This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mcgrange Surnames: Decelles:Bourdo;Granger;Morey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3571.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Grandparents (Decelles) are the people who sold the farm to the Smith College profs. I don't remember if it was 1942 or 1943 . I believe it was 42 .Gramp had a massive stroke and could no longer live on his own. Moved to Worthington to live with one of his daughter. As of abt a month ago the farm house was to be torn down. Has been declared un "fixable " I havn't been up there this year (live in Florida) last year I was diappointed in seeing all the logging that was being done . Joan 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/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You know, I have been googling Camp Windigo for several years, and this is the first time your inquiry has appeared. I attended Camp Windigo in Windsor from 1962-1966. It was 25 years old in 1962 and closed maybe ten years after I left? some time later.... It was a WONDERFUL camp. It was owned and run by two Phys. Ed. teachers from Smith College. It was coed ages 6-12 (13 if you were an old camper). There were 30-36 children in the camp and it was a farm camp. We took care of and raised baby ducks, chicks, pigs, goats, sheep a calf, puppies and kittens. Also laying hens. The camp owned a burro and a couple of horses and used Smith College horses, for a total of six horses. We had riding and swimming and hiking, campcraft, shop, arts and crafts, nature....and of course, caring for the animals. The camp was (now here I may be remembering wrong....) 72 acres and included a blueberry meadow. There was a farmhouse, which I guess is gone now, which had huge trees and a! swing in front and several barns: two were the bunk houses, one--right across from the house-- had a theatre in the loft and nature stuff downstairs (many years later I visited and it appeared that the new owners had turned it back into a barn--it housed animals again)--there was also a stable and a pasture and smaller outbuildings for the hens, kitchen staff, etc. Oh, and the pasture was an old apple orchard. So it had been a farm, became a summer camp, then a farm again, and I guess became derelict and was deeded to the state. I am sorry it is gone as a camp, but very happy that it is part of the state forest, and not a condo complex! (It had two ponds that were dug for swimming holes and a stream at the bottom, bordering on the forest. THere was an old cemetery next door, too.) What is your interest? Did anyone else respond? I have been looking for other alumni. Sally R Zanger 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: oopsie76 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5716.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I did find that in the Ancestry, but the previous record is new. Thank 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: noyes193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5716.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did you know that John Durant, Lee fought in the Civil War and was Wounded. He enlisted July 14,1862 as a Private at age 35 and discharged June 21 1865 in Washington D.C. His widow Jane filed a pension application one for invalid Apr, 22,1867 one for widow but the date is not readable Dec.16. 18-- 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: oopsie76 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5716.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you so much. I keep running into that same problem. Makes me think they all come from the same line somewhere, but you never know. 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/5716.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found the following children for Charles and Etta Gorham Charles b.Lee Etta in Tyringham July 11, 1891 Lee, Ma. Charles Everett Durant death 6 mos. cause of death Hydrophalus Aug. 31,1899 Harold R. Durant birth Dec.5, 1901 Hazel Durant birth Apr. 22 1892 Henry Ralph birth May 24, 1892 Henry Ralph death congestion of the lungs 1 month and 2 days Aug. 7, 1895 Irving E. birth July 1893 Viola J. birth I could not find your John as you mentioned there are several Durant family's in the area and like to give the same names to there children. 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: oopsie76 Surnames: Durant, Gorham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5716/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information on John A. Durant (b. 1826) in Berkshire County, MA married to Jane E. ? (b. 1827) in MA. They had a son Charles H. Durant (b. 1853) who married Etta B. Gorham from Tyringham, MA. There were several Charles' and Johns in Berkshire County at the time. My Charles ended up in Lee where he and his wife gave birth to thier son Harold Raymond Durant in 1899. I figure this group links up to the other Durants in the area, but I can't find the link where. If anyone has any information they could share, especially parents for John or Jane's maiden name, could you please contact me or reply to this post? Thanks so 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: VitalRecordsProject Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5715.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The State Archives have only released vital records through 1915. After that you need to contact the Town/City clerk where the event occurred. 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: dashlewis Surnames: Pixley, Ashley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5715.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Would like information on the birth of her son on 7/18/1926 and her marriage to Erwin Ashley. Erwin would have adopted her son, Francis. 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/5715.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What, exactly, did you want to know? Elizabeth Janette Pixley was born to Bertrand L. & Rosa (Ashley) Pixley on 20 Jan 1907 in West Stockbridge. Bertrand was a miller and had been born in W. Stockbridge. Rosa was born in Nassau, NY. (Vol. 566, p. 127 at the MA State Archives.) I couldn't find any marriage record or a birth record for Bertrand. 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: dashlewis Surnames: Pixley, Ashley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5715/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Elizabeth J. Pixley born January 20 1907. She had a son on July 18, 1926. Married to Erwin Ashley. 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: caroldudley36 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5646.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: First I would try the Berkshire Athenaeum - the church is probably St. Josephs - Pittsfield is in Berkshire County - I have Castello, Murphy and Coogan, but I don't think they are who you are looking for - however, Castello is extremely elusive. CW Dudley 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: caroldudley36 Surnames: Murphy, Coogan, Castello Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5573.3.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On your post for the estate of Clement Coogan - Eleanor Murphy is my mother - Katherine, Eugene and Richard are my aunt and uncles - all now deceased. John Donahoe Murphy and Mary Coogan Castello Murphy were the trustees - my grandparents. The Eileen Murphy is legally Annie Aileen Murphy, sister of John D. Carol Ward Dudley 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: lottsahugs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5714.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sadly, there weren't many newspaper writeups that gave that type of information, back then. Also, most records did not record all that information. But a word to the wise on reading old records would be to analyze neighboring records for familiar names and places. That makes it easier to read the unfamiliar. Nabulnuyl=Waterbury et=Ct.....etc. 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: 2lunar2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5714.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nabulnuylet has to be the craziest spelling that I have ever seen for Waterbury! Maybe it's an old New England inside joke. I would be curious to see a newspaper write-up for this marriage. Jane (Conroy) Farrell died in 1857. Daniel Farrell was raised by his stepmother, John Farrell's second wife: Annie (Bergin) Farrell. It would interesting to see who the witnesses were for this marriage and who was in attendance. I am happy that the names of Elizabeth Ford's parents is confirmed in the wedding information. 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: lottsahugs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5714.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The marriage record does state that the birthplace of Daniel Farrell was Waterbury, CT. 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: 2lunar2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5714.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow, Tina! That was the fastest informative response that I have ever received! Now I shall unravel the terrible handwriting. Daniel Farrell was born in Waterbury, CT in the late 1850s. His parents were John Farrell and Jane Conroy. Lizzie's parents were Samuel K. Ford and Winifred Manning, who were married at Pittsfield in 1861. They had about 11 children and Lizzie was the oldest. I guess Fr. McDermott was having a very busy day way back then. He even misspelled his own name. I deeply appreciate the details that you have given to me here. Dave 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/5714.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found there marriage record in Pittsfield Ma. Dec.19,1883 Daniel Farrell 24 clockmaker 1st marriage b. Nabulnuylet parents John and Ann Conroy Lizzie Ford 21 operative b.Pittsfield parents Samuel and Winfield John F. McDermout Catholic Priest I have no idea what the place of birth for Daniel is. I just copied the letters as I thought they were but made no sense to me. The writing was terrible. 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: 2lunar2 Surnames: Ford Farrell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/5714/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find out more about an Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ford, who was born in Massachusetts in 1862. She married Daniel J Farrell and lived in Waterbury, CT from 1886 to the mid 1920s. Daniel died in Waterbury on May 25, 1895. Daniel and Elizabeth had three children: Daniel J Farrell, Mary E Farrell and Francis "Frank" Farrell. I'm trying to confirm if she is the Elizabeth Farrell, the daughter of Samuel K. Ford and Winifred Manning, born in 1862 in Pittsfield, MA. 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: rbass101 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3279.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Max, How did access the Mass Vital Records information? I'd appreciate the info. 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.