Author Archive

Today we’re announcing updates to two different study projects.  We’ve added Simeon Gleason (Greenwich) and Joel Morton (Whately) to Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, edited by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG.  This study project focuses on heads of families enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, an area which includes modern Franklin and Hampden counties as well.

Peter Oliver (m. 1643) is new to Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Alicia Crane Williams’ study project which focuses on immigrants to New England, using Torrey’s New England Marriages as a guide.

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We’ve added twelve new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from St. Stephen in Boston’s North End.  At its inception, this church was known as St. John the Baptist.  As the parish grew, it became St. Stephen’s after taking over the former New North Church building.  The new volumes include:

St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms and Marriages, 1842-1845
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1846-1853
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1862-1870
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1870-1877
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1877-1882
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1883-1889
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1889-1900
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1900
St. Stephen (Boston) Confirmations and First Communions, 1875-1930
St. Stephen (Boston) Marriages, 1846-1872
St. Stephen (Boston) Marriages, 1872-1900

We’d like to thank all of our volunteers who worked on this parish and helped make it available to you!

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Today we’ve added fifteen new sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 from Sharon, VT. This study project by Scott Andrew Bartley focuses on families that lived in Vermont prior to the end of the Revolutionary War.  The new sketches are listed below:

Barrett, Joseph (Sharon)
Carpenter, John (Sharon)
Crary, John (Sharon)
Harrington, Matthew (Sharon)
Havens, Robert (Sharon, Royalton)
Howe, Simeon (Sharon)
Hunter, William (Sharon)
Kingsbury, Jeduthan (Sharon)
Marsh, Joel (Sharon)
Parkhurst, Ebenezer (Sharon)
Parkhurst, Joseph (Sharon, Royalton)
Shepard, Willard (Sharon)
Spaulding, Benjamin (Sharon, Waitsfield, Moretown)
Wheeler, Isaac (Sharon)
Williams, Joseph (Sharon)

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We’ve added three new parishes in Weymouth to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  The new parishes include St. Francis Xavier (Weymouth), Sacred Heart (Weymouth), and Immaculate Conception (Weymouth).  This update adds over 900 new pages to browse.  The new volumes are listed below:

Immaculate Conception (Weymouth) Baptisms, 1882-1892
Immaculate Conception (Weymouth) Baptisms, 1892-1900
Immaculate Conception (Weymouth) Marriages, 1892-1900
Immaculate Conception (Weymouth) Marriages, First Communions, and Confirmations, 1882-1900

Sacred Heart (Weymouth) Baptisms, 1870-1895
Sacred Heart (Weymouth) Marriages, 1870-1892

St. Francis Xavier (Weymouth) Baptisms and Marriages, 1866-1869

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Today we’re announcing 26 new sketches in Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784.  These sketches, written by Scott Andrew Bartley focus on Pomfret and Woodstock, Vermont.

The new sketches are listed below:

Allen, David (Pomfret)
Bosworth, John (Pomfret)
Burtch, Jacob (Pomfret)
Child, Abijah (Pomfret)
Dana, Isaac (Pomfret)
Dana, William (Pomfret)
Hodges, George (Pomfret)
Knox, Timothy (Pomfret, Woodstock)
Lyon, Amasa (Pomfret)
Lyon, Nathaniel (Pomfret)
Lyon, William (Pomfret)
Mason, Elias (Pomfret)
Morse, Jedidiah (Pomfret)
Newcomb, William (Pomfret)
Paine, Noah (Pomfret)
Paine, Samuel (Pomfret, Randolph)
Powers, Abraham (Woodstock)
Powers, James (Woodstock)
Powers, William (Woodstock)
Sanderson, John (Woodstock)
Sessions, Darius (Pomfret)
Sessions, Simeon (Pomfret)
Slapp, John (Pomfret)
Smith, Abida (Pomfret)
Whitcomb, Mr. (Pomfret)
Wilson, William (Pomfret)

We also updated six existing sketches:

Chedel, John (Pomfret)
Cheney, Oliver (Pomfret, Weathersfield)
Dana, John W. (Pomfret)
Deming, Penuel (Pomfret)
Durkee, Bartholomew (Pomfret, Sheldon)
Farnsworth, Oliver (Woodstock)
Waldo, Daniel (Pomfret)

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Today we’ve added five new parishes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  This update adds over 4,400 new pages from Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park), St. Joseph (Salem), St. Mary (Winchester), St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly), and St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston).  The new volumes are listed below, with links to the first page of each.  Please be sure to watch our how-to video if you have questions about browsing this collection.

Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park) Baptisms and Marriages, 1870-1888
Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park) Baptisms, 1889-1896
Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park) Baptisms, 1896-1900
Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park) Confirmations, 1880-1900
Most Precious Blood (Hyde Park) Marriages, 1889-1900

St. Joseph (Salem) Index to Baptisms, 1873-1900
St. Joseph (Salem) Baptisms, 1873-1887
St. Joseph (Salem) Baptisms, 1887-1892
St. Joseph (Salem) Baptisms, 1892-1900
St. Joseph (Salem) Burials, 1890-1900
St. Joseph (Salem) Confirmations, 1888-1900
St. Joseph (Salem) Marriages, 1873-1890
St. Joseph (Salem) Marriages, 1890-1900

St. Mary (Winchester) Baptisms, 1875-1900
St. Mary (Winchester) Marriages, 1875-1900

St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Baptisms, 1871-1895
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Baptisms, 1895-1900
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Confirmations, 1898
St. Mary Star of the Sea (Beverly) Marriages, 1871-1900

St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Baptisms, 1866-1897
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Baptisms, 1898-1900
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Confirmations, 1884-1900
St. Mary Star of the Sea (East Boston) Marriages, 1866-1900

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Today we’ve added ten new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from St. Mary’s in Lynn.  This update adds over 39,000 new records and 148,000 new names.  The new volumes are listed below:

St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms 1872-1893, Part 1
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms 1872-1893, Part 2
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms 1893-1897
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms 1897-1900
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms and Marriages 1837-1841
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms and Marriages 1851-1861
St. Mary (Lynn) Baptisms and Marriages 1862-1872
St. Mary (Lynn) First Communions and Confirmations 1881-1900
St. Mary (Lynn) Marriages 1872-1893
St. Mary (Lynn) Marriages 1893-1900

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Today we’re announcing 37 new sketches from Hartford, VT, which we’ve added to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784.  This database focuses on families that lived in Vermont prior to the end of the Revolutionary War, as identified in Donald Alan Smith’s thesis “Legacy of Dissent: Religion and Politics in Revolutionary Vermont 1749 to 1784” (Clark U., Ph.D., 1980).  The new sketches are listed below:

John Bennett (Hartford)
David Bliss (Hartford)
Henry Bragg (Hartford)
William Bramble (Hartford)
Alexander Brink (Hartford)
Benjamin Burtch (Hartford)
Jonathan Burtch (Hartford)
Mitchell Clark (Hartford)
Nathan Damon (Hartford)
Noah Dewey (Hartford)
Thomas Emerson (Hartford, Rochester)
Israel Gillett (Hartford)
John Gillett (Hartford)
Joshua Hazen (Hartford)
Nathaniel Holbrook (Hartford)
Otis Little (Hartford)
Abel Marsh (Hartford)
Eliphalet Marsh (Hartford)
Elisha Marsh (Hartford)
John Marsh (Hartford)
Thomas Miner (Hartford)
Christopher Pease (Hartford)
Samuel Pease (Hartford)
Daniel Pinneo (Hartford)
Thomas Richardson (Hartford, Hartland)
Eleazer Robinson (Hartford)
Thomas Savage (Hartford)
Elkanah Sprague (Hartford)
Benajah Strong (Hartford)
Elijah Strong (Hartford)
John Strong (Hartford, Woodstock)
Solomon Strong (Hartford)
Stephen Tilden (Hartford)
John Udall (Hartford)
Lionel Udall (Hartford)
Henry Woodward (Hartford)
Benajmin Wright (Hartford)

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Today we’ve added a new parish to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, St. Mary (Boston), which was located in the North End.  This parish was established in 1836 as the Catholic population in Boston grew, and the Cathedral was no longer big enough to serve all of Boston’s Catholics.  This update includes over 4,000 new pages and 15 new volumes, listed below.  If you have questions about how to navigate this database, please be sure to watch our instructional video.

St. Mary (Boston) Index to Baptisms, 1836-1849
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1836-1850
St. Mary (Boston) Index to Baptisms, 1850-1858
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1850-1858
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1859-1864
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1864-1869
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1869-1874
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1874-1892
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1893-1900
St. Mary (Boston) First Communions and Confirmations, 1866-1900
St. Mary (Boston) First Communions and Confirmations, 1884-1900
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1836-1854
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1854-1861
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1861-1893
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1894-1900

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We’ve added St. Mary (Lawrence) to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  This update adds twelve volumes and over 3,200 new pages to browse.  If you have questions about how to browse this collection, be sure to watch our explanatory video.  This parish is now available thanks to the help of our wonderful scanners including Jeff Erickson, Angela Napolitano, Ross and Linda Weaver, Eileen McCarthy, and John Phlo.  The new volumes are listed below:

St. Mary (Lawrence) Index to Baptisms, 1848-1887
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1848-1852 and Confirmations, 1850 (Vol. 1)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1853-1861 (Vol. 2)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1861-1866 (Vol. 3)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1866-1892 (Vol. 4)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1892-1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1860-1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Confirmations, Undated
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1849-1860
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1861-1884
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1884-1900

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