Hello, When I moved a year ago, I became much more aware of the "PARLEE Farms" in Chelmsford ! Out of curiousity this morning I tried to find out the history of the farms. It seems a large "Irish" PARLEE family came down from New Brunswick around 1890 ! And, from 1900 to 1920 they were living in the southern part of Chelmsford, going towards the Carlisle line. There is currently a Parlee Road there ! But, around 1930, they seem to have bought a lot of land on Pine Hill Road which is just west of Chelmsford Center. I tried to find a web site for the "Farms," and they have a simple one which does not offer a "history." Then I tried the PARLEE Message Boards, and no one seems to be researching this family. Then I went to the Mailing List INDEX, and PARLEE is mentioned, but no List exists for it ! Just curious if anyone is researching them ! (They are not on my family-tree !) Enjoy your Sunday ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)

I understand there is an old cemetery near the water in Quincy which is called the Old Sailor's Cemetery. It's on Quincy Shore Drive. Does anyone know what the real name of this cemetery is. Thanks Ella

Tonight I was told that St. Mary's Catholic Church in Quincy has three cemeteries. Does anyone know this to be true and if so, are all 3 cemeteries on the church property or are they spread out in other areas of Quincy? And if so, do you know the addresses for the cemeteries that aren't on the property with the church. St. Mary's Church is located on Furnace Brook Parkway. I heard that my great-great grandmother was buried in a cemetery in Quincy having died aboard ship as it was about to land in Quincy--probably about 1847. TIA Ella

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1800 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the children or grandchildren of Francis and Agnes Dolan. Children were Francis A Dolan (D) Merriam (D) Grace J (D) Cornelia A (D) Edmund U (S). These people are my birth family as I was adopted and have just found out who they are. Cornelia was my mother. She would be about 79 now. Grace had a son named George Pansky Dolan who is still alive and somewhere in that area. Cornelia had 3 other children who would be in their 50's to 60's . I was born 1/26/1954. If anyone knows any of these people please let me know.

Checking to see if anyone has information or a family bible from John Smith born approximately 1621 in Sudbury England and showing up in the land records of Sudbury MA around 1642. He married Sarah Hunt in Sudbury MA in 1647 and had three sons: Thomas 1658, John born 1648, and Robert born 1654,

Maureen Reilly contributed these from The Lowell Sun, 17 November 1920 - Marriage Intentions for Burns-Soroghan, O'Dea-Gradey, Blanchette- Desmarais, Whipple-McCavanaugh, Gallagher-Trainor, Finnegan-Pincince, Kenney-Rainville, Ganley-Swalt, Landry-Welch, Ouimette-Brunelle, Cameron-Smith, Kirrane-Garrity, Ciaccia-De Vingenzi, McCann-O'Neil, Muir-Ross, Blanchard-Smith, Lane-Jelley, Marcote-Logan; John William Kehoe wed Bertha F. Roux. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1920/NOV.html#17 for details. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/586.2 Message Board Post: Being a resident of Belmont MA, I found a phone listing for Bernard Loughran, 174 Common Street ph# 1617-484-1886. Maybe he will have some info you need. Judie Locke

Maureen Reilly contributed this from the Lowell Sun, 20 March 1919 - James Griffin, deceased. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1919/MAR.html#20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tierney/Dillon/O'Shea/Meehan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1749.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Judie for all your good work. I can't tell you how tickled I was just to see that someone had picked up my query. Maybe next year I can get out to Mass. and snoop around myself. Thank you, Colleen

From The Belmont Citizen, 30 June 1928 - Concord: Caroline Lamson Brown, last person to board a lifeboat from the deck of the Titanic, deceased. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1928/JUN.html#30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacDONALD, ABERNETHY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AFB.2ACE/1799 Message Board Post: I am looking for obituary of Agnes MacDonald Abernethy who died in April 1969. She last lived in Lowell. She was married to Scott Abernethy. Sean McCauley

Both of the links on the Tiara page are old - one does redirect, but the other does not. Can you explain about how the letters were found? Did your family have a connection to Northern Ireland? A lot of my Irish ancestors settled in Middlesex County. Thanks! Susan On 3/31/06, Dennis Ahern <ahern@world.std.com> wrote: > > Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> said: > > >...But, as far as I know, no one on any side of our family tree left us > >"letters, diaries, or journals." If they did leave any, they went to > >other descendants ! And, that we regret ! > > I never expected to find any letters of my family of Irish immigrants, > least of all in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, but see > http://tiara.ie/061298.htm > > -dja > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1749.2 Message Board Post: Hi Coleen, I went through all the City Directories and Voting Lists with no luck. I even went to the Waltham City Hall. So sorry. Please let me know if I can help with something else or if you get any more info. Judie Locke

Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> said: >...But, as far as I know, no one on any side of our family tree left us >"letters, diaries, or journals." If they did leave any, they went to >other descendants ! And, that we regret ! I never expected to find any letters of my family of Irish immigrants, least of all in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, but see http://tiara.ie/061298.htm -dja

If you put Concord and Flagg in the search engine of the MDX news website you will get results on eight pages. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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/AFB.2ACE/1796.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: St. Alban's is a city/town in Vt.

Hi Dennis, and other researchers, That sounds like an interesting meeting ! On my HUTCHINSON family tree, we were fortunate enough that several generations were interested in their ancestors, and we have a few, small documents about them. And, they left an old photo album (tintypes). That is why my sister started genealogy 10+ years ago - to figure out who all these un-named ancestors were ! But, as far as I know, no one on any side of our family tree left us "letters, diaries, or journals." If they did leave any, they went to other descendants ! And, that we regret ! I also wanted to mention that the directions you offered to get to the Littleton Library might need further description! Those directions bring you up to the set of lights in "Littleton Center" and that is where about .5. roads meet ! And, I think taking a right at the lights brings you to a fork in the road. I just checked my street-map book, and, yes, you need to bear right at the fork in the road. When you are coming up off of Rt. 495, the first intersection (set of lights at Mobile Sta.) is with "Rt. 110." When you take a right and stay on King St., that roadway is a combined "Rt. 2A and Rt. 110." And, the roadway you come onto when you get off Rt. 495 -- is Rt. 119. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I am familiar with Littleton as one set of uncles and aunts lived in Littleton (on Long Lake) during the 1950's and 1960's, and we used to visit them every summer to go swimming ! P.S.2 Littleton is one of those towns which has many roads and two major highways running through it (Rt. 495 and Rt. 2), and then it has Rt. 119 which runs across from Acton to Groton. The part of Rt. 119 coming in from Acton is also Rt. 2A -- but in Littleton Center Rt. 2A takes a left and follows Rt. 110 to Ayer ! :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ahern" <ahern@world.std.com> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:23 AM Subject: MSOG, MIDDLESEX CHAPTER APRIL 8, 2006 MEETING > The Middlesex Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, > Inc., will meet at 1:30 p.m., 8 April 2006 at the Rueben Hoar Library, 41 > Shattuck Street, Littleton, MA. The featured speaker will be Laura > Prescott, Marketing Division Director at Heritage Books, and former > Director of Marketing at New England Historic Genealogical Society, > Boston, MA. Ms. Prescott is a regular columnist for "Genealogical > Computing" magazine, as well as a contributing editor for "New England > Ancestors" magazine. > > The title of Laura's presentation is, "Diaries and Journals: Finding > and Using These Valuable Resources". She will explain the advantages of > using diaries, letters, and journals in a comprehensive and appealing way > for genealogy study. Personal diaries, letters and journals add life and > unique perspective to the names listed in our family histories. Learn > where to find and how to use these valuable resources. > > Directions > > ROUTE 495 NORTH: Exit 495N at the Littleton exit at Route 119. Take a > Left off the exit ramp. Stay to the Right-side of the road going up the > hill toward the first set of traffic lights. At the traffic lights, turn > Right at Route 2A and Route 110, to King Street. Travel about 1/4 mile. > Left side is the Badger Funeral Home. Library is directly across the > road. Turn Right at the sign: Rueben Hoar Library. Park in the rear of > the building. > > ROUTE 495 SOUTH: From Route 3 South to Route 495S. Exit at Route 119 > Littleton. Take a Right off exit ramp. Stay to the Right side up the > hill to the traffic lights. Turn Right at Route 2A and Route 110, to > King Street. Travel about 1/4 mile. (See above). > > ______________________________

The following info. came in a bulletin from the Orange County Gen. Society (Orange Co. CA). The site is searchable by surname, and promises lots of computer activity for the weekend. Jean in CA Google has scanned in and posted the page images of a host of books. Included are the published vital records of the following 40 Massachusetts towns: Alford, Arlington, Auburn (formerly Ward), Becket, Bellingham, Boxford, Boylston, Bradford, Charlton, Dalton, Gardner, Gill, Grafton, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Holden, Hubbardston, Leicester, Lynnfield, Medfield, Medway, Middleton, Montgomery, New Braintree, Norton, Oakham, Palmer, Pelham, Princeton, Royalston, Rutland, Saugus, Sudbury, Templeton, Topsfield, Tyringham, Upton, Washington, West Stockbridge, Westborough. They can be accessed at <_http://print.google.com/_ (http://print.google.com/) > by using (for example) the following search terms: "vital records" +massachusetts +alford The page images are indexed by every name appearing in the book.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1798 Message Board Post: Seek parentage of Elmira Flagg, who married James Weir on June 6 1819 in Concord. Their children were James, Elmira, Jr. , Elizabeth, Martha, and Andrew. I am descended from this couple through their daughter, Elmira, Jr., who married Joseph Foster in 1850. Thank you for any information you may care to share.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: various Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1797 Message Board Post: Posted on www.newspaperabstracts.com are marriages of December 14, 1827 from newspaper "Boston Recorder & Telegraph" . Questions? Reply to author.