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)

I am trying to purchase/ locate a copy of the book "East Street Book, The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, Lenox Historical Society-1987, Lenox, Mass." Does anyone have a copy of this or know where I can buy one? Thanks. Ron White, Denver, Co

Have you tried the Lenox Historical Society?   The Lenox Historical Society   Post Office Box 1856   Lenox MA 01240   Judy, in NC   --- On Wed, 8/19/09, RWhi3@aol.com <RWhi3@aol.com> wrote: From: RWhi3@aol.com <RWhi3@aol.com> Subject: [MABERKSH] Finding a book To: MABERKSH@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 7:35 PM I am trying to purchase/ locate a copy of the book "East Street Book, The  Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, Lenox Historical Society-1987,  Lenox, Mass."  Does anyone have a copy of this or know where I can buy one? Thanks.  Ron White, Denver, Co ------------------------------- 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

John has mentioned the possibility of finding the information at NEHGS and I have a membership.  If I can be of help, just let me know.   Judy, in NC --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Buch419@aol.com <Buch419@aol.com> wrote: From: Buch419@aol.com <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

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

Janet, It may be easier, quicker and less expensive to contact the appropriate town clerks. The four western counties did not get anywhere near as much of their vital records published as the rest of the counties. There were a couple fellows, one was named Corbin, who went around and hand copied the vital records on index cards. NEHGS put these on CDs. However, the formatting leaves one heck of a lot to be desired. You can post a query to the list and there may be someone with the CD who can do a lookup for you. Getting back to the town clerks, it has been law in MA since way back in the 1600s for all town clerks to keep a record of all births, marriages and deaths. This usually included the intentions of marriage. The clerks have sent copies of the records to the State Archives since around 1841. Of course, the Archives has much more than those. I forget the cost but it is prohibitively expensive for all but large companies to buy all of the microfilms from the Archives to do even a single town. NEHGS has most of that. NEHGS has a lot of the microfilms and has transcribed them and put them in databases. Towns that do not appear in the "Tan Book" series are not merged but are in separate searchable databases. It's possible this might provide some information for you. John Slaughter Massachusetts Vital Records Project Administrator - http://MA-VitalRecords.org If you find this site of value - http://MA-VitalRecords.org/Donate.html Quoting Buch419@aol.com: > 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 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TKlineDelmolino24 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/1240.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Betsy was my best friend growing up. She even lived with me for a short time. Who can forget those gorgeous blonde curls or that beautiful smile? We lost touch after I married. Although, I did run into her about a year before she died. We promised to get together sometime soon, but it never happened. I regret that everyday!!! I was heartbroken when I heard of her death!! It seemed that she struggled for happiness her whole life, and when she finally found it, God took her away way too soon! I know she watches over her daughter EVERYDAY! I have a X-Mas ball she made when we were growing up & I hang it on my tree every year. Betsy....I miss you!!!! 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: bmilone68 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/1225.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since my grandfather died. He was such a kind, generous, loving and good man with a heart as big as an ocean. I think about him often and all I have are wonderful memories, lessons I learned from him, and how I wish he were still with us today. He lived long enough to see the birth of my 2 daughters but how I wished he had lived long enough to also see the birth of my son and long enough for all 3 of them to know him and remember him the way I do. I think how honored I would have been to have him watching my son win a Dizzy Dean World Series this summer (he loved baseball). I can close my eyes and still see him, smell him, hear him, and touch him. He embodied what it meant to be an American, such a sense of patriotism and love for his country. He did not worry about material things, would rarely even buy a new piece of clothing, yet would take the time and spend the money to take his 7 grandchildren to the beach for a week or g! ive money to his ex-daughter in laws to help them out. He loved everyone equally (except perhaps for my grandmother who i know he loved just a little bit extra), showed no favorites, and truly demonstrated the meaning of family. So many of those values have gone by the wayside in our country so its nice to be able to think back to big family dinners where 4 to 5 generations came together in one place, broke bread, and enjoyed the fellowship of family. Grandpa, I just want you to know I often think of you, I miss you, and I love you and hope I can be something close to the man you were for our family! Your Grandson and Godson, Brian 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: edturner116 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3103.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patrick, My grandfather was Hiram Andrus Alford. His mother was Mary Eliza Andrus (b.1851in Marlborough, Ontario, Canada), and her father was ... Merrit Orsamus Andrus (b. 24 September 1809 at Timoth, Rutland, Vermont). He died in 1887 at Marlborough, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. I wonder if there is a connection with your Andrus line? There may be a connection because one of my grandfather's brothers was named Merritt. Ed Turner 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.

Here's the site for the N. Adams newspaper. You might call and find out where MF for 1953 are available, and get via ILL or the FHC near you. http://www.thetranscript.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Emery" <temery@hwrsd.org> To: <MABERKSH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:35 PM Subject: [MABERKSH] Emery's in North Adams >I drove to the New England Historical Genealogical Society on Tuesday in > the hope of finding more information on the death of my grandfather. The > index only shows that he died in 1953 in North Adams. > > Searching ancestry.com's newspaper archive I found a picture of him > receiving his pension check on August 27, 1953, but no death announcement > for that year (or any other). > > The North Adams Transcript has been a great source in the past, but for > some reason I cannot find the obituary. > > Any thoughts? > > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.49/2294 - Release Date: 08/10/09 06:10:00

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Wellinham Surnames: Taylor, Dewy, Dewey, Shepard, Shepherd, Shephard, Tuttle, Broughton, Merrill, Allen, Webster Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/17.469.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking information on Erastus Taylor (b. 1787 Massachusetts), his wife Sarah "Polly" (Dewy/Dewey) Taylor (b. 1790 Rhode Island), and their children. They lived in Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts between around 1810-1820, if not earlier. The family moved to Trumbull county, Ohio, and then many of them removed to Dodge and Washington counties, Wisconsin, but some stayed behind in Ohio. Children are: Erastus Taylor (married Pollie Webster), Harriet Taylor, Henry Taylor, Mary Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Harvey Taylor (b. 1805 m. Armenia Shepard in Wisconsin), Ephraim D Taylor (b. 1806 m. Lovina and lived in Wisconsin?), Charles Taylor (b. 1811 m. Betsy Allen) and Oliver (b. 1814 m. Loana (Tuttle or Broughton) Merrill). Charles and Betsy (Allen) Taylor had Norman (b. 1838), Horace (b. 1839 Trumbull), Mary Taylor (b. 1841), Harvey Taylor (b. 1844), Harriet L Taylor (1848 - 1894) m. Francis Marion Smith in Wisconsin, Friedrich Theodore Taylor (b. 1851), Erastus Taylor (b. 1853), and Lorinda Jane Taylor (m. Harrison B. Cook). 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.

Hi, Tom... I responded to your request once before but didn't hear back from you. If your grandfather was Richard Emery, please get in touch with me offline. I'm sure I can help as I grew up with that family. Kay Stanton Daytona Beach, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Emery" <temery@hwrsd.org> To: <MABERKSH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:35 PM Subject: [MABERKSH] Emery's in North Adams >I drove to the New England Historical Genealogical Society on Tuesday in > the hope of finding more information on the death of my grandfather. The > index only shows that he died in 1953 in North Adams. > > Searching ancestry.com's newspaper archive I found a picture of him > receiving his pension check on August 27, 1953, but no death announcement > for that year (or any other). > > The North Adams Transcript has been a great source in the past, but for > some reason I cannot find the obituary. > > Any thoughts? > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I drove to the New England Historical Genealogical Society on Tuesday in the hope of finding more information on the death of my grandfather. The index only shows that he died in 1953 in North Adams. Searching ancestry.com's newspaper archive I found a picture of him receiving his pension check on August 27, 1953, but no death announcement for that year (or any other). The North Adams Transcript has been a great source in the past, but for some reason I cannot find the obituary. Any thoughts?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mandmmead Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5719.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you to everyone for the information and the pictures of the graves. It's good to know that Stephen Mead (d 1794) and his wife Elizabeth (d 1827) wre buried where I had originally thought and that their gravestones are still around. The other Stephen Mead is one of the sons of the first Stephen and inherited most of his fathers property after his father died and other two brothers moved to VT and NY. Thanks again to all for the information. Matt Mead 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: michiganmay Surnames: Brown, Bryan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/718.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Found Chauncey Carroll Bush in the cagenweb.com/shasta/bios/bushcc.html So, if David Bush m. Anna Brown,d/o of Jacob Brown,the Patriot, was there a Daniel Bush who also married a d/o Jacob Brown. My family line comes through Lois Brown, d/o Jacob Brown,who married Joseph Bryan and moved to NYS. 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/5719.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not sure ir you have this info Stephen Mead widower death Jan.17,1862 Lansboro 95 yrs 1 mo.20 days cause of death fell and fractured 3 hip bones occupation farmer b. Horse Neck May 31, 1848 marriage Lansboro Stephen M. Mead 26 laborer b.Lansboro parents Seymour and Lucy Mead 2nd marriage Minerva C. Humphey 30 b.Lansboro parents Rueben and Ann Humphey 1st marriage Rev. Sam B.Shay Lansbor Nov. 18,1880 death Lansboro Elizabeth Mead 51 yrs.7 mos. cause of death consumption b.Lansboro parents John and Charlotte Wood 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: samuelsen55 Surnames: Mead Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5719.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: http://www.magravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=261 there are 2 Stephen Mead in Lanesborough Center Cemetery. There are three Lanesborough cemeteries, North, Center and South. 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/5719.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if this will help but you could search google books maybe the books I mentioned are on the website. The Barker Cemetery has 3 members of the Barker family that eliminates that one. If you want you could call the Berkshire Antheneum they havee aa genealogy dept. The Lansbourough clerk is Judith Gallant (413)442-1351 a lot of the old cemetery's are owned and kept up by the towns. 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: mandmmead Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5719.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Tina; Thank You for your help but unfortunately I live in MT and won't be getting out to MA any time soon. From the Berkshire GenWeb site one of my ancestors, Stephen Mead and his wife Elizabeth, were listed as being buried in Center cemetery. I put in a picture request thru Find-A-Grave for pictures of these graves but the volunteer wasn't able to locate them so I thought they may be buried in another cemtery around Lanesborough. Other information I came across listed them as possibly being buried in the Lower Cemtery in Lanesborough, MA so I was just hoping for some clarification. It may be that their headstones have been lost. I greatly appreciate your response. Thanks again Matt Mead 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.

Matt, I also have these people on my family tree. Most Lanesborough families are intertwined through marriages in Lanesboro and before coming to Lanesboro. I was only looking for direct family in the short time I had to be in Lanesboro a few years ago. I believe Lower and Center Cemetery are the same. The cemetery is two tiered. Many of the stones ar difficult to read and would take a long time to find them all. I have a book on Lanesborough and it lists Lower Cemetery, those are the graves that I found at Cemeter Cemetery. Those listed in the book were on the lower tier, my famly on the upper tier was not in the book. The book does not give the maiden names of the women but when I visited many of the maiden names or parent names were on the tombstones. I live in Missouri so I can't help with pictures. I have been to vist twice but each time have only had an hour or two to stay. The city hall said they do not have records very far back. No one seems to know what happened to them. Stephen and Elizabeth are also listed in the Lower Cemetery in the book I have. My Williams family has been left off in the Gen-Web site for Center Cemetery. Pam Hendrell ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MABERKSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Lanesborough MA cemeteries > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mandmmead > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5719.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello Tina; > > Thank You for your help but unfortunately I live in MT and won't be > getting out to MA any time soon. From the Berkshire GenWeb site one of my > ancestors, Stephen Mead and his wife Elizabeth, were listed as being > buried in Center cemetery. I put in a picture request thru Find-A-Grave > for pictures of these graves but the volunteer wasn't able to locate them > so I thought they may be buried in another cemtery around Lanesborough. > Other information I came across listed them as possibly being buried in > the Lower Cemtery in Lanesborough, MA so I was just hoping for some > clarification. It may be that their headstones have been lost. I greatly > appreciate your response. Thanks again > > Matt Mead > > 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