This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4EB.2ACE/2135.1 Message Board Post: The only HART birth in Vital records of Colrain, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1934: Andrew Jackson Hart, son of Alexander, native of Scotland, born 20 May 1827. No CRANE births. Marriages, p. 86 Alexand(er) Hart and Betsey Hart, both of Colrain, intentions 3 July 1820 There are a few other HART marriages, for females, and one male 1830. Deaths: Charles, unmarried, laborer, drunkenness, age 55 years, 22 Aug. 1849 Peter, sudden, July 5, 1830, age about 80 years, church record. No HART was a "resident" of Colrain in 1798. Regards, Shari Strahan