Hello, I am new to the list and trying to find family information on James W. Marshea, born in Liverpool in 1845 and settled in Cambridge by 1880. James was a jeweler. His wife was Julia ? and there were 3 children, Marian, Florence and Charles. This family has ties to my Rawlins family. I would appreciate any information that can be added. Thanks, Bev W

Hello, "Antiques Roadshow" was on when I got up this morning, and one of the items being appraised was a painting. The appraiser said the artist had the last name, METCALF, and he was born in Lowell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Metcalf http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200701A18.html I took a quick look at census information and there were a few METCALF's in Lowell, MA, in the late 1800's. But, I'm not seeing an obvious couple for having Willard in the1880's. Just curious if anyone has a "famous artist" on their family-tree. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. "This Old House" is on now, and they are working on an old house in Roxbury, MA. And they just did a little segment on the very early history of Roxbury. A house built in mid-1700's and a wooden-church built ~1800 - are not something people usually think of when thinking about Roxbury. FYI: Roxbury is a neighborhood within Boston, Massachusetts USA. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxbury,_Boston

Hi Jacqueline, I research a YOUNG family which lived in Killingly, CT, during the early to mid-1800's. I have information on their ancestors, but it's not handy. I don't think they originated in MA. I just checked census information and there were only 85-90 YOUNG households in MA between 1790 and 1800. And only ~8 in Worcester County and none in Templeton. The majority of the families / people were in Barnstable County. And, for the KERR / HENDERSON great-grandfather and his grandparents, I research Argenteuil County, Prov. of Quebec, first, and his family moved from there to Compton County 1860's. So, I'm on the QC-ETANGLO List for the "Eastern Townships." Have you checked the archives of that List for the YOUNG name? While looking at the first names for the YOUNG's in 1790 and 1800, I spotted an unusual name. There are other uncommon first names. I'm not seeing a George.* YOUNG, HETATIAH WID (1800 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , ESSEX, GLOUCESTER Series: M32 Roll: 14 Page: 77 Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * Just a reminder for researchers that in those early census years, a lot of the first names were abbreviated on the census pages. So, if looking for a William, you would also need to look at the whole page for a Wm.

Not finding a record for him. Wondering if ORANGE was his middle name and birth is listed under another name. Love to find out who his parents were. Any genealogy sleuths out there interested in helping me solve this mystery? See items below found on ORANGE YOUNG. ====================================================== Massachusetts Town Marriage Records Name: Orange Young Spouse: Sally Stone Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1804 Marriage Place: Templeton Source: Vital Records of Templeton Full Text: Orange and Sally Stone, Dec. 23, 1804. ====================================================== Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 Name: George Young (ORANGE YOUNG) Sent Ancestry.com correction on 3-18-10) Event Year: 1863 (age 82) (b. abt. 1781) Event: Enterrement (Burial) Died 25 May 1863. Religion: Methodist Place of Worship or Institution: Compton (Methodist Church) Province: Québec (Quebec) =================================================== Simon Stone genealogy: ancestry and descendants of Deacon Simon Stone Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Stone family association, pub - Reference - 1926 - 802 pages Children: P. 120. (excerpt) LIEUT. SIMON5 STONE (13. JOSEPH4, DEACON SIMON3, DEACON SIMON2, DEACON SIMON1) m. HANNAH WHITTEMORE. iv. SALLY STONE, b. 25 Dec. 1779; m. in Templeton, 23 Dec. 1804, ORANGE YOUNG, b. about 1780. They settled in Compton, Province of Quebec, Canada where she died 10 August 1861, and he died 25 May 1863. Children: (probably all b. Compton County) (surname: YOUNG) 1) MARIA, b. 6 July 1905, d. 11 July 1845, m. J. HYATT 2) ABIGAIL, b. 6 July 1807 3) PERSIS, b. 28 Aug 1809, d. 13 August 1860. unmarried 4) MARY ANNE, b. 26 Feb 1812, m. 20 June 1839, AMOS BLODGETT 5) WARREN RUSSELL, b. 5 July 1815, d. 13 Oct 1840 6) BETSEY, b. 18 Sept 1818, d. 12 June 1849; m. _________WATTRESS 7) MALVINA, b. 13 Apr 1820, m. GEORGE FULLER 8) WILLIAM, b. 17 July 1823, d. 10 May 1844 ======================================================1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Name: Orange Young Gender: Male Age: 72 Estimated birth year: abt 1780 Birthplace: United States of America Province: Canada East (Quebec) District: Sherbrooke County District Number: 29 Sub-District: Compton Sub-District Number: 420 HOUSEHOLD: Orange Young age 72 occ: Farmer Baptist b. USA Sally Young 73 Abigail Young age 45 Persis Young age 42 (f) Harriet Young age 18 ====================================================== 1861 Census of Canada Name: Sally Young Gender: Female Age: 83 Birth Year: 1778 Birthplace: United States Marital Status: Married Home in 1861: Compton, Canada East Religion: F Baptist HOUSEHOLD: Orange Young age rel. Baptist b. USA Sally Young age 83 b. USA Abigal Young age 53 b. Lower Canada ======================================================== Jacqueline Sleeper Russell _http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr)

Hi Betty, I travel to Maine quite a bit. The old small graveyard on 95 is in the Kennebunk area I believe. I have often wanted to stop and check it out, but never have. Cheryl ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:15 -0600 >From: mamiddle-request@rootsweb.com >Subject: MAMIDDLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 55 >To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Old Graveyard in Tewksbury (Betty) > 2. Beacon obits (Dennis Ahern) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:38:30 -0400 >From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> >Subject: [MAMiddle] Old Graveyard in Tewksbury >To: <MA-CEMETERIES@rootsweb.com>, <MAMiddle@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <EA8844FE7CE54FB6BA34DA99CE7D516A@betty94bfd0f73> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Hello, > >There's been an old graveyard in Tewksbury that I've wanted to walk around >for 10 years. It was so nice outside yesterday that I didn't want to walk >around inside a store. One reason I hadn't visited it before because it >is not a convenient place to park and walk in. It's at the intersection >of 2 busy streets, Main St. and Shawsheen St. (Rt. 38). Another problem >yesterday, one of the streets was closed because of flooding. And, when I >got up into the property, I saw that flooding was right up against the other >2 sides of the graveyard. 3 of the stones were within inches of the >water. > >I had thought that there might be a KIDDER stone there, and I was correct. >It was for either Jedidiah or Jeruthedah (sp?) KIDDER, and the smaller stone >for his wife, Abigail. The largest set of stones was for the THOMPSON >name. There is no obvious name for this graveyard but I can guess it >might be referred to locally as the Thompson graveyard. Some of the >usual names were there, if you know the history of Billerica (Tewksbury >annexed off in the 1730's). > >This graveyard is not in the best condition; it could use some clean-up >and making several stones stand up again. The only other visitor in the >graveyward was a "garden snake" - another sign of SPRING ! (And a flock >of ducks or geese flying down into the "swollen pond.") > >Just an FYI for you. > >Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > >(I'm on a non-genealogy Town List, and this town has had a lot of flooding - >because of its location. They were talking about the year they had as >much flooding and it was 1996. But, if my memory is working, I think >there was another spring of bad flooding a little after that. I seem to >remember that there was so much water that .. gravestones .. were being >uprooted and moving. And, in one case, some stones in possibly a cemetery >in Winchester were seen - floating away down a swollen stream. It >might have been beside the current train tracks - and those tracks were >built in early-1800's to go along the route of the "Old Middlesex Canal.") > >.. By the way, last fall I noticed an old graveyard right on the edge of >Rt. 128 in the Peabody area. And, a few weeks ago I took a Sunday-drive >on Saturday and drove to Maine. While on Rt. 95, I noticed a very tiny, >old graveyard - right alongside that major highway. Nothing was around >it. It might have been in the Falmouth or Yarmouth area. > > > > > >------------------------------ >

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Hello, There's been an old graveyard in Tewksbury that I've wanted to walk around for 10 years. It was so nice outside yesterday that I didn't want to walk around inside a store. One reason I hadn't visited it before because it is not a convenient place to park and walk in. It's at the intersection of 2 busy streets, Main St. and Shawsheen St. (Rt. 38). Another problem yesterday, one of the streets was closed because of flooding. And, when I got up into the property, I saw that flooding was right up against the other 2 sides of the graveyard. 3 of the stones were within inches of the water. I had thought that there might be a KIDDER stone there, and I was correct. It was for either Jedidiah or Jeruthedah (sp?) KIDDER, and the smaller stone for his wife, Abigail. The largest set of stones was for the THOMPSON name. There is no obvious name for this graveyard but I can guess it might be referred to locally as the Thompson graveyard. Some of the usual names were there, if you know the history of Billerica (Tewksbury annexed off in the 1730's). This graveyard is not in the best condition; it could use some clean-up and making several stones stand up again. The only other visitor in the graveyward was a "garden snake" - another sign of SPRING ! (And a flock of ducks or geese flying down into the "swollen pond.") Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (I'm on a non-genealogy Town List, and this town has had a lot of flooding - because of its location. They were talking about the year they had as much flooding and it was 1996. But, if my memory is working, I think there was another spring of bad flooding a little after that. I seem to remember that there was so much water that .. gravestones .. were being uprooted and moving. And, in one case, some stones in possibly a cemetery in Winchester were seen - floating away down a swollen stream. It might have been beside the current train tracks - and those tracks were built in early-1800's to go along the route of the "Old Middlesex Canal.") .. By the way, last fall I noticed an old graveyard right on the edge of Rt. 128 in the Peabody area. And, a few weeks ago I took a Sunday-drive on Saturday and drove to Maine. While on Rt. 95, I noticed a very tiny, old graveyard - right alongside that major highway. Nothing was around it. It might have been in the Falmouth or Yarmouth area.

betty heenetic geneanology is doing new stuff basrd in findinh cousins this is making my work in chelsea more importany because it links the mqain name to cousins and gives the jelationshipps finding thos names in my database conects paperwork In a message dated 3/10/2010 3:02:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mamiddle-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Yearbooks from Lowell High (Betty) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:40:07 -0500 From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Yearbooks from Lowell High To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <57965D7D516049E1A49458298AA3924A@betty94bfd0f73> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Gloria, I didn't look at the books. They were just sitting on a table near the front door. I wonder if "Lowell High School" has an "Alumni Office." If not, perhaps the "Pollard Library" in Lowell has a collection of the yearbooks. (In Arlington, they do have an Alumni Office which keeps old yearbooks, and they also keep a record of "alumni" which have provided them with current contact information.) Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Oren" <gloria.oren@gmail.com> To: <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Yearbooks from Lowell High > Betty, is there anything on the Longley, Sawtell, Tarbell, Prescott, > Farnsworth, Shattuck family members? > > > > Gloria Oren ------------------------------ To contact the MAMIDDLE list administrator, send an email to MAMIDDLE-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MAMIDDLE mailing list, send an email to MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MAMIDDLE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 52 ***************************************

Hello, I just checked on-line and was reminded there are genealogy meetings coming up on the 20th and 27th, both at the Chelmsford, MA, Library: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maglgc/ And the "tour of the Lowell Cemetery" (MA) should be coming up soon. It's usually posted in "The Lowell Sun" .. but only a week before. That reminds me that the "tour of the Forefather's Burial Ground" in Chelmsford should be coming up soon. I just checked and that's not till the end of April (depending on weather), but there is a "talk" on March 28. http://www.chelmhist.org/calendar.htm Meetings are coming up in March and April in Lynnfield, MA: http://www.esog.org/ Please add to the List. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I like it when "genealogy clubs" hold their meetings on Saturdays. I sincerely wish that Historical Societies in the area would hold their meetings on Saturdays. I'd bet they get a better attendance at meetings. Actually, I'd love to start-up a club with a proposed title: "Billerica and Chelmsford Morning Genealogists Group" (BCMGG) - alternating meetings on a "Wednesday morning" (for example) at the libraries once a month !! (It would include research for all the towns which annexed off of Billerica and Chelmsford during the 1700's, and the Town of Lowell annexing off just after 1800.)

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Hi Gloria, I didn't look at the books. They were just sitting on a table near the front door. I wonder if "Lowell High School" has an "Alumni Office." If not, perhaps the "Pollard Library" in Lowell has a collection of the yearbooks. (In Arlington, they do have an Alumni Office which keeps old yearbooks, and they also keep a record of "alumni" which have provided them with current contact information.) Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Oren" <gloria.oren@gmail.com> To: <MAMIDDLE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Yearbooks from Lowell High > Betty, is there anything on the Longley, Sawtell, Tarbell, Prescott, > Farnsworth, Shattuck family members? > > > > Gloria Oren

Betty, is there anything on the Longley, Sawtell, Tarbell, Prescott, Farnsworth, Shattuck family members? Gloria Oren Gloria Oren Family Connections Blog <http://gloria-familyconnections.blogspot.com/> http://gloria-familyconnections.blogspot.com Groton MA line LONGLEY Facebook group <http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34724192366> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34724192366

Hello, I was at a consignment shop in Chelmsford last week, and they had a selection of "yearbooks" from Lowell High School for sale. Maybe 8 of them, and they varied in years, from 1920's to 1950's. If anyone is interested in Lowell High School, you might want to go look at them. Or, is anyone connected to the Lowell Historical Society? I've visited this shop many times, so I know they have a selection of "old photos" on the wall behind the counter, and I think some of them are school pictures. (I have no connection to anything sold at that shop.) For those in MA, I think SPRING is near ! :o) Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. You can sometimes find old "high school year books" being sold on-line. But some Sellers have priced them too high for my thoughts.

dear edd73 Thank you for your kind attention to the dougvbrown calling series on the mamiddle@rootsweb.com message board . At present I am in transit to a new office/warehouse location in the Boston Metro-West area and all working books and notes are stored away (not assessable) and everything is disorganized, and I am not into any Brown or other family research I'm trying to find out how others are handling the commonwealth law oddities such as the suffix Junior denotes the given youngest in town and not the relation ship a non lawyer,such as myself, would miss this thus mis identifing the given subject The Ditson disposition Mar 9, 1775 is typical mix up of Ditson ID HI HI and 73's to you my friend Thank You dvb files-100304 On Mar 4, 2010, at 09:25 AM, edd73 wrote: > Hey Doug. > > Are you the Doug Brown that was interested in the Mortimer/Brown > connection up in Lab./Nfld. ? > > I am a Mortimer researcher and have found more info other then > their marriage.............Edd Sinnett > > in Florida, and formerly from Lowell.Mass. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas V Brown" > <dougvbrown@gmail.com> > To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com>; "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Cc: <mrofitz@verizon.net>; "Douglas V Brown" <dougvbrown@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:33 AM > > > --

I wasn't sure exactly what your question was in answering before. unless otherwise noted information from VRs.  Thomas Ditson born 3 Jul 1699 Billerica died Woburn 14 June 1778 a. 79y. (VRS Woburn and also Burlington which cites gravestone as Burlington not established untill 1799)  Thomas born 30 Apr 1741 Billerica baptized 17 May 1741 Burlington died 2 Sep 1828 Mason NH as Mr. Ditson 87y. per History of Town of Mason NH He would be Jr. in 1775 and the one tarred and feathered.  He was living Bedford 1778 and Billerica 1779 per deeds.  His name disappears from tax list Billerica 1784 per History of Billerica and he is on 1790 census Ashbury.  In 1818 his Rev. War pension record lists him of Ashby.  His medical treatment 1819 to 1826 is found in medical journal at Mason NH Historical Society.  Probate of his estate 1828 calls him late of Townsend.   Thomas born 31 Jan 1762 Billeirca, baptized 21 Feb 1762 Burlington death recorded Billerica 20 Feb 1782 at sea a. 20y. 20d.  He is listed in MA Soldiers and Sailors   All this is in my article published in The Essex Genealogist May, Aug, Nov 2007 Feb 2008   It would appear that Hugh born 14 Oct 1706 Billerica was the blacksheep as John Richerson alias Hugh Dittson was suspected of stealing horses and pleaded guilty he was described as a lusty stout fellow of a ruddy countenance short reddish hair and light coloured eyebrows per records at MA Archive.   Marilyn      --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Douglas V Brown <dougvbrown@gmail.com> wrote: From: Douglas V Brown <dougvbrown@gmail.com> Subject: Ditson -1775 Billerica and Wright - 1780 Woburn To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com, "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> Cc: "Douglas V Brown" <dougvbrown@gmail.com>, mrofitz@verizon.net Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 2:33 AM Hello Listers:-                             <dougvbrown calling from MA OH - OH  ........... (AU PAIR ) O-O #1   A Ditson Family Genealogist was kind enough to answer my query for more info on Thomas DITSON (1762-1782 ) and by return E-Mail,they wrote...in part "I don't have much on Thomas [DITSON ] who died 1782 age 20y. 20d."  ( No reference given ) Checking on-line   Billerica VR's to Abt 1849 -- < http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ > Deaths  Thomas DITSON  d. Feb 20, 1782 20Y 20d  at sea    hence BIRTHs  Thomas DITSON s. of Thomas and Elisabeth  b. Jan 31 1762 (this Thomas DITSON (1762-1782) became Jr (relation) and Junior (the youngest of 3 Thomas Ditson in town) holding that title until his death at age 20  1782 then his younger brother, BIRTHs  Thomas DITSON s. of Thomas and Elizabeth[-Blanchard ]  b. May 22, 1783 became Jr.(relation)and Junior (the youngest of 2 Thomas Ditson in town 1783) the other being his father Thomas2 DITSON (1741-)(Blanchard) Senior , his father ,Mr.Thomas1 DITSON (1699) died 1778 and buried in the Woburn 2nd Precinct cemetery ( Burlington current term  ) with his wife........widow  [-Flizabeth (Lawrence) d. 1790   ae 79Y? I need comments on the George M COHAN evidence O_O #2- Thomas Wright inherited land on both sides of Ridge St. from Johnson Rd to  the Hutchinson/Forest St farm at 21 Ridge St.from his grandpa Joseph Thomas Wright house was built on the corner of Ridge and High St (Wright's Corner ) Much of the Hutchinson farm was in Charlestown(Winchester Golf Course and down Forest St West Cambridge (now Arlington ) & Cambridge Farms 1642 became Lexington 1715. When Thomas Wright's son, Philemon(1760-) m. Abigail WYMAN(1782) his father gave him the north 40acres to Johnson Rd which Phil kept in fine shape The Johnson Rd ran over and down the hill to Wildwood across the Cambridge Rd to the Wildwood Cemetery (now in Winchester) The house on the corner of Cambridge Rd/Wildwood was Philemon's mother in Law Abigail(Wright) and Jonathan WYMAN Thomas died 1799 and Philemon sold the whole shebang to Thomas LOCKE and with several in-law WYMAN families headed north to Ontario Canada became subjects to the Queen and founded the town/city of HULL on the Quebec River  The Canadian Govt have statues of Philemon there and recently came with a large bronze plague placed at the LOCKE farm Ridge St Winchester  I have all this info stored away  incl a Copy of Will of Abigail(Wright)WYMAN which is available at the MA State Archives  Boston  for docket # see Ancestry.com Middlesex Probate Records  Vol I    under  M  scroll down apologies for the length and no references  for now dvb files-100303 free at the Nat'l Archives Waltham MA  open thurs nites til 9pm "

Hello Listers:- <dougvbrown calling from MA OH - OH ........... (AU PAIR ) O-O #1 A Ditson Family Genealogist was kind enough to answer my query for more info on Thomas DITSON (1762-1782 ) and by return E-Mail,they wrote...in part "I don't have much on Thomas [DITSON ] who died 1782 age 20y. 20d." ( No reference given ) Checking on-line Billerica VR's to Abt 1849 -- < http://ma- vitalrecords.org/ > Deaths Thomas DITSON d. Feb 20, 1782 20Y 20d at sea hence BIRTHs Thomas DITSON s. of Thomas and Elisabeth b. Jan 31 1762 (this Thomas DITSON (1762-1782) became Jr (relation) and Junior (the youngest of 3 Thomas Ditson in town) holding that title until his death at age 20 1782 then his younger brother, BIRTHs Thomas DITSON s. of Thomas and Elizabeth[-Blanchard ] b. May 22, 1783 became Jr.(relation)and Junior (the youngest of 2 Thomas Ditson in town 1783) the other being his father Thomas2 DITSON (1741-)(Blanchard) Senior , his father ,Mr.Thomas1 DITSON (1699) died 1778 and buried in the Woburn 2nd Precinct cemetery ( Burlington current term ) with his wife........widow [-Flizabeth (Lawrence) d. 1790 ae 79Y? I need comments on the George M COHAN evidence O_O #2- Thomas Wright inherited land on both sides of Ridge St. from Johnson Rd to the Hutchinson/Forest St farm at 21 Ridge St.from his grandpa Joseph Thomas Wright house was built on the corner of Ridge and High St (Wright's Corner ) Much of the Hutchinson farm was in Charlestown(Winchester Golf Course and down Forest St West Cambridge (now Arlington ) & Cambridge Farms 1642 became Lexington 1715. When Thomas Wright's son, Philemon(1760-) m. Abigail WYMAN(1782) his father gave him the north 40acres to Johnson Rd which Phil kept in fine shape The Johnson Rd ran over and down the hill to Wildwood across the Cambridge Rd to the Wildwood Cemetery (now in Winchester) The house on the corner of Cambridge Rd/Wildwood was Philemon's mother in Law Abigail(Wright) and Jonathan WYMAN Thomas died 1799 and Philemon sold the whole shebang to Thomas LOCKE and with several in-law WYMAN families headed north to Ontario Canada became subjects to the Queen and founded the town/city of HULL on the Quebec River The Canadian Govt have statues of Philemon there and recently came with a large bronze plague placed at the LOCKE farm Ridge St Winchester I have all this info stored away incl a Copy of Will of Abigail(Wright)WYMAN which is available at the MA State Archives Boston for docket # see Ancestry.com Middlesex Probate Records Vol I under M scroll down apologies for the length and no references for now dvb files-100303 free at the Nat'l Archives Waltham MA open thurs nites til 9pm "

I use Family Tree Builder, by MyHeritage.com...on Windows...but I think they have a Mac version? Program is great! I love it. And it is free to... -David MAINE List Administrator ------Original Message------ From: Jackisr@aol.com Sender: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com ReplyTo: mamiddle@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] OT - is anyone on list using a mac and usinggenealogysoftware Sent: Mar 2, 2010 11:51 AM Thanks for your reply. This info is not for me - I have a new pc and would never switch to a mac because I am so used to a pc. This is information I am hoping to get for people who contact me for help with genealogy research - my first question to them is what kind of software do you have and lately ran into people with mac's and didn't know what to tell them. Jacqueline Sleeper Russell _http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr) In a message dated 3/2/2010 8:47:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, chwarwick@charter.net writes: I got a MAC for Christmas (and run XP on my Alienware PC......which did *not* need to be replaced! LOL) So I have *both* platforms. I have been doing my Genealogy on my PC as it has my old Family Tree Maker and I just updated my copy of Legacy so that I could go thru my Family File and clean up my Locations and Sources in the hopes of Exporting the File to the MAC. I have found one Genealogy program called MacFamilyTree which has a lot of 3D graphics and is amazingly cool. Dunno how hard it is going to be to learn, though. I hear excellent reveiws on Reunions which is THE top-rated Genealogy app for MAC. It is $99.95 so I have not tried that one yet, but imagine I will, in the end. Try the MacTamily Tree and see if you like it. It is very different from anythig I have ever had on my PC. If you don't like that, I would suggest Reunions if you want to put out the mony. I think MacFamilyTree was betwen $39 and $59 or so... Good luck. I have been Googling for a good Genealogy app for my MAC ever since Christmas and these are the two best I have found. Let me know if you find anything else that you like. To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message “It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts...it is to teach them to think" - Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977)

There are several resources for this OT subject which you might want to explore. The first is a message board: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software/mb.ashx and the second is mailing lists. http://bigfile.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listsearch Karen

Says nothing about being mac compatible. Out of curiosity does it make genealogy reports like FAMILY TREE MAKER does? example: Descendants of GEORGE WASHINGTON RUSSELL Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON7 RUSSELL (JAMES6, JAMES5, JAMES4, WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born August 09, 1809 in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died January 21, 1893 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married (1) SUSAN MARIA FAULKNER January 01, 1835, daughter of NATHANIEL FAULKNER and SUSANNA COX. She was born May 18, 1812 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died December 11, 1847 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (2) CATHERINE EMILY SMITH May 16, 1849 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of SOLOMON SMITH and CATHERINE FAULKNER. She was born October 31, 1825 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died October 27, 1861 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married (3) LYDIA BIGELOW BAKER June 20, 1865 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of JAMES BAKER and LYDIA GOULDING. She was born March 15, 1819 in Phillipston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died August 27, 1903 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and SUSAN FAULKNER are: i. GEORGE FAULKNER8 RUSSELL, b. December 25, 1835, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. January 24, 1837, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ii. JAMES WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. June 10, 1837, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. January 19, 1902, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; m. (1) RACHEL A. THOMPSON, May 12, 1863; b. Abt. 1838, Embden, Somerset County, Maine; d. December 16, 1864, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. (2) PLUMA NANCY FOWLER, February 17, 1869, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; b. January 10, 1847, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. iii. FRANCES JANE RUSSELL, b. November 29, 1838, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. March 12, 1840, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. iv. FRANCIS FAULKNER RUSSELL, b. February 04, 1841, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. April 17, 1894, Springfield, Hamden County, Massachusetts. v. SUSAN MARIA FAULKNER RUSSELL, b. September 22, 1847, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. August 26, 1848, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and CATHERINE SMITH are: vi. GEORGE ALBERT8 RUSSELL, b. April 12, 1851, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. December 12, 1856, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. vii. HENRY MARTIN RUSSELL, b. August 15, 1852, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. August 29, 1854, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 2. viii. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ix. EDWARD SMITH RUSSELL, b. October 03, 1861, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Generation No. 2 2. HERBERT JOHN8 RUSSELL (GEORGE WASHINGTON7, JAMES6, JAMES5, JAMES4, WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born November 17, 1855 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died December 30, 1934 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (1) KATHARINE ADELE FIELD March 02, 1885 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of CHARLES FIELD and ELIZABETH BEAGARY. She was born July 03, 1860 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died August 17, 1910 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (2) LILLIE ANN "LILLIAN" HANSON 1915 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of CHARLES HANSON and ELIZA HAZALL. She was born November 08, 1868 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and died December 21, 1932 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of HERBERT RUSSELL and KATHARINE FIELD are: i. MIRIAM9 RUSSELL, b. November 16, 1887, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. July 10, 1979, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York; m. RICHARD CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER, October 04, 1915, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. May 09, 1887, Worcester, Worcester, County, Massachusetts; d. February 21, 1919, New York City, New York. ii. RAYMOND FIELD RUSSELL, b. February 19, 1891, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. March 06, 1949, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. ETHEL MAY SLEEPER, January 23, 1918, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; b. January 22, 1892, Cookshire, Compton County, Quebec, Canada; d. August 28, 1986, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. Jacqueline Sleeper Russell _http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr) In a message dated 3/2/2010 12:19:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, foodservwa@msn.com writes: Hello Jacqueline et al, I settled on TMG back in 2003, and have not looked back. Their support has been amazing. The Master Genealogist http://www.whollygenes.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?screen=TMG

Hello Jacquline, Even Better, that is why I am so satisified. Contact TMG online,regarding MAC compatibility. Regards. Charles -----Original Message----- From: mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mamiddle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jackisr@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:28 PM To: mamiddle@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] OT is anyone using a mac and HAPPY with their genealogy softwa Says nothing about being mac compatible. Out of curiosity does it make genealogy reports like FAMILY TREE MAKER does? example: Descendants of GEORGE WASHINGTON RUSSELL Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON7 RUSSELL (JAMES6, JAMES5, JAMES4, WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born August 09, 1809 in Carlisle, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died January 21, 1893 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married (1) SUSAN MARIA FAULKNER January 01, 1835, daughter of NATHANIEL FAULKNER and SUSANNA COX. She was born May 18, 1812 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died December 11, 1847 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (2) CATHERINE EMILY SMITH May 16, 1849 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of SOLOMON SMITH and CATHERINE FAULKNER. She was born October 31, 1825 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died October 27, 1861 in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married (3) LYDIA BIGELOW BAKER June 20, 1865 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of JAMES BAKER and LYDIA GOULDING. She was born March 15, 1819 in Phillipston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died August 27, 1903 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and SUSAN FAULKNER are: i. GEORGE FAULKNER8 RUSSELL, b. December 25, 1835, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. January 24, 1837, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ii. JAMES WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. June 10, 1837, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. January 19, 1902, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; m. (1) RACHEL A. THOMPSON, May 12, 1863; b. Abt. 1838, Embden, Somerset County, Maine; d. December 16, 1864, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. (2) PLUMA NANCY FOWLER, February 17, 1869, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; b. January 10, 1847, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. iii. FRANCES JANE RUSSELL, b. November 29, 1838, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. March 12, 1840, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. iv. FRANCIS FAULKNER RUSSELL, b. February 04, 1841, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. April 17, 1894, Springfield, Hamden County, Massachusetts. v. SUSAN MARIA FAULKNER RUSSELL, b. September 22, 1847, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. August 26, 1848, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of GEORGE RUSSELL and CATHERINE SMITH are: vi. GEORGE ALBERT8 RUSSELL, b. April 12, 1851, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. December 12, 1856, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. vii. HENRY MARTIN RUSSELL, b. August 15, 1852, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. August 29, 1854, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. 2. viii. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ix. EDWARD SMITH RUSSELL, b. October 03, 1861, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Generation No. 2 2. HERBERT JOHN8 RUSSELL (GEORGE WASHINGTON7, JAMES6, JAMES5, JAMES4, WILLIAM3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born November 17, 1855 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died December 30, 1934 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (1) KATHARINE ADELE FIELD March 02, 1885 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of CHARLES FIELD and ELIZABETH BEAGARY. She was born July 03, 1860 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died August 17, 1910 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married (2) LILLIE ANN "LILLIAN" HANSON 1915 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, daughter of CHARLES HANSON and ELIZA HAZALL. She was born November 08, 1868 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and died December 21, 1932 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of HERBERT RUSSELL and KATHARINE FIELD are: i. MIRIAM9 RUSSELL, b. November 16, 1887, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. July 10, 1979, Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York; m. RICHARD CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER, October 04, 1915, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. May 09, 1887, Worcester, Worcester, County, Massachusetts; d. February 21, 1919, New York City, New York. ii. RAYMOND FIELD RUSSELL, b. February 19, 1891, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. March 06, 1949, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. ETHEL MAY SLEEPER, January 23, 1918, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida; b. January 22, 1892, Cookshire, Compton County, Quebec, Canada; d. August 28, 1986, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. Jacqueline Sleeper Russell _http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr_ (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jacquelinesr) In a message dated 3/2/2010 12:19:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, foodservwa@msn.com writes: Hello Jacqueline et al, I settled on TMG back in 2003, and have not looked back. Their support has been amazing. 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