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By Magicpiano [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
John Bennett (Hartford)
David Bliss (Hartford)
Henry Bragg (Hartford)
William Bramble (Hartford)
Alexander Brink (Hartford)
Benjamin Burtch (Hartford)
Jonathan Burtch (Hartford)
Mitchell Clark (Hartford)
Nathan Damon (Hartford)
Noah Dewey (Hartford)
Thomas Emerson (Hartford, Rochester)
Israel Gillett (Hartford)
John Gillett (Hartford)
Joshua Hazen (Hartford)
Nathaniel Holbrook (Hartford)
Otis Little (Hartford)
Abel Marsh (Hartford)
Eliphalet Marsh (Hartford)
Elisha Marsh (Hartford)
John Marsh (Hartford)
Thomas Miner (Hartford)
Christopher Pease (Hartford)
Samuel Pease (Hartford)
Daniel Pinneo (Hartford)
Thomas Richardson (Hartford, Hartland)
Eleazer Robinson (Hartford)
Thomas Savage (Hartford)
Elkanah Sprague (Hartford)
Benajah Strong (Hartford)
Elijah Strong (Hartford)
John Strong (Hartford, Woodstock)
Solomon Strong (Hartford)
Stephen Tilden (Hartford)
John Udall (Hartford)
Lionel Udall (Hartford)
Henry Woodward (Hartford)
Benajmin Wright (Hartford)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

Postcard of the John Howland House, Plymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1910. Public Domain in the United States, courtesy of Wikimedia.
We have added Part 3 the John Howland volume to the searchable database of authenticated Mayflower Pilgrim genealogies, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. Part 2 of the Howland volume was uploaded previously, so this update completes the Howland books. This update adds 475 pages, 11,400 records, and over 34,000 searchable names in the following volume:
- Howland, John (Vol. 23, part 3)
This database is being constructed from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) very well-known series of books Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 which document the first generation of descendants of the Pilgrims. Through our partnership with GSMD, American Ancestors is delivering this database with a full index of the fifth-generation descendants, and their children, coupled with the page images for those people.
John Howland was about 28 when he traveled on Mayflower as a single man. During the voyage, he went on deck during a particularly bad storm and was swept overboard, but he managed to grab on to a rope and was saved. John married fellow passenger Elizabeth Tilley in 1624, and with her had 10 children. He died in Plymouth in 1673 at over 80 years of age. This biography is also available on our Mayflower 2020 site here.
This database index includes birth, baptism, marriage, death, and deed records for these individuals, and where available, the names of parents and spouses.
This update is made possible by the invaluable efforts of our growing team of volunteers, including; Larry Akin, Nancy Borman, Pat Dalpiaz, Paul Levit, Julie Nathanson, and David Anderson. We genuinely appreciate their dedication. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Bianca Renzoni, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator bianca.renzoni@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

By Homans [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
St. Mary (Boston) Index to Baptisms, 1836-1849
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1836-1850
St. Mary (Boston) Index to Baptisms, 1850-1858
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1850-1858
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1859-1864
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1864-1869
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1869-1874
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1874-1892
St. Mary (Boston) Baptisms, 1893-1900
St. Mary (Boston) First Communions and Confirmations, 1866-1900
St. Mary (Boston) First Communions and Confirmations, 1884-1900
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1836-1854
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1854-1861
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1861-1893
St. Mary (Boston) Marriages, 1894-1900
Thank you to everyone for the many responses we recieved, and we apologize again with the image problem and thank you for yout patience!
Unfortunately, we do not have more images yet for another challenge, BUT please check back next week for an update!
#1: Saint George, Dorchester, Baptisms 1872-75
Under Further Review
#2: Saint Joseph, Boston, Marriages 1893-99
Under Further Review

Title page to St. Mary (Lawrence) Index to Baptisms 1848-1887
We’ve added St. Mary (Lawrence) to Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900. This update adds twelve volumes and over 3,200 new pages to browse. If you have questions about how to browse this collection, be sure to watch our explanatory video. This parish is now available thanks to the help of our wonderful scanners including Jeff Erickson, Angela Napolitano, Ross and Linda Weaver, Eileen McCarthy, and John Phlo. The new volumes are listed below:
St. Mary (Lawrence) Index to Baptisms, 1848-1887
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1848-1852 and Confirmations, 1850 (Vol. 1)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1853-1861 (Vol. 2)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1861-1866 (Vol. 3)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1866-1892 (Vol. 4)
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1892-1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Baptisms, 1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Confirmations, 1860-1900
St. Mary (Lawrence) Confirmations, Undated
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1849-1860
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1861-1884
St. Mary (Lawrence) Marriages, 1884-1900

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St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms and Marriages, 1850-1867
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1867-1874
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1874-1882
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1882-1889
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1890-1893
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1894-1897
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1897-1900
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Marriages, 1867-1888
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Marriages, 1888-1900
Just a small update on this project:
We are creating two databases. One is Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900. This is searchable, and available to paying members. It currently contains 128 volumes and 20 parishes.
The other database, Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 only contains browsable images; it is not indexed. It is available to all members (guest and paying), for free. It currently contains 285 volumes and 38 parishes.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

Postcard, Pilgrim exiles, Plymouth, Mass., between circa 1930 and circa 1945
Public Domain in the United States, courtesy of Wikimedia.
We have added the Francis Cooke volume to the searchable database of authenticated Mayflower Pilgrim genealogies, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. This update adds 490 pages, 9,600 records, and over 28,000 searchable names in the following volume:
- Cooke, Francis (Vol. 12)
This database is being constructed from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) very well-known series of books Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 which document the first generation of descendants of the Pilgrims. Through our partnership with GSMD, American Ancestors is delivering this database with a full index of the fifth-generation descendants, and their children, coupled with the page images for those people.
Francis Cooke was born around 1583. He married Hester Mahieu in 1603 and had 7 children. Francis took his oldest son John with him on Mayflower, while Hester and the other children followed them to America in 1623 on the ship Anne. Francis died in 1663 in Plymouth. This biography is also available on our Mayflower 2020 site here.
This database index includes birth, baptism, marriage, death, and deed records for these individuals, and where available, the names of parents and spouses. We thank our volunteers for all their efforts in bringing this newly searchable data to you!
This update is made possible by the invaluable efforts of our growing team of volunteers, including; Nancy Borman, Nell Nies, Lisa Roberts, Nancy Washell, Ron Wilson, and David Anderson. We genuinely appreciate their dedication. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Bianca Renzoni, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator bianca.renzoni@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

The Pilgrims at Plymouth. Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909.
Public Domain in the United States, courtesy of Wikimedia.
We have added the William Bradford volume to the searchable database of authenticated Mayflower Pilgrim genealogies, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. This update adds 570 pages, 11,000 records, and over 32,000 searchable names in the following volume:
- Bradford, William (Vol. 22)
This database is being constructed from the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) very well-known series of books Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 which document the first generation of descendants of the Pilgrims. Through our partnership with GSMD, American Ancestors is delivering this database with a full index of the fifth-generation descendants, and their children, coupled with the page images for those people.
William Bradford was born in 1590 in Austerfield, England. He became interested in Separatist religious beliefs as a young man. William married Dorothy May in Amsterdam in 1613. They traveled on Mayflower together, leaving behind their son, John, who would join them on a later ship. Bradford served as Governor of Plymouth Colony for 31 terms, succeeding John Carver after his death in 1621. Bradford kept extensive journals relating the experience of the Pilgrims and had the most extensive library of first generation New Englanders. After Dorothy fell off the deck of Mayflower and drowned in the Provincetown Harbor, Bradford married Alice (Carpenter) Southworth in 1623, with whom he had 3 children. He died in 1657. This biography is also available on our Mayflower 2020 site here.
This database index includes birth, baptism, marriage, death, and deed records for these individuals, and where available, the names of parents and spouses. We thank our volunteers for all their efforts in bringing this newly searchable data to you!
This update is made possible by the invaluable efforts of our growing team of volunteers, including; Jeanne Brown, Fran Danico, Kathleen Hash, Nell Nies, Margaret Parker, Rich Wood, and David Anderson. We genuinely appreciate their dedication. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Bianca Renzoni, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator bianca.renzoni@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.

By John Phelan [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Christopher Billings (Hartland)
Ebenezer Call (Hartland, Woodstock)
Joseph Call (Hartland, Woodstock)
Elisha Harding (Hartland, Brattleboro)
James Harwood (Hartland, Woodstock)
Charles Killam (Hartland, Woodstock)
Andrew Powers (Hartland, Woodstock)
James Sanderson (Hartland, Woodstock, Hartford)
Oliver Willard, Jr. (Hartland)
Oliver Farnsworth (Springfield, Fairfax)
Revised Sketches
Today we’re announcing three new sketches to Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. This database focuses on families listed in the 1790 census in historic Berkshire and Hampshire counties, an area which includes parts of modern Franklin and Hampden counties. Sketches are submitted by NEHGS researchers and members and edited by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG. The new sketches are listed below:
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.