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. 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