Hello NH: Hillsborough County Resarchers If you haven't checked out this site... I highly recommend it! New Hampshire History and Genealogy - American Local History Check out the section on Hillsbough County! http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/NH_History.htm Ann Mensch has done a super job! ... LOTS and LOTS of links... (although she still needs to put my town, Mason, in the list.... see Mason's Website, recently updated, at: http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm Rhett Regina Owings ************************************************** GENWeb Town Coordinator for Mason, NH http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm member NEHGS **************************************************

Does anyone have Diana Bailey's e-mail address or telephone number? I understand she sells a publication of early Caledonia County, VT North Star Newspaper clippings. Her old e-mail address is NG.. <dhbailey@magi.com> Mrs. Diana Hibbert Bailey RR2, McGregor Ridge, Carleton Place, ON K7C 3P2 Thanks, Bill

Hi, Looking for researchers interested in surnames FLANIGAN and LUNT anywhere in NH. Please respond privately. Jorge Woods, in Canberra, Australia

I need some information from a book called History of Hillsborough,NH .The source does not list the author. I would like to find out the names and dob of Matthew Gibson's (born about 1748) and Elizabeth McClary's (born about 1750) children. Mathew Gibson is listed on page 237 of the book according to the source. His father, Samuel Gibson, is listed on pages 237-243. The only child listed in the family tree I have is Rachel Gibson born 1781. If you could check and see if the book lists the other children, I would be very grateful. I'm sure they had other children, and I hope that the book lists them also. Thank you so much for your time. Susan Johanson -- Susan C. Johanson Springfield, VA johanson@digizen.net Rootsweb sponsor NEHGS member http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Susan-C-Johanson/ ....I prefer digging in the past to digging in the yard....

Rhett: Like my fellow Hillsborough County webmasters, I would like to welcome you to the "fold." The inclusion of a Mason GenWeb page will be a welcome addition for our county's researchers. Regards, Fred Kunchick wrote: > Hi Group, > > Rhett R. Owings has taken over the Town of Mason, Hillsborough, NH. > > Her USGW Mason, NH Website can be found at > http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm > > I known Rhett for a number of years, she been a great help all of us > Hillsboro County researchers, I glad to have her as part of USGW Hillsboro > County. > > Thank you very much Rhett. Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!! > > Fred > 11:22 PM > 3/16/99 > > ******* > Fred Kunchick GSCS[SW] USN Retired > Pennsauken NJ Fax # 1-609-665-4094 ICQ# 2000494 > kunchick@bellatlantic.net > > Editor of The Northern KIMBALL On-Line Newsletter > Member: > NEHGS > Camden County (NJ) Historical Society > Lo/Lathrop Family Association > Kimball Family Association > Towne Family Association > > Home Page: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/7158/index.htm > Coos County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkunch/coos.htm > Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm > Nantucket County, MA USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~manantuc/nantuckt.htm > Suffolk County, MA. USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~masuffol/index.htm > Andover, MA USGenWeb TC URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~macandov/index.htm > Duxbury, MA USGenWeb TC URL: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6351/duxbury.htm > > ==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== > No File Attachments Please > To Unsubscribe send e-mail to: NHHILLSB-L-request@rootsweb.com and type into the body of the message: Unsubscribe. -- Donald Dillaby, ka1goz@nh.arrl.org ddillaby@bit-net.com Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ARES Net Manager, Nashua Area Emergency Net Hillsborough County SKYWARN Section Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire Section, American Radio Relay League Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee, Hudson, NH Member, SARA Title III Committee, Nashua, NH. TAPR BBSSIG Mail List Essex-Roots Mail List NHHILLSB-L Mail List Boynton-L Mail List Wilson-L Mail List Day-L Mail List Darby-L Mail List Webmaster - Nashua, NH GenWeb Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcnashu/

Hi! Does anyone know if there is a marriage listing for the county? Specifically, marriages about 1890. The marriage was between Ephraim French and Abiah ?. They lived in Amherst but I don't know if they were married there. any help would be greatly appreciated. Shirley Drake

Welcome aboard Rhett! Hillsborough County researchers are going to be delighted with your helpful Mason GenWeb site. --Ann Mensch +Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Directory http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/ New Hampshire Local History http://home.att.net/~Local_History/NH_History.htm Ann's Temple, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Temple-NH.htm Ann's Hollis, NH Genealogy & History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/HollisNH.htm Fred Kunchick wrote: > Hi Group, > > Rhett R. Owings has taken over the Town of Mason, Hillsborough, NH. > > Her USGW Mason, NH Website can be found at > http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm > > I known Rhett for a number of years, she been a great help all of us > Hillsboro County researchers, I glad to have her as part of USGW Hillsboro > County. > > Thank you very much Rhett. Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!! > > Fred > 11:22 PM > 3/16/99 > > ******* > Fred Kunchick GSCS[SW] USN Retired > Pennsauken NJ Fax # 1-609-665-4094 ICQ# 2000494 > kunchick@bellatlantic.net > > Editor of The Northern KIMBALL On-Line Newsletter > Member: > NEHGS > Camden County (NJ) Historical Society > Lo/Lathrop Family Association > Kimball Family Association > Towne Family Association > > Home Page: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/7158/index.htm > Coos County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkunch/coos.htm > Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm > Nantucket County, MA USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~manantuc/nantuckt.htm > Suffolk County, MA. USGenWeb CC. URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~masuffol/index.htm > Andover, MA USGenWeb TC URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~macandov/index.htm > Duxbury, MA USGenWeb TC URL: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6351/duxbury.htm > > ==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== > No File Attachments Please > To Unsubscribe send e-mail to: NHHILLSB-L-request@rootsweb.com and type into the body of the message: Unsubscribe.

Hi Group, Rhett R. Owings has taken over the Town of Mason, Hillsborough, NH. Her USGW Mason, NH Website can be found at http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm I known Rhett for a number of years, she been a great help all of us Hillsboro County researchers, I glad to have her as part of USGW Hillsboro County. Thank you very much Rhett. Welcome aboard!!!!!!!!! Fred 11:22 PM 3/16/99 ******* Fred Kunchick GSCS[SW] USN Retired Pennsauken NJ Fax # 1-609-665-4094 ICQ# 2000494 kunchick@bellatlantic.net Editor of The Northern KIMBALL On-Line Newsletter Member: NEHGS Camden County (NJ) Historical Society Lo/Lathrop Family Association Kimball Family Association Towne Family Association Home Page: URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/7158/index.htm Coos County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkunch/coos.htm Hillsboro County, NH USGenWeb CC. URL: http://members.aol.com/fredkun1/hillsboro.htm Nantucket County, MA USGenWeb CC. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~manantuc/nantuckt.htm Suffolk County, MA. USGenWeb CC. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~masuffol/index.htm Andover, MA USGenWeb TC URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~macandov/index.htm Duxbury, MA USGenWeb TC URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6351/duxbury.htm

Hi, Anyone researching the following individuals? Likely have moved from NS CAN to NH USA after 1881 Rufus WOODS bc1833, NS CAN; m. Charlotte GAETZ, d1874 NS CAN 1871 couple and children in Wallace, NS, CAN 1881 Rufus (widower) and children in Wallace, NS CAN 1891 no one in Wallace, NS, CAN 1895 Rufus, in Amherst NH, USA (presumably alone or with one of his children) Children (all born Wallace, NS, CAN): i. Isabella Ballentine WOODS, b1861, dc 1936; m. Wilbur FLANIGAN, d1938 ii. Lauretta (Laurie) WOODS, b1864 iii. Walter WOODS, b1867 iv. William (?Herbert?) WOODS, b1869 v. Sarah Ann "Annie" WOODS, b1870; m. Clarence LUNT. vi. Maimie (Minnie Louisa, Annie Louisa) WOODS, b.1872-4 Cheers Jorge Woods, in Canberra, Australia

Hello Hillsborough, NH researchers! Announcing a new website for Mason, Hillsborough Co, NH research. http://home.earthlink.net/~georgeo/mason_nh.htm It will be under construction for awhile. If any of you are researching in Mason, and have suggestions or know of any other resources for Mason research, please drop me a line. You can add your surnames to the Roll Call page as well. Rhett Owings Remember, put "Mason Webpage" in your subject line, please!! georgeo@earthlink.net

I received the following Notice and thought it may interest some folks. Bill ---------------------------------------- Hello Everyone! Would you please pass the following message along to the members of your society. Thanks. Terry Skeats President North Hatley Historical Society NORTH HATLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LAUNCHES SECOND VOLUME OF VITAL STATISTICS The North Hatley Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 2 of vital statistics (births, deaths and marriages) from the Sherbrooke Daily Record. The book will be launched at Uplands Museum, 9 Speid Street, Lennoxville on Thursday, March 25, 1999, at 4:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome, and refreshments will be served. Volume 2, which covers the period from January 1, 1902 to December 31, 1906 and contains 7971 entries, was compiled by Elaine Wilson of Stanstead and edited by Terry Skeats of the North Hatley Historical Society. Volume 1, published in May, 1998, covers the period from the beginning of the Daily Record on February 8, 1897 to December 31, 1901, and contains 3671 entries. Both volumes will be available at the launch on March 25; price for Volume 1 is $30.00, and for Volume 2, $40.00. All taxes are included. Anyone wishing to order copies of either volume may do so by sending a cheque or money order in the appropriate amount payable to The North Hatley Historical Society, Box 287, North Hatley, Quebec J0B 2C0. Please include an additional $5.00 per volume for shipping. The Society expects to have Volume 3 (1907-1911) ready for publication early next year, and Volume 4 (1912-1916) in 2001. Each volume will be announced as its publication date draws near.

http://www.pastconnect.com Just heard about a really great free site, where people add items they've found in flea markets, attics etc. to a database that you can search to see if there are any of your old family photos, certificates, etc. that have been found. Looks very interesting. Linda Whittaker Knott LilBitGal2@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5868 England (Lincs, Notts, Dorset): WHITAKER,PINDER,KNOTT,PICKWORTH U.S.: WHITTAKER,LOVE,WEST,CHAPIN,MALOTT,COMSTOCK,ELLIS,FERGUSON KNOTT,GOODWIN,AVERY,CLARK,EVANS,MOCK,ROCHFORD,ALVEY

The URL for the Union Leader is: http://www.theunionleader.com/ . -- Donald Dillaby, ka1goz@nh.arrl.org ddillaby@bit-net.com Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ARES Net Manager, Nashua Area Emergency Net Hillsborough County SKYWARN Section Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire Section, American Radio Relay League Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee, Hudson, NH Member, SARA Title III Committee, Nashua, NH. TAPR BBSSIG Mail List Essex-Roots Mail List NHHILLSB-L Mail List Boynton-L Mail List Wilson-L Mail List Day-L Mail List Darby-L Mail List Webmaster - Nashua, NH GenWeb Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcnashu/

The Telegraph, formerly the Nashua Telegraph, the Nashua Gazette and the New Hampshire Telegraph, also features obits on its website as well: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/ . The (Manchester) Union Leader, NH Sunday News can be found at: http://www.unionleader.com/ but does not list obits on its page at this time. Steve McKay wrote: > Today I found a website for some local Hillsboro Co. newspapers. They > include the Milford Cabinet, Merrimack Journal and Hollis-Brookline > Journal. One of the features of this website is the Obituaries archive. > This archive has the complete text of the obits published in these papers > since July 29, 1998. Check it out at: > > http://www.cabinet.com > > Steve > > ==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > Surname Search of Queries http://www.rufus.wright.edu/~plindsay/srchall.html -- Donald Dillaby, ka1goz@nh.arrl.org ddillaby@bit-net.com Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ARES Net Manager, Nashua Area Emergency Net Hillsborough County SKYWARN Section Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire Section, American Radio Relay League Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee, Hudson, NH Member, SARA Title III Committee, Nashua, NH. TAPR BBSSIG Mail List Essex-Roots Mail List NHHILLSB-L Mail List Boynton-L Mail List Wilson-L Mail List Day-L Mail List Darby-L Mail List Webmaster - Nashua, NH GenWeb Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcnashu/

Today I found a website for some local Hillsboro Co. newspapers. They include the Milford Cabinet, Merrimack Journal and Hollis-Brookline Journal. One of the features of this website is the Obituaries archive. This archive has the complete text of the obits published in these papers since July 29, 1998. Check it out at: http://www.cabinet.com Steve

This could be a very useful site for those lucky folks whose ancestor was photographed during CW service. This is a U.S. Military database of CW photos; there are plans to expand for other service periods as well. It is searchable. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html Regards, and my apologies if you receive multiple msgs. Ellen Bisson mailto:thebissons@worldnet.att.net

Awhile ago there was a posting about why a man would have several marriages to different women in a short period of time. While I agree with the basics of bad luck, and most definitely the likely hood of bigamy - the thought of epidemics was passed around. This information came to me from another list and I did get some answers to my questions - hope it helps someone else. Kelly Jewett In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors >disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. > >Epidemics have always had a great influence on people-and thus >influencing, as well, the >genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing >from records can >be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected >area. > >Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below. > > 1657 Boston: Measles > 1687 Boston: Measles > 1690 New York: Yellow Fever > 1713 Boston: Measles > 1729 Boston: Measles > 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza > 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox > 1739-40 Boston: Measles > 1747 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles > 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles > 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza > 1772 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic >(Unknown) > 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) > 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles > 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" > 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks > 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) > 1783* Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder > 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained deaths > 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever > 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever > 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (One of worst) > 1803 New York: Yellow Fever > 1820-23 Nationwide "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads) > 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) > 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera > 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus > 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) > 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever > 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza > 1848-49 North America: Cholera > 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever > 1850-51 North America: Influenza > 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer) > 1855 Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever > 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) > 1860-61 Pennsylvania: smallpox > 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & >Washington > DC: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, >Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever > 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza > 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) > 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid > 1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever > 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (High point year) More people hospitalized >in >World War I from influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became >death camps - with 80% death rate in some camps. > >Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: > 1833 Columbus, Oh > 1834 New York City > 1849 New York > 1851 Coles Co. IL > 1851 The Great Plains > 1851 Missouri > > Kelly Jewett Lucas Co., IA County Coordinator Plymouth Co., IA County Coordinator King William Co., VA County Coordinator

Greetings to all, It has been a while since I sent my web page information to the mailing lists and I know there are many new people. I apologize for duplications you receive on this email. I spend many hours working on my genealogy garden and the best thank you I can receive is for you to visit them. Hope that my garden is a help in your genealogy search. See you in the garden. Sue Gardner Leominster, MA <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/index.html">Sue's Genealogy Garden in New England</A> http://members.aol.com/SueG476/index.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner.html">The Unofficial Home Page of John Gardner/Garnet of Hingham, MA</A> http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html">Pierce Surname Project - New England/New York </A> - Has link to world wide Pierce Project http://members.aol.com/SueG476/PierceMA.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner2.html">Gardner Surname - Vital Records of Massachusetts</A> - I have just redone this page and alphabetized them by name http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Gardner2.html <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Leominster.html">History & Genealogy of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts</A> - http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Leominster.html My 2 main lines are: GARDNER/GARNET and PIERCE/PERS of Massachusetts. plus have information on all my other Massachusetts names, a lot of early ones - some of them - BALDWIN, BASSETT, BATES, BEAL, BISBEE, COOK (not Mayflower), FISKE, HAYWARD, HOLBROOK, PARKER, PRESCOTT, PROCTOR, SPRAGUE, THAYER and more. Mayflower - BREWSTER, SAMSON/SAMPSON, WARREN CAHILL of Ireland, Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA - am adding Massachusetts data for Cahill French Canadian lines back to France - CHOQUETTE, ROUISSE & more Scottish lines of Whithorn and Glasgow area - YOSTON, NAPIER (MCNABNEY), DIAMOND - New name MORRISON - I searched Scottish Origins yesterday and had some success and am awaiting the documents I ordered. - Received the documents and was very pleased with what I received. Nova Scotia and early German lines, Lunenburg & Mill Village. CROUSE, FRANSOU, HENRITCY/HEINRICKE, PENTZ, REINHARDT, WEINACHT, WILD Information on Massachusetts and Hollis, NH

Linda, The answer may be simpler than you suspect. I have encountered several examples in my research where one spouse just up and abandoned the other. This seems to have been a de facto divorce. As your husband suggests, the three marriages may have occurred because the man was a scoundrel, or simply a bad husband. The wives may have gotten tired of his behavior and left him. I have at least one example of that happening where a child was involved, and the husband was left with the child. You mentioned the second wife giving birth; do you know what became of the child? Did it stay with the father, or go with the mother? Gordon

I am applying for membership to DAR. My ancestor grandfather, Bethuel MILLER was from NH, but he served under Col. Benjamin BELLOWS in the relief of Fort Ticonderoga. I have discovered he is listed in the following, but I live in Oregon and don't have access to any of the following. One of the questions on the DAR form is; What were his services during the Revolutionary War. Would somebody PLEASE try to look my ancestor Bethuel MILLER up in one of the following? Thank you very sincerely, Sarah srose@jeffnet.org Rolls of the Soldiers in the Rev. War 1775- May 1777; and Diaries of Lt. Jona Burton, Ed. By Issac Weare Hammond, V 1, or War Rolls, NH 1885, (13,3) Rolls of the Soldiers in the Rev. War May 1777 to 1780; with names of NH Men in Ms. Regiments. V 2 of War Rolls. Concord, NH 1886 (14,2 ) Rolls and Documents Relating to Soldiers in the Rev. War, Including Some Indian and French Rolls, V 3 of War Rolls Manchester, NH 1887 (10,2), Rolls and Socuments Relating to Soldiers in the Rev. War. pt 11, Misc. Provincial Papers from 1629 1725 V4 of War rolls Manchester, NH 1889 (22, 2): 1: 442, 544; 2:26, 371 Thank you again, Sarah