I might also add, if you are posting to the list for a lookup on the NEHGS website, www.newenglandancestors.org, for what the actual image shows, indicate that the source for your entry is the free Mass Archives database. The NEHGS and Mass Archives databases came from the same scanning process. Mass Archives folks made corrections to some of their database entries and NEHGS volunteers have and are making corrections to their database entries. I have personally made over 10,000 corrections to the NEHGS database and I'm not the only one doing it. The databases no longer match and your Mass Archives entries might be quite different from the NEHGS entry due to column shifts, clerks mistyping town names (I just changed a Darmouth entry to the correct town of Yarmouth), and scanning errors. Sue Richart NEHGS Volunteer On 8/24/07, Jackbowkwrote: > > The MA Archives has an ongoing project to put all VRs from 1841 - 1915 > on-line. Try the following link. Note the Marriage records are not yet > available > and there is no 'fuzzy' searching capability. Thus, other than > specifying a > span of years to search, your request will be searched exactly. > > _Vital Records Search_ > (http://www.sec.state.ma.us/vitalrecordssearch/VitalRecordsSearch.aspx) > > > Jack > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Susan, I tried looking for this family in earlier and later years but couldn't find a good match. Is mother Ann (Reynolds) Cook, the woman who died in Boston 1893? I was looking for the 1900 census to see if Mary Ann had siblings that you might find their obituaries and obtain her married name that way. I have access to the Worcester Massachusetts library if I can help you. Cheryl Also, a question about the obituary you looked up in Boston. Were those records online? I am looking for the obituary of Thomas Vaughan died March 29, 1914 in Boston but was buried in early April as his wife lived in Worcester and he lived in Everett. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi - for your first question. I have most of that family pinned down. Yes, her mother was Ann Reynolds, good work. James returned to Ireland, presumably to return his daughter to his family to raise, and then went back to the US to work some more. But he returned to Ireland and married there, and is in the 1901 census with Mary Ann born in the USA. It took me ages to find her birth - I finally made the connection through a naturalization paper that listed the town he was living in, which matched her place of birth. This is the family group online: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cullivan01&id=I3828 I at first thought Mary Anne married James Heslin, but I obtained the marriage record later and it was the wrong Mary Anne, so I corrected my records on my PC, but have to update the web site. Re the second question - if you have a membership to the Boston Public Library, you can look up old copies of the Boston Globe online, through 1924 I think. Searching for a name doesn't always work, so it helps to have a date of death. I search the collection by date and the word "deaths" and the obituary pages show up (among others). You can save the images as PDF files. If you are a MA resident, you can obtain a library card for free. I use my brother's since I am out of state. Do you need me to look this up, or do you have access? Susan On 8/24/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Susan, > I tried looking for this family in earlier and later years but couldn't find > a good match. Is mother Ann (Reynolds) Cook, the woman who died in Boston > 1893? I was looking for the 1900 census to see if Mary Ann had siblings that > you might find their obituaries and obtain her married name that way. I have > access to the Worcester Massachusetts library if I can help you. > Cheryl > > Also, a question about the obituary you looked up in Boston. Were those > records online? I am looking for the obituary of Thomas Vaughan died March 29, > 1914 in Boston but was buried in early April as his wife lived in Worcester > and he lived in Everett. > >

Who are you looking for named Hall in Mass? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Hall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:35 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] User-contributed Databases at RootsWeb >I searched both of these databases, but when I chose surname "Hall" in >"MA - > All counties", all I got were records from Arkansas! I think these db's > need > some work... > > Jeff > > Jeff Hall > Amherst, New Hampshire, New England, USA > HALL DNA project Family 2 - Kit Number 33260: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > Deacon RICHARD HALL of Hull(-1670), Haverhill(1670-1673), and > Bradford(1673-1730), Massachusetts project: > http://www.designscience.com/Genealogy/richardhall/ > > RE: > > http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > The following databases have come online recently. > They are searchable, but not browseable. > > Search: To look for specific data or occurrence of text in a file. > Browse: To view the entire contents of a file or a group of files. > > MASSACHUSETTS. Suffolk County. Index to probate records, 1636-1896, > selected surnames only. 256 records. > Maureen Graves Anderson. > http://userdb.rootsweb.com/courtrecords/ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This was the SSDI: Name: Mary McKeon SSN: 014-40-3072 Last Residence: 02173 Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America Born: 17 Jun 1886 Died: Jul 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (1965 ) So I would say you have proved it is not my Mary! Thank you for the extra pair of eyes! Now I need to figure out who Mary really married between 1911 and 1920. Susan On 8/24/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > _Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003_ > (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7457&enc=1) > about Mary McKeon > Name: <HLT Certificate: 037432 Death Place: Chelmsford Death Date: 14 > Jul 1976 Birth Place: Louisiana > Susan, Is the record for Mary McKeon that you are searching? This Mary > doesn't seem to be the same Mary married to Thomas, mother of John. > Cheryl > >

_Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003_ (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7457&enc=1) about Mary McKeon Name: <HLT Certificate: 037432 Death Place: Chelmsford Death Date: 14 Jul 1976 Birth Place: Louisiana Susan, Is the record for Mary McKeon that you are searching? This Mary doesn't seem to be the same Mary married to Thomas, mother of John. Cheryl ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

At 01:09 PM 8/20/2007, you wrote: >While correcting the NEHGS database, this entry caught my eye because of the >place of marriage. I'm sitting here wondering why a couple born in Chelsea >and Roxbury, respectively, go to Detroit to get married and it is recorded >in Woburn. In 1910 they are in Detroit where Eugene works as an electrician for an autoworks. Maybe in 1908 one or both had already established a home in Detroit. Just guessing. . .

They probably wanted to be certain that they wouldn't have any legal problems later. If it's recorded locally to where they perhaps were planning to live, they might not have any difficulties with other legal issues. Say credit, or children's births, etc. My own marriage is recorded in two countries: where we were living (my country of birth), and the country of my husband's birth. And not the state I was born in, but the one I grew up in. Cheers, Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Richart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:09 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] 1908 Marriage of Young and Kimball in Detroit > While correcting the NEHGS database, this entry caught my eye because of > the > place of marriage. I'm sitting here wondering why a couple born in > Chelsea > and Roxbury, respectively, go to Detroit to get married and it is recorded > in Woburn. > > Sue Richart > NEHGS Volunteer > > 1908 volume 579 page 733 Item 123, June 24, 1908, Woburn Town records, > place of marriage Detroit, Michigan, > > Groom: Eugene Burnham Young, age 21, 1st marr, address 11 Holton St, occ > Electrician, place of birth Chelsea, mass, father Edwin G Young, mother > Jennie A Quint, > > Bride: Dora Ethel Kimball, age 20, 1st marr, address 27 Nashua, St, occ > Stenographer, place of birth Roxbury, Mass, father Wilton Kimball, mother > Etta Gilmore. > > Minister performing the service: Rev. J.L. Gardener of Detroit, Michigan, > recorded July 7, 1908 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Sue- Maybe the minister was a relative, and they went there for him to marry them? Ann.

I have found a Mary A Cook in the 1910 census as a nursing student at the Catholic Carney Hospital in Dorchester. I believe she is the daughter of James Cooke and Ann Reynolds (both born in Ireland), born 17 Jun 1886 in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, full name Mary Ann Cook(e). Searching the SSDI, I found a Mary McKeon with the same birth date, SSN obtained in Massachusetts. I wonder if perhaps this may be my Mary, and she married a McKeon. (Huge odds, I know.) The January 1920 census shows a Thomas McKeon with a Mary McKeon, wife, who was born to Irish parents, in Massachusetts, and they had a 6 year old son, John J. They were boarders in Somerville. The April 1930 census says they married at age 23, about 1911, since they claimed to be age 42. Their son was now 17. (They are not in the 1910 vital records.) I do not know what town or county they may have married in. Most of the Cookes lived in Suffolk or Middlesex counties. I would like to find out which Mary Thomas McKeon married. And if it isn't the right one, I would like to find out who my Mary married after 1910. She cannot be found in the 1920 or 1930 census. I can't wait until the vital records go up to 1915 online!! But until then, a lookup would be appreciated. Thank you, Susan Daily Missouri

While correcting the NEHGS database, this entry caught my eye because of the place of marriage. I'm sitting here wondering why a couple born in Chelsea and Roxbury, respectively, go to Detroit to get married and it is recorded in Woburn. Sue Richart NEHGS Volunteer 1908 volume 579 page 733 Item 123, June 24, 1908, Woburn Town records, place of marriage Detroit, Michigan, Groom: Eugene Burnham Young, age 21, 1st marr, address 11 Holton St, occ Electrician, place of birth Chelsea, mass, father Edwin G Young, mother Jennie A Quint, Bride: Dora Ethel Kimball, age 20, 1st marr, address 27 Nashua, St, occ Stenographer, place of birth Roxbury, Mass, father Wilton Kimball, mother Etta Gilmore. Minister performing the service: Rev. J.L. Gardener of Detroit, Michigan, recorded July 7, 1908

Recent repairs of column shifts and image problems effecting the NEHGS Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 on-line database ( www.newenglandancestors.org). 1891-1895 Births scanning error effecting surname Adams for Adams entries with first names of William and Winfred. 1884 Marriages volume 352 images shifted effecting West Springfield and Wilbraham pages 478 through 481. The image for 481 will be listed for re-scan, if it exists. Page 480 looks pretty torn, so I'm not sure page 481 (last page in volume) still exists. Reported to webmaster and he should have it repaired this week. 1889 Marriages volume 398 image corrections: 398 10 Enfield image corrected by webmaster Page 460 to 470, (Rockland to Whitman) images had shifted, corrected by webmaster, images 460 and 470 not available and are listed to be rescanned. There was a third page of South Hadley marriages that are listed as volume 6 pg 751. Suspect the webmaster will have the image name corrected later this week. 1897 Marriages volume 469 mostly Berkshire and Bristol entries. I've connected the first valid entry for a number of pages between 119 and 213. Pages 1-98 (Barnstable and Berkshire entries) are not on server. Sincerely, Sue Richart NEHGS Volunteer

Capen Geo. W. Canton 1853 73 200 Birth Vol: 73 ; Page: 200; No. 85, Jan 15, 1853 , Geo. W. Capen, Male, b. Canton, Geo. F. & Susan J., res. Canton, Dentist, parents both born Canton Knowlton Almira Blanche Boston 1865 179 92 Birth Image is not available Capen Susan J. (Hill) Canton 1888 392 278 Death Vol: 392 ; Page: 278; No. 4, January 7, 1888, Susan J. Capen (Hill), Female, Married, age 57y 11m 2d, Phthisis, d. Canton, [no occupation], b. Canton, parents Washington Hill (b. Canton) & Lydia French (b. Duxbury, MA) The father appears to have remarried: Vol: 398 ; Page: 339; no. 44 Nov. 27, 1889 George F. Capen, res Canton, 65, Dentist, b. Canton, Ephraim & Millie (Capen), Second Augusta Sawyer, canton, 20, [none], b. Canton, Freeman J. & Augusta (Picker), First M. B. Taylor, Clergyman, Canton The Canton and Duxbury vital records to 1850 are also online at NewEnglandAncestors.org (costs $75 per annual subscription to join). I just noticed the marriage below was also recorded in Canton. (The one below was for the Boston volume.) The Canton record (Vol: 490 ; Page: 25) lists their middle names as Blanche and Walter. She lives in E. Boston, and was born in E. Boston. And the Clergyman was from E. Boston. The wedding took place in Boston. On 8/14/07, Susan Daily <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a trasnscription from the original marriage record viewed at > NewEnglandAncestors.org. Would you like their birth records? > > 1899, Vol: 491 ; Page: 84 > No. 1499 Apr 19, registered Apr 20 > George W. Capen, Res. "Canton" Chapman & Washington, age 46, > Architect, b. Canton, parents George F. Capen & Susan J. Hill, First > marriage > Almena B. Knowlton, Lexington St., 34, Stenographer, b. Boston, Joseph > S. Knowlton & Mary Morgan, First mar. > Clergyman Francis W. Sprague, 469 Meridian St., Boston. > > On 8/14/07, Harold Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Searching for any information available on George Walter Capen who married Almena B. Knowlton. Marriage was on 19 Apr 1899 in East Boston, MA. George was probably from Canton or Stoughton, MA. >

Here is a trasnscription from the original marriage record viewed at NewEnglandAncestors.org. Would you like their birth records? 1899, Vol: 491 ; Page: 84 No. 1499 Apr 19, registered Apr 20 George W. Capen, Res. "Canton" Chapman & Washington, age 46, Architect, b. Canton, parents George F. Capen & Susan J. Hill, First marriage Almena B. Knowlton, Lexington St., 34, Stenographer, b. Boston, Joseph S. Knowlton & Mary Morgan, First mar. Clergyman Francis W. Sprague, 469 Meridian St., Boston. On 8/14/07, Harold Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Searching for any information available on George Walter Capen who married Almena B. Knowlton. Marriage was on 19 Apr 1899 in East Boston, MA. George was probably from Canton or Stoughton, MA.

Searching for any information available on George Walter Capen who married Almena B. Knowlton. Marriage was on 19 Apr 1899 in East Boston, MA. George was probably from Canton or Stoughton, MA. Robby Robinson An 'old' yankee in the 'Heart of Dixie' [email protected]

Hi all, Marion appears in the 1930 census as the "daughter" age 12, of Michael Joseph Noonan and Rose Ann "Rosa" Cooke, living at 33 Goldsmith in Jamaica Plain, Boston. Marion is not in the 1920 census. She may have been adopted, or was a foster child. Other relatives do not recall Rosa having any children, and she left her possessions to her niece after her death, so I doubt Marion was in the picture any more. I only find Marion in this census, and don't know anything more than that. The 1930 census says Marion was born in Massachusetts and that her parents were born in Ireland, but whether that is because Rose and Michael were born in Ireland, and the census taker assumed that, I don't know. I thought I'd throw the name out on these lists, in case anyone had a "Marion R." that they knew might have been in foster care or adopted in the Boston area. Susan

Recent repairs of column shifts effecting the NEHGS Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 on-line database (www.newenglandancestors.org). 1861-1865 Marriages index page or pages missing. Prior index page ends with John Finton and next available index page starts with Abbie M. Fisher. Missing surnames includes, at least, Fish. Reported to the webmaster. 1861-1865 Two marriages index pages were not digitized. Missing names start with John Herlihy and end with Melvina C Hervey. I do have these images and expect those names will be added within a couple of weeks by the webmaster. Email me if you are looking for an entry that might be in this bunch. My thanks to Linda Edelstein for finding these two sets of missing index pages. 1878 Marriages Barnstable, Berkshire, and Bristol volume 301 pages 1-125. Images from Boston Marriages (volume 300) were placed over the top of the first 125 pages of volume 301. The webmaster has added these to the re-scan list. 1886-1890 Marriages scanning error effecting surname Ashcroft. 1896-1900 Marriages scanning error effecting surname Cruickshank. 1898 Deaths vol 482 (Barnstable) images for pages 1 and 2 were reversed, corrected by webmaster. Sincerely, Sue Richart NEHGS Volunteer

Pat.... Thank you very much for the prompt response and info. Much appreciated. Ralph Clouse, Sacramento ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

It's part of the Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery, 2659 Centre St., West Roxbury, MA. HTH, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 3:54 PM Subject: [MASUFFOL] Mishkan Tefila Cemetery > I'm trying to locate the address and telephone number for Mishkan Tefila > Cemetery in West Roxbury in an attempt to find the date of death for > Abraham > SACHS. > > Can anyone help me with this? > > Thanks, > > Ralph Clouse, Sacramento > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.11.6/938 - Release Date: 8/5/2007 > 4:16 PM > >

Sue, As I understand it the VR held by NEHGS only go to a certaain year. The BPL only requires a library card which costs about a dollar. Their Microtext dept has City registers and many newspaper archives. May well be worth looking into. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Richart<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston Don, I'll see how it goes. If Aunt Pat takes to doing research, I'll cover her NEHGS membership cost. Just having easy access to the MVR index books is worth the membership cost. Add to that the city directory microfilms and you have a real benefit. Again, I appreciate the advice. Sue On 8/5/07, donsylvester wrote: > > The NEHGS has a daily rate for the use of research libraries. Last time I > used the resources for a day the cost was $10. The current rate may be > shown on thier website > > Don Sylvester > Madbury, NH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pat" > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston > > > > Addendum: The Boston Public Library is a big place. They have two > > restaurants in there. I think the librarians would help her or at least > > steer her in the right direction. I've been in there, but never to do > > genealogical research. There is also the NEHGS (New England Historical > > Genealogical Society). I don't know if you can do research there if > > you're > > not a member. You could find out or I could find out for you. > > Memberships > > cost $75.00 yearly. There is also the Massachusetts Historical Society. > > I've never been in there, so I can't tell you what it's like. > > > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue Richart" > > > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:36 PM > > Subject: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston > > > > > > >> > >> Aunt Pat and I have spoken about my research on her mother. She has > >> mentioned maybe going downtown to look for more about her. I'm mostly > >> looking for the best place to send an older woman who isn't > knowledgeable > >> about research, but really needs something to focus on and to keep > >> interested in life. I can come up with specific research topics to keep > >> her > >> engaged if that is her choice. Her parents immigrated from Ireland > >> (Counties > >> Galway and Cork), met and married in Boston, and lived there all of > their > >> lives, so there will be plenty to do. My thought is to direct her to > the > >> main Boston Public Library, but I've never been in it. Would it be a > >> good > >> choice? Or would there be a better choice? > >> > >> A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message