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Today we’ve added two new sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 from Hartford, VT. The new sketches pertain to a father and son, Joel Marsh and Jonathan Marsh. Joel was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1745 and died in Bethel, Vermont in 1807. His wife’s name was Ann; they had seven children. His father, Jonathan Marsh was also born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1713. He died in 1700. Jonathan had two wives–Alice Newcomb and Keziah [Meacham] Phelps. Jonathan and Alice had eight children. Jonathan and Keziah had one more daughter. Scott Andrew Bartley’s study project tracks heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War.
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St. Michael’s Church in Lowell from James Sullivan’s One Hundred Years of Progress, p.316
Today we’re announcing nine new volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from All Saints (Roxbury), St. Bridget (Abington), and St. Michael (Lowell). This update adds over 1,300 new pages to browse. We’d like to thank the following volunteers for their help making this update possible: Francis Alix, Ross and Linda Weaver, Jeff Erickson, Angela Napolitano, Alayna Travaglione, and Kiera Breitenbach. Be sure to watch our how-to video for tips on how to navigate this collection. The new volumes are listed below.
All Saints (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1896-1900
All Saints (Roxbury) Marriages, 1896-1900
St. Bridget (Abington) Baptisms, 1864-1900
St. Bridget (Abington) Confirmations and Financial Records, 1857-1883
St. Bridget (Abington) Confirmations, 1870-1900
St. Bridget (Abington) Marriages, 1864-1900
St. Michael (Lowell) Baptisms, 1884-1900
St. Michael (Lowell) Confirmations, 1884-1900
St. Michael (Lowell) Marriages, 1884-1900
Skating on Jamaica Pond, 1859 by J.H. Bufford Modified by Anetode at en.wikipedia. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Baptisms, 1892-1900
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Confirmations, 1892-1900
Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain) Marriages, 1892-1900
St. Augustine (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1879-1886
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Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain today (image from Google Maps)
St. Augustine (Lawrence) today (Image from Google Maps)
St. Mary Church Boston. From “One hundred years of progress : a graphic, historical, and pictorial account of the Catholic Church of New England”, Archdiocese of Boston. 1895 Courtesy of Internet ArchiveToday we’ve added thirteen new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 for St. Mary of Boston. These volumes cover the years from 1836 to 1900.
Saint Mary of Boston was one of two churches built in Boston less than ten years after the original cathedral was enlarged. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of 1835, and the extensive parish records start in 1836. This update adds over 300,000 new names, 3,300 pages, and 85,000 records to search.
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The American Genealogist of October 2011
We have just posted a new volume to The American Genealogist database. This update adds volume 85 and was released in the years 2011 through 2013, and adds 380 pages and 6,200 new 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 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 American Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F104.N6 A6.
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Published by The Springfield News Company Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Andrew Walton (Chester)
Job Seward (West Stockbridge)
Paul Rawson (New Marlborough)
Robert Hull (Granville)
Parker Dole (Shelburne)
Isaac Dole (Shelburne)
William Congdon (Washington)
Ebenezer Burbank (Springfield)
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Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa at The Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Our Lady of Czestochowa is the Polish parish in Boston, which began in 1893 when a Polish priest, Father John Chmeilinski came to Boston. Initially this congregation worshiped at Holy Trinity, the German parish, before building a church of their own. The parish is named after a prominent icon of the Virgin Mary that hangs in a monastery in Czestochowa, Poland.
As Lowell’s population grew, Sacred Heart was established to serve the southern portion of the town starting in 1884.
Irish quarry workers formed the basis of the congregation of St. Joachim in Rockport; prior to the establishment of this parish, Catholics in Rockport traveled to Gloucester or Salem to worship.
St. Mary of the Annunciation in Melrose grew out of St. Patrick in Stoneham. It was known as St. Bridget when it began, and became St. Mary of the Annunciation when a larger church was built.
As industry grew in Framingham, St. Stephen’s arose in South Framingham, splitting off from St. George in the Saxonville neighborhood. Another Catholic Church, St. Bridget in Framingham became a mission of St. Stephen.
This update adds over 2,500 new images to browse. We’d like to thank the following scanners for their help making this update possible: Ross and Linda Weaver, Angela Napolitano, John Phlo, Francis Alix, and Eileen McCarthy. If you need help navigating this browsable collection, be sure to watch our how-to video.
The new volumes are listed below:
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Baptisms, 1893-1900
Our Lady of Czestochowa (South Boston) Marriages, 1893-1900
Sacred Heart (Lowell) Baptisms, 1884-1900
Sacred Heart (Lowell) Deaths, 1890-1898
Sacred Heart (Lowell) Marriages, 1884-1900
St. Joachim (Rockport) Baptisms, 1870-1900
St. Joachim (Rockport) Marriages, 1870-1900
St. Mary of the Annunciation (Melrose) Baptisms, 1875-1894
St. Mary of the Annunciation (Melrose) Baptisms, 1894-1900
St. Mary of the Annunciation (Melrose) Confirmations, 1897-1900
St. Mary of the Annunciation (Melrose) Marriages, 1894-1900
St. Stephen (Framingham) Baptisms, 1877-1900
St. Stephen (Framingham) Baptisms, 1887-1900
St. Stephen (Framingham) Confirmations, 1888-1900
St. Stephen (Framingham) Marriages, 1877-1887
St. Stephen (Framingham) Marriages, 1887-1900
Assumption of Mary by Titian, an altar piece in Venice Titian [Public domain]
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The Maine Genealogist of November 2012
We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Maine Genealogist database. This update adds volumes 33 and 34 covering the years 2011 to 2012. It also adds over 450 pages and 10,500 new 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, now 48 pages, 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, including guest members.
Vermont, Thanksgiving 2018
Today we’ve added 4 new sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784, from Strafford, Vermont. We’ve also updated eight other sketches from Strafford and Hartford, Vermont. Scott Andrew Bartley’s study project tracks heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. The new sketches are listed below:
Parish, Ezekiel (Strafford)
Pennock, James (Strafford)
Pennock, Jesse (Strafford)
Pennock, Samuel (Strafford)
The following sketches were updated:
Baldwin, Isaac (Strafford)
Chamberlain, William (Strafford)
Gillett, John (Hartford)
Marsh, Abel (Hartford)
Marsh, Eliphalet (Hartford)
Pennock, Aaron (Strafford)
Pinneo, Daniel (Hartford)
Strong, Benajah (Hartford)
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