I thought that this might be of interest to several lists. The Seavey's first came to Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire and came from Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England. As mentioned below, I am willing to do lookups in the Index and in my data base for Seavey's. If you come across info about Seavey's, I'd appreciate receiving it. I am trying to add all Seavey's (all spellings) born before 1800 to my data base to make it as complete as possible for doing lookups. I also keep track of those interested in particular Seavey lines so I can hook the various interested parties up with each other. Tom Sevy Thomas D. Sevy, MSW, LCSW Grantsmanship Consultant 1617 W. Shenandoah Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84123 (the same as Taylorsville, Utah 84123) 801-264-9748 sevy99@deseretonline.com > Sometime around 1880 to 1920, Anna Byrd Hall (who married Mr. A.C. > Hall, her grandmother is Hannah Seavey d/o Joseph Seavey and Abigail > Cummings) collected Seavey info from where ever she could find it. > She is known as both Mrs. A.C. Hall and as A.B. Hall. Anyway, I > assume that she was going to eventually write a book, but it didn't > happen. She wrote the info which she received in paper bound journal > books in pencil. Mostly she wrote names, spouses and dates of > birth/death. She entered few sources, and few place names. I don't > recall how many of these little books there are, but they take up 2 > 1/2 feet of shelf space at the New England Historic Genealogical > Society (NEHGS) in Boston. The collection of books is called the > "Hall Collection". I recently learned that there are two Hall > Collections. This one is numbered MS-300. To use it you must be a > member of the NEHGS. Daily memberships are available, but they don't > get you access to manuscript collections. I joined just so I could > use it. I went to Boston from my then home in Maryland in about 1995. > The amount of information is overwhelming. Fortunately, a very > generous volunteer, went through the entire collection sometime around > 1990 and indexed all of the names. The index which she prepared is > over 1000 pages long. Unfortunately she didn't put it on a computer. > Anyway, the first 128 pages of the Index consists of family groups, > from 3 to 8 per page: husband, wife and children, with a Seavey > surnamed spouse. These are alphabetically listed by the Seavey > spouses given name. Then, pages 129-182 is family groups alphabetized > by the non-Seavey spouse's surname, and also families closely allied > to Seavey where neither spouse is Seavey. Each family group has file > references giving the book number and page number where the info was > found. I asked permission of the librarian on duty if I could copy > the index, and was given permission. Fortunately for me this > librarian didn't know that she wasn't supposed to allow such copying. > I believe that I have the only copy of this index outside of the > NEHGS. I don't recall what is in the other 800 plus pages (although I > have it in my files somewhere). I also copied page 983 which lists > slaves which belonged to the Seavey's. Because I was able to get a > copy which was supposed to be restricted, I will not make copies of > the Index for others, but I will do lookups for anyone who asks. > Given that the Index is sorted by the given name of the Seavey spouse, > right now I can't search for the non-Seavey spouse or for the children > who aren't also listed as parents, but I am in the process of entering > the info into my genealogy software (PAF-4) and will be able to search > for all when I finish. I'm up to page 76 of 183 pages. I've done a > lot, but have a lot to do. Anyway, I'll do lookups for you or anyone. > It is my hope to create a data base with all Seavey's (all spellings) > born before 1900. I currently have about 9500 names (including > collateral lines). I also keep track of inquiries in notes attached > to individuals so I can inform those who are interested of others who > have made similar inquiries. If anyone goes to the NEHGS to use the > Hall Collection, be sure to get the Index to guide your search. I > hope that this is clear. > > As if this wasn't already too long, I want to share something I > learned about getting info from books or other resources when your > time is limited. I took my laptop computer to the NEHGS for taking > notes. It was just too slow, reading, then typing, then looking back > to read. I then tried writing on a note pad. Then I decided to try > using my mini-recorder. Then was when my speed went way up. I could > take "notes" on the recorder about as fast as I could read. I found a > place off to the side of the room and nobody heard me talking into the > recorder. Granted, it took quite a while to transcribe the tapes, but > I had far more than I would have had by typing or writing. Try it. I > have a Sony which cost about $34.95. Tapes are about a dollar each > and hold 60 minutes of recording.