second time. We are trying to locate any progeny he may have had. You can reach me via e-mail at [email protected] I will gladly share any information that I have on this family with you. Thanks in advance for any information you are able to give. We did find ! a record in the 1900 Census showing a Fred R. Jones in the Danvers State Isylum. Whether this is him, we don't know for sure. We do know we lost track of him. He did show up for his mother Ellen Clarissa Griswold Jones Halls funeral 5/17/1898. The place he came from though was listed as North Carolina. My mailing address is: Mrs. Barbara J. Combs 2730 S E 150 Ave Morriston, FL 32668-2879 Thanks in advance for any help you are able to give. Sincerely yours, Barbara J. Combs

Does anyone have information on an Arvilla C. (maiden name unknown) born in Pittsfield in 1812. She married Amos C. Riggs and they moved to New York. Thanks, Dawn Newton Berkshire County USGenWeb County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: Eleanor Ellis To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: Arvilla Hi Dawn, I'm searching for my gr.gr.grandmother who was from Pittsfield Mass. She was born in 1812 and her first name was Arvilla but I don't know her last name. I know this could be looking for a needle in a hay stack but it is an unusual first name so I thought that would help. She later moved to New York State and then to Albion, Orleans. county, NY. She was married to Amos Riggs and she died on Sept. 5,1878. Do you think you could find her for me? Thank you in advance, Eleanor Ellis

A message appeared in regards to Housatonic Hall - for more information. I have that information but i do not have your request on line still. Let me know if you need it. joan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3748.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks! It has been suggested to me that it may have been some society, nonmilitary also. I do not believe he was in the Civil War because he was not in this country then. I noticed that he does not have a full matching uniform. the hat comment is interesting. I appreciate the input! thanks to your husband also.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3748.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I had my husband, knowledable about guns and militaria, examine your photograph. He said he thought that this was not a uniform but either some other outfit or order, or a costume of sorts that the photogapher's studio set him up in, that it does not appear to be military. The gun has the appearance of an 1862 musket, but is not clear enough in the picture to properly id. The outfit does not fit and he is not wearing a hat, which men in uniform certainly would do, suggesting a photographer's costume. The cartridge box and the bayonet case are on the wrong side and the letters or insigna on the belt appear to be backwards, so there is a chance that the photo is backwards, but the gun and bayonet are on the right side, so you cannot tell. Food for thought. Kathryne

Hello: My name is Fred Printiss... I was born in Pittsfield and have a lineage in that town that covers over 200 years... My research has taken me far from Pittsfield... Now looking for some assisstance.... [email protected] Fred & Diana : [email protected] ----- Original Message ---- From: Catherine Comeau <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 8, 2007 6:33:22 AM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] MABERKSH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 Regarding visiting the Berkshires. One of the best research facilities I have ever been to is the Library in Pittsfield. That facility is truly amazing. Most everything is digitized with search engines. Their books have been digitally indexed so that you can search for whomever you are looking for and you will get a list showing the book or collection, volume number and page number. All you have to do is look them up in that book. Some collections are totally digital with PDF files all indexed. The research assistants are extremely helpful as well. There is also a National Archives right there in Pittsfield so if you can't find it at the library you can try locating them at the Archives. By far Pittsfield, MA is the place to go if you have any connections to Western MA, Eastern NY, NH or CT. They far exceed anything that Springfield has to offer. And the area is just plain beautiful, especially in the fall. --- [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA (Terri) > 2. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 3. Williamstown/Adams/North Adams records ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA (Barbara de Mare) > 6. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 7. Re: PRENTICES OF BERKSHIRE (Printiss) > ([email protected]) > 8. Re: Curtis Family ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:54:35 -0800 (PST) > From: Terri <[email protected]> > Subject: [MABERKSH] Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > Happy New Year! Thanks to all the folks on here and > the wonderful town clerks, I have finally made enough > headway for a visit to the Berkshires! Does anyone > have any advice as to where to stay (considering what > used to be the Adams Rest Home- my grandfather grew up > in Adams), good places to go to for specific research > on cemeteries, or any other pointers? I have a free > ticket until March so I have no choice when I can > visit but will procrastinate until the end of Feb to > avoid the snow as much as I can! Thanks in advance! > > Terri in CA > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:48:01 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Cemetery records for North Adams or > Williamstown in Berkshire County, MA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing > list. > > Surnames: Burdick, Gardner, Northup, Courtof > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5509.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > If you call the North Adams Town Hall number given by another > poster they will transfer you to an office that maintains the North > Adams cemetery records on file cards. I have been there many times > in person but I am not sure of the offical title of that office > since someone else said that the cemetery office is on Hall Street. > You should be able to find all your various families if they ever > lived in North Adams since as another poster said those names are > very familiar. Williamstown is a totally different story. Google > the phone number of the Williamstown town hall/town clerk and they > will tell you the number of the person/office that maintains their > cemetery records. Williamstown and North Adams are totally > separate when it comes to those records. You will have to talk to > the town clerk in Williamstown to find out the death records. > These are separate from the cemetery records. They are very > friendly. They may just tell you how to write for the records and > how much! > it costs but I have found that they are happy to help you. There > is one main cemetery in Williamstown on the main road/Route 2 > between Williamstown and North Adams. I would bet if they were > buried in Williamtown it would be there. My family is buried in > the old cemetery in North Adams but anyone who died in the 1950's > and 60's had to be buried in another newer cemetery. You can get > good cemetery maps at the North Adams office that shows where > everyone is buried in every cemetery except for the one on Mount > Greylock that was so old they didn't even know about it but I know > none of your family names are there. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 11:49:14 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MABERKSH] Williamstown/Adams/North Adams records > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > It has been a while since I sent for records from North Adams and > Williamstown. At that time they were about $5 from the town clerk. > If you write they > will get right back to you and let you know if they have the record > or not. > They are very helpful. > > Barbara R > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:56:04 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Cemetery records for North Adams or > Williamstown in Berkshire County, MA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing > list. > > Surnames: Burdick, Gardner, Northup, Courtof > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5509.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > The North Adams Cemetery Dept., that I mentioned in my other reply, > that has the file cards is--North Adams Cemetery Department (413) > 662-3048, 10 Main St, North Adams, MA. Eastlawn Cemetery is the > only cemetery for Williamstown in the center of Williamstown, > besides the Williams College Cemetery. There is a Southlawn > Cemetery in South Williamstown at the "Four Corners area." > Williamstown Town Clerk, 31 North Street > Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267-2003, Phone: (413) 458-9341. If > their families were really from the North Adams area and they were > just living with their children in Williamstown they might be > buried in either family's plot in another town. Hillside Cemetery > is an old North Adams Cemetery. It is on either side of Route 2 > going west to Williamstown just before the Braytonville area of > North Adams. St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery and Southview Cemetery > are to the south of North Adams off of Church Street. Southview is > the newer cemetery and the cemetery office has these records. There > is a Clark Cemetery in Clarksburg on West Street. It is an historic > cemetery. Clarksburg Town Clerk, 111 River Road, Clarksburg, > Massachusetts 01247-2147, Phone: (413) 663-5282. Hope this helps. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 09:57:57 -0800 (PST) > From: Barbara de Mare <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Terri, No snow to worry about! The Pittsfield Atheneum is an > excellent archives with lots to offer. When doing Berkshire > County research it is important to know that Berkshire County has > three districts. The lower district where my ancestors resided > has offices in Great Barrington. The have land records back to > the grants to the original propritors, and lots of history in > those ancient volumes. There are separate offices for the Middle > and Northern Districts. Most genealogy guides to courthouses have > the information. I would try first the County Courthouse Book or > the Red Book. > > Surrogate;s Districts in Connecticut have their own divisions. > If you want me to find the right one for your ancestors, let me > know their precise location. > > Finding a place to stay can be more difficult. Berkshire County > is still sparsely settled. I would think your best bets would be > in Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee. When I was neae there in the fall it > took me hours to find anything--good thing my planincluded checking > out the scenery I was closer t Kinderhook, however. > > Any other questions on researching this area, just ask. I have > done a fair amount on the Town of Sandisfield. and in the Athenaum. > > Barbara > === message truncated === Catherine Hollenback Comeau =^..^= Researching the Hollenbacks , Jacksons, Merricks & others __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/107.241.404.476.498.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry I have been out of touch. I am back at searching for Ebenezer Bettes husband of Luranah Knight of Norwich, CT. I hope we can make connection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/107.241.404.476.498.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry I have been out of touch. I am back at searching for Ebenezer Bettes husband of Luranah Knight of Norwich, CT. I hope we can make connection.

Acouple of years ago I spent a month in Adamsand was told by the town Clerk that records at the time the towns split, Records went to North Adams. Bob Troy NY ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: "Genealogy" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] North Adams hotels > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Genealogy" <[email protected]> > >> Adams keeps its own town records once the two towns split. I don't know >> the >> year though. >> > > North Adams was established in 1878, from part of Adams.Adams was > establidhed in 1778, from a plantation called East Hoosuck (not a > misspellimg!). > > Ref, Massachusetts Genealogical Research, by Schweitzer. > > Carl Hommel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Adams keeps its own town records once the two towns split. I don't know the > year though. > North Adams was established in 1878, from part of Adams.Adams was establidhed in 1778, from a plantation called East Hoosuck (not a misspellimg!). Ref, Massachusetts Genealogical Research, by Schweitzer. Carl Hommel

From: Ludden, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] _____ From: Ludden, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:27 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Coons/Cummings question Dear Berkshire County researchers, My name is Paul Ludden. I live a huge distance from your wonderful area (I'm in Los Angeles) and saw your helpful information on the genealogy site: http://www.treetracingcom/berkshirec.htm <http://www.treetracing.com/berkshirec.htm> To be honest, my very specific interest surrounds the Coons and Cummings families of your area, and especially the Nassau/Renssalaer counties of NY. (But I think they came from Mass!) I'm quite stuck trying to find out about the ancestry of an Eli Cummings and his wife Eurania (Coons). I think Eli's father (and son, for that matter) were given the name, Peter. So, I am looking for information on the Coons/Cummings family 18th century and backwards. A brief list of known relatives follows: 1. Peter Cummings (and other spellings: cummin, cummins, cummings, etc) from Nassau Cnty, NY, married Hannah 2. Eli Cummings (1806-1886) (wife: Eurania Coons) 3. Peter Cummings (1852-1902) (wife: Ida Cornell) & bro.Thomas (wife:Sarah & son:William) moved to Blackhawk County, Iowa. Later Minn. 4. Owen Webster Cummings (1875-1964) 5. Elna Cummings (1905-2005) son Robert Ludden (1929-) grandson Paul (1956- ME!) and then my sons: Michael, John, & Peter. It's too bad that very little is known to us of our branch of the Coons/Cummings family. We do know that they lived around Albany/Nassau/Renssalaer, New York, in the mid-19th century. Some of them moved to the Midwest, where my branches of the family propagated. Anything you can do for us would be much appreciated. Thank you, Paul Ludden Paul R. Ludden, Doctor of Arts Orchestras, Chamber Music, Theory & Composition The Harvard-Westlake Upper School 3700 Coldwater Canyon, N.Hollywood, CA 91604 (818) 487-6518

In North Adams, there are two main hotels. The Holiday Inn on Main Street which is directly across the street from North Adams City Hall. That building not only has the town clerk, Mary Ann Abusi, who holds the death records, but the Cemetery Dept is located there. If you stay at the Holiday Inn, you are 5 minutes from Hillside Cemetery on Rt 2 and 5-10 minutes from Southview (newer) on the backroads toward Adams. This would be an affordable place to stay. The other hotel is about a 1/2 mile from there, but probably costs a little more. This is the Porches, a newly renovated suites of apts turned into hotels that harkens to the industrial in decor. This attracts a NYC dweller on a Berkshire getaway and upper class type crowd. We love it and have stayed there. You could walk to City Hall, but would be 2 minutes by car. We haven't really had any snow yet, but it was very cold today. Finally, there are B&B options if you like that. The Blackington B&B is supposed to be quaint, but I haven't tried it myself. It was only put you 5-10 minutes from City Hall. I grew up in North Adams and am happy to help with any questions. If your relatives were Jewish, which is doesn't sound as though they were, they were buried at Beth Israel in Clarksburg, MA, just over the North Adams line. North Adams to Williamstown is 10 minutes. North Adams to Adams is 10 minutes. It is all VERY close. Adams keeps its own town records once the two towns split. I don't know the year though. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:00 AM Subject: MABERKSH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA (Terri) > 2. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 3. Williamstown/Adams/North Adams records ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA (Barbara de Mare) > 6. Re: Cemetery records for North Adams or Williamstown in > Berkshire County, MA ([email protected]) > 7. Re: PRENTICES OF BERKSHIRE (Printiss) ([email protected]) > 8. Re: Curtis Family ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:54:35 -0800 (PST) > From: Terri <[email protected]> > Subject: [MABERKSH] Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > Happy New Year! Thanks to all the folks on here and > the wonderful town clerks, I have finally made enough > headway for a visit to the Berkshires! Does anyone > have any advice as to where to stay (considering what > used to be the Adams Rest Home- my grandfather grew up > in Adams), good places to go to for specific research > on cemeteries, or any other pointers? I have a free > ticket until March so I have no choice when I can > visit but will procrastinate until the end of Feb to > avoid the snow as much as I can! Thanks in advance! > > Terri in CA > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:48:01 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Cemetery records for North Adams or > Williamstown in Berkshire County, MA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Burdick, Gardner, Northup, Courtof > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5509.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > If you call the North Adams Town Hall number given by another poster they > will transfer you to an office that maintains the North Adams cemetery > records on file cards. I have been there many times in person but I am > not sure of the offical title of that office since someone else said that > the cemetery office is on Hall Street. You should be able to find all > your various families if they ever lived in North Adams since as another > poster said those names are very familiar. Williamstown is a totally > different story. Google the phone number of the Williamstown town > hall/town clerk and they will tell you the number of the person/office > that maintains their cemetery records. Williamstown and North Adams are > totally separate when it comes to those records. You will have to talk to > the town clerk in Williamstown to find out the death records. These are > separate from the cemetery records. They are very friendly. They may just > tell you how to write for the records and how much! > it costs but I have found that they are happy to help you. There is one > main cemetery in Williamstown on the main road/Route 2 between > Williamstown and North Adams. I would bet if they were buried in > Williamtown it would be there. My family is buried in the old cemetery in > North Adams but anyone who died in the 1950's and 60's had to be buried in > another newer cemetery. You can get good cemetery maps at the North Adams > office that shows where everyone is buried in every cemetery except for > the one on Mount Greylock that was so old they didn't even know about it > but I know none of your family names are there. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 11:49:14 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MABERKSH] Williamstown/Adams/North Adams records > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > It has been a while since I sent for records from North Adams and > Williamstown. At that time they were about $5 from the town clerk. If you > write they > will get right back to you and let you know if they have the record or > not. > They are very helpful. > > Barbara R > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:56:04 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Cemetery records for North Adams or > Williamstown in Berkshire County, MA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Burdick, Gardner, Northup, Courtof > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5509.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > The North Adams Cemetery Dept., that I mentioned in my other reply, that > has the file cards is--North Adams Cemetery Department (413) 662-3048, 10 > Main St, North Adams, MA. Eastlawn Cemetery is the only cemetery for > Williamstown in the center of Williamstown, besides the Williams College > Cemetery. There is a Southlawn Cemetery in South Williamstown at the > "Four Corners area." Williamstown Town Clerk, 31 North Street > Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267-2003, Phone: (413) 458-9341. If their > families were really from the North Adams area and they were just living > with their children in Williamstown they might be buried in either > family's plot in another town. Hillside Cemetery is an old North Adams > Cemetery. It is on either side of Route 2 going west to Williamstown just > before the Braytonville area of North Adams. St. Joseph's Catholic > Cemetery and Southview Cemetery are to the south of North Adams off of > Church Street. Southview is the newer cemetery and the cemetery office > has these records. There is a Clark Cemetery in Clarksburg on West Street. > It is an historic cemetery. Clarksburg Town Clerk, 111 River Road, > Clarksburg, Massachusetts 01247-2147, Phone: (413) 663-5282. Hope this > helps. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 09:57:57 -0800 (PST) > From: Barbara de Mare <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Advice for Visiting Berkshire Cty, MA > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Terri, No snow to worry about! The Pittsfield Atheneum is an > excellent archives with lots to offer. When doing Berkshire County > research it is important to know that Berkshire County has three > districts. The lower district where my ancestors resided has offices in > Great Barrington. The have land records back to the grants to the > original propritors, and lots of history in those ancient volumes. There > are separate offices for the Middle and Northern Districts. Most > genealogy guides to courthouses have the information. I would try first > the County Courthouse Book or the Red Book. > > Surrogate;s Districts in Connecticut have their own divisions. If you > want me to find the right one for your ancestors, let me know their > precise location. > > Finding a place to stay can be more difficult. Berkshire County is > still sparsely settled. I would think your best bets would be in > Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee. When I was neae there in the fall it took me > hours to find anything--good thing my planincluded checking out the > scenery I was closer t Kinderhook, however. > > Any other questions on researching this area, just ask. I have done a > fair amount on the Town of Sandisfield. and in the Athenaum. > > Barbara > > > > Barbara > > Terri <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, > > Happy New Year! Thanks to all the folks on here and > the wonderful town clerks, I have finally made enough > headway for a visit to the Berkshires! Does anyone > have any advice as to where to stay (considering what > used to be the Adams Rest Home- my grandfather grew up > in Adams), good places to go to for specific research > on cemeteries, or any other pointers? I have a free > ticket until March so I have no choice when I can > visit but will procrastinate until the end of Feb to > avoid the snow as much as I can! Thanks in advance! > > Terri in CA > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > [email protected] (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:11:51 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Cemetery records for North Adams or > Williamstown in Berkshire County, MA > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Burdick, Gardner, Northup, Courtof > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5509.2.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Just found the additional cemeteries from USGS national mapping > information: > New State Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery Lat.423800N Long.0730131W North > Adams. > Maple Street Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 423735N 0730715W North Adams. > Advent Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424234N 0730715W North Adams > Blackington Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424218N 0731020W Williamstown > Clark Cemetery is also called Clarksburg Cemetery: > Clarksburg Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424408N 0730405W North Adams > Clarksburg Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424406N 0730408W North Adams > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:35:21 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] PRENTICES OF BERKSHIRE (Printiss) > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Printiss, Prentis > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/374.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Joe: saw this old note: .... I would like to make some additions..... > Fred Printiss > Horace A Prentis lived 83 years. He was a machineist, lived at 8 Francis > Av Pittsfield, and his wife Eliza Ann Wilber Prentis b 7-3-1833 d > 11-17-1907 was a member of the Methodist Church. Her father was Joe Wilber > who fought in the Amrican Revolution. Eliza Ann was the last living > "Daughter of the American Revolution". Her father was 82 years old when > she was born: ref the Pittsfield Journal Nov 8 1907.They had four > children: > 1.- Grace Amandy Printiss b 9-18-1850 d 12-28-1913 called "Grace > Francis" .. she never married. > 2.- Child - female, died at birth 11-10-1852 > 3.- Moria Printiss b 1853 married Bennoni Romain Powell b April 1856 > from Vermont. No children. > 4.- Etta Nancy Printiss b 9-18-1863 first married Henry D Eddy (d > 1893) then married Ernest E Cleveland. Five children, > Howard,Frank,Ethel,Arthur,and Horace Daniel Eddy. > Of the four children, there is a lineage only on Horace Daniel: He married > Sarah Isabel Plumb. They had a daughter Esther Eddy (Hunt) b 3-20-1912 who > married Robert Hunt b 1911. They had two children. > Horace was the son of Erastus and Elizabeth Luce. Horace was one of six > children from Erastus: > 1.- Horace, b 5-3-1825 > 2.- George Prentis b 1837 died at birth.(State probate records:Mass. > "died Feb 1837-parents-Erastus & Elizabeth" > 3.- Charles H Printiss b 4-1-1827 d 2-15-1898,married Mary Curtiss B > 1824 d 2-13-1917 four children. > 4.- Francis Printiss b 3-2-1867 d 1-15-1848 died young. > 5.- George E Printiss b 9-25-1829 d Feb 1832 died young. > 6.- Henry Printiss b 3-11-1832 d 6-1-1926 Married Mary A Lowell > Printiss bJan 1840 d 4-2-1928. > > Notes: George L Printiss b Dec 1858 d 3-15-1923 was the son of Henry > Printiss and Mary Lowell. George married Rose Kendall b 1868 d 8-25-1922 > They had two children. > William L Prentice is not of this family. > Mabel Mary Printiss b 5-19-1886 called "Minni M". was one of the daughters > of George L Printiss and Rose Kendall(the other son was Nulhani L Printiss > b Jul 1882) > George L Printiss was the son of Henry and Mary Lowell and he very well > could of had his mother living with them at the time of the census. > Frederick Huntington Printiss b 1-30-1859 d 2-10-1934 Married Sarah E > Holloran b Nov 1864 d 2-23-1934. Frederick was the son of Charles H > Printiss (Henrys brother) and Charles was the son of Erastus.(Sarah was > from Maine) > Frederick and Sarah had five children. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:51:54 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Curtis Family > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3727.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > To Susan Wyllie: thank you so much for helping me correct some information > I've had on Curtiss for some time. The Curtis Name Mary Curtiss 1824-1917 > became Printiss when she married Charles H Printiss in Pittsfield Ma and > they ran a tailor shop in that town. Charles father was Erastus and his > mothers name was Elizabeth Luce.(this Printiss lineage lived in > Pittsfield up to 2003. Erastus was born aprox 1790 and died in Pittsfield > 1834. Can you find any reference to him in your notes? Fred Printiss > [email protected] > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MABERKSH list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MABERKSH mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MABERKSH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > **************************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ames, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/319.371.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Peter, I bought the above book(part of a four volume set)that has about 12 pages on Fisher Ames of Dedham. It includes a biographical sketch with much detail including the death of his father and subsequent struggle by his Mother to raise the five children. I would like to connect this book with a family member or family researcher. Please contact [email protected] if you have an interest in this book. Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ames, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/319.371.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Peter, I bought the above book(part of a four volume set)that has about 12 pages on Fisher Ames of Dedham. It includes a biographical sketch with much detail including the death of his father and subsequent struggle by his Mother to raise the five children. I would like to connect this book with a family member or family researcher. Please contact [email protected] if you have an interest in this book. Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morin/Eckert Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/896.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, I am very much interested in anything you may have found. You can email me privately at [email protected] if you wish. Thanks. Mal

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morin/Eckert Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/896.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been doing research on my branch of the Morin Family from Lee, Massachusetts and I found information on the line that you are researching. If you are still interested I would be happy to share that info with you. Sharon