The Town Clerk is in the town of Palmer, MA because Three Rivers, MA is a one of three villages in the Town of Palmer. I know this because I was born in Three Rivers and grew up in Bondsville another one of the villages in the Town of Palmer. If you can get a Death Certificate it will give you the parentage and may even give you a birth place of the parents. Bob > [Original Message] > From: carollee reynolds <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 4/20/2006 1:59:52 AM > Subject: Re: [VTFRANKL] Esther Mason Parrow of Swanton > > look to the eastern quebec townships for russell and masson, ther is actually a masonville, Russell is in St.armand pQ > > [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: MASON, RUSSELL, PARROW > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/2169 > > Message Board Post: > > Searching for the parentage of Esther Mason b. 30 Jun 1832 married Edward N. Parrow of Sheldon, VT on 1 Jan 1853 in Swanton,VT had 5 children in Sheldon last one in 1864...moved to Three Rivers, Massachusetts. > > Here's the oddity....Three Rivers is ITTY BITTY...no Town Clerk even...have to look in Palmer, MA for that. My gg gram Orilla Mason Russell had ONE child there in 1866 (a middle one...all the rest b. Vermont) WHY there???? I'm looking for Orilla's parentage as well.... > > Need help :( Any ideas?? > > > > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/FranklinCoWelcomePage.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Do you have a resource you could share with the list members? Would you be willing to do some "lookups" for a limited time period? If you would, please let the members know. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx