I am new to this list and researching the following surnames - Hayes, Riley, Burrows, Lapham, Sheehan, Nichols. They were in the Fall River area in the 1870's and many were there until the 1940's. The Hayes, Riley, Burrows, and Nichols families came from Lancashire, England. The Lapham's came from Wales and the Sheehan's came from County Kerry, Ireland. Is anyone searching any of these surnames? Ann D'Amore damore3@comcast.net

At 05:22 PM 9/12/2007, Donna wrote: >I am looking for a birth Record for my gr gr grandmother, Maria >Augusta Comstock. According to the Comstock genealogy book, she was >born in Seekonk on 14 Sep 1839. Some of her children's birth >records say "mother born Seekonk." Some of the later ones say >"mother born East Providence." > >Where would be the logical place to look for this early >record? NEHGS does not yet have Seekonk records available. Would >these early records be found in East Providence, RI, now or would >they still be somewhere in MA? James N. Arnold, Editor, "Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850," Vol. 9: Seekonk (including East Providence), Pawtucket and Newman Congregational Church (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897) Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml

I am looking for a birth Record for my gr gr grandmother, Maria Augusta Comstock. According to the Comstock genealogy book, she was born in Seekonk on 14 Sep 1839. Some of her children's birth records say "mother born Seekonk." Some of the later ones say "mother born East Providence." Where would be the logical place to look for this early record? NEHGS does not yet have Seekonk records available. Would these early records be found in East Providence, RI, now or would they still be somewhere in MA? Donna in NC

The Freetown VRs were published in 1988 in paperback by Heritage Books, Inc. There's no mention of Rhoda Allen in births, marriages, or deaths, nor of Elishua, Elisha, or whatever. There were several other Allens recorded, though. The Freetown VRs are not very complete. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Hall" <you_halls_ng@prodigy.net> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:14 AM Subject: [MABRISTO] Freetown VRs? ALLEN lookup needed > I've searched the NEHGS site, google, etc., and it looks like Freetown's > Vital records are not available online. Would anyone have the book and be > willing to do one simple lookup for me? > > I have a death record that suggests that a Rhoda B. ALLEN was born in > Freetown about 22 Jun 1806 to parents whose names were Margaret & (record > is nearly illegible) something like Eleshuh. Elishua perhaps? I'd love to > know if her birth was recorded. > > Anyway, thanks for any help that might be available. > > Cheers! > Bobbie Hall > Chicago > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have access to State Records only, and they begin around 1844. You will need someone who lives near Freetown itself. Jim McCarthy, Somerville, MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Hall" <you_halls_ng@prodigy.net> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:14 AM Subject: [MABRISTO] Freetown VRs? ALLEN lookup needed > I've searched the NEHGS site, google, etc., and it looks like Freetown's > Vital records are not available online. Would anyone have the book and be > willing to do one simple lookup for me? > > I have a death record that suggests that a Rhoda B. ALLEN was born in > Freetown about 22 Jun 1806 to parents whose names were Margaret & (record > is nearly illegible) something like Eleshuh. Elishua perhaps? I'd love to > know if her birth was recorded. > > Anyway, thanks for any help that might be available. > > Cheers! > Bobbie Hall > Chicago > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

-----Original Message----- From: mabristo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mabristo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Florence Gargaro Found this on NEHGS site: ALLEN Rhoda Braley, ch. Eliashub (s. George and Lusanna) and Margaret (Braley), 21st, 6 mo. 1806, C.R.3. Birth New Bedford --------------------------------------------------- Some additional information from the New Bedford VR Marriages --------- Allen, Eliashub and Margaret Braley, Aug. 26, 1802. [Eliashub of Rochester, s. George and Luzannah of Rochester, and Margaret Braley, d. Ezekiel and Mary of Freetown, in N. B., C.R 3.] C.R. 3.--church record, Records of the Society of Friends, New Bedford Monthly Meeting. These have been used to correct or add to the abstracts of these records made by one of the town clerks in the town books. Other children of Eliashub and Margaret born in New Bedford ----------------------------------------------------------- Eliashub Smith, 7th, 8 mo. 1804 Elijah B., 20th, 7 mo. 1809 William R., 16th, 11 mo 1811 Jim Bullock

At 12:14 AM 8/1/2007, you wrote: >I have a death record that suggests that a Rhoda B. ALLEN was born >in Freetown about 22 Jun 1806 to parents whose names were Margaret & >(record is nearly illegible) something like Eleshuh. Elishua >perhaps? I'd love to know if her birth was recorded. Found this on NEHGS site: ALLEN Rhoda Braley, ch. Eliashub (s. George and Lusanna) and Margaret (Braley), 21st, 6 mo. 1806, C.R.3. Birth New Bedford

In a message dated 8/1/2007 12:14:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, you_halls_ng@prodigy.net writes: I've searched the NEHGS site, google, etc., and it looks like Freetown's Vital records are not available online. Would anyone have the book and be willing to do one simple lookup for me? I have a death record that suggests that a Rhoda B. ALLEN was born in Freetown about 22 Jun 1806 to parents whose names were Margaret & (record is nearly illegible) something like Eleshuh. Elishua perhaps? I'd love to know if her birth was recorded. Anyway, thanks for any help that might be available. Cheers! Bobbie Hall Chicago Hi, I had several ancestors in Freetown who had the first name Elisha. Just a thought. All the best, Betty ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I've searched the NEHGS site, google, etc., and it looks like Freetown's Vital records are not available online. Would anyone have the book and be willing to do one simple lookup for me? I have a death record that suggests that a Rhoda B. ALLEN was born in Freetown about 22 Jun 1806 to parents whose names were Margaret & (record is nearly illegible) something like Eleshuh. Elishua perhaps? I'd love to know if her birth was recorded. Anyway, thanks for any help that might be available. Cheers! Bobbie Hall Chicago

Several lists have had messages about the "Vista" version of FTM and other software. Vista is the operating system, and programs are a separate thing, so to speak. However, there are some compatibility problems, so if you have pre-Vista software and install the Vista OS, you may have to look for updates, etc. For instance, my old Search&ReseaRch Massachusetts Vital Records software didn't work with Vista, so I had to call the software company and buy an update. Also, my old Norton System Works, ditto. Eeeek! And it was a little bit of a struggle to get the Mass VRs to work the way I want them to. I don't want to have to insert each CD in order to use the VRs, but rather use them from my hard drive. So I'm hoping I can spare some of you from having the same experience. I did this years ago when I was still working at West Point as a computer specialist, and everyone seemed to be happy to get the info, so here I go again. First, copy the contents of all of the CDs to your hard drive; I used a master folder named Mass VR and subfolders named after each CD, but that's just a suggestion. Next, from the folder on your HD, you MUST install the Essex VR first, using setup.exe, because it has the most recent version of the Folio software. And then you MUST install the software, ditto as above, according to the directions which are enclosed with the CDs. Any CD which has a copyright date of 2002 has to been installed in a different directory from the default directory, so watch what you're doing. These instructions are in the CD set, but easy to miss. Lastly, I found that I had to create "shortcuts" from each separate VR as it launched from the installation. You can do this under FILE/CREATE SHORTCUT. Then I put these shortcuts into a folder on my desktop for my convenience. I'm not sure I've got all the wrinkles worked out (I'm not talking about my face, thank you), but I hope this will help a few of you. Please, if you have suggestions, let me know -- but don't flame me. I'm not wearing my fire-proof suit. Best wishes, Karen

At 10:49 AM 7/19/2007, you wrote: >He married Mary Ingham b 1844 in England,actual location not known, >. .<snip> . ..Mary was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Ingham. Here's a possibility for Mary: 1861 England Census Name: Mary Ingham Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1845 Relation: Daughter Father's name: George Mother's name: Elizabeth Gender: Female Where born: Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Ashton Under Lyne Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter Town: Ashton Under Lyne County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 7 Sutcliffe St Occupation: Cotton Weaver Condition as to marriage: Unmarried Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne Sub-registration district: Ashton Town ED, institution, or vessel: 35 Household schedule number: 38 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Ingham 44 Elizabeth Ingham 14 George Ingham 41 James Ingham 11 John Ingham 15 Mary Ingham 16

Hi Florence, Thank you, I think you are right as this family "disappears' on the 1871 and I believe it is the same group that I found on the 1870 census for Fall River,without James and John. Thanks again Gilly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Florence Gargaro" <florence@gargaro.com> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] WHITAKER IN FALL RIVER > At 10:49 AM 7/19/2007, you wrote: >>He married Mary Ingham b 1844 in England,actual location not known, >>. .<snip> . ..Mary was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Ingham. > > Here's a possibility for Mary: > > 1861 England Census > > Name: Mary Ingham > Age: 16

Hi List here is the info on Edwin Whitaker,brother of William. Edwin was born in Rawtenstall,Lancashire on the 21 Jan 1845,the youngest son of John and Helen. he emigrated to the USA in 1868/1869. He married Mary Ingham b 1844 in England,actual location not known,in Fall river Ma 15 Sept 1872. Mary was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Ingham. They lived in Fall River for the rest of their lives except for a couple of years around 1880 when they went to Valleyfield Canada where his brother Richard was working,setting up machinery for weaving. They had no children. Mary died July 16 1916 in Fall River and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery grave#279. Edwin remarried to Alice Rawstron nee Shaw born Rawtenstall England in @1917. Edwin died March 10 1929 in Fall River and is buried in Oak grove cemetery grave # 5205,Alice died March 28 1949 and is buried with him. Other names are Pickford and Gifford That's all for now Gilly

Sorry about that. I put down all kinds of inf, but her name. Her name was Mildred Olney married to Ernest Smith Must be the warm weather. Thanks Eleanor Souza ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

The 1891 census for Nova Scotia is on line. The Smiths usually were from Shelburne or Queens Co. Priscilla -----Original Message----- From: mabristo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mabristo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SuezzeQ1@aol.com Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:11 AM To: MABRISTO@rootsweb.com Subject: [MABRISTO] OLNEY Hi folks You people on this list have helped me so much. I have been put in touch with some living family members of great uncles. They did not know about us here in Taunton, and Maine, nor did we know about them. I have one more request My aunt was born in Rehoboth Ma. and she graduated from Taunton High School in 1917. She then went on to what was called finishing school. Not sure where that was. I can not find her marriage record. She was married to Ernest Smith, some time after 1920, and lived and worked in RI.They live in RI until they both died. He died in 1959, and she died in 1988. I am not sure if they were married in MA or RI. We think Ernest was divorced before he met her. He was born in Nova Scotia Canada abt. 1885. Does any one have access to any records they could check on for this marriage? Thanks for taking time to read this. Any little bit of info. may help me find this marriage record. The did not have any children. Thanks again Eleanor (Olney) Souza ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi folks You people on this list have helped me so much. I have been put in touch with some living family members of great uncles. They did not know about us here in Taunton, and Maine, nor did we know about them. I have one more request My aunt was born in Rehoboth Ma. and she graduated from Taunton High School in 1917. She then went on to what was called finishing school. Not sure where that was. I can not find her marriage record. She was married to Ernest Smith, some time after 1920, and lived and worked in RI.They live in RI until they both died. He died in 1959, and she died in 1988. I am not sure if they were married in MA or RI. We think Ernest was divorced before he met her. He was born in Nova Scotia Canada abt. 1885. Does any one have access to any records they could check on for this marriage? Thanks for taking time to read this. Any little bit of info. may help me find this marriage record. The did not have any children. Thanks again Eleanor (Olney) Souza ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Eleanor, What was your Aunt's name? SuezzeQ1@aol.com wrote: > Hi folks > > You people on this list have helped me so much. > I have been put in touch with some living family members > of great uncles. They did not know about us here in Taunton, > and Maine, nor did we know about them. I have one more request > My aunt was born in Rehoboth Ma. and she graduated from Taunton > High School in 1917. She then went on to what was called finishing > school. Not sure where that was. I can not find her marriage record. > She was married to Ernest Smith, some time after 1920, and lived > and worked in RI.They live in RI until they both died. He died in 1959, > and she died in 1988. I am not sure if they were married in MA or RI. > We think Ernest was divorced before he met her. He was born in > Nova Scotia Canada abt. 1885. Does any one have access to any > records they could check on for this marriage? Thanks for taking > time to read this. Any little bit of info. may help me find this marriage > record. The did not have any children. > > Thanks again > Eleanor (Olney) Souza > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

My experience with the Census, using Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com, is that the optical reader, that scans the handwriting of the census taker, does not always read the handwriting correctly. [The optical reader may claim to see 'Veto', but the writer correctly wrote 'Vito'.] And I have found that census takers sometimes wrote what they heard, not what was said. E. G. 'Oklahoma' Howell was really 'Oakley Homer' Howell. Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elenore Chamberland" <elenorec@mail.ocis.net> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Poirier/Poulet > Hi Jim: > Thanks for the look up. I am still wondering if by any chance Arthur > may have gone back to Quebec where he was born to find a bride. I > have been unable to find the family on the 1910 census where they > should have been living in Fall River since all the children were > baptized there including two after 1910, one in 1911 and the last in > 1912. > > Elenore > At 04:52 AM 6/24/2007, you wrote: >>I just did a search of all the marriages for all the Arthur Poiriers in >>Massachusetts from 1886 to 1905. None was to a Mathilda Poulet. Jim >>McCarthy, Somerville, MA >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Elenore Chamberland" <elenorec@mail.ocis.net> >>To: <MABRISTO@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:43 AM >>Subject: [MABRISTO] Poirier/Poulet >> >> >> >I am searching for the marriage and parents of Arthur Poirier and >> > Mathilda Poulet who would have been married prior to 1905 when their >> > first child Mathilda Rachel Poirier was bapt. at Fall River, Bristol >> > County. Other children were Joseph Arthur born 3 Jan 1907; Marie >> > Rose Estelle born 16 Jan 1908; Joseph Jules Albert born 21 May 1910; >> > Marie Arsilia Violette born 11 Aug 1911; Marie Ange Blanche born 5 >> > Oct 1912; Marie Jeanne Estelle born 2 Nov 1913. The mother, Mathilda >> > Poirier, nee Poulet died abt 1915. As far as I know, the father >> > Arthur never remarried. >> > >> > Any help with this family would be appreciated. >> > >> > Elenore >> > >> > >> > Kamloops, B.C. >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > MABRISTO-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 >>MABRISTO-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 Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/853 - Release Date: >>6/18/2007 3:02 PM > > Kamloops, B.C. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The online records that NEHGS has stop at 1910. It will be a couple of weeks before I get to the Office of Vital Records which has the data from 1916 onward, or to the Massachusetts Archives with has the data up through 1915. [Sadly this record is just on the cusp of the files: maybe here, maybe there.] Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elenore Chamberland" <elenorec@mail.ocis.net> To: <mabristo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [MABRISTO] Poirier/Poulet > Hi Sue: > > Thanks for the heads up on my query. I know that Arthur was born in > Quebec and there is always a possibility that he might have gone back > there to find a bride. I have been searching for the family on the > 1910 census for Fall River as that is where all the children were > baptized, including two that were born after that census. I had hoped > that it would tell me where Mathilda was born but have had no luck > there either. I have the marriages of all the brothers of Arthur and > they were in Fall River. He would have to be the exception, wouldn't > he???? > > Would there be any record of a death for Mathilda about 1915. We know > that the youngest child, Blanche was about 3 when her mother died. > > Elenore > > At 06:47 AM 6/24/2007, you wrote: >>Elenore and Jim, >>The NEHGS and Massachusetts Archives on-line indexes are missing the >>1886-1890 marriages for surnames starting somewhere near the surname >>Moulton >>and ending around Savery, which would include the surnames you are looking >>for. I have the FHL microfilm of this index volume at my local FHC. Next >>time I'm up there, I'll check to see if the marriage is in this time >>frame. >>Below is a list of the missing index pages that I know about. >> >> >>Sue Richart >>NEHGS Volunteer repairing the MVR 1841-1910 on-line database >>Near Chewelah, Washington State, about 70 miles south of Grand Forks, B.C. >> >> >>1841-1850 Births surnames Smily and Smith (not sure if one page or more) >>(Should be fixed now) >>1886-1890 Births surnames starting around Smith and going to Z. >>1886-1890 Marriages surnames starting around Moulton going to around >>Savery >>1891-1895 Marriages surnames starting around Frothingham going to around >>Kane >>1891-1895 Deaths affecting about 138 index pages covering at least >>surnames >>Carter to Cheever >>1866-1870 Deaths, the index page that contains Abigal Adams >>1901-1905 Deaths, index pages containing at least Ferguson, Finn, Finnegan >>and Quill, Reddy, Reed, and Regan. >> >> >>On 6/24/07, Jim McCarthy wrote: >> > >> > I just did a search of all the marriages for all the Arthur Poiriers in >> > Massachusetts from 1886 to 1905. None was to a Mathilda Poulet. Jim >> > McCarthy, Somerville, MA >> > ----- >> > >I am searching for the marriage and parents of Arthur Poirier and >> > > Mathilda Poulet who would have been married prior to 1905 >> > > Any help with this family would be appreciated. >> > > >> > > Elenore >> > > >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>MABRISTO-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 Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/853 - Release Date: >>6/18/2007 3:02 PM > > Kamloops, B.C. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MABRISTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 02:47 PM 6/24/2007, you wrote: >Hi Florence: >Thank you for the births. Here's another - Albert on May 21 poirier Albert Fall River 1910 590 196 Birth Father listed as Arthur. Mother listed as Mathilda Polette Residence: 363 Snell Occupation: Hackman Both parents b. Canada This would be after the April 1 census date. Florence