Hello Listers: <dougvbrown calling from MA> A.- Old Business #1.- My understanding,now, from the Bob Carroll and DougvBrown recent reports on this mamiddle@rootsweb.com list <see Vol 5 -26 and 28 > that Bond's <circa 1850 > SEESAY of Mary Browne dob and parentage had contradictions. #2- My understanding of Bond's 1850 SEESAY copy of the Watertown town clerk's HEARSAY copy of the Informer's 1650 SEESAY of Mary Browne Birth: ABT 1630 in Hawkedon, ENG and Married: 10 APR 1650 -John Lewis b: ABT 1610 in WALES and Mary Browne parentage Father: Abraham Browne b: ABT 1585 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, ENG. Mother: Lydia Unknown b: ABT 1600 in ENG .........<see Note 1 below> #3-My understanding of Bond's 1850 SEESAY copy of the English town clerk's HEARSAY copy of of the Informer's 1624/25 SEESAY of Mary Browne dob and parentage b1624/25 dau of Abraham and Joan Shelton -Joan died 1628 ENG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NOTE ONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note 1 to understand the 1850 Middlesex town fathers < VR's to about 1849 dilemma > see the New England Historical and Genealogy Society ( NEHGS -Boston ) PREFACE to the Malden MA VR's to about 1849 THE GREAT VR's to 1849 PHASE OUT BEGINS - Malden,MA Mayor Farnum and Historian DP COREY Report 1908 B.- New Business #1.- The Malden, MA Historian DP COREY 1908 Report ONLINE at John Slaughter's SEESAY copy of the New England Historical and Genealogy Society ( NEHGS -Boston ) PREFACE to the Malden MA VR's to about 1849 PLEASE READ "Saved me a lot of angst in family tree searchs" --dougvbrown GO TO:: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ Step #1- CLICK ON TOWNS >> TO NEXT PAGE Step#2- SCROLL DOWN TO MIDDLESEX CO towns AND DOUBLE CLICK ON MALDEN >> TO NEXT PAGE Step#3-CLICK ANY BMD NAME GROUP >>TO NEXT PAGE Step#4= GO TO COLUUMN TO RIGHT OF SURNAME DATA AND CLICK ABBREVS, AGAIN IF NEEDED, >>to NEXT PAGE Step#5-TOP OF PAGE, EXPLANATION, CLICK THE PREFACE >> TO NEXT PAGE Step#6 READ the SOURCES OF MOST VR's DATA CONTRADICTIONS AND MR EMERY'S "SAVE THE UNREADABLE" INVENTION USED TODAY WOW dougvbrown files- 100209