The new library in Exeter,R.I. is building a Genealogical section and would probably be very interested in any and all genealogical books. Charlie C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Huntoon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] about books > Does anyone know of a library that wants a copy of "Representative Men > and > Old Families of RI" from about 1909. It's a pay-for-inclusion book set > but > I found my family in it and have abstracted what I need. Its about 3000 > pages, very heavy, and in reasonable condition, I don't mind delivering > it > to a library that will have it available. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Many of the Books written on Rhode Island are now on CD's. Most Libraries have Computers available today for people to use. The advantage of CD's is most Libraries have limited Storage Space in their Genealogy Dept. and CD's require very little space. They are also less expensive to purchase and more can be purchased for the same amount of available $'s. In making a decision I think I would write to the Rhode Island Genealogical Society in Greenville, RI, and The NEHGS in Boston Mass. for a professional opinion on the Top 10 Books on RI. If you do not have any Rhode Island Books you might want to include other approved books that are suggested rather than limit them to Family Genealogies. Pat

Hi! I have one Eddy line and the reunion is in Middleboro,Massachusetts; on Saturday August 11TH.It is on the same day as another reunion and a wedding I am attending in my home area.I would direct you to the Eddy web site but it is being worked on.You may want to make note of it.I am a descendant of Abigail Eddy who married John Benjamin. I am so many times a descendant of Walter Palmer it boggles the mind!Seventeen lines and I believe them all to be correct!The 2007 reunion will be at Pendleton Hill,North Stonington,Connecticut,near the Voluntown/North Stonington line.This site was where reunions were held for many years until a fire took place on the property.Pendleton Hill is a GREAT PLACE and easily accessible off Route#49,Pendleton Hill Road.The number location is 812 Pendleton Hill Road. The Walter Palmer Society http://www.walterpalmer.com ,reunion is a pot luck affair.Also you can make a monetary donation if you wish.The speaker will be Ms.Sarah Melcher of Torrington,Connecticut; who will speak on the French and Indian War which took place from 1754-1763,.The regular business meeting will be held. It starts at 11:00 AM,. Important e-mails to remember: Membership-Dr.Jody Wren [email protected] Registrar-Katharine Post Palmer Smith [email protected] Contact her for application forms. Genealogist-Elmer Hall Palmer [email protected] I have a wedding in the middle of the afternoon and plan to do both.Luckily they are not far way in location! Walter Palmer along with his son-in-law Thomas Minor are two of the Four Founders of Stonington,Connecticut.I also have a line from William Palmer who came out of what is now Little Compton,Rhode Island.Walter Palmer before his Stonington years was living in Rehoboth,Massachusetts; area. Relatively yours, Scott Scott Bill Hirst 20 Maple Court Ashaway,RI 02804-1301 USA (401)377-4643 Note:Telephone if you need quick reply.

Hi Karen, Nice to hear from you ! Are you back on-line? We haven't been back in your area again. Been very busy. And, I haven't done much research for a year. Someone has suggested I write an "historical novel" about my grandmother, born Daisy WATROUS, 1889, and re-named, Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, in 1892. I'm tempted ! I still believe that Mrs. Clara (DEXTER) YOUNG was her birth-mother (outside of her marriage). Did I tell you that I was lucky enough to find out where her descendants were living? Some in CT ! I wrote to them - a year ago - and they chose not to respond ! I guess that "family secret" has lasted over 100 years, and will probably continue for another 100 years ! FYI to others: The "whole story" is in the archives of the RI, CT, and MA Lists. Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Eddy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:30 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Eddy Family In America >I don't know if you can view this page without a CT library card. >Otherwise, the 1940 book can be viewed online via Heritage Quest. > > http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/shortcitation?urn=urn:proquest:US;glhbooks;Genealogy-glh17250648;-1;-1; > > Karen Flanders Eddy in CT > > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! > Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! > Games. >

Thanks Scott, if I had known some people were interested in Maine, I just gave the Library the Narragansett Settlements or Proprietors and it's from Maine, dummy me, I thought it was from Narragansett when I ordered the book. I just dropped it off. Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

In a message dated 7/9/2007 4:06:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island . . ., John Osborne Austin, 1887 Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, James N. Arnold, 1891 Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, Alden Gamaliel Beaman, 1977 Genealogies of Rhode Island Families; Genealogical Publishing Co., 2 vols.; 1983, 2000 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, 3 volumes, J. H. Beers & Co., 1908 Gleanings from Newport Court Files, 1659-1783, Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998 More Early Records of The Town of Warwick, Rhode Island, Marshall Morgan, Edited by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg and Jane Fletcher Fiske, 2001 Rhode Island General Court of Trials, 1671-1704, Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998 The Records of the Proprietors of the Narraganset., James N. Arnold, 1891 Thanks for that recommendation, some of these they already have. Thanks. Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

May I recommend my local genealogy library? Santa Clara City Library Attention: Genealogy Department Central Park Library 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

>The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, vols. 1-3, Robert >Charles Anderson, 1999-2003 The Great Migration has been published through Vol 4,(Surnames beginning A-L). There will be more to come. Margaret

Does anyone know of a library that wants a copy of "Representative Men and Old Families of RI" from about 1909. It's a pay-for-inclusion book set but I found my family in it and have abstracted what I need. Its about 3000 pages, very heavy, and in reasonable condition, I don't mind delivering it to a library that will have it available.

A must on this list is the CD put out by the RI Genealogcal Society that contains 30 years of its quarterly journal, RI Roots. It is packed with information not available anywhere else. --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.

I wish.......I"m having a terrible time trying to find my Field/Fields........Albert Hale Field and Amanda E Lawton, Dau of Isaac D and Mary P Lawton, were married in Scituate in 1884......need to find his parents and more leads on the Lawtons...... I also recommend the Book by Thomas Gorton, "Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island and His Decendants...Vols.I and II ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Fields Murphy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Top 10 Books for Family Genealogy > This is a GREAT thread for all on the list! > > Anyone know of a good source for FIELD(S) genealogy in Rhode Island? > > Debbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Potter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Top 10 Books for Family Genealogy > > >> Hi Nancy >> I would second Claire's suggestion. Also, if the library wants to get >> into CD-Roms, I'd recommend The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New >> England 1620-1633. Obviously it's not RI specific, but a lot of our RI >> immigrants were in Mass early on before they were kicked out :) >> I have several RI family genealogies from which I do lookups for BWO >> and the ones I get the most requests for are Crandall and Hazard. If you >> are looking for other family genealogies I'd also have to suggest one on >> Roger Williams, one on the Arnolds and maybe the Coggeshall genealogy. >> I cannot tell you which Arnold or RW books are best since I don't have >> those families, but someone on the list must have suggestions. Also, I >> would recommend a genealogy on the Shermans. Almost any family that's >> been >> in RI for any length of time seems to have crossed over with the desc of >> Philip Sherman. I'm also partial to Bill Wright's book but the title >> escapes me. I do not know if he has anymore available but if he does it >> covers a lot of ground in Washington County. >> Aside from family genealogies, I'd strongly recommend Jane Fiske's >> Court records books (I'm at work and do not have the exact titles but if >> you want, I can get them for you) - I've found info in those books on >> some >> of my peskier ancestors. >> If your library does not have Arnold's VR I'd recommend they at least >> get the town VR volumes unless they have access to NEHGS there. Beaman's >> is another good resource - that is available on the FTM CD #215. >> If Barry Browning is on the list, I think he had tried to come up >> with >> a similar list a few years ago. >> Donna >> >> >> ---- [email protected] wrote: >>> May I suggest New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Clarence Torrey.? >>> Claire >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks so much! Grace -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Wright Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RIGENWEB] Top 10 Books for Family Genealogy Thanks you Scott Bill Hirst for the kind comments about my book. Here is a list of libraries that have a copy of it. <http://www.hal-pc.org/~wmewrght/library.html> I am not sure that for a lbirary with a limited budget that family histories are the best place to start a collection of RI books. Arnold's Vital Records of RI can be accessed on-line through the New England Historic Genealogical Society and I think they are also available on CD-ROM. The Beaman books are invaluable. There are 12 volumes of the red books "Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series" and 20 volumes of the blue books "Rhode Island Genealogical Register." The two, two volume sets of "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families" published in the 1980s by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983 and 1989, should get top consideration. They make up 4 volumes. On Grace's question about books on the Tefft, Larkin and Tibbetts families in order to connect her Gardner lines. Genealogies of the Tefft and Larkin families are not plentiful. I can't speak for the Tibbetts since that is a family I have not investigated. Looking at the Family History Library catalog turned up a few Tefft and Larkin books. 1. Larkin, Elizabeth Brock (Main Author). "Edward Larkin of Rhode Island: freeman of Newport 1655 and of Westerly 1664; the first six generations." 474 p. 2004. (I have not seen this book). 2. Editor: William H. Larkin, Jr.. "Chronicle of the Larkin family : of the towne of Westerlie and colony of Rhoad [i.e. Rhode] Island in New England." Microreproduction of original periodical published: LaPorte, Indiana: Published for the Larkin Family Association by William H. Larkin, Jr. 1908-1913. (Since this is on microfilm it is available through Family History Centers.) 3. Tifft, Maria Elizabeth Maxon, 1856- (Main Author). "A partial record of the descendants of John Tefft, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and the nearly complete record of the descendants of John Tifft, of Nassau, New York : containing the names of seven hundred and four descendants extending over a period of two hundred and forty-one years in America, together with other miscellaneous records." (Go to the FHL card catalog and follow the link to the digital version that may be on line at <http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH3,36639>. But I didn't find the book particularly helpful.) 4. Prosser--Tefft--Kenyon family notes in Springfield (MA) Public Library. (This is microfilm and the catalog listing says difficult to read in places.) 5. Stocking, Charles H. W. (Charles Henry Wright), b. 1835 (Main Author). The Tefft ancestry : comprising many hitherto unpublished records of descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 1904. 102 [i.e. 112] p. (More microfilm.) With the exception of the first book listed which I have not seen, I would not call any of the books definitive. Bill Wright ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a GREAT thread for all on the list! Anyone know of a good source for FIELD(S) genealogy in Rhode Island? Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Potter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Top 10 Books for Family Genealogy > Hi Nancy > I would second Claire's suggestion. Also, if the library wants to get > into CD-Roms, I'd recommend The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New > England 1620-1633. Obviously it's not RI specific, but a lot of our RI > immigrants were in Mass early on before they were kicked out :) > I have several RI family genealogies from which I do lookups for BWO > and the ones I get the most requests for are Crandall and Hazard. If you > are looking for other family genealogies I'd also have to suggest one on > Roger Williams, one on the Arnolds and maybe the Coggeshall genealogy. > I cannot tell you which Arnold or RW books are best since I don't have > those families, but someone on the list must have suggestions. Also, I > would recommend a genealogy on the Shermans. Almost any family that's been > in RI for any length of time seems to have crossed over with the desc of > Philip Sherman. I'm also partial to Bill Wright's book but the title > escapes me. I do not know if he has anymore available but if he does it > covers a lot of ground in Washington County. > Aside from family genealogies, I'd strongly recommend Jane Fiske's > Court records books (I'm at work and do not have the exact titles but if > you want, I can get them for you) - I've found info in those books on some > of my peskier ancestors. > If your library does not have Arnold's VR I'd recommend they at least > get the town VR volumes unless they have access to NEHGS there. Beaman's > is another good resource - that is available on the FTM CD #215. > If Barry Browning is on the list, I think he had tried to come up with > a similar list a few years ago. > Donna > > > ---- [email protected] wrote: >> May I suggest New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Clarence Torrey.? >> Claire >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

We have the Torrey series in the library, thanks. Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Thanks everyone for your great recommendations, I've been printing them out and will take them to the head librarian next week. Thanks very much. Nancy-Jo Nunez A Genealogy Enthusiast ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara California Genealogical Society. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Thanks you Scott Bill Hirst for the kind comments about my book. Here is a list of libraries that have a copy of it. <http://www.hal-pc.org/~wmewrght/library.html> I am not sure that for a lbirary with a limited budget that family histories are the best place to start a collection of RI books. Arnold's Vital Records of RI can be accessed on-line through the New England Historic Genealogical Society and I think they are also available on CD-ROM. The Beaman books are invaluable. There are 12 volumes of the red books "Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series" and 20 volumes of the blue books "Rhode Island Genealogical Register." The two, two volume sets of "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families" published in the 1980s by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983 and 1989, should get top consideration. They make up 4 volumes. On Grace's question about books on the Tefft, Larkin and Tibbetts families in order to connect her Gardner lines. Genealogies of the Tefft and Larkin families are not plentiful. I can't speak for the Tibbetts since that is a family I have not investigated. Looking at the Family History Library catalog turned up a few Tefft and Larkin books. 1. Larkin, Elizabeth Brock (Main Author). "Edward Larkin of Rhode Island: freeman of Newport 1655 and of Westerly 1664; the first six generations." 474 p. 2004. (I have not seen this book). 2. Editor: William H. Larkin, Jr.. "Chronicle of the Larkin family : of the towne of Westerlie and colony of Rhoad [i.e. Rhode] Island in New England." Microreproduction of original periodical published: LaPorte, Indiana: Published for the Larkin Family Association by William H. Larkin, Jr. 1908-1913. (Since this is on microfilm it is available through Family History Centers.) 3. Tifft, Maria Elizabeth Maxon, 1856- (Main Author). "A partial record of the descendants of John Tefft, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and the nearly complete record of the descendants of John Tifft, of Nassau, New York : containing the names of seven hundred and four descendants extending over a period of two hundred and forty-one years in America, together with other miscellaneous records." (Go to the FHL card catalog and follow the link to the digital version that may be on line at <http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH3,36639>. But I didn't find the book particularly helpful.) 4. Prosser--Tefft--Kenyon family notes in Springfield (MA) Public Library. (This is microfilm and the catalog listing says difficult to read in places.) 5. Stocking, Charles H. W. (Charles Henry Wright), b. 1835 (Main Author). The Tefft ancestry : comprising many hitherto unpublished records of descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 1904. 102 [i.e. 112] p. (More microfilm.) With the exception of the first book listed which I have not seen, I would not call any of the books definitive. Bill Wright

Hi Nancy I would second Claire's suggestion. Also, if the library wants to get into CD-Roms, I'd recommend The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Obviously it's not RI specific, but a lot of our RI immigrants were in Mass early on before they were kicked out :) I have several RI family genealogies from which I do lookups for BWO and the ones I get the most requests for are Crandall and Hazard. If you are looking for other family genealogies I'd also have to suggest one on Roger Williams, one on the Arnolds and maybe the Coggeshall genealogy. I cannot tell you which Arnold or RW books are best since I don't have those families, but someone on the list must have suggestions. Also, I would recommend a genealogy on the Shermans. Almost any family that's been in RI for any length of time seems to have crossed over with the desc of Philip Sherman. I'm also partial to Bill Wright's book but the title escapes me. I do not know if he has anymore available but if he does it covers a lot of ground in Washington County. Aside from family genealogies, I'd strongly recommend Jane Fiske's Court records books (I'm at work and do not have the exact titles but if you want, I can get them for you) - I've found info in those books on some of my peskier ancestors. If your library does not have Arnold's VR I'd recommend they at least get the town VR volumes unless they have access to NEHGS there. Beaman's is another good resource - that is available on the FTM CD #215. If Barry Browning is on the list, I think he had tried to come up with a similar list a few years ago. Donna ---- [email protected] wrote: > May I suggest New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Clarence Torrey.? > Claire > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

NEHGS printed Rhode Island Families in two or three volumes. Cindy Clark > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 12:54:12 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: [RIGENWEB] Top 10 Books for Family Genealogies in Rhode > Island > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi listers > I need some help from all of you. Can you send me an email giving me > your > opinion of the top ten family genealogy books for Rhode Island? > > My local library has no RI Genealogies on the shelf, I'm taking the > liberty > of identifying the top 10 to the society to order for the shelf, they have > a > large budget to buy books for the genealogy room. Since I've never > purchase > any specific genealogies for families, I thought I'd ask folks on this > list. > Can you send me an email? Thank you. > > Nancy-Jo Nunez > A Genealogy Enthusiast > ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & > Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara > California > Genealogical Society.

Her name is spelled Onsley, not Walmsley. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:39 PM Subject: [RIGENWEB] Warwick, Early births...Robert M. Eldridge/Eldredge > Posting this information in the hopes that someone will have births from > Warwick other than Arnold's. Thank you for reading. > > Maria R. Walmesley born about 1816 in Uxbridge, MA married Robert M. > Eldredge/Eldridge on October 31, 1828 in Providence, Providence, Rhode > Island. He > was born about 1805 in Rhode Island, possibly Warwick, Rhode Island. She > married (2) Daniel Robson (Robson was the spelling in Providence vital > records > and Robinson was identified in Uxbridge Town Records) on Jun 11, 1840 in > Providence, Providence, RI, she married (3) Samuel Nelson Hugs/Huggs on > July 13, > 1845 in Uxbridge, MA. Samuel was born about 1815 in Mt. Holly, New > Jersey and > died August 1, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island. > > I am looking for children possibly born to Maria and her first husband > Robert. It would seem to me that marrying at the age of about 16 up until > her > second marriage there should be children somewhere. Can anyone check any > of > their vital records collections to see if there were children for me? > Thank you. > > Nancy-Jo Nunez > A Genealogy Enthusiast > ...Member of Rhode Island Genealogy Society, New England Genealogical & > Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society, Santa Clara > California > Genealogical Society. > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Hi listers I need some help from all of you. Can you send me an email giving me your opinion of the top ten family genealogy books for Rhode Island? <snip> -------------------------------------- Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island . . ., John Osborne Austin, 1887 Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, James N. Arnold, 1891 Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series, Alden Gamaliel Beaman, 1977 Genealogies of Rhode Island Families; Genealogical Publishing Co., 2 vols.; 1983, 2000 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, 3 volumes, J. H. Beers & Co., 1908 Gleanings from Newport Court Files, 1659-1783, Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998 More Early Records of The Town of Warwick, Rhode Island, Marshall Morgan, Edited by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg and Jane Fletcher Fiske, 2001 Rhode Island General Court of Trials, 1671-1704, Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998 The Records of the Proprietors of the Narraganset., James N. Arnold, 1891 The following books cover all of New England, not just Rhode Island. The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 volumes, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995 The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, vols. 1-3, Robert Charles Anderson, 1999-2003 New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, 1985 Third Supplement (includes 1 & 2) to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, 2003 There are many books on various RI families. One of broader interest would be Descendants of Roger Williams (3 books) Some of the above mentioned books are available on CD-ROMs which are less expensive and require less storage space. Heritage Books Archives has some books on CD that aren't available in print such as the Early Records of the Town of Providence. Jim Bullock Littleton, Colorado