Hi Mayflower List I'm new to this list, Could someone Please tell me what NEHGS mean? and where to find the Books and Cd-ROM's in discussion below? I know my linage back to the "Mayflower" Now just need to find all the Document's for proof. Edward Doty & Faith Clark/Clarke, John Alden& Priscilla Mullins, > Rebecca Alden & Thomas Delano, > Jonathan Delano& Hannah Doten/Doty > John Delano & Ruth Prior > Zebedee Delano & Sarah (Northy?) Worthy > Ebenezer Delano & Nancy Titus > John Delano & Mehitable Warren > Rosilla A. Delano & Stephen F. Tarr > Cora A. Tarr & Hiram C. Carpenter, > Verda Z. Carpenter & Ephriam B. Bair. (to My Grandparents) Thanks for Information Regards, Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan E. Roser" <roser@iprimus.ca> To: <MAYFLOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:33 AM Subject: Fw: [MFLR] Plymouth VRs CD > Dale asked: > > > Do any of you own the Search & ReSearch CD-ROM "Early Vital Records of > > the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to about 1850" for Plymouth County? I'm > > considering buying it and would like to know if it contains the complete > > text of the NEHGS VRs volumes for the towns of the county. > > ______________________________ > > Dale, > > I did a review on the Northeast Roots list in 1998 and for the Gazette on > the Global Genealogy website, but will repeat the highlights here. > > This CD is an excellent buy, however the list of towns included is > deceiving. Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, Norwell & Witman are said to be > listed under a "parent town". Hingham is listed but is not included. > > Images of the "to 1850" series of vr books are included for the following: > Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, E.Bridgewater, Halifax, > Hanover, Hull, Kingston, Pembroke, Plympton, Rochester, Scituate and W. > Bridgewater. > > The remaining towns are those records as published in The Mayflower > Descendant - which was a disappointment: Dartmouth, Marshfield, > Middleborough, Plymouth & Wareham. (I have since purchased these vrs in > book form.) > > The records of some towns are from both the "to 1850" series AND The > Mayflower Descendant: Abington, Bridgewater, Duxbury, Plympton and > Scituate. > > Despite the disappointments with MD listings instead of vr books, you can't > beat the price to have all these vrs at your fingertips. > > Word of caution to those interested in the Barnstable County CD - when I > checked with the company a couple of years ago I found it contains ONLY the > vrs as published in The Mayflower Descendant. > > A good CD for Barnstable is "Records of Barnstable, Mass." in which Gustavus > Hinckley's records were transcribed. It's a little awkward in doing > searches and we all know images are better than transcriptions which could > contain errors, however the data on this CD is wonderful. > > With so many of our Mayflower lines in both counties, sources such as those > above are a tremendous help with research. > > Susan E. Roser > www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html > > > > ==== MAYFLOWER Mailing List ==== > Check out the Mayflower FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)page at http://www.macatawa.org/~crich/mayfaq.htm . > >