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Today we’ve added seven new volumes and updated one volume in Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Sacred Heart in Boston. This update adds over 27,100 records and over 121,800 names to search.
Usually we add all the records of a single parish at once. Most parishes contain less than 10 volumes for the 20 year time period we’re currently working on (1901-1920). However, Sacred Heart in Boston’s North End consists of 37 volumes. So in this special case, I uploaded this parish in pieces over a series of weeks. This week I’ve added the final 7 new volumes (joining the thirty other recently added new volumes). So this parish is now complete–all the information we scanned is now available for search!
The new volumes are listed below. The starred volume was updated, adding the records from 1900-1902:
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1899-1902*
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1902-1905
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1905-1908
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1908-1911
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1911-1913
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1913-1916
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1916-1918
Sacred Heart (Boston) Marriages, 1918-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we are releasing volumes 14 through 22 (1860-1868) of the in-depth re-indexing of all the genealogical records in the database Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. This update includes 9 volumes, 3,700 pages, 85,000 records and 175,000 searchable names and has about four times the number of records previously indexed for these volumes.
This ongoing project will unlock the value of all the information captured in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register since the first publication in 1847. We are reviewing every published article add extracting a broad set of records for those articles that are genealogical in nature. So, in addition to birth, marriage, and death records there are now records of type; residence, immigration, military records, church dismissals, and more. The indexing in this effort includes spouses, parents, and locations.
Users of American AncesTREES will also benefit by being able to get hints from the newly indexed volumes in their family trees.
This update is made possible by the splendid efforts of our volunteers: Valerie Abrahamsen, Nancy Borman, Carol Botteron, Becki Clarke, Patricia Dalpiaz, Fran Danico, Randy Hube, Karen Jarret, Toni Lattimer, Jan Lundquist, Kristina Magill, Ginny Marshall, Paula Muggleton, Ida Nystrom, Margaret Parker, Karen Ristic, Ray Ristic, Kay Sencabaugh, Olga Tugarina, Susan Van Allen, Charlie Watson, Jaimie Williams-Peterson, and Rich Wood. If you would like to become part of the team working on this rewarding project to revamp the index to the NEHGS Register, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
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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.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added ten new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Joseph (Belmont), St. John the Evangelist (Canton), Sacred Heart (Groton), and Sacred Hearts (Haverhill). This update adds over 6,200 records and over 23,000 names to search.
St. Joseph in Belmont grew out of St. Agnes in Arlington; it became an independent parish in 1900.
St. John the Evangelist in Canton was dedicated in 1867 and continued to be a place of worship for Catholics into the new century.
Sacred Heart in Groton began in 1905. See History of the archdiocese of Boston in the various stages of its development, 1604 to 1943 … by Lord, Harrington, and Sexton for a discussion of the changing parish boundaries in this area.
Sacred Hearts in Haverhill grew out of St. James in Haverhill. This new church served the former town of Bradford which was incorporated into Haverhill in 1897. This parish began in 1908.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Joseph (Belmont) Baptisms, 1900-1920
St. Joseph (Belmont) Confirmations, 1911-1920
St. Joseph (Belmont) Marriages, 1900-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Baptisms, 1901-1908
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Marriages, 1901-1908
Sacred Heart (Groton) Baptisms, 1907-1920
Sacred Heart (Groton) Confirmations, 1920
Sacred Heart (Groton) Marriages, 1907-1920
Sacred Hearts (Haverhill) Baptisms, 1908-1920
Sacred Hearts (Haverhill) Marriages, 1908-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we have added 13 new volumes and updated 4 more for the Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. Today’s additions include Sacred Heart in Brockton, St. Alphonsus in Beverly, St. Francis of Assisi and St. John the Evangelist of Cambridge. This update includes 16 volumes, 3,100 pages, and over 78,000 searchable names.
Sacred Heart in Brockton was the second Catholic church in Brockton; it was the French Canadian parish, established in 1891. St. Alphonsus church was established in Beverly in 1914 for the French Canadian population there. Before St. John the Evangelist was established, the Catholics of North Cambridge and West Somerville attended St. Peter’s. In 1893 as their numbers grew, St. John the Evangelist became its own parish.
The new and updated volumes in this release are:
• Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1907-1918
• Sacred Heart (Brockton) Baptisms, 1917-1920
• Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1908-1911
• Sacred Heart (Brockton) Marriages, 1911-1920
• St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Baptisms, 1917-1920
• St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Confirmations, 1919-1920
• St. Alphonsus (Beverly) Marriages, 1917-1920
• St. Francis of Assisi (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1917-1920
• St. Francis of Assisi (Cambridge) Confirmations, 1919-1920
• St. Francis of Assisi (Cambridge) Marriages, 1917-1920
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1893-1908 (updated)
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1908-1914
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1914-1920
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Confirmations, 1893-1918 (updated)
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Marriages, 1893-1907 (updated)
• St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Marriages, 1908-1920
We thank our dedicated volunteer Sam Sturgis for his work on this release. 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.
We have updated our American Ancestors Magazine database to include volume 21 covering the year 2020. This update contains over 280 pages and 2,400 searchable names.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
A 64-page magazine published by NEHGS beginning in 2010, American Ancestors contains a wealth of information for family historians. American Ancestors features a wide range of article topics and styles, and is designed to appeal to family historians of all levels. Topics include coverage of a particular region or group of people; case studies; descriptions of particular record sets; “how-to” articles; compelling historic accounts that illuminate the past; research strategies and methodology; and accounts of migration and immigrant groups.The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
The entire run of New England Ancestors is available at our NEHGS Boston research library, call number F1.N49.
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Today we’re announcing three new sketches in Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. The new sketches focus on Elias Haskell of Greenwich who married Marcy Tilson, Jacob Miller of Northampton who married Mercy Johnson and Barnabas Sears of Greenwich who married Rachel Bullard.
This study project focuses on individual enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, also including modern Franklin and Hampden counties. Sketches for this project are submitted to editor Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG by NEHGS members and other interested researchers. If you are interested in submitting a sketch for Volume 5, please review our project home page.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this update possible.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 11 new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from Sacred Heart in Boston. This update adds over 20,200 records and over 68,600 names to search.
Usually we add all the records of a single parish at once. Most parishes contain less than 10 volumes for the 20 year time period we’re currently working on (1901-1920). However, Sacred Heart in Boston’s North End consists of 37 volumes. So in this special case, I am uploading this parish in pieces over a series of weeks. This week I’ve added 11 new volumes (joining the 19 previously available new volumes). I will work to be as clear as possible in each Database News post so that interested researchers know what is available in each update. This current update completes the baptism, confirmation, and first communion records for this parish. There are just 7 marriage volumes left that will be coming soon.
The new volumes are listed below:
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1916
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1916-1917
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1917-1918
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1918 (April-July)
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1918 (July-December)
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1918-1919
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1919-1920
Sacred Heart (Boston) Baptisms, 1920
Sacred Heart (Boston) Confirmations, 1901-1920
Sacred Heart (Boston) First Communions, 1920 (Book 1)
Sacred Heart (Boston) First Communions, 1920 (Book 2)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added four new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Patrick in Cambridge. This update adds over 3,700 records and over 13,800 names to search.
As the Catholic population of East Cambridge grew, St. Patrick split from Sacred Heart of Jesus, becoming its own parish in 1908. On the Parish Boundary Map, you can see that St. Patrick’s served the northwestern corner of this neighborhood.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Patrick (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1908-1920
St. Patrick (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1920
St. Patrick (Cambridge) Confirmations, 1909-1920
St. Patrick (Cambridge) Marriages, 1908-1920
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 George Blake m. 1641. George and his family lived in Gloucester and Boxford, MA. His wife’s name was Dorothy, and they had seven 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. Barry E. Hinman collaborated with Alicia Crane Williams to produce this sketch.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help adding these sketches to our database.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added five new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Edward in Brockton and St. John the Evangelist in Winthrop. This update adds over 5,900 records and over 22,800 names to search.
St. Edward’s parish served the Catholics of the Montello neighborhood in the northern part of Brockton. This parish grew out of St. Patrick’s, and was established in 1897. A new, formal church building was dedicated in 1916.
St. John the Evangelist in Winthrop began as a mission of St. Mary Star of the Sea in East Boston. The mission began around 1887, and it became its own parish in 1907. In 1911, they began to build a church that was finally dedicated in 1923.
We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.
The new volumes are listed below:
St. Edward (Brockton) Baptisms, 1914-1920
St. Edward (Brockton) Marriages, 1917-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Baptisms, 1907-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Marriages, 1907-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Sick Calls, 1915-1920
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.