Author Archive
Today we’ve added 10 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches lived in Brattleboro, Fort Dummer and Rockingham.
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
The new sketches are listed below:
Gorton, Benjamin (Brattleboro)
Hadley, Ebenezer (Brattleboro)
Moore, Fairbanks Jr. (Rockingham)
Nichols, William (Brattleboro)
Paddleford, Phillip (Brattleboro)
The updated sketch is listed below:
Willard, Josiah, Col. (Ft. Dummer)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch. This new sketch features Edward Jackson and his family. Edward lived in Whitechapel Parish, London, England, before relocating to New England with his wife and young children about 1642. He settled in what is present-day Newton, Massachusetts.
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, focusing on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700, grouped by year of marriage.
Interested researchers should also read Alicia’s recent Vita Brevis post, “Genealogical Clusters”, which discusses her research process and interesting discoveries while preparing this specific sketch.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re excited to announce an update to Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada. This update includes data from 69 cemeteries in Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario and Saskatchewan, adding more than 11,500 records to search.
Canadian Headstones is a volunteer-operated Canadian non-profit dedicated to the digital preservation of Canada’s cemetery heritage. We are working together to create an index-only database that links back to the Canadian Headstones website for each record, which include headstone images, transcriptions, and full citations. To learn more about Canadian Headstones and their mission, please visit their website.
The following cemeteries have been released in this update:
Alberta
- Flat Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Flat Lake Rutherian Greek Catholic Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Glendon Pentecostal Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Rife & District Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Rife Memorial United Church Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
- Ukrainian Orthodox of St. Nicholas Cemetery, Bonnyville, Alberta
Manitoba
- Boissevian & Morton Cemeteries, Boissevian-Morton, Manitoba
- Brandon Municipal Cemetery, Brandon City, Manitoba
Newfoundland & Labrador
- Caplin Cove United Church Cemetery, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Church of England Middle Brook Gambo Cemetery, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Memorial United Church Cemetery, Lethbridge, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- St. Aidan’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Port Blanford, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- St. Alban’s Anglican Cemetery, Trinity, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- St. Stephen’s Anglican Cemetery, Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Stroud’s Point Cemetery, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Terra Nova Cemetery, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- United Church Cemetery (New), Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- United Church Cemetery (Old), Greenspond, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
- United Church Central Memorial Gardens, Glovertown, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
Ontario
- 2nd Onondaga Baptist Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario
- Biggar Family Plot Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Brant & St. Mary’s Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Burford Pioneer Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Clump Family Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Fairchild Family Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Farringdon Church Burying Ground, Brant, Ontario
- Fonger Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Glen Morris Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Governors Road Baptist Church Cemetery, Paris, Brant, Ontario
- Grand River Mission United Church Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Brant, Ontario
- Harley Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Harrisburg United Church Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Hill Cemetery (Free Methodist), Brant, Ontario
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Paris, Brant, Ontario
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Burford, Brant, Ontario
- Hunter-Hoodless Cemetery (Old Pioneer Presbyterian), Brant, Ontario
- Jamieson Cemetery (Tuscarora Mission of St. John), Brant, Ontario
- Lymburner Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Mohawk Chapel Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant, Ontario
- Mount Pleasant Pioneer Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario
- New Credit Cemetery (Old Band), Townline, Brant, Ontario
- New Credit Reserve Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Oakhill Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Oakland Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Paris Municipal Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery, Paris, Brant, Ontario
- Salt Springs Church Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Scotland Cemetery, Oakland Township, Brant, Ontario
- Six Nations Pentecostal Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- St. Abner’s/Landon, Brant, Ontario
- St. George United Church Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- St. George’s Baptist Church Cemetery, St. George, Brant, Ontario
- St. James Cemetery (Old Anglican), Paris, Brant, Ontario
- St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Brantford, Brant, Ontario
- St. Luke’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery (Kanyengeh), Brant, Ontario
- Tapely Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Veterans Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
- Westbrook Cemetery, Brant, Ontario
Saskatchewan
- Christ Church Cemetery, Bulcher No. 345, Saskatchewan
- Bradwell Cemetery, Bulcher No. 346, Saskatchewan
- Elstow Cemetery, Bulcher No. 344, Saskatchewan
- St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Cemetery, No. 346, Saskatchewan
- St. Helen’s Cemetery, Bulcher No. 345, Saskatchewan
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch. This new sketch features John Putnam and his family. John was born about 1579/1580 in Buckinghamshire, England, with his family largely settling in Salem and the surrounding area before spreading across New England.
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, focusing on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700, grouped by year of marriage.
Interested researchers should also look at Alicia’s posts on Vita Brevis here for more information on her research process and interesting discoveries.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 4 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches lived in Brattleboro and Fort Dummer.
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
The new sketches are listed below:
Spaulding, Jacob (Brattleboro)
The updated sketch is listed below:
Willard, Josiah, Col. (Fort Dummer)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re excited to announce an update to Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada. This update includes data from 67 cemeteries in Alberta, Newfoundland & Labrador, Saskatchewan, and Quebec, adding more than 15,000 records to search.
Canadian Headstones is a volunteer-operated Canadian non-profit dedicated to the digital preservation of Canada’s cemetery heritage. We are working together to create an index-only database that links back to the Canadian Headstones website for each record, which include headstone images, transcriptions, and full citations. To learn more about Canadian Headstones and their mission, please visit their website.
We’d like to thank Ben Jones for his assistance in making this data available online.
The following cemeteries have been released in this update:
Alberta
- Old Banff Cemetery, Banff National Park, Alberta
- Amisk Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Ascension of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (Kopernick), Beaver, Alberta
- Bardo / Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Earling / Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- God’s Acre Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Golden Valley Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Holden Cenotaph & War Memorial, Beaver, Alberta
- Holden Municipal Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Jarrow Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Lornedale Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Ryley Cenotaph & War Memorial, Beaver, Alberta
- Ryley Community Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Salem United Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (Borschiw), Beaver, Alberta
- St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Beaver Alberta
- The Garden, House of Ministries, Beaver, Alberta
- Tofield Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Unnamed Cemetery (near Holden), Beaver, Alberta
- Viking Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Canmore Cemetery, Bighorn, Alberta
- Hillcrest Cemetery, Bighorn Alberta
Newfoundland & Labrador
- Halfyard Family Burial Ground, Ochre Pit Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Jacobs Family Cemetery, Old Highway, Norther Bay, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Ochre Pit Cove United Church Cemetery, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Salvage Anglican Cemetery, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- South United Cemetery, Western Bay, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- United Church Section Cemetery, Townsite, Corner Brook, Bay of Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
Quebec
- Albertville Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Causapscal Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- J.C. Saindon Cemetery, Sayabec, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Jardin de la Paix Cemetery, Sayabec, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Lac-au-Saumon Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Repos Saint-Benoit Cemetery, Amqui, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Repos Saint-Paul Cemetery, Amqui, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Cleophas Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Demase Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Florence Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Irene Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Marguerite-Marie Cemtery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Leon-de-Grand Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Moase Cemtery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Noel Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Tharcisius Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Vianney Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Zenon-du-Lac-Humqui Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Vall-Brilliant Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Saskatchewan
- Jean Baptiste De La Salle Cemetery, Battle River No. 439, Saskatchewan
- Lakside Cemetery, Barrier Valley, No. 398, Saskatchewan
- Hawarden Cemetery, Beaver River No. 623, Saskatchewan
- Beacon Hill Cemetery, Beaver River No. 624, Saskatchewan
- Pierceland Cemetery, Beaver River No. 625, Saskatchewan
- Bengough Cemetery, Bengough No. 41, Saskatchewan
- Pleasantview Cemetery, Big Quill No. 309, Saskatchewan
- St. Mary’s (Sacred Heart) Cemetery, Wynyard, Big Quill No. 310, Saskatchewan
- Big River Cemetery, Big River No. 556, Saskatchewan
- Centenary Methodist Cemetery, Birch Hills No. 461, Saskatchewan
- Town of Birch Hills Cemetery, Birch Hills No. 462, Saskatchewan
- Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Star, Blaine Lake No. 435, Saskatchewan
- Marcelin Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 436, Saskatchewan
- Craigmore Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 437, Saskatchewan
- Terpenie Brookhill Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 438, Saskatchewan
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
We’re excited to announce 19 new sketches to our Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
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 on December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. This project is launched in conjunction with the announcement of the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program, a new lineage society for those whose ancestors participated in the historic revolutionary event. This project, as well as the Descendants Program, are both in collaboration with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. You can learn more about the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program here.
Below is the list of new sketches of participant biographies for the following individuals:
- Alexander Whaley (1748-1833)
- Amos Lincoln (1753-1829)
- Anthony Morse (1753-1803)
- Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823)
- Ephraim Smith (1752-1835)
- George Pillsbury/Pilsbury (1753-1832)
- Henry Prentiss (1749-1821)
- Isaac Ridgeway (1758-1840)
- James Starr (1740-1830)
- John Russell (? -1778)
- Jonathan Parker (1726-1801)
- Joseph Read (1716-1795)
- Joseph Roby (1753-1836)
- Nathaniel Barber (1728-1787)
- Paul Revere (1734-1818)
- Samuel Sprague (1753-1844)
- Thomas Spear (1725-1793)
- Thomas Spear (1753-1812)
- William Russell (1748-1784)
New sketches will be released regularly, so stay tuned for more!
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including Guest Members, at no cost. Consider membership
Today we’ve added 5 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches all lived in Brattleboro.
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
The new sketches are listed below:
Whipple, Timothy (Brattleboro)
Whipple, Zachariah (Brattleboro)
Young, Alexander (Brattleboro)
The updated sketch is listed below:
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
We’re excited to announce a new database, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies.
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 on December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. This project is launched in conjunction with the announcement of the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program, a new lineage society for those whose ancestors participated in the historic revolutionary event. This project, as well as the Descendants Program, are both in collaboration with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. You can learn more about the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program here.
Today, we’re releasing the first 20 sketches of participant biographies for the following individuals:
- Abraham Tower (1752-1832)
- Amasa Davis (1744-1825)
- Bartholomew Trow (1736-1806)
- Benjamin Edes (1732-1803)
- Benjamin Tucker (1734-1806)
- David Bradlee (1742-1811)
- Elisha Story (1743-1805)
- Francis Moore (1740-1833)
- James Stoddard (1756-1833)
- James Swan (1754-1831)
- Jeremiah Cady (1752-1848)
- Jeremiah Williams (1718-1762)
- Joshua Wyeth (1758-1829)
- Josiah Wheeler (1743-1817)
- Lemuel Trescott (1750-1826)
- Phineas Stearns (1735-1798)
- Nathaniel Frothingham (1746-1825)
- Samuel Barnard (1737-1782)
- Thomas Crafts, Jr. (1740-1799)
- Thomas Urann (1723-1792)
New sketches will be released regularly, so stay tuned for more.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including Guest Members, at no cost. Consider membership.
Today, American Ancestors and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) are announcing a new database of Catholic cemetery records: Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery Records, 1866-1940.
The cemeteries selected for this database are administrated by local parishes, which are distinct from those managed by the Catholic Cemetery Association. Most of the volumes contain records of lot sales or interments, and may include lot owners, date of burial and location of burial. This includes information for some people who no longer have, or may never have had, headstones, making this collection essential for research into Catholic burials in this region. This database offers records through 1940, with the exception being St. Joseph Cemetery (Plymouth) which offers records through 1970.
This database currently features eight parishes administered in eastern Massachusetts. Today we’re releasing 45 volumes from eight cemeteries, including nearly 25,000 records and over 70,000 searchable names. Records from additional parishes will be added in the future as we expand our collaboration.
Records are currently available from the following cemeteries:
- St. Mary (Ayer)
- St. Mary (Canton)
- Annunciation Cemetery (Danvers)
- St. Mary (Middleborough)
- St. Joseph (Plymouth)
- St. Mary (Quincy)
- St. Joseph (Roxbury)
- St. Anthony of Padua (Shirley)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.