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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