In North Adams, there are two main hotels. The Holiday Inn on Main Street which is directly across the street from North Adams City Hall. That building not only has the town clerk, Mary Ann Abusi, who holds the death records, but the Cemetery Dept is located there. If you stay at the Holiday Inn, you are 5 minutes from Hillside Cemetery on Rt 2 and 5-10 minutes from Southview (newer) on the backroads toward Adams. This would be an affordable place to stay. The other hotel is about a 1/2 mile from there, but probably costs a little more. This is the Porches, a newly renovated suites of apts turned into hotels that harkens to the industrial in decor. This attracts a NYC dweller on a Berkshire getaway and upper class type crowd. We love it and have stayed there. You could walk to City Hall, but would be 2 minutes by car. We haven't really had any snow yet, but it was very cold today. Finally, there are B&B options if you like that. The Blackington B&B is supposed to be quaint, but I haven't tried it myself. It was only put you 5-10 minutes from City Hall. I grew up in North Adams and am happy to help with any questions. If your relatives were Jewish, which is doesn't sound as though they were, they were buried at Beth Israel in Clarksburg, MA, just over the North Adams line. North Adams to Williamstown is 10 minutes. North Adams to Adams is 10 minutes. It is all VERY close. Adams keeps its own town records once the two towns split. I don't know the year though. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:00 AM Subject: MABERKSH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > > > 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 > > > > Barbara > > Terri <[email protected]> wrote: 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 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > [email protected] (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:11:51 -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/5509.2.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Just found the additional cemeteries from USGS national mapping > information: > New State Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery Lat.423800N Long.0730131W North > Adams. > Maple Street Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 423735N 0730715W North Adams. > Advent Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424234N 0730715W North Adams > Blackington Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424218N 0731020W Williamstown > Clark Cemetery is also called Clarksburg Cemetery: > Clarksburg Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424408N 0730405W North Adams > Clarksburg Cemetery MA Berkshire cemetery 424406N 0730408W North Adams > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:35:21 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] PRENTICES OF BERKSHIRE (Printiss) > 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: Printiss, Prentis > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/374.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Joe: saw this old note: .... I would like to make some additions..... > Fred Printiss > Horace A Prentis lived 83 years. He was a machineist, lived at 8 Francis > Av Pittsfield, and his wife Eliza Ann Wilber Prentis b 7-3-1833 d > 11-17-1907 was a member of the Methodist Church. Her father was Joe Wilber > who fought in the Amrican Revolution. Eliza Ann was the last living > "Daughter of the American Revolution". Her father was 82 years old when > she was born: ref the Pittsfield Journal Nov 8 1907.They had four > children: > 1.- Grace Amandy Printiss b 9-18-1850 d 12-28-1913 called "Grace > Francis" .. she never married. > 2.- Child - female, died at birth 11-10-1852 > 3.- Moria Printiss b 1853 married Bennoni Romain Powell b April 1856 > from Vermont. No children. > 4.- Etta Nancy Printiss b 9-18-1863 first married Henry D Eddy (d > 1893) then married Ernest E Cleveland. Five children, > Howard,Frank,Ethel,Arthur,and Horace Daniel Eddy. > Of the four children, there is a lineage only on Horace Daniel: He married > Sarah Isabel Plumb. They had a daughter Esther Eddy (Hunt) b 3-20-1912 who > married Robert Hunt b 1911. They had two children. > Horace was the son of Erastus and Elizabeth Luce. Horace was one of six > children from Erastus: > 1.- Horace, b 5-3-1825 > 2.- George Prentis b 1837 died at birth.(State probate records:Mass. > "died Feb 1837-parents-Erastus & Elizabeth" > 3.- Charles H Printiss b 4-1-1827 d 2-15-1898,married Mary Curtiss B > 1824 d 2-13-1917 four children. > 4.- Francis Printiss b 3-2-1867 d 1-15-1848 died young. > 5.- George E Printiss b 9-25-1829 d Feb 1832 died young. > 6.- Henry Printiss b 3-11-1832 d 6-1-1926 Married Mary A Lowell > Printiss bJan 1840 d 4-2-1928. > > Notes: George L Printiss b Dec 1858 d 3-15-1923 was the son of Henry > Printiss and Mary Lowell. George married Rose Kendall b 1868 d 8-25-1922 > They had two children. > William L Prentice is not of this family. > Mabel Mary Printiss b 5-19-1886 called "Minni M". was one of the daughters > of George L Printiss and Rose Kendall(the other son was Nulhani L Printiss > b Jul 1882) > George L Printiss was the son of Henry and Mary Lowell and he very well > could of had his mother living with them at the time of the census. > Frederick Huntington Printiss b 1-30-1859 d 2-10-1934 Married Sarah E > Holloran b Nov 1864 d 2-23-1934. Frederick was the son of Charles H > Printiss (Henrys brother) and Charles was the son of Erastus.(Sarah was > from Maine) > Frederick and Sarah had five children. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:51:54 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] Curtis Family > 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: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3727.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > To Susan Wyllie: thank you so much for helping me correct some information > I've had on Curtiss for some time. The Curtis Name Mary Curtiss 1824-1917 > became Printiss when she married Charles H Printiss in Pittsfield Ma and > they ran a tailor shop in that town. Charles father was Erastus and his > mothers name was Elizabeth Luce.(this Printiss lineage lived in > Pittsfield up to 2003. Erastus was born aprox 1790 and died in Pittsfield > 1834. Can you find any reference to him in your notes? Fred Printiss > [email protected] > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MABERKSH list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MABERKSH mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MABERKSH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > **************************************