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The American Genealogist: Volume 88 now available

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Hilo Bay, Joseph Nāwahī, from the collection of the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives. The Tanaka family profiled in Darcie Hind Posz’s article “Tanaka and Ishihara Families of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan and Papaaloa, Hilo, Hawaii” lived in the Hilo area. The artist Joseph Nāwahī was an accomplished Hawaiian polititian.

Today we’ve added Volume 88 (2016) to The American Genealogist database. This update adds over 300 pages and 6,500 searchable names.

Founded in 1922 by Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist (TAG) has been published quarterly and represents an important body of scholarly research covering the breadth of the United States. TAG is edited by a quartet of NEHGS members: Editor and publisher, Nathaniel Lane Taylor, FASG; coeditors Roger D. Joslyn, FASG and Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG, who is also editor of The Maine Genealogist; and consulting editor, David L. Greene, FASG. These distinguished genealogists, along with dozens of highly-regarded contributors, uphold and advance the standards for genealogical scholarship so carefully articulated by Jacobus and the Jacobus “School.”

The indexing for these records includes full names, publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you are interested in getting involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The American Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F104.N6 A6.

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Essex Genealogist: Volume 36 now available

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“Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide)” Winslow Homer, 1870. Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Included on the back cover of The Essex Genealogist Volume 36, No. 3

Volume 36 (2016) of The Essex Genealogist is now available! This update adds over 20 pages and 1,400 searchable names.

The leading publication for genealogical research in Essex County, Massachusetts, this quarterly journal has been published since 1981 by The Essex Society of Genealogists. Within the pages of this journal are selections of cemetery transcriptions, bible records, vital and church records relating to families from Essex County. The Essex Genealogist has had published numerous Ahnentafels (Ancestor Tables) for the ancestry of their members, as well as verbatim transcriptions of lectures over the years.

The indexing for these records includes full names, publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

The entire run of The Essex Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F68 .S64.

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Archdiocese of Boston: new searchable records from Lowell

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A New View of the City of Lowell, 1851 (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added 11 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Holy Trinity and Notre Dame de Lourdes in Lowell. This update adds over 17,500 records to search.

The new volumes are listed below:

  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Baptisms, 1903-1910
  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Baptisms, 1910-1914
  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Baptisms, 1914-1917
  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Baptisms, 1918-1920
  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Marriages, 1903-1916
  • Holy Trinity (Lowell) Marriages, 1916-1920
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes (Lowell) Baptisms, 1908-1916
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes (Lowell) Baptisms, 1916-1920
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes (Lowell) Confirmations, 1909-1920
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes (Lowell) First Communions and Confirmations, 1909-1920
  • Notre Dame de Lourdes (Lowell) Marriages, 1908-1920

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Archdiocese of Boston: new searchable records from Quincy

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Excerpt of map of the town of Quincy, Massachusetts, 1857 (map by Henry Francis Walling; public domain via Wikimedia Commons).

Today we’ve added 8 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Sacred Heart and St. Mary in Quincy. This update adds over 6,600 records and more than 21,000 names to search.

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help in making these parishes available online.

The new volumes are listed below:

  • Sacred Heart (Quincy) Baptisms, 1903-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Quincy) Baptisms, 1920
  • Sacred Heart (Quincy) Confirmations, 1918-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Quincy) Marriages, 1903-1920
  • St. Mary (Quincy) Baptisms, 1919-1920
  • St. Mary (Quincy) First Communions, 1900-1920
  • St. Mary (Quincy) First Confirmations, 1901-1920
  • St. Mary (Quincy) Marriages, 1900-1920

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Maine Genealogist: Volume 38 now available

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Augusta, Maine, 1854 (Scan by NYPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added Volume 38 from 2016 to The Maine Genealogist database. This update adds over 200 pages and over 4,100 searchable names.

Published since 1977, The Maine Genealogist is the quarterly journal of Maine Genealogical Society, founded in 1976. Beginning as a newsletter for the society, the publication evolved into The Maine Seine, published until 1990. The title was changed to The Maine Genealogist in 1991, and each issue contains scholarly articles on Maine families, emphasizing the solving of long-standing problems and primary source documentation.

The indexing for these records includes full names, publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members.

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Archdiocese of Boston: new searchable records from Braintree, Lawrence and Middleborough

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Postcard depicting Webster Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts, c. 1910; Artist unknown (public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added 34 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Holy Rosary, Sacred Heart, and St. Anne in Lawrence, Sacred Heart in Middleborough, and St. Francis of Assisi in Braintree. This update adds over 70,000 records and more than 120,000 names to search.

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help in making these parishes available online.

The new volumes are listed below:

  • St. Francis of Assisi (Braintree) Baptisms, 1903-1919
  • St. Francis of Assisi (Braintree) Baptisms, 1919-1920
  • St. Francis of Assisi (Braintree) Confirmations, 1908-1920
  • St. Francis of Assisi (Braintree) Marriages, 1903-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1902-1908
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1904-1914
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1908-1911
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1911-1914
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1914-1917
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1917-1919
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1919-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1905-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1919-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Deaths, 1917-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) First Communions, 1903-1920
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1904-1908
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1908-1918
  • Holy Rosary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1918-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1904-1908
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1909-1915
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1915-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1906-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Deaths, 1904-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Lawrence) Marriages, 1904-1920
  • St. Anne (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1904-1913
  • St. Anne (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1913-1916
  • St. Anne (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1916-1920
  • St. Anne (Lawrence) Deaths, 1913-1920
  • St. Anne (Lawrence) Marriages, 1906-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Baptisms, 1911-1916
  • Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Baptisms, 1917-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Confirmations, 1908-1920
  • Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Marriages, 1886-1916
  • Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Marriages, 1917-1920

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Early New England Families, 1641-1700: 1 new sketch

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Plan of the town of Newton in 1700

Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700adding one new sketch. This new sketch features John Fuller and his wife Elizabeth Cole. The Fullers lived in the area of Cambridge, MA which eventually became the town of Newton. The couple had eight children.

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 “Problems of Age” discussing her research process for this sketch.

The town of Newton presents a very helpful map, the Town Plan from 1700 that clearly shows property owned by John Fuller. I’ve used the image to illustrate this post, but I wanted to link to the higher quality version to make it easier to read and use.

The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center has a Plan of the ancient burial place Newton which also includes the Fuller family name.

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help adding this sketch to our database.

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 175

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Cover of 175.4, the Fall issue

We have just added a new volume to our New England Historical and Genealogical Register database. This update adds Volume 175; which contains the 2021 Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall issues, and it adds 430 pages and over 8,000 searchable names.

Published quarterly since 1847, the New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the flagship journal of American genealogy and the oldest journal in the field. The Register has featured articles on a wide variety of topics since its inception, including vital records, church records, tax records, land and probate records, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, and historical essays. Authoritative compiled genealogies have been the centerpiece of the Register for more than 150 years. Thousands of New England families have been treated in the pages of the journal and many more are referenced in incidental ways throughout. These articles may range from short pieces correcting errors in print or solving unusual problems to larger treatments that reveal family origins or present multiple generations of a family.

The indexing for these records includes full names, publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

The entire run of New England Historical and Genealogical Register is available in our research library, call number F1.N56.

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Archdiocese of Boston: new searchable records from Cambridge, Lawrence and North Chelmsford

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Postcard of a Lowell-bound streetcar on Essex Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts, c. 1906 (photographer unknown, public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added 17 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Our Lady of Pity in Cambridge, Holy Trinity in Lawrence, and St. John the Evangelist in North Chelmsford. This update adds over 20,000 records and over 50,000 names to search.

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.

The new volumes are listed below:

  • Our Lady of Pity (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1904-1914
  • Our Lady of Pity (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1918-1920
  • Our Lady of Pity (Cambridge) First Communions, 1902-1920
  • Our Lady of Pity (Cambridge) Marriages, 1908-1920
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1904-1910
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1910-1914
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1914-1918
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1918-1920
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1913-1920
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Marriages, 1904-1917
  • Holy Trinity (Lawrence) Marriages, 1917-1920
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Baptisms, 1893-1910
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Baptisms, 1907-1916
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Baptisms, 1910-1919
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Baptisms, 1919-1920
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Marriages, 1893-1915
  • St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford) Marriages, 1910-1920

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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New database: Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward, 1630-1900

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Arrival of Winthrop’s Company in Boston Harbor, 1630 by William Formby Halsall, (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

We are excited to announce a new database: Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward, 1630-1990. This database includes vital and residence records from Some Descendants of Nathaniel Woodward who came from England to Boston about 1630 by Harold Edward Woodward. Transcribed information also includes spouses’ and parents’ first and last names, and includes birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial and residence records. The records range from 1614 to 1984, with the bulk of records being between 1630 -1900. This new database makes nearly 7,000 names fully searchable.

The original volume is kept in the 7th Floor Stacks at NEHGS, call number CS71. W91 1984.

We’d like to thank our dedicated volunteer Pauline Cusson for her help in indexing the records for this database. If you would like to become part of the team working on rewarding genealogical projects, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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