Wait, I've been doing research on the NEHGS site, and I only found the bmd records through 1910. I didn't see any mention of them having mroe bmd records than they have online. I know the Mormons have the indexes filmed through the 1940's or something. Not the 1970's. But I did just send them an e-mail, describing what I want done and asking for referrals. I'm sure they'll let me know if they have the means to research it for me. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Sweet-Hart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] need to find researcher in Boston > Dear Dora: > > Boston has the oldest genealogical society in the country, The New England > Historic Genealogical Society, est. 1847. Their website is > www.newenglandancestors.org. They have the vital records indexes through > the 1950s for births, and through the 1970s for marriages and deaths. > Someone could look up the citation in the index and your best (and > cheapest) > bet would be to write to the individual town/city hall for the certificate > if it is found in the index. Otherwise, you will be incurring costs for > someone to go to the Mass. Vital Records office, pay $9 per hour to look > through the records, etc., and get a certified copy (the only type they > issue) for $18 on-site. Via mail the certificates from the Vital Records > office are $29.00. > > Ancestry.com has Massachusetts deaths to 1970. Have you tried the SSDI to > ascertain her death? I'm assuming that if you are looking in 5 counties > near Northhampton, you would be looking in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, > Hampden, and Worcester. Have you tried genealogical societies or USGenWeb > sites for those counties in Massachusetts (www.usgenweb.org)? > > Best of luck in your search. I am sorry that you have had no luck in your > contacts. > > Christine Sweet-Hart, CG > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dora Smith > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MASUFFOL] need to find researcher in Boston > > I need to find a researcher to do a fairly extensive lookup in the state > vital records office for me. > > I tried one of the national genealogical society web sites, and noone I > contacted has gotten back to me. They all seemed a bit high fallutin for > the sort of research I want, with published books and all that. I don't > want my famous family researched, I need my mother in law's mother's death > or marriage record in five counties near Northampton sometime since 1946, > sometime in the next couple of weeks. I need a researcher who bothers > with > > that kind of thing. > > I called the Boston public library, and spoke to someone in the social > sciences section as apparently the Boston public library doesn't have > enough > > genealogical material to merit a separate genealogy section. Librarian > said we don't maintain any list of researchers, I have to look on one of > two > web sites of national genealogical associations, and what is more, Boston > doesn't even have a local genealogical society! I mean, come on, even > Austin, Texas, has one of them. > > Can someone please recommend someone who can do my lookup. Thanks! > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > [email protected] > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006