I saw a request from one of the listers searching for stencilers in a few newsletters past. That person got a good response to that request. I would like to try a similar request in hopes of trying to find a great grand father of mine that lived in the Granville area around 1738. A few generations of this grand father were in the hide curing and tanning business. It seems l;ike most of the sons of this line, apprenticed from their father. I am looking for any person that may have been doing this type of trade from 1700 to 1738. The man I am looking for is EDWARD FINEL. RESEARCHING SURNAMES: FENNELL, FINEL, MORGAN, WESTON Thank you, John Fennell Atlantic Canada _________________________________________________________________ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

Rusty, tnx for the offer to provide pix of gravestones in the cemetaries mentioned in your email. I may have ancestors in two of them. Huntington/Norwich Hill: Stantons and Clarks West Granville & Granville: Ripleys, Gibbs, Nobles, Barnes, Bodurthas, Browns Tnx for your help. John E. Putnam Colorado Springs

Have you had a reply yet? I could look it up for you if you still need it. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrienne Bersi" <bearsea@msn.com> To: <MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:39 PM Subject: [MAHAMPDEN] Hampden Co WWI draft > Does anyone have access to Hampden County WWI Draft Registration ? > If so, I would very much appreciate a look up for Antonio Bersi of Springfield or Worcester. > Thank you very much > Adrienne > > >

Greetings! I took a couple hundred photos in Huntington - Norwich Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Anyone seeking family names in that area? I can see if your kin in the batch of pix. We also took OLD Granville and West Granville stones last week. Out of the county? We took a couple hundred shots in the old Easthampton Cemetery and the Pittsfield (stones removed from the town common in the 1840s) Cemetery, too. I also have the majority of the oldest West Springfield, Agawam/Feeding Hills and Holyoke (Rt 5) stones - the ones that are legible, at least. Email me or post and I'll look thru the directories - very few are cataloged yet. The majority are pre-1875. ~Rusty Clark West Springfield Massachusetts - Stories Carved In Stone: http://www.dogpondpress.net/stone.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stedman,Flagg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/4152 Message Board Post: I am trying to find a Mrs. John C. Stedman that was living in East Longmeadow in 1970. This is from her fathers obit. Her father Joseph Classie and my grandfather James Flagg were half-brothers. It also said she had a son but no name given. I would love to here from anyone off of this line as I am trying to fill in our family history.I have alot to share. Thanks

Hi Roni, >From "A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries" Westfield: Middle Farms Cemetery (1790) Russellville Road NEHGS [MS70/WES/201] NSDAR [G.R.C./S1/v.214] I've never used the call numbers - but included them in case you find them useful. I don't really know where this is. If someone from Westfield can't take these for you, I can try to get out that way next time I'm out taking gravestone photos. Can you post the stones you're looking for? Rusty West Springfield Massachusetts - Stories Carved In Stone: http://www.dogpondpress.net/stone.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ronim30@msn.com> To: <MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: [MAHAMPDEN] Middle Farms Cemetery > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Crandall > Classification: Cemetery > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/4151 > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to find information regarding Middle Farms Cemetery. Are the burial records available? From who? What is the condition of the cemetery? > > I have been to the City of Westfield Parks and Recreation Department website and am thankful for their list of burials. > > Would somebody be willing to take headstone photos in Middle Farms? > > Thank you, > Roni in WA > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crandall Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/4151 Message Board Post: I am trying to find information regarding Middle Farms Cemetery. Are the burial records available? From who? What is the condition of the cemetery? I have been to the City of Westfield Parks and Recreation Department website and am thankful for their list of burials. Would somebody be willing to take headstone photos in Middle Farms? Thank you, Roni in WA

How true it is...<<interesting facts that genealogy brings up"<<........ It could have been done by the Eatons or Porter..... I heard from a lady in Vermont that her ancestor was Erastus Gates, stenciler. Indian shutters too..............gee...would love to see that house ! Many folks think genealogy is names and dates but many things come into play if you want your ancestors to be real human flesh and blood. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Turner" <renrut@worldpath.net> To: "Cynthia" <bunnydust@comcast.net> Cc: "Ruth H. Turner" <renrut@worldpath.net> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Ma-Bay-Colony] Wall stenciling.......New England > Cynthia, this reminds me--some years ago, at least 30 or more, my family > visited a house, once owned by a Great aunt of my sister-in-law, in > Roxbury, > NH > The new owners had ripped off all the layers of Wallpaper and found > stenciling on the walls. Maybe done by one of the Eatons??? Also, the > house had Indian shutters (inside) the windows. My sister-in-law has > ancestors who lived in the Deerfield, MA area. > Interesting what facts Genealogy can bring up. !! > Ruth T. in NH > ----- Original Message ----- >> the following list of names are of the stencilers INDENTIFIED in 1954 . >> - >> FURNITURE stenciling done by: >> ** Ivers White of Ashburnham,Mass, b. 1804 and died 1884 >> ** George Lord of Portland, Maine b. 1833 and died 1928 >> ** John Hull, Killingworth,Conn....working in 1832 >> ** Jarred Johnson, Sheffield, Mass., 1801-1873 >> ** Thomas Jefferson, Gildersleeve, NY, 1805-1871 >> ** Joseph Augustus Gibson, New Ipswich,NH, 1812-1875 >> ** William Page Eaton, Boston,Mass and New Boston,NH, 1819-1904 >> >> ------------- >> WALL stenciling:done by: >> 1. Moses Eaton, Dublin,NH...1753-1832 >> 2. Moses Eaton,Jr., Hancock, NH, 1796-1886 >> 3. Rusfus Porter ,Boxford,Mass, 1792-1884 (this fellow was known in >> the Connecticut River Valley area of Conn,Mass,Vt.) not sure >> about >> NH >> 4. Erastus Gates, Plymouth, VT..1811- ? >> 5. Irwin DeWitt Baldwin, *Van Deusenville, Massachusetts, 1815-1889 >> ------------------------- >

Thankyou thank you, it just may be the clues I need. Blessings SusiCP Family Historian It's the Indian in me.....:>)

Agawam Center Cemetery Records shows: Ebenezer Jones b. 1749 d. 1849 - Rev War Soldier The Vital Records for West Springfield to 1850 (First Cong Holyoke - Elmwood Cemetery) shows three Ebenezer Jones - the date for the death of the eldest is April 26 or 27, 1839 ae 90. The other two Ebenezers are called variously 2nd and 3rd or Jr and 2nd - and both death dates show as November __ 1838. Ebenezer 2nd (3rd) is ae 26 (note says November 5) Ebenezer Jr (2nd) is ae 67 (note says November 18) I didn't find any Madisons in Agawam cemetery records. Hope this helps... ~Rusty West Springfield Massachusetts, Stories Carved In Stone: http://www.dogpondpress.net/stone.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <SusiCP@aol.com> To: <MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:36 PM Subject: [MAHAMPDEN] Agawam First Church > Are there any MADISON listed there or JONES?? Please thanks... > > SusiCP > Family Historian > It's the Indian in me.....:>) > >

Are there any MADISON listed there or JONES?? Please thanks... SusiCP Family Historian It's the Indian in me.....:>)

This is a follow up of my posting of the stencilers of wall stencils........... Cynthia --------- ================================ Rufus Porter http://www.mbhistoricdecor.com/rufusporter.php ---------------------- Moses Eaton http://www.mbhistoricdecor.com/moseseaton.php -------------------------- stenciling floors.......sure...didnt have linolieum(sp?) in those days ! http://www.mbhistoricdecor.com/floorcloths.php ------------------------ nice article by ANTIQUES MAGAZINE on stenciling http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_2_156/ai_55487315 ---------------------------- Cynthia List administrator for: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Can-Deerfield-Attack-1704-L@rootsweb.com CtHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MaHampde-L@rootsweb.com http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Ma-Bay-Colony

Hello everyone on a cold, wet, and windy day...... - I have several old issues of OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND and Vol. XLIV, Spring 1954, serial # 156 has an article on "Janet Waring Collection of Stencils", by Mrs. Majorie W.vonSuck. ----- I am aware that is issue is little late for Massachusetts Bay list and the Canadian Deerfield list but it is of interest to many. (SOME old Deerfield houses do have stencils on their walls )..... - the following list of names are of the stencilers INDENTIFIED in 1954 . - FURNITURE stenciling done by: ** Ivers White of Ashburnham,Mass, b. 1804 and died 1884 ** George Lord of Portland, Maine b. 1833 and died 1928 ** John Hull, Killingworth,Conn....working in 1832 ** Jarred Johnson, Sheffield, Mass., 1801-1873 ** Thomas Jefferson, Gildersleeve, NY, 1805-1871 ** Joseph Augustus Gibson, New Ipswich,NH, 1812-1875 ** William Page Eaton, Boston,Mass and New Boston,NH, 1819-1904 ------------- WALL stenciling:done by: 1. Moses Eaton, Dublin,NH...1753-1832 2. Moses Eaton,Jr., Hancock, NH, 1796-1886 3. Rusfus Porter ,Boxford,Mass, 1792-1884 (this fellow was known in the Connecticut River Valley area of Conn,Mass,Vt.) not sure about NH 4. Erastus Gates, Plymouth, VT..1811- ? 5. Irwin DeWitt Baldwin, *Van Deusenville, Massachusetts, 1815-1889 ------------------------- * I looked up Van Desuenville and it is a section of Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass. -- Cynthia List administrator for: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Can-Deerfield-Attack-1704-L@rootsweb.com CtHartfo-L@rootsweb.com MaHampde-L@rootsweb.com http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Ma-Bay-Colony

I am trying to find out any info on my grandmother's sister (GLADYS MAY COOPER) born in Florence/Northampton, MA on Feb. 20, 1899. Their parents were Anna Louise (Jones) Cooper (who was born in Tennessee) and Walter Cooper (born in MA). I have a copy of the 1900 census which indicated that she was listed with her parents.. (however Anna's name listed Louise as her first name). but unfortunately cant find anything else. There were three other sisters born after Gladys. They were Esther Cooper Foisey Woodrow (born 1903) and Beatrice Louise Cooper Wellspeak (born 1900) My grandmother (Myrtle Eliza Cooper Lancto Mallette) was born in 1911 in Springfield, MA. If you think you have any further information please contact me...

Greetings, This should get you started. I have two Sylvanus Griswolds - in the old West Springfield area - I know I've photographed the gravestones of family members and will need a couple days to find them. According to the Old Feeding Hills Cemetery Records: The Reverend was b. February 14, 1733 in Lyme CT - son of Rev George Griswold d. December 14, 1819 Ae 86 Also buried there: His first wife Elizabeth - also born in Lyme CT Son: Lynde Second wife Elizabeth - she was a Colton of Granby CT Son: Sylvanus b. 1789 d. August 6, 1818 Catherine - dau of Sylvanus and Martha in Troy NY b 1814 d 1816 We're getting thunder and lightning so I will fill in the details soon. ~Rusty Clark Stories Carved In Stone - Second Printing now available! http://www.dogpondpress.net/stone.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <rosiereith@hotmail.com> To: <MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 1:47 AM Subject: [MAHAMPDEN] Rev. Sylvanus Griswold - Agawam First Church > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: GRISWOLD > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/4150 > > Message Board Post: > > I'm searching for a fairly distant ancestor, one of many dead ends. His name was Sylvanus Griswold. My family records show that he was a Reverend, and I have found a historical site which tells me the first church was formed November 19, 1762, with Sylvanus Griswold as its Reverend. He has a daughter, Isabella, born 1780 in Feeding Hills, Hampden Co., MA, died 1848 in White Creek, NY. I've found sources which suggest his parents may have been Edward and Abigail, and his wife Elizabeth Marvin, but have not been able to verify. Any leads or suggestions? > >

My wife has a long line of Griswolds...but no Sylvanus. However, I went to Gencircles. http://www.gencircles.com/ and typed in Sylvanus Griswold and hit search...16 hits, at least one of em with a long line of what you are looking for. Good luck. Paul of San Diego

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GRISWOLD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VFB.2ACI/4150 Message Board Post: I'm searching for a fairly distant ancestor, one of many dead ends. His name was Sylvanus Griswold. My family records show that he was a Reverend, and I have found a historical site which tells me the first church was formed November 19, 1762, with Sylvanus Griswold as its Reverend. He has a daughter, Isabella, born 1780 in Feeding Hills, Hampden Co., MA, died 1848 in White Creek, NY. I've found sources which suggest his parents may have been Edward and Abigail, and his wife Elizabeth Marvin, but have not been able to verify. Any leads or suggestions?

Leona, Thank you very much for searching, I really appreciate your help! Laurel

Laurel, Sorry to say there is no obituary for George J. Clark, May 1993 listed in the Springfield Library database. Lee Fritz Laurel O'Donnell wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >If anyone here has a MA state library card and easy access to search the >Springfield Library databases via the web >(http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/databases.html) I would like to please >ask for a lookup in the Springfield Republican. > >I am seeking the obituary of > >George J. Clark >b. 01 Feb 1919 >d. 29 May 1993 > >I believe he was living in the Holyoke area and may be a cousin, I am hoping >to verify this. My son used to do lookups for me but, alas, he is working >in Washington DC now and has no more online library access! > >Thanks very much in advance! > >Laurel O'Donnell >New York > > > >

Hi Everyone, If anyone here has a MA state library card and easy access to search the Springfield Library databases via the web (http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/databases.html) I would like to please ask for a lookup in the Springfield Republican. I am seeking the obituary of George J. Clark b. 01 Feb 1919 d. 29 May 1993 I believe he was living in the Holyoke area and may be a cousin, I am hoping to verify this. My son used to do lookups for me but, alas, he is working in Washington DC now and has no more online library access! Thanks very much in advance! Laurel O'Donnell New York