My great grandmother was allegedly a bootlegger, her son recounted stories of having to testify in court that "my mom was a good person." I am assuming this was the late 1920's or 30's. Does anyone have any idea where court records for this time frame are and how accessible they are? Thanks, Mary in Arizona --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

Call into a free teleconference phone session on Monday June 26 at 8pm EST to hear about the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the Professional Management Conference (PMC) held in conjunction with the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference. Each year, the APG PMC provides a unique seminar program for practicing professionals, as well as experienced researchers who want to turn pro. Presenters from the 2006 PMC roster will provide more information on the PMC program, and answer questions in this live phone conference session. The early registration discount deadline for the 2006 PMC in Boston is July 1, and just around the corner! Don't miss this opportunity for a preview of how the PMC can jump-start your professional opportunities. The 9th annual PMC in Boston, Massachusetts will be held on August 30, 2006 at the Hynes Covention Center http://apgen.org/conferences/index.html Whether you are thinking about becoming a professional genealogist or would like to improve your professional skills, the APG PMC provides expertise, motivational speakers and a powerful network of professionals. Even if you can't attend the 2006 PMC in Boston, you could be planning for the 2007 PMC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Take advantage of this teleconference session to find out more! To register for this June 26 teleconference phone session, send an email to [email protected] with "PMC teleconference" in the subject line as well as your name, telephone number and time zone in the email message. You will be sent an email with the telephone number to call and a PIN number to enter. Long distance charges may apply depending on your phone service plan. Join us! Sharon Sergeant ancestralmanor.com

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Hello This is a followup message to help with FAQs - This is not old news, it is yet another immediate incentive to remove vital records in Massachusetts from public records. Researchers who are not Massachusetts residents, but do rely on genealogical resources in Massachusetts are urged to contact the sponsors of these bills and remind them of the tourist dollars generated by out of state researchers. The August 30 - Sept 2 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference logo is a good reminder that this event brings the world to Boston: FGS NEHGS - Birthplace of American Genealogy - Boston 2006 http://www.fgs.org/2006conf/FGS-2006.htm [don't forget that July 1 early registration savings!] If you have living-voting relatives in Masachusetts, contact them also. Identity Theft is a serious problem. The credit card industry lapses are decades old, but are now a larger problem with the easy stealing of large government and commercial databases, as well as the proliferation of counterfeit documents. However, vital records is not the cause. And even the measures that are now used to thwart thieves by checking them out in public records would be closed - so criminals will be harder to detect. Ask the hard questions - why focus on a potentially small problem and not address the big problems? MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL (MGC) P.O. Box 5393 Cochituate, MA 01778 www.massgencouncil.org ALERT ALERT ALERT MGC urges all genealogists who care about access to vital records to act now! Legislative bills (H-3642, H-3643, and H-3644, petitioned by Plymouth Rep. Thomas J. O’Brien, et al.), currently pending in the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee, are being pushed for passage within two weeks. They will close public records that have been open for nearly 400 years as well as the indexes to them. We all must contact our Massachusetts state Representatives and Senators to oppose these three (O’Brien) bills for the following reasons: The bills call for restricting access to all birth records since 1915 and all marriage and death records since 1955. These records are currently open public records and are the entry point for genealogical and medical history research. Restricting public access to the indexes of these records is unprecedented. It will deny use by all non-governmental individuals: researchers in genealogy, medical history, probate heirs, banks, journalists, and historians. Contact should be made immediately. We stopped these bills in 2003 – but now support for them in the legislature is formidable. If YOU don’t speak now, these bills will change the face of genealogy in Massachusetts and beyond. MOST EFFECTIVE: a signed letter with your reasons for opposing these closures, using your own words. To view a sample letter for your legislators, click here http://home.comcast.net/~massgencouncil/ConstituentLetter.htm ALSO: telephone calls, face to face meetings, and e-mails. SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: urge your sympathetic relatives, friends, neighbors, and the professionals listed above to do the same. Contact information for your representatives and senators is available at: http://www.mass.gov/legis/ your town clerk the state house at (617) 722-2000 the postal address is: Representative (or Senator) _______, State House, Room _______, Boston, MA 02133. If you have any questions, please respond to Sharon Sergeant, MGC Director of Programs, and member of the MGC Civil Records Committee or visit our website at www.massgencouncil.org

Alison phoned me yesterday to let me know that her computer will be out-of-service for an unknown period of time. She also asked if I would relay this message to other listers who may want to contact her. Marcia

This is my first email posting, so forgive me if I do this wrong. I'm trying to research my husband's family tree (David Andrew Carlson). All four of his grandparents came from Sweden. I'm sure you know that Swedish surnames changed every generation (to the father's first name followed by "son" or "dotter"), so this has made it signifcantly difficult to trace it. However I haven't done badly. His four grandparents were Erik Bertel Carlson (whose father also came to Worcester and was called Carl Pearson), Hilma Theresa Lundberg, Andrew W. Hagstrom and Edla Cecilia Hellberg, all around the beginning of the 20th century. Knowing just this, I went to Salt Lake City (Family History Library) and actually now know all of the great-grandparents names as well as some of their birthdates and some of the great-great-grandparents names. I'm not asking for information on these names directly (although if you have information, I'd love to have it). What I'd like, instead, is WHY they chose to come to Worcester area when they immigrated. This is a more general question. Does anyone know the history of the Swedish immigration to Worcester (including Boylston, which is where many of them ended up) and why they chose to come to Worcester? For a lot of them, the reason was simply "because that's where their relatives went". But eventually, you get back to the first set of Swedish immigrants, and you can't use that argument anymore. So WHY did they choose Worcester, over some other locality? Andrew W. Hagstrom has been exceedingly difficult to trace: He changed his name when he got to the USA from Anders Anderson, plus, he seems to have "immigrated" three times, once in 1891 (which I still can't locate), once in 1897 (thru Philadelphia, I have this immigration AND emigration record), and again in 1906 (don't have this record, though I have Swedish records documenting the move) right before his wife and two baby sons immigrated, following him to Worcester (I have this immigration and emigration record). I also know that he was in the Spanish American War around 1898 out of Butte Montana and I have a couple of records from Butte as well. But I can't figure out WHY he moved to Butte, nor why he chose to go back to Sweden to get married, nor why he came over the first time in 1891 (I'm GUESSING that his father was upset because his 14-year-old sister ran away to America and he told him "Go find your sister and bring her back", because he DID bring her back in 1897 then they both again departed for America again in 1897, that's the record I DID find). Anyway, enough rambling. PS, I do NOT have ready access to Internet, so there may be up to a week of delay before any reply to/from me because we're moving constantly. I'll be back in NH/MA area in middle of August. Email works, just don't expect immediate replies. Diana L. Carlson (currently in Custer SD) <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Ham: KC1SP SKP#90815 Full-Time in a 2005 Dutch Star towing 2006 Hyundai Sonata, mail to Melbourne FL, Free WiFi only

MASSACHUSETTS GENEALOGICAL COUNCIL (MGC) P.O. Box 5393 Cochituate, MA 01778 www.massgencouncil.org ALERT ALERT ALERT MGC urges all genealogists who care about access to vital records to act now! Legislative bills (H-3642, H-3643, and H-3644, petitioned by Plymouth Rep. Thomas J. O’Brien, et al.), currently pending in the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee, are being pushed for passage within two weeks. They will close public records that have been open for nearly 400 years as well as the indexes to them. We all must contact our Massachusetts state Representatives and Senators to oppose these three (O’Brien) bills for the following reasons: The bills call for restricting access to all birth records since 1915 and all marriage and death records since 1955. These records are currently open public records and are the entry point for genealogical and medical history research. Restricting public access to the indexes of these records is unprecedented. It will deny use by all non-governmental individuals: researchers in genealogy, medical history, probate heirs, banks, journalists, and historians. Contact should be made immediately. We stopped these bills in 2003 – but now support for them in the legislature is formidable. If YOU don’t speak now, these bills will change the face of genealogy in Massachusetts and beyond. MOST EFFECTIVE: a signed letter with your reasons for opposing these closures, using your own words. To view a sample letter for your legislators, click here http://home.comcast.net/~massgencouncil/ConstituentLetter.htm ALSO: telephone calls, face to face meetings, and e-mails. SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: urge your sympathetic relatives, friends, neighbors, and the professionals listed above to do the same. Contact information for your representatives and senators is available at: http://www.mass.gov/legis/ your town clerk the state house at (617) 722-2000 the postal address is: Representative (or Senator) _______, State House, Room _______, Boston, MA 02133. If you have any questions, please respond to Sharon Sergeant, MGC Director of Programs, and member of the MGC Civil Records Committee or visit our website at www.massgencouncil.org

I am looking for any info, especially a birth record, for Otis BATHRICK, born Aug 1811 in Lunenburg. I believe his parents were Thomas and Susan. Otis later moved to IN, WI, and MN. Thanks for any help. Jennifer Kirk

Birth of Mary Jane under Boola in Blackstone vol/ 92 pg.150 Sept. 17, 1855. Birth of Eliza A. Nov. 21, 1851 Blackstone.Parents listed as William and Ann in both cases. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Keough Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:39 pm Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] 1850 Cenus look up Please To: [email protected] > Sorry for the poorly worded request . > > Joseph Boadle , shows up in Uxbridge ,in the 1855 Irish census > , living > with Michael & Margaret Hannan . > > In 1860 He is in Blackstone , Living with Ann & Eliza A Boodle > > Also in this house are Michael & Margaret Hanning . > > In 1870 He is in Blackstone ,One Page over form John Brodle > "Boodle" > living with Ann Newsome {Hannon-Boodle} Eliza A Shay { Boodle }. > > In 1880 he is Living With James Bodell in Cumberland , RI > Where he > settles . > > Eliza Was born in 1851 Joe was Born in 1853 . > > Eliza Married Joseph Shea {Shay} Jan 1870 and moves to > Gloucester ,Essex , > Massachusetts . > Joseph Married , Mary Ann Bullin in Rhode Island in 1881 . > > John Bodle arived at Castle Garden NY in 13 aug 1846 . > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ship CONSTITUTION arrived at NY from LP on Aug 13, 1846 > Aboard were;BODLESJohn (44) Bridget (42)Children > Thos (16) Robert (13) Eliza (12) Jane (10) Dan (5) Susan (8) > Francis (2) > Charles (.00-Infant) > > John is living with his family in Blacktone By 1850 . > > James Boodle son of John Boodle is also in Blackstone in 1850 . > > By 1860 John Boodle & most of his clan are in Walworth Co, > Wisconsin . > > James & John jr moved to Rhode island , but John Jr is Back in > Blackstoneby 1870 . > > The Problem is I Can't find William Boodle anywhere he is > listed as the > Father of > Joseph & Eliza . > > There is A death record in lowell for a William Boodle for the > year 1845 . > This can't be him > > I made a leap of Faith because Joseph Bodell is listed as > nephue of James > in the 1880 census . > I traced Joseph Bodell Back to William Boodle & Ann Hannon . > > Thanks Bill Keough > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >

Bill: Mystery solved. From Blackstone VR's listed under Boodla we have the death of William of consumption, March 3, 1859 vol. 131 pg. 100. This is also consistent with the remarriage of Ann Boodle m.n.(Hannan) to Richard Newson vol. 137 pg. 160 Sept. 18, 1860. Birth of Joseph son of William and Ann in Blackstone Nov. 11, 1853, vol. 74 pg. 145, under Boodla name. Additional child Mary J. died in Blackstone age 3 yr 4 months jany. 17, 1859 unknown cause. Will look up Eliza and Mary J. Births. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Keough Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:39 pm Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] 1850 Cenus look up Please To: [email protected] > Sorry for the poorly worded request . > > Joseph Boadle , shows up in Uxbridge ,in the 1855 Irish census > , living > with Michael & Margaret Hannan . > > In 1860 He is in Blackstone , Living with Ann & Eliza A Boodle > > Also in this house are Michael & Margaret Hanning . > > In 1870 He is in Blackstone ,One Page over form John Brodle > "Boodle" > living with Ann Newsome {Hannon-Boodle} Eliza A Shay { Boodle }. > > In 1880 he is Living With James Bodell in Cumberland , RI > Where he > settles . > > Eliza Was born in 1851 Joe was Born in 1853 . > > Eliza Married Joseph Shea {Shay} Jan 1870 and moves to > Gloucester ,Essex , > Massachusetts . > Joseph Married , Mary Ann Bullin in Rhode Island in 1881 . > > John Bodle arived at Castle Garden NY in 13 aug 1846 . > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ship CONSTITUTION arrived at NY from LP on Aug 13, 1846 > Aboard were;BODLESJohn (44) Bridget (42)Children > Thos (16) Robert (13) Eliza (12) Jane (10) Dan (5) Susan (8) > Francis (2) > Charles (.00-Infant) > > John is living with his family in Blacktone By 1850 . > > James Boodle son of John Boodle is also in Blackstone in 1850 . > > By 1860 John Boodle & most of his clan are in Walworth Co, > Wisconsin . > > James & John jr moved to Rhode island , but John Jr is Back in > Blackstoneby 1870 . > > The Problem is I Can't find William Boodle anywhere he is > listed as the > Father of > Joseph & Eliza . > > There is A death record in lowell for a William Boodle for the > year 1845 . > This can't be him > > I made a leap of Faith because Joseph Bodell is listed as > nephue of James > in the 1880 census . > I traced Joseph Bodell Back to William Boodle & Ann Hannon . > > Thanks Bill Keough > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >

Thanks to all the folks who did a look up for me . If anyone feels like keeping on with the hunt . This info on the Sur name may help . I guess the census takers & transcripers , sometimes get tired hands , sleepy eyes. Other spellings of the name include: Boutwell, Botwell, Bathwell, Boswell, Buthwell and variants of each spelled with only one "L." The Geneology Research Office in Scottland is quoted as listing the following as possible transitional spellings of Bothwell during the period of French and Gaelic to English during the 15th to 17th centuries: Buthill, Buthell, Bedell, Biddell, Bodell, Bodwell, Bothuell, Boduell, Beddell, Bidwell, Bethell, Bithell, Buttell, Bodwall, Bodley, Buttle, and Butle. John Boodle has been listed as Brodle , Bardahl , But the three names the family goes by are Boodel , Boodell, Bodell , they are often found as Boodle , Bodle, Bodel . Thanks much Bill Keough

Sorry for the poorly worded request . Joseph Boadle , shows up in Uxbridge ,in the 1855 Irish census , living with Michael & Margaret Hannan . In 1860 He is in Blackstone , Living with Ann & Eliza A Boodle Also in this house are Michael & Margaret Hanning . In 1870 He is in Blackstone ,One Page over form John Brodle "Boodle" living with Ann Newsome {Hannon-Boodle} Eliza A Shay { Boodle }. In 1880 he is Living With James Bodell in Cumberland , RI Where he settles . Eliza Was born in 1851 Joe was Born in 1853 . Eliza Married Joseph Shea {Shay} Jan 1870 and moves to Gloucester ,Essex , Massachusetts . Joseph Married , Mary Ann Bullin in Rhode Island in 1881 . John Bodle arived at Castle Garden NY in 13 aug 1846 . xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ship CONSTITUTION arrived at NY from LP on Aug 13, 1846 Aboard were;BODLESJohn (44) Bridget (42)Children Thos (16) Robert (13) Eliza (12) Jane (10) Dan (5) Susan (8) Francis (2) Charles (.00-Infant) John is living with his family in Blacktone By 1850 . James Boodle son of John Boodle is also in Blackstone in 1850 . By 1860 John Boodle & most of his clan are in Walworth Co, Wisconsin . James & John jr moved to Rhode island , but John Jr is Back in Blackstone by 1870 . The Problem is I Can't find William Boodle anywhere he is listed as the Father of Joseph & Eliza . There is A death record in lowell for a William Boodle for the year 1845 . This can't be him I made a leap of Faith because Joseph Bodell is listed as nephue of James in the 1880 census . I traced Joseph Bodell Back to William Boodle & Ann Hannon . Thanks Bill Keough

Where? -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bill Keough" <[email protected]> > Could some one who has access to the 1850 census do a Look up for William > Boodle & Ann Hannon > > Maybe living with Michael & Margaret Hannon > > Alt Spellings Bodle , Boodel, Bodell, also found the under Brodle > ,Barhdell, > > Alt Spelling Hanning ,Hannan, > > > Thanks > > Bill Keough > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm >

Could some one who has access to the 1850 census do a Look up for William Boodle & Ann Hannon Maybe living with Michael & Margaret Hannon Alt Spellings Bodle , Boodel, Bodell, also found the under Brodle ,Barhdell, Alt Spelling Hanning ,Hannan, Thanks Bill Keough

This was really something o see. Thanks. Arlene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:00 AM Subject: MAWORCES-D Digest V06 #128

Since I sent the message below, I have received information that Albert and Calvin Norris were each assessed a poll tax; the same occurred in 1876, but none in 1879. Albert was taxed again in 1884 and 1886, only poll tax. The next item in the list is the name of Matilda C. Norris whose dwelling was taxed, received a $ 550,00 exemption. In 1888 Matilda was listed on Silver lake St., Athol, MA. and Albert was listed on Pinedale during poll taxing. A Henry Miller of 528 Crescent St. remembered the Norris family living at 560, and having two children, Charlie and Minnie. he same information has Albert Norris buried in Silver Lake Cemetery. Albert Norris and Helen McDonald were married Feb. 25. 1873, at Otter River with the Rev. Robert Walsh officiating. None of this information has been documented and I don't know where it originated. How can I find if this information is true? And could this lead to more information about this family? Thank you, Flora Warner [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Flora and Jack Warner To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Norris- McDonald family I'm looking for information on Albert C. Norris (1853 in England - 1904 Athol? MA) and Ellen McDonald (~1854 in Ireland- 1888 Athol, MA). At the time of her death they had 5 children (Albert C., Herbert, Alice Francis, Minnie and John) who were taken to the Alms House in Athol, MA on 11/5/1888. Minnie was removed on 11/20/1888 and Albert on 4/31/1891. The other three children were taken to the Home for Little Wanderers and later placed on an Orphan Train. They were raised by three related families in Kosciusko Co., IN; were never adopted and knew they were brothers and sister. My questions: How did Ellen die? What happened to Albert and the son who was taken back? What happened to Minnie? What other information is available? John was my husband's grandfather. Flora

I just put up on my Westborough Lyman School web site, an 18 page magazine article from 1902 that has photos of school & text. Its at: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~history/grafton/LymanSchoolArticle1902.h tml Warning, you need all the above letters when look for the web site! Dick

There is a photo on head page of Ray's web site that is listed as Rt91 North of Springfield MA. It looks more like Rt20 or some other RT in area, possibly of Jacobs Ladder area, not 91 super highway!I think Rt91 has 4 lanes all the way to VT & on to Canada as I remember! Dick in MD, but ex Western MA resident

Added to my webpages today: Roster of George Washington's Elite Guards - Revolutionary War. List of all Commander-in-Chief's elite Guards (68 kb) added 5/30/06 History of the Town of Bedford Middlesex County, Massachusetts From it's Earliest Settlement to the Year of our Lord, 1891 Abram English Brown, 1891 Genealogical and Biographical record of Zachariah Fitch (25 kb) added 6/14/06 Also - of the Bedford, Massachusetts Stearns family: The following file is a book written by William Augustus Stearns about his son, Frazar Augustus Stearns, who fell in the battle of Newbern, March 14th 1862, was born on the 21st day of June, 1840, and was twenty-one years and about eight months old when he died. ADJUTANT STEARNS (150 kb) added 6/14/06 God Bless America History and Genealogy Freely Shared Janice Farnsworth http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm Toni Feeney http://www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/page7.htm

In the vital records by town section of my web site the following have been added or Updated. Wayland, MA The Vital records to 1850 for Wayland, MA have been finished by Mary-Sue Gardetto. Upton, MA The Births for the Town of Upton have just been added, these were typed for your use by Jerry Lovejay. Other recient additions outside of New England include several town histories for towns in NY and IL. And about 1,000 biographies for Genesee, Jefferson and Saratoga Counties in New York. Many of these are for people who went there from New England. As always fell free to explore all of the web site. http://www.rays-place.com Cheers Ray Brown http://www.rays-place.com