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The Pennsylvania Genealogist Cover
We are very happy to have added 3 volumes the genealogical journal the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine database. This update adds volumes 46, 47, and 48 which cover the years 2009 to 2012. This update adds over 900 pages and 24,000 searchable names.
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, published by the Philadelphia-based Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania since 1895 contains family histories, original records, book reviews, and scholarly essays. Since 1965, the journal expanded the focus of its scholarship to facilitate genealogical research beyond southeastern Pennsylvania and has maintained a balance between publishing compiled genealogies and original source materials.
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 complete run of the journal is available at the NEHGS Research Library, call number F 146 G32.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Chart of Plymouth Bay http://maps.bpl.org [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
St. John the Baptist (Peabody) Baptisms, 1874-1900
St. John the Baptist (Peabody) Marriages, 1875-1900
St. Peter (Plymouth) Baptisms and Marriages, 1873-1875
St. Peter (Plymouth) Baptisms and Marriages, 1873-1879
St. Peter (Plymouth) Baptisms, 1872-1899
St. Peter (Plymouth) Baptisms, 1899-1900
St. Peter (Plymouth) First Communions and Confirmations
St. Peter (Plymouth) Marriages, 1879-1900
St. Philip (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1895-1898
St. Philip (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1898-1900
St. Philip (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1896-1900
St. Philip (Roxbury) Marriages, 1895-1900
The Connecticut Nutmegger cover.
We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Connecticut Nutmegger database. This update adds volumes 44 and 45 covering the years 2011 and 2012. This update adds over 800 pages and 14,500 searchable names.
The Connecticut Nutmegger has served as the “journal of record” for the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. (CSG) for forty years. During this time, it has captured a wealth of information for genealogists. Vital records, probate records, bible records, headstone records, memorials and other useful records have been published and made readily accessible for genealogical research. Well-documented family histories and genealogical articles, covering hundreds of families – mainly with Connecticut ties – have been presented. Published articles include commentary on and corrections to previously published family lines, vital records and town histories. Book reviews, research tips, queries and other valuable tools for genealogists have been presented. 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 Connecticut Nutmegger is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F91.C82.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Shelton side of the Ousatonic Water Power Company Dam. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
It recently came to our attention that the town of Huntington was not included in the database Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870. We are happy to have added a new volume for Huntington, Connecticut that contains over 2,200 new searchable names associated with records between 1739 and 1839.
As noted in the introduction, the town of Huntington officially changed its name Shelton in 1919. It was originally named for Governor Samuel Huntington, and was renamed in honor of Edward Nelson Shelton, according to a New York Times article.
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 complete Barbour collection contains information on 136 Connecticut towns. Our library also offers the complete Barbour collection on-site.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Map of East Boston with red circle around Most Holy Redeemer by http://maps.bpl.org [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms and Marriages, 1844-1851
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms and Confirmations, 1851-1862
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms and Confirmations, 1862-1882
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Baptisms, 1883-1900
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Marriages, 1851-1900
Most Holy Redeemer (East Boston) Confirmations, 1896-1900
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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.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
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.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.