The dispute that I was thinking of was the "oblong" which was disputed land that went to NY and CT got that piece that now juts into NY state at the "bottom." Yet another one! Erica Voolich On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Dave Robison <drr45@msn.com> wrote: > Massachusetts originally claimed all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to > the Hudson River. After much dispute, the Massachustts border was settled > as being 20 miles east of the river. Later, the southwest corner of > Massachusetts was ceded to New York and the boundary was set along a line > created by Mount Washington. In order to get to that corner > of Massachusetts it was necessary to travel a great distance around the > mountain to reach what became New Boston, NY. Governing that bit of > "wilderness" was considered impractical at that time. > > In addtion to the borders of New York and Massachusetts, the southern > border with Conecticut was also in disputer for many years. The border was > finally pushed north to its present site. Woodstock, Connecticut for > example was once in Massachusetts. The only part of the disputed southern > boundary that remained in Massachussets is the very small jag in the border > which encompasses Southwick, Massachusetts. > > This is not the only change. The State of Maine was originally part of > Massachusetts until 1820 when the secession and creation of Maine was part > of the Missouri Compromise. > > > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 20:55:53 -0400 > > From: voolich@gmail.com > > To: plhgenealogy@gmail.com > > CC: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [TGF] New England > > > > > Since the borders between NY and other states weren't static, maybe some > > clerks thought they were in NY and not in MA or expected to by in NY > rather > > than in CT, etc. I know my ancestors who lived in CT had much better > > records than when they lived just over the border (1-2 miles away) in NY. > > There were border disputes between NY and CT and I'm not sure if that was > > true for MA and NY too. > > Erica Voolich > > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Patricia Hobbs <plhgenealogy@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Michelle: even though I do like researching in NE (it's a relatively > new > > > thing for me after researching a lot in vital-record-less Pennsylvania > and > > > New York), it has been discouraging to find that at least in western > > > Massachusetts the vital records did not seem to be recorded at the > time of > > > the event ... or even close in some cases. It seems like all of a > sudden > > > the town clerk would have a fit of responsibility and recorded > information > > > for whoever was living there at the time. But a lot of records seem to > have > > > never been recorded. There are three wives whom I feel very confident > died > > > in a western Massachusetts town, but there's nary a death record for > them. > > > And there are no birth records for one family (at least that I've been > > > able to find) for a family who was in western MA from the mid 1750s. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Michele Lewis <ancestoring@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > No wonder people like doing research in New England! Not only do I > find > > > a > > > > plethora of vital records but the newspapers carry all of the deaths > and > > > > marriages all the way back. You just don't find this much stuff in > the > > > > south! I am research the Kenrick Family in Charlestown and I am > > > > overwhelmed > > > > with what I am finding with no effort at all. Easy peasy compared to > > > > someone in the deep south in the early 1800s! > > > > > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a > supportive > > > > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they > transition > > > to > > > > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this > list. > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > > message > > > > > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > > > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they > transition to > > > professional level work. 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