I just added some Veterians of the American Revolution if any one is interested, and changed the fetured photo. This time I put on one of Cheshire Lake, showing a small island on the other side. This was taken just about as the sun was going down, played out good on the clouds, hills and water. Looks better if you click on the photo for a little larger view. There are not as many veterins on the list as I would like, most are just one or two lines from papers when they died, but a couple have longer stories about where they served. At my Litchfield County AHGP site there are more than this for each town, but no other info to go along with them. I may have another page or two added before the end of the MO. Still working on the Hinsdale vital records, going slow with my slow typing. If someday ever gets hear I will add a photo page to each of these two county sites. Cheers Ray -- Berkshire County, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ Litchfield County CT AHGP website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ New England History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ US History Web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ US History by Hawthorne http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp
I found the Pittsfield School Census on microfiche at the library today and I found my grandfather, Eugene Lewis ROBERTS listed on the 1893, 1894, 1895 lists living on Churchill and 1900 list living on Park. I have two questions. One, how many grades/levels did the school go up to back then. Secondly, where were the West Park and Orchard schools located in Pittsfield? Deborah in Ft Worth, TX
Searching for guardianship records of children of Hazard PERRY who died Apr. 1822 in Otis, leaving 2 minor daughters and son Samuel by first wife Abigail and one minor daughter by second wife Patience. Which court would have these records or where would they be now? There has been no reply to my letter to the Clerk of the Berkshire County Superior Court in Pittsfield. Would appreciate any help. Many thanks. Ruth Armstrong
My ggrandfather was Edwin C. Simington born about 1856. He was probably born in Illinois but I believe his father and uncles were born in MA. His father would be James Simington born about 1825 or so. Is anyone researching the Simington name from this area? He is my brick wall! Thanks for your time, Judy in California Searching AUSTIN, BIRDSALL, CASE, EAKIN, FRAZELL, HAVENS, LEIM, MERRIFIELD, MCCLENNON, ROCHELLE, SIMINGTON, STRICKLAND, VANGELDER/VANGALDER
Mimi, Thank you so much for such a nice message. Cobb Codding's father Samuel was in the Revolution, so perhaps had something to do with the migration. I look forward to hearing from you. Carol Miriam Taylor-Cotton wrote: > So many migrated to western Mass, Maine, and elsewhere on > land grants they were given for 1776 service - or for religious reasons. > > I will check some records for you and see what I can find > > Welcome to some very helpful LISTs - we don't consider it 'rambling'.. > It is a way of 'thinking out loud' in print hoping someone can help.. > And most of the time, you will find that someone can and will.. > > Mimi Taylor
So many migrated to western Mass, Maine, and elsewhere on land grants they were given for 1776 service - or for religious reasons. I will check some records for you and see what I can find Welcome to some very helpful LISTs - we don't consider it 'rambling'.. It is a way of 'thinking out loud' in print hoping someone can help.. And most of the time, you will find that someone can and will.. Mimi Taylor
Hello fellow Berkshire county researchers, Although not new to genealogy, I am new to this list and thought I would post my surnames in hopes someone else has ties. Cobb Codding came to Washington, MA from Taunton prior to the 1800 census, and was b. Taunton c. 1768, son of Samuel and Codding and Mercy Cobb, hence the name Cobb Codding. Pretty different! He marr. Phylena Willis (1768-1854), also of Taunton, in prob T. 1795, and died in Washington in 1845. I have pictures of their gravestones in West Branch Cemetery, now part of October Mtn State Forest. We hiked to the cemetery May 2001 to finally find the stones, intact but lying on the ground. Their son, Hosea is my ancestor, and I descend thru his dau who married William Tucker. Hosea and family eventually moved to Lee, and dau and family eventually to Naugatuck, CT after his death. I guess I am rambling but if anyone has any ties to this family, please reply. I am also wondering why this family moved from Taunton to Washington. I know that many in T. were from the Mass. Bay Colony, as were folks in Berkshire county. Any ideas??? Regards, Carol Bauby Harwinton, CT
At the Berkshire County GenWeb the Vital Records for Great Barrington (1894 - 1899), Sheffield (1900 - 1913) and Stockbridge (1895 - 1910) have just been added. These are complete, births, Marriages and Deaths. For each there are 2 marriage pages, one sorted by Bride, one by Groom. The marriage records for all 3 of these towns also list a lot of people married in other towns, and some in CT and NY. Address http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ If you have sent me information I did not louse it, I have a lot that I still have to add. Will be making up a lookup volunteer page soon as there are a couple listed only on town pages. If you have any book on Berkshire County that you would be williing to do lookup's from and want to be included please let me know. If you would like to do that for another County I am sure that they would appreciate it. Cheers Ray -- CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ Litchfield County CT AHGP website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ New England History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ US History Web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ US History by Hawthorne http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp
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Anybody into this History? MOUNTAIN PARK MEMORIES WGBY -- Springfield, Massachusetts Take a thrilling ride through history at this companion site to the WGBY documentary celebrating the Mountain Park amusement park. Explore the history of this landmark that entertained families in western Massachusetts for nearly 100 years until its closing in 1987. Browse a photo gallery, read essays on the park's history, share your own memories and more. http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/mountainpark/ Video sale w/$ Pledge but they do have a slot for all to post their memories of this Park.. PBS Previews is a publication of PBS Online. Reproduction is permitted with proper credit given to PBS Online. We hope you enjoy PBS Previews and PBS Online. Please let us know what you think by sending e-mail to www@pbs.org. ********* and this coming up Monday - Boston ANTIQUES ROADSHOW "Boston, Massachusetts" (part two of three) Monday, April 8, 2002 (8-9:00 pm) Antiques Roadshow continues its sixth season of history, discovery and drama with host Dan Elias in the Roadshow's hometown. Continuing in Boston, Beantown natives show off such unique pieces as a rare certificate of citizenship for a free person of color, while Elias explores the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (CC, Stereo, WWW: http://pbs.org/antiques/ ) I must have missed the 1st - Mimi Taylor
Looking for a Webster family that was in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass around 1771-1778. I have a Elizabeth (Eliz) Webster b.1771/8 Sheffield Berkshire Co., Mass.d.1849 Frankstown, Blair, PA; married 1797 to Oliver Westover Jr. b.1775 Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass d.9/1855 PA She is said to be a direct descendent of Gov. John Webster the 5th Gov. of CT. A desendent of Gov. John Webster, Daniel Webster (1730CT-1813NY) is in Sheffield prior to this but has relocated to NY by the time period of Elizabeth's birth. He has 2 sons Daniel (1758) & Isaac Vosburg Webster (1759) who are born early enough to have fathered Elizabeth but record of their marriages come after her birth period. I am not sure either of them stayed in Sheffield either. On the 1790 census there are no Webster's listed in Sheffield Township. There are a few listed in Teringham, Sandisfield, and Nethlehem Townships of Berkshire COunty, Mass. I live in Georgia and do not have access to any Mass or Berkshire County Records. Help is a must. Thanks in advance for taking the time to look at this and for looking up anythiing you can find. Samuel "Sam" Savage Lenaeus slenaeus@westga.edu
I'm looking for information on Sylvander Johnson of North Adams, who apparently ran the Johnson Manufacturing Co. in that town. He was born on February 2, 1815 in Stafford, Tolland, CT. He died on May 11, 1882 in New York City. He was married to Eliza Ann Bigelow, daughter of Asa Edwin Bigelow and Elizabeth Browning. Specifically, I'm looking for information about his parentage. I know his mother was Statira Spelman, but I've been getting conflicting reports on his father's name, whether it was Jonathan, John or Samuel. Thanks a lot! Travis
Has anyone run into anything about the Millard Shoe Factory in North Adams or George or Henry Millard? (ca. mid 1800's) Thanks for your help, Tim Jones
Hello all, Looking for anything on John Funk, possibly son of Daniel. Daniel was from either NY state or Litchfield County, CT. Time frames are mid 1800's? Thanks! jj.bedard@verizon.net Photo Gallery Webpage http://www.bedardphoto.com
At the Berkshire County Genweb Sheffield Marriages 1733 to 1797 have just boon added along with North Adams Intentions 1786 to 1842. The North Adams file is fairley small, but the Shffield one is large, with a lot of people from other Towns and/or States. This file for Shffield completes tha marriages to 1850, some newer ones will be added in a while. I should be posting the following among other things later this mounth. Lansbourgh Vital Records 1882 to 1908 2 cemeteries in Lonox Some Rev. War Veternes Obit's. If anyone has a listing of who served in a war (any war) from a town in Berkshire County I will post it if sent to me, of course you will have credit for it. Address http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ Ray Brown -- CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ Litchfield County CT AHGP website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ New England History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ US History Web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ US History by Hawthorne http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp
OK. No archives or historical society, huh? Dora --- Ray Brown <ray.brown@earthling.net> wrote: > Dora > Hear in Ma and CT we do not have county Governments, > all ( ALL ) records > are at the town, vital records keep by the town > clerk, tax records by > the Assessors Office. > For the Addresses and Phone numbers go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/towns/hinsdale/hinsdalegovt.html > > That is at the Berkshire County Genweb site. > To find it from the main page click on Berkshire > County Towns, Than the > town name, every town has this info listed, link to > it from the town > page. > Ray > > Dora Smith wrote: > > > > I was there. There are addresses, no instructions > and > > no where to go for what dates. Most counties > have > > different places you go for records from different > > dates. > > > > I didn't even see one for tax records. > > > > Dora > > > > --- Carl & Marge Hommel <hommel@sundial.net> > wrote: > > > Dora, > > > > > > Please go to the Berkshire County Gen Web Site, > and > > > click on Hinsdale. You > > > may find many of your questions answered there. > > > > > > You can find it at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ > > > > > > Carl Hommel > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> > > > To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:24 PM > > > Subject: how to find deed, tax records, 1824-6, > > > Hinsdale > > > > > > > > > Specifically how do I go aboaut getting the deed > and > > > tax records for an ancestor who supposedly > married > > > in > > > Hinsdale in 1824? > > > > > > I know that the ancestor owned land in Hinsdale > > > (census records), and he married in 1824 and > either > > > did nor did not marry a girl of Hinsdale. By > 1825 > > > they were burying children in Hinsdale who may > or > > > may > > > not have been born there. > > > > > > I want to learn when the ancestor came to > Hinsdale, > > > learn who he bought the land from, and how he > > > acquired > > > it, and learn if the land was by any chance near > > > that > > > of the girl he may or may not have married. > > > > > > Yours, > > > Dora > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy > Awards� > > > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy > Awards� > > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > -- > CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ > Litchfield County CT AHGP website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ > Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ > New England History > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ > US History Web page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ > US History by Hawthorne > http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ > CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
Please do not send me anything more. Charles Bridges ----- Original Message ----- From: <MABERKSH-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MABERKSH-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: MABERKSH-D Digest V02 #27
Dora Hear in Ma and CT we do not have county Governments, all ( ALL ) records are at the town, vital records keep by the town clerk, tax records by the Assessors Office. For the Addresses and Phone numbers go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/towns/hinsdale/hinsdalegovt.html That is at the Berkshire County Genweb site. To find it from the main page click on Berkshire County Towns, Than the town name, every town has this info listed, link to it from the town page. Ray Dora Smith wrote: > > I was there. There are addresses, no instructions and > no where to go for what dates. Most counties have > different places you go for records from different > dates. > > I didn't even see one for tax records. > > Dora > > --- Carl & Marge Hommel <hommel@sundial.net> wrote: > > Dora, > > > > Please go to the Berkshire County Gen Web Site, and > > click on Hinsdale. You > > may find many of your questions answered there. > > > > You can find it at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maberksh/ > > > > Carl Hommel > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dora Smith" <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> > > To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 7:24 PM > > Subject: how to find deed, tax records, 1824-6, > > Hinsdale > > > > > > Specifically how do I go aboaut getting the deed and > > tax records for an ancestor who supposedly married > > in > > Hinsdale in 1824? > > > > I know that the ancestor owned land in Hinsdale > > (census records), and he married in 1824 and either > > did nor did not marry a girl of Hinsdale. By 1825 > > they were burying children in Hinsdale who may or > > may > > not have been born there. > > > > I want to learn when the ancestor came to Hinsdale, > > learn who he bought the land from, and how he > > acquired > > it, and learn if the land was by any chance near > > that > > of the girl he may or may not have married. > > > > Yours, > > Dora > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > ============================== > 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 -- CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ Litchfield County CT AHGP website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ New England History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ US History Web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ US History by Hawthorne http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp
Roger They probally were in Egremont, I am typing up the Sheffield Marriages to 1797 and they are not in there, but some others as follows: Anna & Jonathan Moore of Salisbury Apr. 7, 1758 Enos & Rubbus Powel Apr. 3, 1761 Mary & Oliver Shead Jan. 23, 1783 Moses & Elizabeth Holmes Dec. 2, 1767 Rhoda & John Rais (Race) Int. Aug. 19, 1755 Sarah & Abraham Andrus 13 Jan 1755 The whole file for Sheffield Marriages should be online next week at the Berkshire County GenWeb. If anyone has a copy of the Births and Deaths from Sheffield (Or any other records from Berkshire County not online) I would appreciate them for the GenWeb. If we all help out we can make that into a site that will help everyone. Ray Brown Roger Smith wrote: > > Looking for information on the Westover family in the Sheffield and Egremont > area. Especially interested in a Jonah Westover and wife Asenath who left > Egremont around 1800 and moved to Schoharie County, NY > > Thanks, > Roger Smith > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > ============================== > 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 -- CT AHGP http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/ Litchfield County CT AHGP website http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/ Ray Brown's Place for New England Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/ New England History http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/neh/ US History Web page http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyne/us-history/ US History by Hawthorne http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/us/ CT Photo Gallery http://www.state.ct.us/scripts/photo.asp
Looking for information on the Westover family in the Sheffield and Egremont area. Especially interested in a Jonah Westover and wife Asenath who left Egremont around 1800 and moved to Schoharie County, NY Thanks, Roger Smith _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com