I recently found an ancestor on two different censuses, but each listed him at a different age (i.e., he was 32 in the 1850 census and 39 in the 1860 census -- go figure). What I want to know is: Did they keep birth records in Boston/Chelsea/Suffolk County that far back? What about marriage records? Any suggestions on how I might go about looking this ancestor's vital records up? Also, does MA have a death index or mortality schedule that would list people and the dates they died? Many thanks in advance for whatever help is available. Brian Sacramento

If there are any relatives of a Carrol Plummer on the list, I have a photograph of Mr. Plummer with my granddad, taken in the 1940s. Contact me if you'd like a copy. David O'Flaherty Nashville

Hi Susanne, I have not been receiving any mail on the Hancock County list either. Is it just quiet here or is the list not working? Pat Patricia McCurdy Townsend http://members.tripod.com/~quoddybelle/index.html

I,am still not getting MEHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com e-mail Is anyone????? brownisue@acadia.net

Much is new at the St. David Parish (Charlotte County) site. The so-called Provincial Crown Grant Map is misleading for St. David Parish - and has inaccuracies. It does not have the ORIGINAL grantees. Several Maps have been added to address this issue on the St. David site, maps in both .jpg and high quality .pdf format. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/mapstdavid.htm Special Maps: Names with Lots for CAPE ANN ASSOCIATION, and for PENOBSCOT ASSOCIATION Oak Bay lots. Revised General Map of St. David Parish A .jpg version of the Crown Grant Map covering just St. David Parish A circa 1815 lot number map for St. David Parish. ALSO ADDED TO THE ST. DAVID Website: 1. Historic Photos - see STEVE ROBBINS' COLLECTION related to Pollards, Tower Hill & Moores Mills. Follow links from http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/photogallery.html 2. WORLD WAR 1 Volunteers from St. David Parish http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/ww1david.html More coming soon. Tom Moffatt - St. David Parish Coordinator

--------------FC6E61E58A4D1FE06B5E2150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit FOR INTERESTS IN THE AREA OR WITH SURNAMES IN SAME AREA BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 2000 The next meeting will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000, at the Fiske Public Library, Randall Rd., Wrentham, MA. (Off Rt. 1A at the Mobil gasoline station.) The topic will be "IDENTIFYING AND PRESERVING OLD PHOTOS", presented by Maureen A. Taylor. Maureen is the author of several books on genealogy and photo history including Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs (Betterway, 2000) and Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors (Houghton Mifflin, 1999). Her columns appear online at FamilyTreeMagazine.com, Genealogy.com and NewEnglandAncestors.org, as well as in Ancestry, Family Tree Magazine, and New England Ancestors. Her national television and radio appearances include DIY: Scrapbooking, MSNBC, and Ancestors (PBS). This lecture will teach ten easy steps to help genealogists identify family photographs. You will learn how to date photos based on their type, photographer, and style. The second half of the lecture is an explanation of the do's and don'ts of caring for a family photo collection. Bring a friend and some of your old photographs, and plan to ask questions. Future Meetings: Thurs., Dec. 21 -- "Genealogy Hits Literature and Look at the Results, My 5th Great-Grandfather Wrote Night Before Christmas", by Mary Van Deusen. (See article about her and this subject in People Weekly, Nov. 13, pages 215-216.) Thurs., Jan. 25 -- David Dearborn (topic to be announced) Thurs., Feb. 15 -- "DNA Analysis for Genealogy", Ken Graves. What it is and isn't, how it works, and the exciting potential for the future. Refreshments will be available. Non-members will have the option of paying $5 for the meeting or paying $20 for annual membership. Admission is free to members. There will also be opportunity to ask questions and share family information. * If you have an e-mail address, let us know so we can send you notices that way. We save postage, and you get notified sooner. * If you want to be removed from our mailing list, please let us know that also. For more information, contact: Ken Graves, 20 Binney Circle, Wrentham, MA 02093, (508)384-8084, ken.graves@gravesfa.org VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need volunteers to schedule speakers, arrange other programs, help publicize our meetings and activities, answer queries, help with the newsletter, provide refreshments, etc. DUES FOR THE YEAR 2001: Since membership is for the calendar year, dues of $20 for 2001 are now due. Please send your payment (payable to BTPGS) to BTPGS, PO Box 470, Wrentham, MA 02093-0470. Include your name, address, phone, and e-mail address. Thanks. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GENEALOGY - LIKE A BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE AGES AND WATERS

This is the Samuel Cooper that I am researching. He was born Samuel Marks in St. George, changed his name a couple of times I think...had a step-father named William I presume, as he had a brother named William H. Cooper aged 12 in the 1891 census of St. George, and gave his father's name as William Cooper for his marriage to Corice Creamer, by this time his mother had had children by three different men. Wallace's, Mark's and Cooper's. Fasinating story of his mother, killing a blacksmith in St. George in 1868, with a piece of a picket fence.....Charlene Beney--Co-ordinator for the St. George Parish Page www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/ Thanks to all the people who responded...Charlene Descendants of Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1 [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1878 - 1963 . +Elmina Henry m: April 23, 1897 *2nd Wife of [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper: . +Corice Ella Creamer 1887 - 1962 m: October 10, 1902 ...... 2 Evie C. Cooper 1904 - .......... +Roland Perkins ...... 2 Effie M. Cooper 1907 - ...... 2 Mildred E. Cooper 1908 - Descendants of Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1 [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper 1878 - 1963 . +Elmina Henry m: April 23, 1897 *2nd Wife of [1] Samuel Drake Marks Cooper: . +Corice Ella Creamer 1887 - 1962 m: October 10, 1902 ...... 2 Evie C. Cooper 1904 - .......... +Roland Perkins ...... 2 Effie M. Cooper 1907 - ...... 2 Mildred E. Cooper 1908 -

This is the John Moraisey that i am researching..if anyone has anything to add, would be appreciated, Charlene Beney--Co-ordinator for the St. George Parish Page www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/ Descendants of John Moraisey 1 John Moraisey 1790 - 1870 . +Ruth Blakman 1790 - 1850 ...... 2 Rachel Moraisey 1823 - .......... +Joseph Godfrey 1818 - .............. 3 Elisa Godfrey 1842 - 1868 .............. 3 Ruth Godfrey 1843 - .............. 3 Charles W. Godfrey 1845 - .................. +Melinda Brown m: May 17, 1882 .............. 3 Albert Godfrey 1848 - .............. 3 Rebecca Ann Godfrey 1850 - .............. 3 Josephine Minerva Godfrey 1858 - 1891 .............. 3 Joseph Lorin Godfrey 1860 - .............. 3 John Colen Godfrey 1861 - ...... 2 John Moraisey 1825 - ...... 2 Elizabeth A. Moraisey 1829 - 1909 .......... +James V. Lane 1824 - 1905 m: November 12, 1848 .............. 3 Mary E. Lane 1850 - .............. 3 Izora Lane 1852 - 1865 .............. 3 Margaret A. Lane 1855 - ...... 2 William Moraisey 1832 - 1900 .......... +Sarah Jane Bailey 1834 - 1920 m: July 04, 1856 .............. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Moraisey 1857 - 1880 .................. +Manley M. Hayward 1856 - 1900 m: March 22, 1875 .............. 3 Mary A. Moraisey 1859 - .................. +John W. Ames m: October 19, 1875 .............. 3 Clara A. Moraisey 1864 - .................. +James M. Perkins 1846 - m: October 04, 1880 .............. 3 Laura Etta Moraisey 1866 - .................. +Phillip Harrison Carlow 1861 - 1940 m: Abt. 1887 .............. 3 Ines E. Moraisey 1869 - .................. +George Perkins m: July 26, 1886 .............. 3 Eliza Moraisey 1874 - .............. 3 Mary Ann Moraisey 1875 - 1954 .................. +Alvin Carlow 1869 - 1958 m: April 13, 1895 ...... 2 Mary Ann Moraisey 1835 - 1912 .......... +Charles Wallace Godfrey 1826 - 1903 m: December 05, 1852 .............. 3 Emma A. Godfrey 1853 - 1895 .................. +? Clay .............. 3 Charles Wilbur Godfrey 1855 - 1933 .................. +Stasia Hawver m: September 25, 1881 .............. 3 Edgar A. Godfrey 1858 - 1879 .............. 3 Clara Godfrey 1861 - 1915 .................. +Alec McAllister .............. 3 Anthony Godfrey 1862 - 1929 .................. +Ida Annie Hocking m: December 25, 1895 .............. 3 Frederic Godfrey 1864 - 1930 .................. +Jennie Peirson m: May 28, 1899 .............. 3 Mary Maranda Godfrey 1866 - 1913 .............. 3 James Godfrey 1867 - 1937 .............. 3 Benjamin B. Godfrey 1871 - .............. 3 Ella Godfrey 1872 - 1899 .................. +Bertie F. McMurry m: October 16, 1898 .............. 3 Henry Newton Godfrey 1875 - 1896 .............. 3 Fannie Elizabeth Godfrey 1878 - 1926 .................. +William Chivell m: September 11, 1898

I have recently found a death certificate for my g-g-g aunt that stated her father's place of Birth as Calais Maine. His name was Thomas Foster and would have been born about 1818. Thomas married an Edith M. Clark and they moved to New Brunswick and eventually settled in Carleton County. Does anyone have any information about the Foster's from this region of Washington County? Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. This is my greatest brick wall !! Rodney Rodney J. Foster NRCAN Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre PO Box 4000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5P7 Phone: (506) 452-3458 Fax: (506) 452-3525 e-mail rfoster@nrcan.gc.ca

Looking for any Campbell family in Washington County between 1800-1850. Nathan Campbell married Olive Bowen in 1824 in Perry, Maine. sea2pals@aol.com Thanks for any info.

Hi, my name is Charlene Beney and I'm researching my husband's mother's family, Moraisey, from Crawford, Washington County, ME. Walter Miner Moraisey passed away last week....leaving only one brother and two sisters remaining. I'm also researching Samuel Cooper from Cooper, ME. Charlene Beney--Co-ordinator for the St. George Parish Page www.rootsweb.com/~nbpstgeo/

Hi everyone; it's wonderful to read the information being passed along! My name is Sue Fleetwood; my grandmother is Dorothy Robbins Tatro, daughter of Cora Maud Swan Robbins, daughter of Ebenezer and Martha (Lee) Swan of Charlotte. I'm living in Robbinston myself, now, and was surprised to find out so much already about my great-grandmother. Cora died on my grandmother's 5th birthday - I thought it only fitting to provide my Gram (now 89) with as much information as I could regarding her mother. It breaks my heart to realize she never really knew much about her own mother! Cora was born in Charlotte in 1878 and taught school before marrying Frank E. Robbins on 9/29/1904. Cora bore 5 children. She died in Princeton in 1916. I visited the farm where my grandmother was born on Rt. 1 in Princeton. It's thrilling to be right here where my ancestors lived! I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I would, of course, enjoy and greatly appreciate any information that may be out there! I did attend the fair at the Charlotte School last July; I plan to become more active in the genealogy groups in Washington County and hope to contribute in the future. Hi again and glad to know you are all "out there". Sue Fleetwood

Kelly, What are the ANDREWS names you are researching? I have some ANDREWS stuff here at home, and my third GGrandmother is Sarah Andrews. Phil petro@ttlc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <MEWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MEWASHIN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 3:01 AM Subject: MEWASHIN-D Digest V00 #220

Major updates for the St. David Parish website http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/ A large set of CAPE ANN ASSOCIATION records and maps have been added this week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/capeann.html The list of original grantees is vastly different from what appears on the Province's 'Crown Grant Map' that reflects many later regrantings. The FULL list of 226 grantees of 1785, with the block and lot numbers, organized alphabetically http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/anngrantalpha.html The same list, organized by lot number http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/anngrantlot.html 1788 List of Absentee Owners in St. David http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/absenteeintro.html ca. 1797 List from 'State of the Settlement' of St. David http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1797intro.html Also new maps in .pdf form for sharp printing. -Base Map of St. David Parish with lot numbers of 1785 lands -Map of St. David Parish ca. 1830 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/mapstdavid.htm These maps are also available in low-res .jpg versions, from the Cape Ann Association page. Photos of interesting locations in St. David Parish, all photos taken in past 2 weeks http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/phototour.html More coming to St. David Parish site soon - Coming next week: regrantees of Cape Ann lands 1790 How geology affected St. David Parish settlement Tom Moffatt, St. David Parish coordinator

Hi Listers, Prior to 1784, Campobello, Grand Manan, St. Andrews, etc. and all of what we today call New Brunswick was Sunbury County, Nova Scotia. Marilyn

Kelly, I have Cox family as well as Preston, Whitney, Rumery My sister lives in Topsham! Roger H. Newman Shelton, Washington (another cold night tonight) <<<<<<<<<< Genealogist Work Backwards! <<<<<<<<<<

Hello, Looking for parents of Thomas MULHOLLAND. b. abt 1848 d. before 1940 m. Addie PALMER. According to their daughter Maybell's marriage certificate Thomas was born in Perry Maine. Hope to hear from you Kelly

Hello, It's been a while since I have posted the surnames I am researching in Washington County, so I thought I would post them again ANDREWS BROWN CARTER COX MINGO MORGAN MULHOLLAND PALMER PYE TOOKER Hope to hear from you!!!! Kelly Portland Maine

Good morning, My great-great-grandfather was Charles Wellington Rice, and he was born in Lubec, ME, between 1840 and 1850. Between my sister and I, we have determined that his father was Daniel V. Rice, also born in Lubec, ME, possibly around 1800 to 1810. We have seen two records of Daniel V. Rice's marriage. One says he married Lucy McDaniel of St. Andrews (NB??) in 1832 in Eastport, ME. Another says that he married Lucy McDonald of Lubec, ME. I have seen another record which shows a Daniel Rice living in Eastport, ME, in 1860. Last night I found another record of a Daniel Rice of Lubec, ME, Event/Unknown in 1804. This lists his parents as ASHBEL RICE and Persis Knights !!! I did a "search" for Ashbel Rice, and found out there was an Ashbel Rice in Lubec, ME. And a record of his being married in Lubec in 1826. (Also another Ashbel Rice being married in Lubec in 1875.) And, these same files showed an Ashbel Rice being born in Digby, Nova Scotia, around 1802/04. Someone from the RICE Family Association has advised me that he thought that the Rice families in Lubec and Eastport, ME, during the 1800's..... probably originated in Salem, MA. They then moved north to Nova Scotia. After a while, they left Nova Scotia, and moved to Lubec and Eastport, ME. However, according to the LDS files, there are many records of an Ashbel Rice living in the Worcester, MA, area, during the 1700's (Shrewsbury, Marlboro). Is it possible that Ashbel Rice and his family moved from the Worcester, MA, area .... to Nova Scotia ?? There is also mention of an Ashbel Rice in CT in the 1700's. And, there is mention of an Ashbel Rice still being in the Worcester, MA, area around 1850. And, yet there was an Ashbel Rice in Lubec, ME, around 1850. During the same time period, 1750 to 1850, were there three..... Ashbel Rice families, living in 3 different areas? There were several Rice families in Lubec and Eastport, ME, during the middle 1800's. I will guess that they were all related - siblings? cousins? I'd really appreciate it ... if someone could provide some additional information about these Rice families. In case you have gotten lost in my story, I'd very much like to know who the parents of Daniel V. Rice were. To complete my story, ....Charles Wellington Rice of Lubec, ME, somehow met a woman from Arlington, MA, named Adelaide CROSBY HUTCHINSON. (She was descended from both the Crosby and Hutchinson families of greater Boston, MA.) I still do not know where they married, possibly around 1870, possibly in Maine! Charles and Adelaide (Hutchinson) Rice moved to Arlington, MA, and had two daughters, Louise Wellington Rice and Edith Rice. (Edith never married; children's librarian.) One summer while Louise and Edith were visiting their Rice grandparents in Lubec or Eastport, ME, Louise met a man, named George "Sanford" KIDDER. "Sanford" was living in Eastport, ME, at the time, but he was born in Princeton, ME, in 1870. "Sanford" Kidder and Louise RICE married in Princeton around 1898. And, they also moved to Arlington, MA. They were my great-grandparents. Thank you for listening, Betty (near Arlington, MA)

Main Surnames: KOOL This is the last newspaper clipping in the Thistle Mission Band notebook. There is no date except the month and day, and no real genealogical information. It does have some interesting tidbits about New Brunswick. I hope the rest of you have enjoyed these clippings as much as I have, and that someone has found some help with their family's history. Cleadie Barnet is in the process of putting all the Thistle Mission Band submissions, plus pictures and other information, on a web page at <http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~cannbfam/tmb>. Unusual Features In New Brunswick Make Varied List [The Canadian Press] Saint John, N. B. July 15 -- Oddities and unusual features are numerous in New Brunswick. At Kouchibouguac the steeples and belfries of two churches stand separately instead of on top of the churches. Demoiselle Creek in Albert County has an underground lake in a vast cave where there is ice throughout the year. A one-tree orchard exists near Fredericton, where a horticultural enthusiastic has grafted dozens of fruit varieties to an old apple tree. Fredericton also has: the only golf course on the continent with a periscope enabling the driver to see from tee to hole; the first Church of England cathedral on North American soil; a house with the back door facing the street and the front door facing the backyard. At Grand Falls a cataract, exceeded in magnitude on the eastern part of this continent only by Niagara and the grand Falls of Labrador, roars over a mighty rock gorge. Near Penobsquis a stream rushes out of a hill. The biggest fox ranch in the Empire is situated at Salisbury. A mill at Edmundston manufactures pulp in Canada and pumps it to a paper mill in the United States. Pipes also cross the international boundary line at St. Stephen, where the water supply of Calais and Milltown, in Maine, is pumped across from Canada. A museum on Grand Manan Island has a whale's jawbone for a doorway. Coal washed up from a submarine seam is picked on the beach of Shippegan Island by people with dog carts and ox teams. The largest sardine packing plant in the Empire is at Black's Harbor. A dog in the village of Richibucto seems able to add and subtract. Stranded when a river course changed, a wharf is high and dry in the middle of a field near Sackville. Also nearby are the remains of a railway built to carry ships, and the abutments of a bridge moved downstream because it was the scene of an Indian massacre and superstitious folk in the old days refused to cross if for fear of seeing ghosts. Nor far from Campbellton there is a "Millionaires' Row" in the heart of the talltimbers - luxurious homes which their wealthy owners call "salmon camps." More than 100 years old, a mill at Reed's Point is owned by a family who have never carried any insurance, never had a fire and who have always allowed their employees to smoke. On an island in Grand Lake birds perform the function of a foghorn when the cries of nesting gulls in heavy mists warn steamboats away from an adjacent reef. Moncton has the famous tidal bore of the Petticodiac river; a wall of water rushes upstream twice every 24 hours. Near Moncton is an upside-down hill where, due to an optical illusion, a car out of gear seems to coast up it instead of down. At Doaktown an ingenious farmer has invented something akin to perpetual motion - a "hydraulic fish" built of old tin cans and junk. The contraption ceaselessly raises water from a stream to supply his house and barns. One of the most valuable farms in New Brunswick is under water. It's an oyster farm at Buctouche - a 10- acre plot where oysters are planted and grown. King street, Saint John, is the shortest and, for its length, hilliest and wildest main street in Canada. Saint John has the Mahaney children, only guadruplets in the Dominion. The Reversing Falls at the mouth of the Saint John River are rapids which flow backwards, or upstream, twice a day when the Bay of Fundy tide is high. The court house at Saint John has a circular staircase with each step supporting the next in a manner baffling to architects. Hartland boasts the longest covered bridge in the world. The world's largest lobster pound is at Northern Harbor, Deer Island. Welch-pool, on Campobello Island, in Canada, is the summer home of President Roosevelt of the United States. Albert County has the only known deposits of solidified oil. Baie Verte's altitude is the lowest of any village in Canada. Alma is the home of Captain Molly Kool, believed to be the only woman master mariner.