Lisa, thanks for this info. I will send an email and see where to start. Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Rose Plouffe > Beth - > > I didn't notice your first message - but there is > a Natick in RI. It's a mill village in Warwick - Kent County > > The AFGS in Woonsocket has many published church > records for the french churches in RI. The one in Natick > is St. Joseph. They have published the > Marriages of St Joseph's Church (1875-1989), but I don't > see the births. > > Holyoke is another mill town. It's in Hampden County, MA > There is a list for hampden county at rootsweb.com > Families moved from town to town in search better work > opportunities. It's possible that some part of the family > was in Holyoke before or after Natick. Maybe they started > moving west from RI, and were in Holyoke for a while before > they made their way to Michigan? Holyoke also had > a large french canadian population. > > Rhode Island's adoption records are sealed, so when you > write to any authorities for records, don't mention the adoption > or you won't get too far. I don't think the records were always > sealed, so there is hope you can find her original birth record. > > You could send to the RI state archives - the information is below - > > They only charge 15 cents, or 2.00 for a certified copy. The > massachusetts > archives that Donna mentioned only charges $3.00 for a record, so > these > are 2 good resources to use. > > Lisa > > Kenneth S. Carlson > Reference Archivist > Rhode Island State Archives > 337 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 > Phone (401) 222 - 2353 > Fax (401) 222 - 3199 > TTY: 711 > Email: reference@sec.state.ri.us > Website: www.sec.state.ri.us/archives > > > VITAL RECORDS ORDER GUIDELINES > 1. All requests must be made on a Vital Records Order Form. > > 2. Only one type of record (e.g., birth, marriage, or death) for one > name > may be requested on a Form. > > 3. No more than two Vital Records Order Forms may be submitted at one > time. > Please wait for our response before sending further requests. > > 4. All requests for vital records must include an approximate date > for the > birth, marriage, or death sought. If you are unsure of the date, we > ask > that you include a five year period for the search (e.g., 1870-1875) > as well > as any information that will assist, such as parents' names, town/city > of > residence, etc. > > 5. Requests for vital records before 1853 must include the name of > the city > or town since no statewide index exists to facilitate a search of the > early > town records. > > 6. Photocopies of records will be provided at a cost of $.15 per > page. > Certified copies of state records (births, marriages, deaths recorded > from > 1853) can be provided at a cost of $2.00 per record. Requests for > certification of pre-1853 vital records must be directed to the city > or town > that holds the original record. > > ****PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY**** > **** YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ANY CHARGES*** > > Note: Rhode Island General Laws stipulate that all records of birth > and > marriage are closed for a period of one-hundred (100) years. Death > records > are restricted for a period of fifty (50) years. Records of birth, > marriage, and death available at the State Archives are as follows: > > Town Vitals: Prior to 1853 - microfilm copies only. Original records > are > maintained by the individual cities and towns. > > Births and Marriages: 1853-1903 (statewide index available) > > Deaths: 1853-1953 (statewide index available) > > Requests for copies of statewide filings of births and marriages after > 1903 and deaths after 1953 must be requested from the Department of > Health, > Office of Vital Records, For more information call 401-222-2812. > > > ****THIS FORM MAY BE COPIED**** > > > VITAL RECORDS ORDER FORM Type of Record: _____ Birth _____ Marriage > _____ > Death (Select only one) > > _____ photocopy (.15/pg.) _______ certified copy ($2.00) > > Name of Individual Sought: > > First:__________________ Middle: ______________ Last:_______________ > Date of Birth/Marriage/Death: _______________________________________ > Place of event: _____________________________________________________ > Parents' Names: _________________________________________________ > Spouse: ________________________________________________________ > Your Name: ___________________________ > Address: ______________________________ _____________________________ > > Kenneth S. Carlson > Reference Archivist > Office of the Secretary of State Matthew A. Brown > State Archives Division > 337 Westminster Street > Providence, RI 02903 > Tel. 401 222 - 2353 > Fax. 401 222 - 3199 > TTY: 711 > Email: reference@sec.state.ri.us > Website: www.sec.state.ri.us/archives > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Comstock" <bethsroots@verizon.net> > To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:25 PM > Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Rose Plouffe > > >> Donna, >> >> thank you, I will look into these. I know so far all the records I > have >> found on her, census, death, children etc. state that she was born > in Rhode >> Island. But as I mentioned my gr-aunt (she's 87 now) for some > reason >> remembers Holyoke, MA. It is something to check on though. >> >> Beth >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donna Rhyne" <djfrnc@nc.rr.com> >> To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Rose Plouffe >> >> >> > In the records at NEHGS, there are these 3 births in Holyoke that > all >> > sound >> > close to your person's name: >> > >> > Plouffe Mary Rose A. Holyoke 1887 Vol 376 P 468 > Birth >> > >> > Plouff Rose A. Holyoke 1885 358 434 Birth >> > parents Euclide(occ. operative) and Felina or Felicia, both born > Canada >> > Plouf Evelina Marie Rose Holyoke 1894 439 667 > Birth >> > parents Camille(occ. teamster) and Hermine(Leduc), both born > Canada >> > >> > Unfortunately there is no image available for the 1887 record. > You >> > could >> > order a copy of the 1887 record from the MA Archives. >> > >> > Donna in NC >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Beth Comstock" <bethsroots@verizon.net> >> > To: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:54 PM >> > Subject: [RIGENWEB] Bushman - Lucier - Bueachiman - Lussier - > Peterson >> > 1885 - 1910 abt. >> > >> > >> >> Hi there everyone, >> >> >> >> I have just signed up for the Rhode Island list. I hope that I > might be >> > able to find out some things about my gr-grandmother. she was > supposed >> > have >> > been born in Rhode Island. On her son's birth record it states > Natick, >> > learning through some looking I have found there is no Natick so > has been >> > quite a search. >> >> >> >> I anyone has any direction for me in what to do it would be > wonderful. I >> > live in Michigan and won't be traveling out that way to do my own > looking, >> > hopefully someday I will be able too. >> >> >> >> She was supposedly adopted by the parents that raised, but I have > ideas >> > that maybe her adoptive father was her birth father too? no proof > though. >> >> >> >> Name was Rose Marie Bushman (adoptive name) or Plouf (family says > Plouf >> > was her birthname) >> >> b.Aug. 30, 1887 Natick, Rhode Island >> >> d. April 4, 1921 Ludington, Mason Co., Michigan >> >> >> >> Parents that raised her were: >> >> Azarie/Alarie Bushman (Bueachiman) >> >> b. Aug. 1854 Canada >> >> d. Jun 1, 1912 Ludington, Mason Co., Michigan >> >> m.Jul 24, 1876 Quebec, Canada to >> >> Olive Plouf >> >> b. jan. 31, 1853 Quebec, Canada >> >> d. April 11, 1914 Ludington, Mason Co., Michigan >> >> >> >> Rose Marie was married to an Unknown Lussier sometime between > 1900 and >> > 1910. They had a daughter named Armelia. A great aunt of mine > thinks >> > Holyoke, Massachusetts is familiar to her? Also, Rose's parent > Azarie & >> > Olive immigrated from Canada in 1890 from the 1900 Census. >> >> >> >> Armelia Rosalie Lussier >> >> b. abt. 1907 Rhode Island >> >> >> >> Rose is in Michigan in 1900 Census and also the 1910 Census. In > 1900 she >> > is a Bushman, in the 1910 she is a Lucier and her daughter Armelia > is here >> > too. She was remarried to a Charles William Peterson in > Ludington, Mason >> > Co., Michigan and when Rose died in 1921 Armelia was sent back > "out east" >> > to >> > live with family out there? >> >> >> >> Anything that might be of help to direct me would be wonderful... >> >> >> >> Thanks so much, >> >> Beth >> >> > > > > ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== > Bristol County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ribristo/ > RI Cemeteries Index http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ > >