Below you’ll find an archive of our database blog posts:
Godfrey Memorial Library: Middletown, CT Manumissions, 1774-1823 - Colonial Georgian-style 1746 house built by Judge Seth Wetmore. Intersection of Connecticut Route 66 and Camp Road. Members of the Wetmore Family enslaved three people named Tony, Membo, and Dick as documented in the Middletown Land Records. Photographers Jerrye & Roy Klotz, M.D. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. We are excited to announce that we...
Daughters of the American Revolution: Patriots of Color, 1712 – 1888 - This watercolor from the American War of Independence is by Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger (1762-1851). The watercolor shows the variety of soldiers fighting for American independence, depicting, from left to right, a black soldier of the First Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a frontier rifleman, and a French officer. Public domain, via Wikimedia...
Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958 - We are excited to announce that we have added 103 more volumes of school records to our database, Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958. This database is the result of a partnership between the Portsmouth Athenaeum and NEHGS, and it is full of interesting surprises that can help paint a picture about the students’ lives. This...
New Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we’ve added 6 new and updated sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Vernon. These sketches were created by Scott Andrew Bartley, who is researching the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. His study project is not only...
New Sketches: Early New England Families, 1641-1700 - Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding two new sketches. These new sketches feature Samuel Gaylord (m. 1646, 1681) and Gamaliel Phippen (m. 1649). The Early New England Families, 1641-1700 study project is led by Alicia Crane Williams. This project highlights heads of families mentioned in Torrey’s New England Marriages to 1700 and focuses on individuals who immigrated from...
New Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we’ve added 20 new and updated sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in Vernon, Dummerston, Brattleboro, and Fort Dummer. These sketches were created by Scott Andrew Bartley, who is researching the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. His study project is not...
New Sketches: Boston Tea Party Biographies - We’re excited to announce 22 new sketches to our Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies database! All of the sketches included in this update are proven participants or eyewitnesses. The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place...
New Database: American Offshore Whaling Crew Lists 1799-1927 - We are excited to announce that we have added a new database: American Offshore Whaling Crew Lists, 1799-1927 to our collection. This database is comprised of 6082 names and records and is searchable for given names and surnames, and includes port and voyage information. This database includes information about all known American offshore (or “pelagic”)...
Nine New Volumes of the General Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1893-1949 - We have added nine new volumes to our General Society of Colonial Wars Membership Applications, 1893-1949 database. These volumes include application numbers 5265-6929 and contain 232,422 records, 549,876 names, and 20,680 pages. This database is searchable for given names and surnames, and includes records for provided births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials listed for persons in...
Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958 - We are excited to announce that we have added 100 volumes of school records to our database, Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958. This database is the result of a partnership between the Portsmouth Athenaeum and NEHGS, and it is full of interesting surprises that can help paint a picture about the students’ lives. In addition...