Hi Maureen & Fellow Listers: Maureen's question to me is susceptible to many answers. Since this is a genealogy-based forum, I will reply that I am a ninth generation descendant of Henry Bartlett and Mary Bush who resided in Marlboro, Massachusetts in the late 1600s. My paternal ancestors have farmed the land in Marlboro, Northboro, Shrewsbury and other area towns throughout the intervening years. My father Frederick Taft Bartlett broke the occupational chain of farming by choosing to become a carpenter. My mother, Regina O'Neill was a schoolteacher. Both of my parents resided in Worcester, where I grew up and where I have lived most of my life. I am an accountant in private practice and also a retired teacher of business education. I enjoy history and during the last 15 or so years have become a devotee of genealogy and family history, hence my subscription to this forum. I am happily married with a wife and three grown children. From time to time, I enjoy making a provocative response to something I've seen or heard. Earlier today I took the virtual tour of the mansion in Hopedale and it evoked from me the response you read in my earlier email. I would like to take this opportunity to acquaint the readers of this list with an additional research resource that I recently came upon. Until recently if you wanted to trace land records, such as deeds and mortgages, it was necessary to visit the Registry of Deeds which in Worcester is located at the Worcester Court House at No. 2 Main St. Earlier this week I had the need to perform a search of land records and while visiting the Registry of Deeds, I discovered that the entire operation has been computerized and is now online. Not only Worcester County (which is divided into Worcester South and Worcester North), but several other Massachusetts counties also have their records available online. The website addresses are: www.masslandrecords.com and www.worcesterdeeds.com These sites can provided an additional research resource to those who may be attempting to track down the descendants of some ancestors. ---- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass./ > WHO ARE YOU??? > Maureen > > >>From: "Bob Bartlett" <[email protected]> >>To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >>CC: "Bob_Swift" <[email protected]>,"Ann Marie Bartlett-Walsh" >><[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass./ >>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:47:24 -0500 >> >>Dear Fellow Listers: >> >>I feel quite inconsequential, now that I've completed the virtual tour of >>the mansion which is depicted at: >>http://www.105adin.com >> >>For some unexplained reason in viewing the especially long dining room >>table, I imagine myself being 14 or 15 years of age while standing at one >>end of this massive piece of furniture, while addressing a father-image at >>the far end of the table while pleading: "But Father, I need a one dollar >>increase in my allowance!" >> >>Then I try to imagine his reply. >> >>Bob Bartlett >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" >><[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:49 PM >>Subject: [MAWORCES] Mansion in Hopedale Mass. >> >> >>>Dear fellow listers. >>> The was a very large factory in Hopedale Mass. It was called Draper >>> Corporation. The factory made cast iron. Hopedale and all the >>> surrounding towns worked in there. Some people coming from RI and NH. >>> Hopedale is a small town. But there are some large eststes here.There >>> is a beautiful estate that went up for sale about a month ago. I went on >>> line to see if it was sold yet and it wasn't BUT the new paperwork said >>> this estate is now zoned to be a bed and breakfast because it has 14 >>> bedrooms. >>>If you want to look at it you can go to 105Adin.com >>>It is a beautiful site. >>>Maureen >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's >>>FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >>> >>> >>>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >>>Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? >>>http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm >>> >>> >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > >