This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Omes,Butler, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3511 Message Board Post: Martha (Patty) Omes Married Benjamin Butler in 1832 in Springfield,Hampden County. Need any info on their Family"s

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3472.8.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I found no Bendas in Palmer, Monson, Wilbraham, or Hampden.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3472.8 Message Board Post: Hi Bruce, I'm looking for anything on the following. Fred Benda b.1893 Edward Benda b. 1860 d. 1894 Ferdinad Benda or any other Benda's listed, your help is appreciated. Thanks, Kimberly Deese

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3502.1 Message Board Post: I have a Myra Paine Hamblin also a May Hamblin Merrick in my lineage. I don't know who the spouse is for Myra. Hamblin is not a name i come across often. Maybe there is some connection somewhere. Would love to hear from you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/867.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I sent you an email in ref. to this message.. hugs Rita Joy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benda, Paine/Payne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/867.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Rita, I called my Aunt Evelyn about your email and she is very curious and has lots of questions. Please contact me so we can connect and get some answers for the both of us. Thanks Kimberly Deese ([email protected]) email me.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/867.1.1 Message Board Post: this message is an add on to the last .. THe piece of paper with the address of an Evelyn Ross Benda was in the year about 1920's . I believe.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/867.1 Message Board Post: I am not sure what I should do about this paper I have.. My Great Grandfather Arthur Kierstead had in his papers an address of a Eyelyn Ross Benda , 471/2 shepard st. Westfeild mass. That is all I know of this person. I am wondering who she was and how she knew my great grandpa.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ashe, Brosnan, Mannix, Flaherty, Murphy, Deane, Griffin, Kennedy, Mansfield, O'Donnell, Rinn/Wren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3510 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on a former mayor of either Holyoke or Springfield (or surrounding town) by the name of KAVANAGH, first name unknown. He probably held office in the 1950's or 1960's (based on age - my information has it he was born in 1920's). His father was LAURENCE KAVANAGH of the Colony, Dingle, Co. Kerry, and his mother was ELLEN/HELEN BROSNAN of the Quay, Dingle. KAVANAGH had two sisters, Patsy, born about 1928, and Nessie, and a number of other siblings. I know some of them are still alive because they visited their Brosnan cousins at Leac a Re, the Quay, Dingle, a couple of years ago. Ellen Brosnan was my great-aunt. She had two sisters who also emigrated to the area - Ann or Hannah, who married an O'DONNELL from Castlegregory, and Madge/Margaret who married CONWAY. My mom is anxious to get in touch with her cousins again, so any information/pointers would be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3509 Message Board Post: My great grandparents were Alfred Lancto (Loncto) was born Chicopee MA, in 1872/1873 and Clara Lafreniere(or Freeman) was born in Springfield MA in 1876. They were married in Oct., 1894 and listed in a marriage register. A first marriage for both. Alfred's parent were listed as Esaie and Delia. Now, Clara's name was listed as "Lafreniere" and her parents were John and Louise (Daniels). I have received other info that Clara was listed as "Freeman" in her husbands' obit in 1941. On a census I have info that her brother John Freeman lived with her and her husband. I need help in trying to figure out her parents last name. and if its FREEMAN or if Lafreniere is a "dit" name.

Does anyone have information about Edward Lyman, seed dealer, founder of Edward M. Lyman & Son or his descendants? Edward was born in South Hadley 1825. He worked for the Shaker settlement for 17 years. He then came to Springfield in 1854 and started his seed business. He died August 1, 1909. He had a son, Albert E. Lyman and 5 grandchildren, including Marjorie B. Lyman, Mildred E. Lyman and Albert E. Lyman, Jr. I have extensive information on Edward Lyman's wife, Eliza Bayliss. Ken Bayliss [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Conatser, Selvey, Turner, Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3508 Message Board Post: hello, my name is Judy Thompson Tadlock, I am looking for my cousins, Their names are James Paul(Jimmy) Russell, Teresa Rose Russell, John Kevin Russell. Their moms name was Rose McCarron Russell and my uncle James Gilford (jimmy) Russell was the father,and we havent heard from them since he passed away. his 2nd wife was Christina, their children are William (billy) James Russell, and Lisa Lauren Russell.please let me know if you know of these people or know them. my uncle died in 10-24-78, and i would love to talk to my cousins. thank you for your time, Judy Thompson Tadlock, email address is [email protected],[email protected], [email protected] .I am looking for any info on The Russell's. My Papaw was James Wesley Russell b-02-09-1915 d-8-1974, my mamaw's name was Ida Belle Conatser, Russell , Selvey.born1915-died 1968. Papaw's mom and Dad was Charles and Harriet Anne Turner Russell. Their Children was James Wesley, Ruby Russell Barnes, Martha Russell Sel! vey, Mattie Russell Clotfelter, Mary Elizabeth Russell , Polly Russell Kensler, William Bill Russell, Sue Russell Mynett, Lonnie Russell. Papaw was born in Old general Hospital Knoxville Tennessee.Please email me with any info and I do have pics so email me if you think you know these people or know of them. Thanks so much! judy [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3507 Message Board Post: E. T. LINCOLN Was born in Munson, Hamden county, Massachusetts, December 15. 1829. He is a son of Seth C. Lincoln, who removed to Onondaga county, New York, and then removed to Crawford county, 1837, where he bought 400 acres of land, where now stands the village of Lincolnville, which place bears the name of the old settler. During the first summer he built a grist and saw-mill on Oil Creek, which was run up to his death, which occurred June 1, 1847. After this occurrence the subject of this article in connection with his brother carried on the mill four or five years. During the father's life time the original farm was enlarged to 800 acres. There now remain 300 acres in the hands of the widow and son. Mr. Lincoln is now running a dressing mill, stave mill and farming. The mills are known as the Lincoln Mills all around the country. In 1859 Mr. Lincoln surveyed the flats into village lots, plots of ground forty rods square, which comprise the village. Directory of Crawford County, PA, 1879-80, page 277

On your local PBS station Sunday night - March 24th 9 p m 1 hr .. [may have many interruptions as it is pledge month ..] This is the great Hurricane of 1938 that did so much Damage *so far inland* http://pbs.org/amex/hurricane38/ and on March 31st for those ancestors who went west the FLOOD mentioned following >>Since its debut in 1988, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has brought to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Visit the national American Experience website. The Hurricane of '38 The devastation wrought on New England by a hurricane that hit without accurate warning on Sept. 21, 1938 Mar 24 9:00pm Fatal Flood The raging floodwaters of the Mississippi River in 1927 that divided one small town, pitting rich against poor, black against white and threatened to tear one family apart<< and I just noticed this right behind it.. on this Sunday the 24th: Ken Burns - has to be good .. >>Shakers: Hands To Work, Hearts To God, The Only a handful of elderly Shakers remain alive today, carrying on the traditions of religious devotion that at one time embraced thousands of Americans in numerous self-supporting communities. This evocative film explores the cultural legacy highlighted by the personal accounts of the last nine surviving shakers. Narrated by David McCullough, Julie Harris, Paul Roebling and Olga Bellin are among the chorus of voices reading from the diaries, letters and journals of the Shakers. The plain yet emotional music of the Shakers has been recreated and arranged for this film from original inspirational songs. Shot at existing sites in New England and Kentucky, this film embodies the spiritual values of Shakers in their absorbing simple landscape. Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God David McCullough narrates this survey of two centuries of Shaker life, featuring interviews and archival material. A film by Ken and Amy Burns<<

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3472.7.1 Message Board Post: sorry, quite a few cooleys but no stephen and mary. Most likely, they would be in the East Longmeadow or Somers, CT area. The majority of cooleys seem to have lived in that area.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3472.7 Message Board Post: Bruce, Thank you for doing this. I am looking for information on a Stephen and Mary Fields Cooley of the Springfield area. Stephen died about 1-7-1787 & Mary died 4-3-1782. Thanks again michael

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3501.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you ,Bruce for looking. Iam looking in to getting his CW records and plan to take a drive up there soon . My mother in law keeps a summer trailer in Staffordsprings,CT so I can make a week of it this summer. thank you again! Judi

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stebbins, Clay, Hitchcock, Annible/Annable Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3506 Message Board Post: Does anyone recognize this family?? 1850 Hampden Co. Springfield Twp pg. 70 MA Census. Roderick Stebbins age 51 Peddlar b. MA Elizabeth Stebbins age 55 b. MA Edward E. Stebbins age 13 b. MA James A. Annible age 10 b. Cuba******* Why is James with this family? Ruth Stebbins age 80 b. MA Roderick was born Jan. 30, 1799 in Springfield and married Elizabeth G. A. Clay b about 1801. They both died in Sublett, Lee Cty, IL. Roderick was the s/o Elam B March 1768 and Ruth Hitchcock b Oct. 1769 in Springfield. What I am trying to determine is why James A. Annible is living with them. Did they have a daughter who married an Annible/Annable? I would appreciate any information

Trying to contact descendants of Walter J. Baker by his son Thomas W. Baker who moved from California to Springfield, Mass in the 1920s to work for Diamond Match Company Have snap shots taken in the 1940's and 1950. They may be children or grandchildren of a Thomas W. Baker who resided on Eddywood St. in 1935 City Directory and worked for Diamond Match Company. These photographs have the following on written the back, Tom and Ge Ge, Rosemary at 14 and a graduation photograph from Classical High, Bob and Georgia at 11 years. If these people sound familar or if someone living in Springfield has access to a City Directory and finds a Baker still living on Eddywood please let me know the zip code for this address and first name of the Baker currently in the home so I can try and get these photographs to them. We all descend from a Catherine Mercer Baker, they from her third husband Thomas Baker and I from a second marriage of Catherine's. I have been carrying these photographs back and forth across country since 1977 and would like them to come to rest. Barbara currently from Oregon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/3501.1.1.1 Message Board Post: While I found quite a few Harris's, none seemed to meet your criteria. Sorry.