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Landing of the Pilgrims, from the US Capitol building. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
We have added three new volumes to the searchable database of authenticated Mayflower Pilgrim genealogies, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880:
- Doty, Edward (Vol. 11, part 1)
- Doty, Edward (Vol. 11, part 2)
- Doty, Edward (Vol. 11, 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.
Edward Doty was a planter. He traveled on Mayflower as a servant to Stephen Hopkins. Within months of landing at Plymouth, Edward fought in what Bradford called “the first duel fought in New England.” The incident was between him and Edward Leister, a fellow servant of Stephen Hopkins. Both parties were wounded but not killed, and received punishment for their involvement. Edward was likely near the end of his servitude at that time. In 1635, Edward Doty married Faith Clark, with whom he had nine children. He died in Plymouth in 1655. This biographical information is also available on the American Ancestors Mayflower 2020 site here.
These three volumes adds 55,000 new searchable names, bringing the total to 275,000 for the database in total. The graphic below shows the top 50 last names that have been indexed for Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. 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 team of volunteers, including; David, Anderson, Nancy Borman, Jeanne Brown, Fran Danico, Jackie Horton, Jan Livingston, Margaret Parker, and Rich Wood. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you would like to join 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 steamer Albany in Albany, NY. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
We have updated the index to Albany Argus: Records of Deaths and Marriages, 1826-1828 so that it is now searchable by first name and last name, location, record type, and family members (where available).
The text of these extracted marriage and death records published in the Albany Argus newspaper continues to be searchable via Keyword search.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteers, in particular, Bob Rainville. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you would like to participate please contact Bianca Renzoni, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at bianca.renzoni@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
After a bit of a hiatus, we’re back, just in time to be mentioned in American Ancestors Magazine! We have a brand new set of challenges for you; visit our Transcription Challenge page to offer a suggestion. These new challenges come from St. Patrick in Lowell, and St. George in Framingham.
We so appreciated all of your help and suggestions from last time! Over 60 participants offered suggestions. Here are the final answers we have settled on:
- Connulu, Connelly
- Alice O’Connor
- Briscilla, Priscilla
- Bernahan (last name of a godmother)
- Coyle, Collyer
By Detroit Publishing Company [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Elnathan Curtis (Stockbridge)
Solomon Stockwell (Windsor)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Image 1 – Access category searches now available from Advanced Search
We are happy to deliver a new search option for you this week: Category Search. We are providing separate search pages for each category of databases, and the link for each category can be found right at the bottom of Advanced Search (see Image 1). The new capabilities in category search include:
- Focused search fields – the search fields available for each category are only those that are commonly used in that category. This avoids the all too common problem of using search fields for which you will get no results (See Image 2).
- Search tips and category descriptions right on the search screen – you don’t need to perform a search or click to another screen to get tips on the available fields. You may need to scroll down to see this.
- List of all databases within the category – if you want to see what databases are in each category you can click on the button at the top right and it will list the relevant databases.
- Sample page images – A few sample page images are included for each category to provide you some perspective of what you can find in the databases for that category (See Image 3).
- Inclusive search results! – The results will include results that match any of your criteria. This is an important change. Results that match all or most of your search criteria appear at the top, and partial matches appear below.
New way to send comments. One additional change is an enhanced comment box on Search Results, Image and Transcript pages. This replaces the button to “Report an error”, and is meant to be a way for you to share comments and questions in addition to reporting errors. The comment box can be found right above the Help section on the image, transcript, and search results pages. The comment box takes up very little space on the form, but when you type in it, it expands to include your email address (prepopulated if you are signed in) and show the Send/Cancel buttons (See Image 3). When the message is sent it shows that you did successfully send a message.
We hope you enjoy these changes. Please address any feedback and comments to webmaster@nehgs.org.
Image 2: Category Search for Journals and Periodicals – with search tips
Image 3 – Category Search for Journals and Periodicals – with sample images and description
Image 4 – Expandable comment box
By U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Today we’re announcing two new sketches and one revised sketch:
Henry Lamprey (m.1641) Henry came from England to Boston and died in Hampton, New Hampshire as an old man.
Daniel Fisher (m. 1645, 1651) Daniel also came from England and settled in Dedham. He was the town surveyor who helped determine the limits of the town at the time.
Joseph Phippen (m.1640) (revised) Joseph Phippen came from England and lived in Massachusetts coastal towns including Hingham, Boston, Falmouth, and Salem.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
By Victorgrigas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
St. Stephen (Boston) Index to Baptisms and Marriages, 1842-1887
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms and Marriages, 1842-1845
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1846-1853
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1862
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1862-1870
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1870-1877
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1877-1882
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1883-1889
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1889-1900
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1900 (part 1)
St. Stephen (Boston) Baptisms, 1900 (part 2)
St. Stephen (Boston) Confirmations and First Communions, 1875-1900
St. Stephen (Boston) Marriages, 1846-1872
Old St. James Church (left) and new St. James Church (right). Images from One Hundred Years of Progress by James S. Sullivan (1895) pages 62 & 63.
We’ve added the parish of St. James the Greater in Boston to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1900. This parish was established in 1854, located in what is now Boston’s Chinatown. In 1854, the neighborhood was largely of Irish descent. The original church on the corner of Albany and Harvard streets was demolished when the land was sold to a railroad company. The new church was built on Harrison Street and still serves the Catholics of Boston today. An enormous thank you is due to all of our volunteers who helped make this large parish now available.
This update consists of the twelve following volumes:
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1854-1864
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1865-1874
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1874-1875
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1875-1879
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1879-1883
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms,1883-1888
St. James the Greater (Boston) Baptisms, 1888-1900
St. James the Greater (Boston) Confirmations, 1858-1900
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1855-1873
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1874-1884
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1884-1894
St. James the Greater (Boston) Marriages, 1895-1900
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
By J. Carwitham (active 1720-1740), after an unknown artist (Yale Center for British Art [1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The complete Suffolk County File Papers collection will eventually cover cases 1-94,757, which includes years up to 1893. The cases are indexed chronologically, which allows us to present them in sections while digital photography is taking place. The digital photography is expected to continue through 2020. We will continue to add additional cases as they become available.
If you have questions on how to search this database, or about our collaboration with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, please watch our video, How to Search Massachusetts Probate File Papers.
Constance Hopkins’ (dau. Of Stephen) beaver hat: At the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
We have added a new volume to the searchable database of authenticated Mayflower Pilgrim genealogies, Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880:
- Hopkins, Stephen (Vol. 6)
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.
Stephen Hopkins served as a minister’s clerk on Venture, which was marooned on Bermuda in 1609 during a hurricane. He fomented a mutiny amongst the 150 survivors, but was granted a pardon due to his penitence and alleged ruin to wife and family. Hopkins sailed on Mayflower with his pregnant second wife Elizabeth Fisher, three children, and servants Edward Doty and Edward Lester. During the voyage, Elizabeth delivered a son who was named Oceanus. The whole family survived the first winter, and Stephen and Elizabeth lived in Plymouth for 20 years.
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 team of volunteers, including; Diane Arbuckle, Jeanne Brown, Julie Nathanson, Margaret Parker, Marie Wells, and David Anderson. We appreciate the work of all our volunteers. If you would like to join 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 top 50 last names in the Hopkins volume