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Today we’ve added eight new sketches to 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. This current update rounds out the collection of sketches for Volume 4, which will be published in the spring.  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 Submission Guidelines.  The new sketches are listed below:

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)

Please note: These databases are available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Today we’ve added sixteen new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1900 from five new parishes.

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

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Today we’ve added one new volume to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Lawrence) Births, Marriages, and Confirmations, 1887-1900.  This parish served the German community in Lawrence.  Prior to 1887, German Catholics in Lawrence only rarely had access to a priest who spoke their own language.  In 1887, Father Michael Sagg arrived in Lawrence to help them start their own congregation.  This update adds over 1,300 new names and more than 300 records to search.

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

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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.

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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)

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

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Today we’re announcing three new volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 from Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in South Boston.  This parish was set off from Sts. Peter and Paul in 1884.  This update adds more than 600 images to browse.  We’d like to thank volunteers Ross and Linda Weaver for their help scanning these volumes.  If you need advice on how to navigate this collection, be sure to watch our how-to video.  The new volumes are listed below:

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1884-1896
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Baptisms, 1897-1900
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (South Boston) Marriages, 1884-1900

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We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Essex Genealogist database. This update adds volumes 31 and 32, covering the years 2011 to 2012. This update adds over 400 pages and 5,500 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 (founded in 1975). Within the pages of this journal are selections of cemetery transcriptions, bible records, vital and church records relating to families from Essex County, Massachusetts. The Essex Genealogist has had published numerous Ahnentafel’s (Ancestor Tables) of the ancestry of their members, as well as verbatim transcriptions of lectures over the years. This journal continues to serve those researching Essex County families with valuable resources now entering nearly four decades in print.

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 Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

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Today we’ve added one new volume to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, from St. Anthony of Padua in Cohasset.  This parish was established in 1886, as an offshoot from the Church in Hingham and Weymouth.  The records may also be closely linked with the Church of the Nativity in Scituate, which became a mission of this parish.  Many of the parishioners were immigrants of Portuguese descent.  The new volume is called St. Anthony of Padua (Cohasset) Baptisms, 1886-1900.  This update adds over 1,200 new records and over 4,600 new names to search.

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

 

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Today we’ve added six new volumes to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, from Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Roxbury.  The original Our Lady of Perpetual Help church was blessed in 1871, founded by the Redemptorists.  It was a mission church, meaning that they only provided the sacraments of communion and reconciliation.  As the Catholic population in Mission Hill grew, they needed a new parish church in the area.  In 1883, this church joined the Archdiocese of Boston as a “regular canonical parish.”  Since its beginning, this church has been known as the Mission Church.  This update is possible thanks to the help of our wonderful volunteers Francis Alix, Angela Napolitano, Eileen McCarthy, and Ross and Linda Weaver.  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 Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1883-1889
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1889-1895
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Baptisms, 1895-1900
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1885-1893
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Confirmations, 1894-1900
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Roxbury) Marriages, 1883-1900 

 

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Today we’re announcing two new volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900, from parishes in Medfield and Middleborough.

St. Edward the Confessor in Medfield began as a mission from Sacred Heart in Natick.  It was named for St. Edward the Confessor, a Medieval king of England who ruled in the 1000s.

Sacred Heart in Middleborough split off from St. Thomas the Aquinas in Bridgewater.  The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1880.

This was a small update–it adds 154 new images to browse.

We’d like to thank volunteer Francis Alix for his help making this update possible.

The new volumes are:

Sacred Heart (Middleborough) Baptisms, First Communions, and Confirmations, 1885-1900

St. Edward the Confessor (Medfield) Baptisms, 1890-1900

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