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Today we’ve added three new sketches to Helen Schatvet Ullmann’s Western Massachusetts Families in 1790.  This study project focuses on heads of families enumerated in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, also including modern Franklin and Hampden counties.  If you would like to learn more about this project, be sure to visit our information page. The three new sketches are listed below:

Eleazer Brown (Adams)
George Hall (Hancock)
David Wells (Shelburne)

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We are very happy to add Volume 10 to our database Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. This series is an invaluable resource for researching the early settlers of Dutchess county, New York. Volume 10 contains over 1,200 pages and is focused on families with last names between Paine to Rogers. Almost 30,000 names have been added with this volume.

Note that this database has a name-only index, derived from the book index itself. Search terms should be focused on First and Last names. You may also specify a volume to restrict your search results.

The Settlers of the Beekman Patent series, by Frank J. Doherty, contains data on over thirteen hundred families who settled in the Beekman Patent, an original land grant given to Col. Henry Beekman in 1697 by the English Crown and the second largest patent in present-day Dutchess County, New York. Many emigrants from New England lived in and passed through the Beekman Patent on their way west. Others, such as the Palatines and Quakers (almost all from New England), were early settlers and remained for several generations or more. Mr. Doherty has published a total of 13 volumes in this series, we are now adding volume 10 in accordance with our agreement to make them available as searchable database after 7 years have passed.

The printed index is also available at the end of this volume, starting on page 1004. As noted in the book (see here), there are some errors in the printed index which we have corrected when indexing the online version.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our team our volunteers. If you have some time and would like to get involved please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

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We have revamped the database Killingly, CT: Church Records, 1711-1775. This database now contains the page image of the original manuscript, and it is searchable by first name and last name, record type, and family members (where available). Record types include Birth, Baptism, Church Record, Marriage, and Death records.

These records are from the original “Book of Church Records: The gift of J. F. (Rev. John Fisk) to the Church of Killingly; March the 5th, 1715-16.” Records from the book were published in the Putnam Patriot newspaper in 1894, and the information contained in this database was abstracted from these newspapers by E. D. Larned. The records were later published in a book entitled Church Records of Killingly, Connecticut (Hunterdon House, Lambertville, N.J., 1984). The Putnam-Killingly Parish Second Church was built in 1715. This manuscript is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number Mss A 6126.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our team our volunteers, including Sam Sturgis. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you have some time and would like to get involved please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

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We have revamped the database East Haddam, CT: Records of the First Congregational Church, 1704-1802. This database now contains the page image of the original manuscript, and it is searchable by first name and last name, record type, and family members (where available).

The First Congregational Church in East Haddam, Connecticut was formed January 6, 1704. The first meeting house was thirty-two feet square and took five years to build. It was used for twenty-three years until a second house was built in 1728. The first minister was Rev. Stephen Hosmer, who presided from 1704 to 1749. These records in this database are primarily Baptisms, with some Church Admissions included.

This update is made possible by the efforts of our team our volunteers, including Sam Sturgis. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you have some time and would like get involved please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.

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Today we’ve added 6 new parishes to Massachusetts: (Image Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  This update adds 23 new volumes and 3,937 images to browse from Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Lawrence), Blessed Sacrament (Jamaica Plain), St. Augustine (Lawrence), St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge), St. Joseph (Roxbury), and St. Mary (Ayer).  We’d like to thank the following scanners for their help with these parishes: Eileen McCarthy, Jeff Erickson, Francis Alix, Ross & Linda Weaver, Angela Napolitano, Tom Dreyer, John Phlo, Genevieve Niessen, and Tim Belgrad.  If you need help understanding how to browse this collection, be sure to watch our how-to video.  The new volumes are listed below:

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Lawrence) Baptisms, Marriages, and Confirmations, 1887-1900

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

St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1893-1900
St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Confirmations, 1894
St. John the Evangelist (Cambridge) Marriages, 1893-1900

St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1845-1856
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1857-1862
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms and Confirmations, 1862-1871
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1872-1881
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms and Confirmations, 1882-1889
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1890-1900
St. Joseph (Roxbury) New England Hospital Baptisms, 1885-1900
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1845-1857
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1857-1873
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1873-1889
St. Joseph (Roxbury) Marriages, 1890-1900

St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1856-1866
St. Mary (Ayer) Baptisms, 1867-1900
St. Mary (Ayer) Marriages, 1857-1866
St. Mary (Ayer) Marriages, 1867-1900

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Today we’ve added records from two new towns in Berkshire County to Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620-1850.  We’ve added 284 records and 879 names from Clarksburg, MA and 1,389 records and 3,190 names from Savoy, MA.  This update is possible through the efforts of Susan Jacobs and Sam Sturgis to whom we are very grateful.  The Savoy records span 1736-1870.  Clarksburg was established in 1798.

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Today we’re announcing 11 new sketches in Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784.  We’ve also updated three older sketches.  This study project by Scott Andrew Bartley is a work in progress, focusing on head of families in pre-Revolutionary War Vermont.  So far he has focused on Windsor and Windham counties.  This addition (including the updates) adds 1,088 new records and 4,352 new names.  The new sketches are listed below:

Baldwin, Daniel (Norwich)
Burton, Jacob (Norwich)
Burton, Josiah (Norwich)
Carpenter, Simeon (Norwich)
Hatch, John (Norwich)
Hatch, Joseph (Norwich)
Hopson, John (Norwich)
Huntington, James (Norwich)
Murdock, Thomas (Norwich)
Sargent, John (Norwich)
Smith, Phillip (Norwich)

Three updated sketches:

Burton, Elisha (Norwich)
Neff, Thomas (Randolph)
Wright, Benjamin (Hartford)

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Today we’re announcing six new volumes in Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  This update adds 16,649 new records and 59,984 new searchable names. St. Columbkille is named after St. Columba, an Irish saint who helped bring Catholicism to Scotland.  His name can take a few forms also including Colmcille. St. Columbkille (Brighton) became its own parish after splitting off from St. Mary of the Assumption in Brookline.  The new volumes are listed below:

St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1857-1881
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1881-1894
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Baptisms, 1985-1900
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Confirmations, 1855-1895
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Confirmations, 1897-1900
St. Columbkille (Brighton) Marriages, 1857-1900

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Today we’ve added six new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from St. Patrick in Lowell.  St. Patrick was Lowell’s earliest parish, and contains many records of the town’s Catholic inhabitants.  Many of the records found in these volumes were not recorded in Massachusetts’ civil records, making them an important source of information for researchers; be sure to read Sam Sturgis’s Vita Brevis post on the topic, The only existing record.  This update adds 50,405 new records and 200,389 new names.  We want to extensively thank the following volunteers who puzzled over the messy handwriting to make this parish searchable: Paula Hines, Marion Vermazen, Mary Coyne, Paul McCool, Jeananne Piper Grady, Angela Napolitano, Eileen McCarthy, Alison Fulmer, Maureen McCarthy, Mary Alice Yost, Diane Rogers, Sally MacGowan, Sandy Murphy Mauer, Marnie Goodbody, Jim Alcauskas, Maureen Keillor, Meredith Madyda, Rhonda Wilson, Margo Blank, Carolyn Jack, and Patty Ryburn.  The new volumes are listed below:

St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms 1836-1861
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms 1847-1861
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms 1861-1878
St. Patrick (Lowell) Baptisms 1878-1900
St. Patrick (Lowell) Marriages 1836-1872
St. Patrick (Lowell) Marriages 1872-1900

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Today we’ve added 29 new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900.  These new volumes come from six parishes: Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cambridge), St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn), St. James (Salem), St. John the Baptist (East Boston), St. Mary (Quincy), and St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater).  These parishes span the ethnic groups of early Catholics in Massachusetts–of course there are many people of Irish descent, but St. James (Salem) served Salem’s French Canadian population and St. John the Baptist in East Boston ministered to Boston’s Portuguese Catholics.  The two added Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cambridge) volumes complete this parish up to 1900.  This update adds over 6,200 new images to browse.  If you have questions about how to navigate this database, be sure to watch our how-to video.  We’d like to thank the following scanners for their help producing these images: Ross and Linda Weaver, Francis Alix, Eileen McCarthy, Jeff Erickson, Meghan McDonagh, Tim Belgrad, Angela Napolitano, Genevieve Niessen, Tom Dreyer, John Phlo, Alice Fristrom, and Kiera Breitenbach.  The new volumes are listed below:

Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cambridge) Baptisms, 1899-1900
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cambridge) Marriages, 1897-1900

St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Baptisms, 1857-1878
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Baptisms, 1878-1888
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Baptisms, 1888-1895
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Baptisms, 1895-1899
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Baptisms, 1899-1900
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Confirmations, 1898-1900
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Marriages, 1857-1895
St. Charles Borromeo (Woburn) Marriages, 1895-1900

St. James (Salem) Baptisms, 1851-1864
St. James (Salem) Baptisms, 1857-1861
St. James (Salem) Baptisms, 1865-1891
St. James (Salem) Baptisms, 1891-1900
St. James (Salem) Marriages, 1851-1900

St. John the Baptist (East Boston) Baptisms, 1873-1888
St. John the Baptist (East Boston) Baptisms, 1888-1893
St. John the Baptist (East Boston) Baptisms, 1893-1900
St. John the Baptist (East Boston) Marriages, 1873-1900

St. Mary (Quincy) Baptisms and Marriages, 1844-1848
St. Mary (Quincy) Baptisms, 1849-1850 and Financial Records, 1864-1866
St. Mary (Quincy) Baptisms, 1900
St. Mary (Quincy) Marriages, 1853-1854

St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Baptisms and Marriages, 1853-1856
St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Baptisms, 1865-1881
St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Baptisms, 1882-1900
St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Confirmations, 1885-1900 (Vol. 1)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Confirmations, 1885-1900 (Vol. 2)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Bridgewater) Marriages, 1863-1900

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