Archive For The “Uncategorized” Category
Today we’ve updated Early New England Families, 1641-1700, adding one new sketch. This new sketch features John Putnam and his family. John was born about 1579/1580 in Buckinghamshire, England, with his family largely settling in Salem and the surrounding area before spreading across New England.
The Early New England Families, 1641-1700 study project is led by Alicia Crane Williams. This project highlights heads of families mentioned in Torrey’s New England Marriages to 1700, focusing on individuals who immigrated from 1641 through 1700, grouped by year of marriage.
Interested researchers should also look at Alicia’s posts on Vita Brevis here for more information on her research process and interesting discoveries.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’ve added 4 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches lived in Brattleboro and Fort Dummer.
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
The new sketches are listed below:
Spaulding, Jacob (Brattleboro)
The updated sketch is listed below:
Willard, Josiah, Col. (Fort Dummer)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Today we’re excited to announce an update to Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage Records of Canada. This update includes data from 67 cemeteries in Alberta, Newfoundland & Labrador, Saskatchewan, and Quebec, adding more than 15,000 records to search.
Canadian Headstones is a volunteer-operated Canadian non-profit dedicated to the digital preservation of Canada’s cemetery heritage. We are working together to create an index-only database that links back to the Canadian Headstones website for each record, which include headstone images, transcriptions, and full citations. To learn more about Canadian Headstones and their mission, please visit their website.
We’d like to thank Ben Jones for his assistance in making this data available online.
The following cemeteries have been released in this update:
Alberta
- Old Banff Cemetery, Banff National Park, Alberta
- Amisk Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Ascension of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (Kopernick), Beaver, Alberta
- Bardo / Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Earling / Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- God’s Acre Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Golden Valley Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Holden Cenotaph & War Memorial, Beaver, Alberta
- Holden Municipal Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Jarrow Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Lornedale Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Ryley Cenotaph & War Memorial, Beaver, Alberta
- Ryley Community Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Salem United Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (Borschiw), Beaver, Alberta
- St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Beaver Alberta
- The Garden, House of Ministries, Beaver, Alberta
- Tofield Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Unnamed Cemetery (near Holden), Beaver, Alberta
- Viking Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Beaver, Alberta
- Canmore Cemetery, Bighorn, Alberta
- Hillcrest Cemetery, Bighorn Alberta
Newfoundland & Labrador
- Halfyard Family Burial Ground, Ochre Pit Cove, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Jacobs Family Cemetery, Old Highway, Norther Bay, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Ochre Pit Cove United Church Cemetery, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Salvage Anglican Cemetery, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- South United Cemetery, Western Bay, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland & Labrador
- United Church Section Cemetery, Townsite, Corner Brook, Bay of Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
Quebec
- Albertville Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Causapscal Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- J.C. Saindon Cemetery, Sayabec, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Jardin de la Paix Cemetery, Sayabec, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Lac-au-Saumon Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Repos Saint-Benoit Cemetery, Amqui, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Repos Saint-Paul Cemetery, Amqui, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Cleophas Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Demase Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Florence Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Irene Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Marguerite-Marie Cemtery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Leon-de-Grand Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Moase Cemtery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Noel Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint-Tharcisius Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Vianney Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Zenon-du-Lac-Humqui Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Vall-Brilliant Cemetery, La Matapedia, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Saskatchewan
- Jean Baptiste De La Salle Cemetery, Battle River No. 439, Saskatchewan
- Lakside Cemetery, Barrier Valley, No. 398, Saskatchewan
- Hawarden Cemetery, Beaver River No. 623, Saskatchewan
- Beacon Hill Cemetery, Beaver River No. 624, Saskatchewan
- Pierceland Cemetery, Beaver River No. 625, Saskatchewan
- Bengough Cemetery, Bengough No. 41, Saskatchewan
- Pleasantview Cemetery, Big Quill No. 309, Saskatchewan
- St. Mary’s (Sacred Heart) Cemetery, Wynyard, Big Quill No. 310, Saskatchewan
- Big River Cemetery, Big River No. 556, Saskatchewan
- Centenary Methodist Cemetery, Birch Hills No. 461, Saskatchewan
- Town of Birch Hills Cemetery, Birch Hills No. 462, Saskatchewan
- Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Star, Blaine Lake No. 435, Saskatchewan
- Marcelin Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 436, Saskatchewan
- Craigmore Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 437, Saskatchewan
- Terpenie Brookhill Cemetery, Blaine Lake No. 438, Saskatchewan
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Thank you to everyone who participated in the last Transcription Challenge! Everyone provided helpful feedback and suggestions! Please check out our new set of challenges by going to the “Transcription Challenge” tab at the top of the page and submitting your suggestions in the comments.
This set of challenges was tricky! The spellings might not be 100% correct, but the search tool for our databases is flexible enough for these names to show up in the results for anyone searching for other spellings.
After discussing the possibilities with others, and going back and forth on the letters many times, the names we have settled on are:
1 – Breneeser
2 – Durish
3a – Maria F. Giblin
3b – Florant
4 – McKurliss
5 – Piram Jarvis
6 – Dengue
Thanks again for your help! We look forward to your suggestions for the next set of challenges!
We’re excited to announce 19 new sketches to our Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. This project is launched in conjunction with the announcement of the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program, a new lineage society for those whose ancestors participated in the historic revolutionary event. This project, as well as the Descendants Program, are both in collaboration with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. You can learn more about the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program here.
Below is the list of new sketches of participant biographies for the following individuals:
- Alexander Whaley (1748-1833)
- Amos Lincoln (1753-1829)
- Anthony Morse (1753-1803)
- Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823)
- Ephraim Smith (1752-1835)
- George Pillsbury/Pilsbury (1753-1832)
- Henry Prentiss (1749-1821)
- Isaac Ridgeway (1758-1840)
- James Starr (1740-1830)
- John Russell (? -1778)
- Jonathan Parker (1726-1801)
- Joseph Read (1716-1795)
- Joseph Roby (1753-1836)
- Nathaniel Barber (1728-1787)
- Paul Revere (1734-1818)
- Samuel Sprague (1753-1844)
- Thomas Spear (1725-1793)
- Thomas Spear (1753-1812)
- William Russell (1748-1784)
New sketches will be released regularly, so stay tuned for more!
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including Guest Members, at no cost. Consider membership
Today we’ve added 5 new sketches and 1 updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in the new and updated sketches all lived in Brattleboro.
With this study project, Scott Andrew Bartley researches the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. These sketches illustrate major players on political and religious fronts, uncover the migration patterns for this period in the region, and identify all those just looking to better their lives on the new frontier. This project is proceeding in two series, settlers to 1771 and 1772-1784. The work so far has been geographical, focusing on Windsor and Windham Counties.
The new sketches are listed below:
Whipple, Timothy (Brattleboro)
Whipple, Zachariah (Brattleboro)
Young, Alexander (Brattleboro)
The updated sketch is listed below:
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
We’re excited to announce a new database, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies.
The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place on December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor. This project is launched in conjunction with the announcement of the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program, a new lineage society for those whose ancestors participated in the historic revolutionary event. This project, as well as the Descendants Program, are both in collaboration with the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. You can learn more about the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program here.
Today, we’re releasing the first 20 sketches of participant biographies for the following individuals:
- Abraham Tower (1752-1832)
- Amasa Davis (1744-1825)
- Bartholomew Trow (1736-1806)
- Benjamin Edes (1732-1803)
- Benjamin Tucker (1734-1806)
- David Bradlee (1742-1811)
- Elisha Story (1743-1805)
- Francis Moore (1740-1833)
- James Stoddard (1756-1833)
- James Swan (1754-1831)
- Jeremiah Cady (1752-1848)
- Jeremiah Williams (1718-1762)
- Joshua Wyeth (1758-1829)
- Josiah Wheeler (1743-1817)
- Lemuel Trescott (1750-1826)
- Phineas Stearns (1735-1798)
- Nathaniel Frothingham (1746-1825)
- Samuel Barnard (1737-1782)
- Thomas Crafts, Jr. (1740-1799)
- Thomas Urann (1723-1792)
New sketches will be released regularly, so stay tuned for more.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including Guest Members, at no cost. Consider membership.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the last Transcription Challenge! Everyone provided helpful feedback and suggestions!
These last challenges are tough! After discussing the possibilities with others, and going back and forth on the letters many times, we have only settled on one name:
#2a. Folardeau
We have saved all of your suggestions from the last set of challenges and have decided leave them up a bit longer for anyone new or anyone who wants to try again with fresh eyes!
Please check out our new set of challenges by going to the “Transcription Challenge” tab at the top of the page and submitting your suggestions in the comments.
Thanks again for all of your help!
Today, American Ancestors and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) are announcing a new database of Catholic cemetery records: Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery Records, 1866-1940.
The cemeteries selected for this database are administrated by local parishes, which are distinct from those managed by the Catholic Cemetery Association. Most of the volumes contain records of lot sales or interments, and may include lot owners, date of burial and location of burial. This includes information for some people who no longer have, or may never have had, headstones, making this collection essential for research into Catholic burials in this region. This database offers records through 1940, with the exception being St. Joseph Cemetery (Plymouth) which offers records through 1970.
This database currently features eight parishes administered in eastern Massachusetts. Today we’re releasing 45 volumes from eight cemeteries, including nearly 25,000 records and over 70,000 searchable names. Records from additional parishes will be added in the future as we expand our collaboration.
Records are currently available from the following cemeteries:
- St. Mary (Ayer)
- St. Mary (Canton)
- Annunciation Cemetery (Danvers)
- St. Mary (Middleborough)
- St. Joseph (Plymouth)
- St. Mary (Quincy)
- St. Joseph (Roxbury)
- St. Anthony of Padua (Shirley)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the last Transcription Challenge! We had 40 responses and everyone provided helpful feedback and suggestions! Please check out our new set of challenges by going to the “Transcription Challenge” tab at the top of the page and submitting your suggestions in the comments.
This week was difficult! After discussing the possibilities with others, and going back and forth on the letters many times, the names we have settled on are:
1a – Dinivan
1b – Meloy
2 – Hoogs
3a – Divner
3b – Maredin, Mardin
We appreciate everyone’s help and are excited to see the suggestions for the next set of challenges!