This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the imformation. What is NEHGS? And when you refer to vital records does that refer to Church records also. I have found all of David Hutcheson's children from manyvital records but am still searching for the origin of David and his wife Sarah. Perhaps they migrated into Berkshire county from a more eastern County and just had their family there. Thanks again. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank yo so much for that information and the time it took you to write it. I had some of that but many new bits were contained in your response. Thank you I will still keep trying to look for the origin of the Daddy of the Clan- David Hutcheson and his wife. Perhaps they moved into Berkshire from a more eastern county. Thanks again Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Neil NEHGS is New England Historical and Genealogy society located in Boston. Yes, many of the resident of the Berkshire and of Hampshire, Hamdon and Franklin came from either the eastern part of the state or from CT. Vital records were kept by the Towns and the church would have baptismal records, In the very early days they were some baptism records in the town records but very rarely. Usually the minister kept the baptismal records. He would often have records of the couples he married. Town records will contain birth , marriage and marriage intention and death records. Frequently families would migrate with other relatives or friends in a group and settle in an area. Once a group was established others from the same are "back home" would join them. It may help to check neighbors to find out where they were from. In Plainfield many of our early settlers were from Plymouth Co, Abington, Bridgewater and Weymouth. Hope this helps Nancy gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: neilr127 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.3.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Thank you for the imformation. > > What is NEHGS? And when you refer to vital records does that refer to Church records also. > I have found all of David Hutcheson's children from manyvital records but am still searching for the origin of David and his wife Sarah. > > Perhaps they migrated into Berkshire county from a more eastern County and just had their family there. > > Thanks again. > > Neil > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryjanegoss Surnames: Moss, Stevens Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5722/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information leading to Harvey Moss, born 1799 in Sheffield Township. He married Elizabeth Stevens June 24 1833. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: VitalRecordsProject Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Neil, Try using http://MA-VitalRecords.org surname index. Most of Berkshire's published vital records are online there. The images of the books are linked from the page numbers on the right. Be sure to copy these pages as they are your sources. The title pages are linked from the volume number just above the page number. If a page has not been transcribed you'll still find the page images. NEHGS doesn't have any more than the Vital Records Project as they use exactly the same source. The VR Project is free to everyone. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: w. Stockbridge Ma.vitals Hiram son of Solomon and Sylvia b.June 14, 1801 Lydia dau. of David and Sally died Aug.27, 1804 21 yrs. John son of John and Caty b. Nov. 3,1814 Daniel son of above Sept. 1816 George son of above Jan. 20, 1819 Esther Almina dau. of Lombard and W june 23, 1826 It is stange no marriages are listed. I went to familysearch.com for info but there are listings for some of the children's births but no last name for Sally and no birth record for David. Tina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following are vitals for W. Stockbridge for David and Sally Hutcheson. Solomon son b.Feb.19m 1774 David son b. Mar. 8, 1776 Sally dau. b. June 21, 1778 Matthew son b.May 17,1780 Lydia dau. b.Apr. 26 1784 Amelieh dau. b.Sept.3,1786 Amos son b. Oct. 28, 1788 Cornelius son b.Sept. 22 1790 Lombard son b.Mar.16,1794 Amy dau. died Jan. 16, 1804 at 17 yrs. Sally widow of David died Feb. 23, 1828 That is all NEHGS had on the family I will search alternate spellings and look in the census for more info Tina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: neilr127 Surnames: HUTCHINSON, HUTCHESON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5721/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Any information appreciated on David HUTCHESON born about 1750. He raised a large family in West Stockbridge, Berkshire and the family remained there for three generations. I would like to discover the parents and siblings of this David. I presume he was born in Berkshiure County but cannot verify. Any information on his wife Sarah who died 13 Feb 1828 is appreciated also. Neil Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sallyzanger Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3571.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just got "friended" on facebook by a young man who goes up there all the time because he thinks it is haunted by murdered campers (!??!) and I surely did not want to spoil his fun, but was very happy to see his photos. He did not have photos of the land, so I could not see any logging, but it appeared that the house is still there, so far. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Over 60 new photos added to http://www.magravestones.org/ Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire co. W. David Samuelsen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CVRN2007 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Max, Thanks for all this! This is turning out to be different than the Thomas and Ann Boland who were parents of Mary Boland (Mrs. Dave) Heaton of Pittsfield. Hmmmm. Hopefully it will turn out they are cousins. Thank you very much! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaxWard44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Peter Boland died at age 68 in Lee on 13 Nov 1898. His parents' names were John Boland and Mary Crennan. Max Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaxWard44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John C Boland, age 37, died in Lee on 11 Feb 1865. His parents are listed as John and Mary as well. I'd say it's a good bet that Ann was John and Peter's sister. Max Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaxWard44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Peter Boland who shows up in the same 1860 household was married to an Ellen (age 22) and has a daughter Frances and son john. There is a marriage record in the town of Adams on Han 24 1855 of a Peter Boland, age 26 (right range for the 1860 Peter) marrying an Ellen Savage, age 17 (right age for 1860 Ellen). Peter Boland's parents are listed as John and Mary (Ellen's parents are Peter and Mary). I'd say that John and Mary are likely Ann Boland's parents as well. Max Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaxWard44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have you seen the 1860 Census record that shows Ann Boland, age 26, born in Ireland, living in Lee in July (when the census was taken)? Her marriage was in Lee in Dec of 1860, so I assume this is her. Household includes Peter Boland, 30 yrs, and John Boland, 28 years, both of whom I'd guess are brothers of Ann? Max Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CVRN2007 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you very much! I had recently gone over an old history that told me my gggrandma Bridget Boland Manning had 2 sisters in that area, Mrs. David (Mary Boland) Heaton and another one who's name was forgotten. I think this Ann Bradley may be her and I might even have a photo. I will have to look up this John P. Thanks again! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found Ann's death certificate but parents are listed unknown. Ann (Boland) Bradley d. June 5,1908 Pittsfield Ma. 12 Prospect St. Husband Patrick parents unknown b. Ireland informant John P. Bradley burial June 7, 1008 ST. Joseeph's Cemetery Pittsfield undertaker James W.Meehan cause of death senility F.A.Roberts M.D. Tina Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CVRN2007 Surnames: Boland, Bradley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5720/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am interested in further info on the above 2 people who lived in Pittsfield. On an earlier thread I got the following info: ... a marriage in 1860 of an Ann Boland, born Ireland about 1838 to a Patrick D Bradley, born in Ireland about 1836. Unfortunately, no parents names are listed for Ann I am wondering if this lady could have been a sister to Bridget Boland Manning and Mary Boland Heaton whose parents were Thomas and Ann Boland of Co. Offaly Ireland. Thanks. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thanks for your response to my "East Street Book" inquiry. Your help has led me, I believe, to a copy of that book. I appreciate your help and that of others who responded. Ron In a message dated 8/20/2009 4:48:44 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, bbffrrpp@comcast.net writes: Hello, I just Googled for the name, "East Street Book," and find it mentioned on this list of publications: http://www.berkshire.net/~bfha/publications.html There are many "used-book-finding" web sites, and we're really not supposed to mention them on the Lists. But, if you have "no" connection to what is being sold, you can mention a few things: http://www.amazon.com/Street-Book-Lenox-Historical-Society/dp/B001OJEXFO http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Lenox&sts=t&tn=East+Street+ Book&x=0&y=0 Betty (near Lowell, MA) (relatively new Lists to consider joining: New England Societies, New England Memories, New England Railroads) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Janet, Here is what the Mass. State Archives has on their website: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/RevolutionarySearchContects.html Massachusetts Archives Collection Database (1629-1799) The Massachusetts Archives database serves as a searchable, descriptive index and catalog for documents of eighteen volumes of the Massachusetts Archives Collection. These volumes include: Volume 3: Colonial, 1629-1720 Volume 5: Colonial, 1728-1774 Volume 9: Domestic Relations, 1613-1774 Volume 10: Ecclesiastical, 1637-1679 Volume 11: Ecclesiastical, 1679-1739 Volume 12: Ecclesiastical, 1739-1749 Volume 13: Ecclesiastical, 1749-1756 Volume 14: Ecclesiastical, 1757-1774 Volume 15A: Emigrants, 1651-1774 Volume 23: French Neutrals, 1755-1758 Volume 24: French Neutrals, 1758-1769 Volume 29: Indian Conference, 1713-1776 Volume 30: Indian, 1603-1705 Volume 31: Indian, 1705-1750 Volume 32: Indian, 1750-1757 Volume 33: Indian, 1757-1775 Volume 112: Towns, 1632-1693 Volume 303: Petitions, 1659-1786 While these volumes are loosely organized by subject (please see volume descriptions for a full narrative), the documents actually contain information on a much wider variety of subjects than the volume titles would seem to indicate. The creation of this database is an effort to make these documents more easily accessible. You can search the volumes here:http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ArchivesSearch/RevolutionarySearch.aspx I have searched this database online but it does not bring up what I have found personally at the Archives, such as; a "warning out" of the town of Marlborough of an ancestor. So I don't really think the search feature is as through as it could be. At the Archives, there is a card file by name, subject, town, etc., I believe it is more in depth than the online search. Most of the films a terribly hard to read as they have been over-used. I usually request to see the volumes as they are the first copy made from the films and are easier to read. On this page is a list of all the holdings at the Archives: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm Hope this helps some, Susan M. ----- Original Message ----- --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Buch419@aol.com wrote: From: Buch419@aol.com Subject: [MABERKSH] Microfilms and Massachusetts Research To: MABERKSH@rootsweb.com, transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com, APG@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 4:01 PM On the LDS familysearch.org website there are microfilms, under the title "Massachusetts State Archives Collection, colonial period, 1822-1788": there are 3 pages of microfilms listed including the following titles - towns, family relations, ecclesiastical, estates, etc. including the following in particular numbers: MA archives LDS films 2294195-8, 2294417-22, 1781511-12, 1781580-1, 2294223-24, 2294516-21, 2294792, 2295280, 2294846, 2322754-58, 2322914-15, 1838038-40, 1838255-57, 2400542, and several with titles such as: Rev. War misc.; Rev. Council papers, MA archives collection Revolution Resolves. Has anyone ever looked at any of these films? What can I expect? What do they contain? Do they contain things about people not published elsewhere? Is there an index? I am lookng for information on a family that doesn't seem to have left many records in the normal places, mostly in the County of Berkshire, MA so I am getting desparate. I am going to SLC in Sept and have many films to look at hoping to find something new. These would add too many to look at in 3 days - I will probably only get a fraction done anyway. HELP! Do any MA experts out there have an idea what all these films contain - i.e., is it worth looking through them (some day) for obscure information on people from MA. Thank you. Janet Buchanan _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jbmbtrees/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jbmbtrees/) Researching Beckington/McDougall/Court/Hazelton/Pierce/Lane/Rhoades/Hitchcock Abbot/Ballard/Green/Graves/Chapman/Chandler/Tibbett s/Sears/Smith/Wells/Whittemore ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABERKSH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message