Hi - the reason I subscribe to this message board is because I am looking for info on a William C. Brooks and Sarah W. McFarland who supposedly lived in Franklin, VT. Their son who came to Maine and joined the Civil War from Maine said he was born in Franklin and had gone to school there and in Canada. Your entry for Joseph Lahue and Lucy Brooke just gave me some hope - although it is Brooke not Brooks. Hoping someone can help me find my elusive William and Sarah and any other family. An old letter said they may have had a daughter who married a man in the Canadian government. William Curtis Brooks who came to Maine was born March 16. 1826. Marion Brooks from Maine Pauline Manosh wrote: > Hi, > I have a few Lahue's, will be happy to share. > >From marriage and birth register Montgomery, Vermont Franklin county. > > Birth Montgomery, Vt. ) March 29, 1868 Frankie Lahue, female district #12 > parents Joseph Lahue and Lucy Brooke. Occupation of father, day laborer. > Both parents born Canada. > Polly > Pmanosh@pwshift.com >

Hi, I have a few Lahue's, will be happy to share. >From marriage and birth register Montgomery, Vermont Franklin county. Lahue, Henry married Lizzie F. Laroch Jan. 29, 1885 Montgomery, Vermont Lamoille county. Book 5 pg 14. Lahue, Lucy married Gardner S. Frazier Feb. 21, 1884 Montgomery, Vermont. Book 5 pg 7 Lahue Effie, married Harrison Manosh Sept. 27, 1884 Montgomery, Vermont. Book 5 pg 11 Lahue, Emma J. married Milton W. Stevens May 22, 1889 Montgomery, Vermont Book 5 pg 48 Lahue, Julia 17 married May 25, 1859 to Moses Rusau 20 both of Berkshire, Vermont. (Birth Montgomery, Vt. ) March 29, 1868 Frankie Lahue, female district #12 parents Joseph Lahue and Lucy Brooke. Occupation of father, day laborer. Both parents born Canada. Polly Pmanosh@pwshift.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ARoutl@aol.com> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] ST. ALBANS/MARRIAGES-BIRTHS > Hi all, > Trying Debra's idea. > Would like dates for marriages and births for the surname Lahue in St. > Albans. Any Lahue since they will all belong, this is a limited line and > unusual name. > Thanks, > Andree > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Please Use Your Subject Line Effectively, Do Not Recycle Them > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >

Here is a URL for those of you researching information in regards to Abenaki Indians in Vermont. http://www.hmt.com/abenaki/ There is an Abenaki Museum in Swanton, Vt. Betty

Roll Call Would like dates for the family of Thomas and Julia Lapan, Lawrence/Laurent Lapan and Peter/Pierre Lapan. They were mainly from St-Albans, Swanton and Georgia from about 1840 to 1870. Will take any other Lapans births and marriages. Name may also be Gabriau or Gaboriau Charlene Gaboriault

Stephen and Rebecca (Foster) Lawrence were m. 12/26/1812 at the residence of Capt. Charles Stevens in N. Enosburg. Stephen d. 9/4/1876 at Berkshire, VT; Rebecca d. 4/6/1876, also at Berkshire. They had 10 children. Am seeking the names and dates of birth of their children. I know the names of 3: Stephen Lawrence, Jr., Hannah and Sophia. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Clyde

> -----Original Message----- > From: Debbie Carter [mailto:tara37@comsys.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:08 PM > To: VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VTFRANKL] BIRTHS > > > Charles Bushey (probably around 1840)married to Elmira. > Mary Jane Bushey_________1861 > Burton L. Bushey_________-1870 > Marshall Bushey > Dolph Bushey > George Bushey > Charles Bushey(son of the above Charles) > These were all from the Sheldon-Highgate Area. > Also all from the Charles Bushey and Elmira family. > I have the following who married into my family line... Descendants of Prosper Bushey 1 Prosper Bushey +Elvira Gregoire ... 2 Charles J. Bushey b: Abt. 1880 in St. Albans d: 1957 ... +Rose M. Medor b: 1883 in Swanton m: 22-Nov-1905 in Swanton d: 1943 It has a Charles about the right age and the same name mother but the father does not match. "Vermont Marriage Record, 658, Marriage reported by Swanton VT on 22-Nov-1905 between Rose Medor, resident of Swanton VT, age 22 and Charles Bushey, resident of Swanton VT, age 25. First marriage of Rose Medor who was born in Swanton VT, parents are Edward Medor = Matilda Bushey. First marriage of Charles Bushey who is a Farmer born in St. Albans VT, parents are Prosper Bushey = Elvira Gregoire." There's also a rather imprecise birth record for Charles J. that confirms the parents names. The Matilda Bushey, mother of Rose Medor, is the daughter of Frank Bushey and Emilie Greene.

I am looking for Victor (possabily Victory) Peters and his Wife Sarah. They had a son Ashley about 1845. I believe they migrated on to Wisconsin. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Judy

http://www.census-online.com/links/VT.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtfrankl//index.htm http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/vermont.html Swanton Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtfrankl//cemetery.htm#swa http://www.usgennet.org/~usgwvtus/ http://home.att.net/~local_history/Franklin-Co-VT.htm Fairfax, Vt. cemeteries http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/9445/fxcmty.html

I have in my possession the History of Swanton, Vt. in case anyone needs a look-up. Betty

This might be just a little off subject but in regards to all of you I see posting with much frustration and getting no results, I thought some humor was in order. I saw this last year on another list and just laughed. It relieved much of the tension and headaches(from the brick walls) so I hope it gives someone a laugh also. I have thought so very many times of writing an open letter as follows! LETTER TO MY ANCESTORS After spending a frustrating evening pouring over illegible handwriting in badly damaged and out of focus parish registers - and still NOT finding my relatives, I thought it was time to send an open email (at www.ofcoursethereisaHeaven.com) to all my "Upstairs" relatives who have gone to Heaven (99% of them) or the Other Place (1%). The text follows. (Feel free to insert your own relative's names where appropriate.) "Dear __________________: I am your _____________ and living in the early 21st century here in___________, ______. I am sitting in front of a microfilm projector (I'll explain what that is in a later email) in a special library run by the LDS (nice people, but later on them, too) trying to decipher the small and shaky handwriting of your parish's minister/vicar/curate (choose one). He must have been either vertically challenged or had palsy - because it's unreadable! At least I think it's your parish! I'm not even sure of the decade. Thanks for leaving such a good paper trail! (Sarcasm intended.) According to family legend, you and your wife ___________ had _____ children, some of whom lived beyond infancy. Yet not a single one was recorded in the parish records! I can't even find your marriage certificate. You two WERE married, right? Didn't you know that there would be legions of people like me fanatically spending their waking hours and small fortunes looking for any and all traces of your lives? Were you just stubborn, couldn't afford the fees, or not members of the Established (or any) Church? You're wondering, "What's all the fuss, we're dead as doornails?" We're not sure, but I think down here we're infected with the same disease: Rootsus obsessionus. Of course, WE are going to leave better records for our descendants! Anyway, I'm glad I was able to vent my frustrations upward. If I couldn't do that, I'd have probably popped the obnoxious researcher next to me who is right now translating an old parish record in German - and out loud, for Pete's sake! I have an idea.... When I'm "dead-on" (pardon the expression) to finding the correct record, give me some sort of sign. Make the projector bulb flicker twice. Or, if it must be done in the privacy of my home, I have a Labrador Retriever. Talk through her. That will get my attention for sure. Thanks for listening. I'll be better in the morning..... I'll be back at the library tomorrow night for Round 14, so catch me there. Sincerely, Your ________________, Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

Charles Bushey (probably around 1840)married to Elmira. Mary Jane Bushey_________1861 Burton L. Bushey_________-1870 Marshall Bushey Dolph Bushey George Bushey Charles Bushey(son of the above Charles) These were all from the Sheldon-Highgate Area. Also all from the Charles Bushey and Elmira family. Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

Okay, here's another roll call reply. The family of WILLIAM and MARY ELIZABETH (INGLIS) SEAL of St. Albans. They lived there until his death in 1899. Need any and all info on kids: MARY ANN SEAL (married a Reynolds) JOHN F. Seal (married Melissa Lovelette) SUSAN Seal (married Eli G. Murray) EMMA Seal (married Henry Meyer) ISABELLA Seal (married Stephen Busya) ELIZABETH Seal This family has been tracked until about 1902. Then they all seem to have vanished! Thanks, everybody, and good luck to all! Susan Laursen Willig, valcour@earthlink.net List Manager for VT-ADDISO-L@rootsweb.com

Hi all, Trying Debra's idea. Would like dates for marriages and births for the surname Lahue in St. Albans. Any Lahue since they will all belong, this is a limited line and unusual name. Thanks, Andree

Listmembers: I would like to propose a different type of Roll Call so to speak. If you would like to participate that is great. My theory is that alot of times you may have the names of the spouses, parents and/or children. But what you might lack are simply "a birthdate, or a death date or a marriage date".You might have in your files, everything about "who" they were and "where" they were, but nothing on the specifics of "WHEN" they were. To make this as easy as possible place in the subject line either: BIRTHDATES/DEATH DATES/MARRIAGE DATES Since, this is a County Mailing List instead of a surname one it might also help if you place something like: SMITH/DEATH DATES or GREENWOOD/MARRIAGES DATES. This might make it easier to scan the messages. Then just make a simple list of persons that you need this particular data on. Nothing else, just a list of names(first and last please), of course if this is a very common name put "child of" or some identifying item. This idea may sound rather odd, but I am trying to generate some activity on the list and help others at the same time. Others may have the dates you need. If this works well, maybe later we can do one for "spouses" or "burials". One final note: Please,Please post these to the list and not to me personally. Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

While looking through an old book (pub.1874) that belonged to Byron Woodward (1845-1918), my great-grandfather's uncle, I found a flyer on which was printed the following: "SOCIAL & SUPPER at Jas. Woodard's, Samsonville, Wednesday Ev'ng., Sept 10, For the benefit of the East Berkshire Band Plenty to eat and lots of music cheap." There was no year listed but I know of a James Woodward (1834-1913) who was married to Sarah Ovitt and lived in that area. Does anyone have access to information about members of the East Berkshire Band? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Susan Woodward Spain

Okay, I have a question for everyone to ponder. In the 1850 census, town of Sheldon Vt, County of Franklin, on Page 302, house 260, we find Lewis Gero 52 M b. Canada Zaa 51 F b.Canada Antione 17 M B.Canada Mary 13 F B. Canada Jane 7 F B. Vermont This would be Mary Gero who married Peter Ryea of unknown Parents. On page 303, (next page) same town, same county,House 287 (quite nearby) we find: John Ryea 37 M B. Canada Mary 32 F B. Canada John Jr 15 M B. Canada Mary 14 F B. Canada Peter 10 M B. Canada Lewis 9 M B Canada Lucinda 7 F B Canada Edgar 2 M B Canada Now this is supposedly the family of John Baptiste Gregoire Ryea, Sr. However, the Peter in that family is not born until AFTER 1858, which is far off from this family. I understand Eleazer also was sometimes called Peter, but He too was born AFTER the 1850 census. The missing son in this census entry from the list I have below would be Augustin. Could Augustin be known as Augustin Peter, and therefore be one and the same? Would this be the reason we can find no other records for Peters birth? Would this then make sense that both Peter & Mary Gero's children, and the grand children of John Baptiste Gregoire Ryea, Sr are named alike? Would this also be the reason that these two families appeared from Canada in the same time period in the same town? Does anyone have records of Augustin's family that will disprove / prove this theory? any other thoughts? Rebecca Descendants of John Baptiste Gregoire Ryea, Sr 1 John Baptiste Gregoire Ryea, Sr b: May 25, 1813 in La presentation, Quebec, canada d: February 24, 1892 in Sheldon, VT .. +Monica (Mary) Dion b: 1814 in Canada m: November 17, 1836 in Damasque, Quebec d: March 31, 1879 in Highgate Center, VT? ......... 2 John Baptiste Ryea, Jr b: 1834 d: October 01, 1913 in Sheldon, VT ............. +Mary Beaulieu b: April 25, 1842 in Canada d: November 26, 1909 in Highgate Center, VT ......... 2 Antoine Ryea b: Abt. 1835 in Canada d: October 13, 1911 in Sheldon, Franklin Co., VT ............. +Charlotte Alger b: February 1834 in Canada m: June 01, 1878 in Fairfield, franklin Co, VT d: July 23, 1911 ......... *2nd Wife of Antoine Ryea: ............. +Mary Edna Cavanaugh m: June 01, 1878 in Fairfield, franklin Co, VT ......... *3rd Wife of Antoine Ryea: ............. +Harriet Griggs b: Abt. 1835 m: October 10, 1911 in St Albans, Vt d: September 05, 1915 in Sheldon, VT ......... 2 Mary Louise Ryea b: Abt. 1836 in Canada ......... 2 Lewis Ryea b: Abt. 1841 in Canada ......... 2 Augustin Ryea b: 1841 ......... 2 Lucina Ryea b: Abt. 1843 in Canada ......... 2 Eugenia Ryea b: 1844 ......... 2 Jane Ryea b: 1845 ............. +Lewis Ryea ......... 2 Francis Xavier Ryea b: 1846 d: 1848 ......... 2 Edgar Ryea b: Abt. 1848 in Canada ......... 2 Hivia Ryea b: 1849 ......... 2 Elezer Ryea b: 1851 ............. +Julia Plumb ......... 2 Vangilus Ryea b: 1852 ......... 2 Joseph Ryea b: Abt. 1854 d: Abt. 1941 ............. +Esther Longe ......... 2 Rose-De-Lima Ryea b: 1854 ......... 2 Delia Ryea b: 1856 ......... 2 Peter Ryea b: March 1858 ............. +Marie Cordelia Garrett b: Abt. September 1860 in Montgomery, VT Or Sutton Canada m: Abt. 1875 d: September 24, 1918 in Enosburg Falls, VT

Ancestry free site oprn till 3/9. Records of " Immigrants to Canada" <http:/www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3795.htm> or go to ancestry.com . i found tow of my relitives there. good luck. elaine

Seeking information... 1890-1900 census, Border crossing, or any other record for the following; Gunder Larson, wife, Anna, Children:Ages 1886, Infant, (Possibly Augusta Sylvia), Lars 2,Georg 4, and Inga L 7.. Entered Canada, port of Halifax, 1886, on ship "The Nova Scotian". Seeking information either in Canada, or Vermont, or elsewhere in USA Thanks for any assistance. Dick Carter rcar37@prodigy.net

Looking for the parents of Curtis Goodsill/Goodsell b 19 Nov 1802 Sheldon, Franklin Co....must have married in Canada - some children born there and some in Vt and Ill - he died in Iowa. Would like to know if this man was connected to Elihu Goodsill. Would like to know the availability of newspapers for the 1800s and cemetery census in Franklin Co and posibly learn Elihu's resting place or if there was a will for Elihu. Thanks so much - Nancy

Isd anyone available for a volunteer lookup in Middlesex or Montpelier, for any of the following. Seeking birth , parentage, and immigration information on Augusta Sylvia LARSON, born 1884-1886, Goteborg Sweden.(She was 22 years old in 1907) It shows "Yetteborg" On the Birth certificate of one of her children. I have no idea when she immigrated to the USA or CANADA, or the port of entry. I only know she married Arthur Charles BINGHAM, about 1900-1904 in VERMONT, USA, or LOWER CANADA (Quebec). I have been unable to find any information on her. Can anyone help. This was my wife's grandmother, and her father remembered very little as his parents "Parted company" about 1912,at St. Albans, VT., when he was about 5 years old. He was the 3rd child born to the couple. One was born 7-15-1905 and died 8-30-1905, one was stillborn, 5-10-1906, and my wifes father Roland Arthur, born 7-14-1907. I do not know if the divorced, or she died, returned to Sweden, or remarried. I do know that Arthur Charles remarried by 1913, where not known.Can anyone in Sweden, Canada, or USA help me. I am desperate. Will even take WILD EYED GUESSES. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. Dick Carter rcar37@prodigy.net