hi Roger You will need to pay for a subscription to see the actual death record. He died of 05 May 1957 of ' heart infarction'. Age: 65y 4m and 20days. Buried Georgetown , Beverly. Occ: Painter. Father: Perez M BROOKS, b Beverly MASS. Mother: Annie L BARR b Weymouth, NS rgds Jocelyn On Sat, Mar 31st, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Roger Weir <rogerweir@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I just found a hit for Ward Rushford Brooks d. 1957 MA....I can´t see the > record though.  > > http://search.ancestry.com/mercury/pages/recordlist.aspx?did=17&pidlist=1002-7655627_1002-8518350_6482-17665960_7602-65467131_2495-5826336_6061-29258431_6224-22734887_1960-837869&o_iid=39552&o_lid=39552&o_sch=Web+Property > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "debbrunt@comcast.net" <debbrunt@comcast.net> > To: Bob Hegerich <bobh36@verizon.net> > Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:33:45 AM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits > > I was looking for death records and did not find any. I think they were > marriages but don't remember for sure. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Hegerich" <bobh36@verizon.net> > To: debbrunt@comcast.net > Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com, "Richard Noble" <nobler@accesswave.ca> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:14:58 AM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits > > Hi: > > I'll guess that those were death records. Yes/No/Maybe? > > -----Bob H----- > > On 3/30/2012 1:10 PM, debbrunt@comcast.net wrote: > > > FYI, I found some records from 1919 in this collection. None later than > that, though. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Hegerich" <bobh36@verizon.net> > To: "Richard Noble" <nobler@accesswave.ca> > Cc: nova-scotia@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:02:42 AM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits > > > Hi Richard: > In general No. > That 1988 is almost certainly for the latest record in there, and there > probably are a few [I couldn't even begin to guess the percentage] that > are > that new. But the ones I have seen so far in Ancestry's collection cut off > > at about 1900. > PS. It's not just an index, there are linked images of the actual records > > as well. Again, I don't know the percentage, but every one I have looked > at > so far has had a record image. > -----Bob H----- > On 3/30/2012 12:26 PM, Richard Noble wrote: > > I am familiar with the indexes of the towns that went to 1850. > But does Ancestry now have indexes from the towns that go to 1988?? > > Ric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Hegerich" [1] <bobh36@verizon.net> > To: [2] <nova-scotia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] New additions to rootsweb ancestry leaf hits > > > Hi Roger: > > Yes, it is new to Ancestry, but not to natives of Massachusetts. Back > in the 1600's, Massachusetts towns and (later) cities [there are no > unincorporated areas in MA] started collecting and recording vital > statistics. In 1800's (and in some cases before) the State of MA > started collecting and recording them as well, so in many instances > there are two sets of records, not necessarily identical. :-) > > -----Bob H----- > > On 3/30/2012 10:10 AM, Roger Weir wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was looking over some of the names on my rootsweb page and noticed > > that they have added Massachusettes Vital Town Collection, 1620 to 1988. > This index must be fairly new because I have never noticed it before. > > > I have one record just to see what it is.... > > > [3] > http://search.ancestry.com/mercury/pages/recordlist.aspx?did=17&pidlist=7457 > > -3595503_3693-7101255_70050-10014817_70050-10014816_1732-387757067_1788-7018 > > 3832_6224-15100061_2495-6448262&o_iid=39552&o_lid=39552&o_sch=Web+Property > > > The last record on the link above if there is a kind soul out there with > > ancestry. > > Thanks so much. > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. 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