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Volume 37 (2017) of The Essex Genealogist is now available! This update adds over 200 pages and 1,200 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. Within the pages of this journal are selections of cemetery transcriptions, bible records, vital and church records relating to families from Essex County. The Essex Genealogist has had published numerous Ahnentafels (Ancestor Tables) for the ancestry of their members, as well as verbatim transcriptions of lectures over the years.
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.
We’d also like to thank Sam Sturgis for his assistance in making this volume available online.
The entire run of The Essex Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F68 .S64.
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 58 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.
It was really interesting and helpful to see how many ways everyone transcribed this difficult handwriting. After going through every response, the names we have settled on are:
#1 – Nighy
#2 – Carleman
#3 – Dwyre
We appreciate everyone’s help and are excited to see the suggestions for the next set of challenges!
Today we’re announcing a major update to Suffolk County, MA Probate File Papers. This addition includes case numbers 50000-61999, a total of 348,886 new file papers.
This database was created from digital images and index contributed to NEHGS by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. The probate cases include wills, guardianships, administrations, and various other types of probate records. We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his work on this update.
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. 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. The Massachusetts Archives also have a very helpful website that serves as a directory as to where you can find which pieces of probate information.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members.
Today we are releasing an updated version of our Brimfield, MA: Deaths and Burials, 1808-1850 database. This updated version includes the images from the collection and the index now includes full names, relationships, and locations where available.
In 1930, Walter E. and Lottie S. Corbin transcribed a record book in the possession of the Chairman of the Cemetery Commissioners. In the introduction to the transcription they note that many items in the original record book were apparently copied from previously kept records that were no longer in existence. They also note that “practically every entry in the [original] records gives the locations of that particular grave in the cemetery … the location of the grave is given here only when it contains data of genealogical value.”
Therefore, this database is more useful to those wishing to determine a date of death than to those who wish to locate the cemetery in which an individual is buried (the cemetery is often not identified). It should also be noted that the information contained in the record books may not exactly match that of the gravestone inscription.
The original text is available to NEHGS members at the R. Stanton Avery Collections room at the NEHGS Library, call number MSS A 3286.
This project was made possible by the efforts of our wonderful volunteer, Jayn Stillson.
If you 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 and NEHGS affiliates. Consider membership.
After a long hiatus, we are excited to announce that the Transcription Challenge has returned! You can participate by going to the “Transcription Challenge” tab at the top of the page and submitting your suggestions in the comments.
We will review your comments every week and will post new challenges as we find them!
We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your help!
We are excited to announce a new collection! Lynn, MA: Harry Lipsky Company Records, 1934-1936, a collection From the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC).
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC) at New England Historic Genealogical Society is a destination for exploring, preserving, and advancing the history of Jewish families, institutions, and communities in New England and beyond.
The Harry Lipsky Company was a furniture moving company founded in 1910 in Lynn, Massachusetts by Harry Lipsky, who owned and operated the company until his death in 1926. He was born between 1887 and 1888 in Slavita, Russia (modern-day Ukraine) and immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts around 1904. He married Dora Rabotnick in 1910, and together they had three children, Jacob “Jack,” Sidney Samuel, and Rose. His sons took over operations until the company was sold in 1988.
This database contains a detailed ledger of all the moves that the Harry Lipsky Company undertook between 1934 and 1936, including the names and addresses of clients, and the cost and contents of the moves.
We are grateful to the volunteers who indexed all of the names for this project, including Karen Del Vecchio, Sara Stison, Joan Sullivan, Amelia Devin Freedman, Jaimie Williams-Peterson, Eileen McCarthy.
If you would like to become part of the team working on rewarding genealogical projects, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to all 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 44 cemeteries in Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
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.
The following cemeteries have been released in this update:
- Antler Cemetery, No. 62, Redvers, Saskatchewan
- Argyle Cemetery, No. 2, Carievale, Saskatchewan
- Baie-des-Sables Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Brant Argyle Cemetery, Argyle, Manitoba
- Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Barrhead, Alberta
- Glen Bard Cemetery, James River, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Grosses-Roches Cemetery, Bas Saint-LaurentQuebec
- La Matane Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- La Redemption Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Les-Hauteurs Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Les Mechins Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Matane Premier Cemetery, St. Jereme, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Mellowdale Community Cemetery, Barrhead, Alberta
- Metis Beach United Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Mont-Joli Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- North Lochaber Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Petit-Matane Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Price Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Prive Cemetery, Mont-Joli, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Adelme Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Angele-de-Merici, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Antoine-de-Padoue, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Donat Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Felite Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Flavie Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Gabriel Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Jeanne-d’Arc Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church Cemetery (St. Ninian’s Parish), Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Saint Joseph-de-Lepage Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Leandre Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Luc-de-Matane Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Luce Cemetery, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent
- Saint Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Saint Ninian’s Catholic Cemetery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Saint Octave-de-Metis Cemetery (Nouveau Cemetiere), La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Octave-de-Metis Cemetery, Coin rue de l’eglise, La Mitis, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Merland, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Sainte Paul Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Peter’s Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Sainte Rene-de-Matane Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Sainte Thomas-de-Cherbourg Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Saint Ulric Cemetery, Bas Saint-Laurent, Quebec
- Ste. Croix (Holy Cross) Cemetery, Pomquet, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Workman Cemetery, Argyle No. 3, Saskatchewan
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
We’re excited to announce the release of Volume 10 (1989) of The Genealogist, in partnership with the American Society of Genealogists. This update adds more than 3,000 records to search in the database. With the addition of Volume 10, this database is now up-to-date.
The American Society of Genealogists, founded in 1940, is an independent honorary society of the leading published scholars in the field of American genealogy. Since its inception, the ASG has served the discipline of genealogy by embodying and promoting the highest standards of genealogical scholarship. Foremost among the ASG’s ongoing activities is publication of The Genealogist, one of the leading American journals of scholarly genealogy. For more information about the American Society of Genealogists, please visit their website.
In agreement with the American Society of Genealogists, AmericanAncestors.org now hosts Volumes 1-30 of The Genealogist backlog issues. We are also delighted to announce that this database is available at no cost to NEHGS Guest Members, as well as to Individual Members.
We’d like to thank am Sturgis for his help in making this volume available online.
This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
We’re excited to announce the release of Volume 26 (2012), Volume 27 (2013), Volume 28 (2014), Volume 29 (2015) and Volume 30 (2016) of The Genealogist, in partnership with the American Society of Genealogists. This update adds more than 21,000 records to search in the database.
The American Society of Genealogists, founded in 1940, is an independent honorary society of the leading published scholars in the field of American genealogy. Since its inception, the ASG has served the discipline of genealogy by embodying and promoting the highest standards of genealogical scholarship. Foremost among the ASG’s ongoing activities is publication of The Genealogist, one of the leading American journals of scholarly genealogy. For more information about the American Society of Genealogists, please visit their website.
In agreement with the American Society of Genealogists, AmericanAncestors.org will eventually host Volumes 1-30 of The Genealogist backlog issues. We are also delighted to announce that this database is available at no cost to NEHGS Guest Members, as well as to Individual Members.
We’d like to thank David Anderson and Sam Sturgis for their help in making these volumes available online.
Please note: We’d also like to provide an update on Volume 10, which is currently being indexed by our volunteers. This volume will be released and an announcement will be made on DB News when it is available.
This database is available to all NEHGS members. Learn more about becoming a NEHGS guest member (free).
Today we’ve added 2 new sketches and updated 3 sketches in 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:
Moore, Fairbanks (Fort Dummer)
The updated sketches are listed below:
Wilder, Tilly Jr. (Brattleboro, Townshed Dummerston)
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.