Hello,
I would like to know if copies of the original Worcester Co. Wills, Administrations and Guardianship papers can be obtained. If so, who do I need to contact?
Thanks
Steve Curtis
Hello All
I am wondering if someone can please help me find out the name of a catholic
church in Worcester? I believe the name of the street it is on is called
Massasoit Rd. which is right off Rice Square in the Grafton Hill area. It
is only a short ways down from Rice Square on the left hand side. I would
like the name and address also the phone number if possible. Thanks alot.
jackie
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This message could not have came at right time for me to say something.
I will add latest volume within days but that's not what I am
going to say about.
I want you to know that it will be quite a while before I add any
more volumes of will testators indexes.
Here's why: Probate Series A Index does NOT list volumes numbers where
record is located. Only that it lists:
Name of person, place of residence, year, type of record and Record
number.
NO NO NO mention of which volume the record is found.
If yo
I'm looking for someone who has the Worcester MA vital
records CD to look up Jesse Hayden (b. 1754) married
to Joane Stacy to see if there are any records of any
children besides Luke Hayden b. 1784.
Thanks,
Nancy
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Researching: Adams (NH,MA), Bidlack (PA,OH), Carr (PA,OH), Clark (GB,IN,OH), Collins (DE,MD,OH), Denney (NC,OH), Gilbert (PA,OH), Hayden (MA,NH,IL,VT,WI), Hodge (OH), Johnson (IL), Karr, Kerr(PA,OH,CA), Nisewonger (VA,OH), Owens (NY),Peterson (Swed,IL), Ritchey (OH), Snyder (VA,OH), Sto
John,
Sent $3.00, with the name of the bride and groom and date, to the
Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA
02125 to request a copy of the marriage record, or, write to the town clerk
of Clinton. Town charges may vary. Good luck. Joan Hunter
Joan A. Hunter, MLS, Certified Genealogist
Massachusetts Genealogy, specializing in Franklin, Hampden & Hampshire
Counties
Member Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.apgen.org
CG is a service mark of the Bo
Sue: Paige's History of Hardwick (orig. pub. 1883) lists several generations
of Willis' going back to the early 1700's. Did not spot a Jennie but she may
have been born too late to make it into this book. Paige's book has been
reproduced and is available. If you have other names (earlier) I will be
glad to do look-ups.
Nick Chanlder
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Hi!
Still looking for info on and ancestors of Alice Sweet b. Hubbardston,
Worcester, MA m. Arthur Gale Fiske b. 5 Dec 1861 was listed on my
grandmother's birth certificate as teamster but he was also a chicken
farmer. Alice had two unmarried sisters Mae and Josephine (who much
preferred Jo). Arthur and Alice were residents of Gardner, Worcester, MA by
8 Sept 1894, when their only child, Ruth, was born. Great Aunt Jo worked for
a residential detention home for girls in CT...and loved to smoke cigars,
whic
Here's to the list!
I have taken digital photos of the very old Darling Family Cemetary in
Manchoag, Ma. I did my best but because the headstones are so old many are
hard to see. I will email the pictures to anyone who is interested. I was
told about the cemetary from a friend and the cemetary is located in his
friends back yard. It is well hidden. I have a brief history. I was told
there is only one of this Darling family left living in the Manchoag area.
He is in a Rest Home but no one knows
Lancaster, Mass., Rosters - Fort William Henry, 1757; Ticonderoga, 1758;
Quebec, 1759;
Westward service 1759-1760.
Source: History of Lancaster, Mass by Rev. Abijah Marvin, 1879, Lancaster, MA
p.257
Colonel Oliver Wilder, Esq., a veteran aged sixty three, led the following
men on a march
westward. The note on the ROLL reads: "marched as far as Springfield, on the
alarm at
Fort William Henry, 1757."
ROLL
Col. Oliver Wilder
Capt. Thomas Wilder
Lt. Samuel Nurse
Ensign Josiah Bailey
Sgt. Nathaniel Pa
We had at least one Haydon in Grafton in 50s & were connected to Axtel family. I think I have a Haydon nurse photo on our Grafton History site.
Dick
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Hi all,
I am hoping someone can help me with a genealogy problem I have...
I am trying to locate the parents of Dorcas Winslow (b. about 1756) who was married to Moses Colton (b. about 1759). I find a couple possible candidates. One is in Rochester, Plymouth county. That is a father John Winslow and mother Dorcas Clapp. The other option I find is Hardwick, Worcester County which is a father Kenelm Winslow and mother Elizabeth Clapp.
I found this information on the LDS site. I find the same last na
BlankSeeking any information on the following folks:
ALL DATED FROM 1830-1900
Jonas and Betsy (Priest) Merriam of Fitchburg area...
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Joseph and Elizabeth (Priest) Harding of Ware.
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Lewis Priest of Lancaster area
Lewis H. Priest of Lancaster area
Henry R. Priest of Lancaster then later Westerly,RI
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OTHER PRIEST SIBLINGS:
Samuel Priest of New York City
William Priest of Somerville,Mass [Middlesex Co]
Phebe Priest Day,wife of John C, of Hudson,Mass [Middlesex Co]
Abigail Priest Wilk
Hi Everyone,
My name is Cheryl Watching Crow, and I am the editor of the Nipmuc
newsletter, Nipmucspohke. I am looking for feature articles for upcoming
articles of the newsletter, and hope that if any of you have any recollection
of any Nipmuc events, people, photographs, the reservation in Grafton, etc.,
that occurred prior to 1990 that you will consider sharing them with me.
My email address is Watchcrow@aol.
Hello everyone.
Just a quick tid-bit of information:
(reference below)
Mr. Flynn passed away a few years ago. Subsequently,
then Governor Cellucci appointed a personal friend of
mine as new Register of Probate.
Peter Lukes, Esq.
Peter has undertaken a major computerization of all
records. Many of Massachusetts districts (ie former
county probate offices) have inquired and are trying
to emulate what Peter has started. In any event, the
future holds bright for geneaologists and any other
citize
Is there a cemetery index for Worcester, Mass.? I'm trying to help a friend
find records of her great-grandfather, Cornelius Larsen, who came to America
from Norway in 1881 with his wife, Kristen or Kirsten, and their three
daughters, Sigrid, Tekla and Karen (born about 1878). They just missed the
1880 census, darn it!
In Worcester they had three more daughters, Helen, Mary Charlotte "Mamie,"
and Jennie "Janie."
Cornelius died between 1912 and 1933 in Worcester. If I could find his
gravestone, I could mo
Hi All,
I'm stuck on several female ancestors and I would like to correspond with
anyone researching the following surnames and/or lines.
Tabitha JOHNSON b.7/29/1763 and is listed as being 'Of Lunenberg, MA' d.
7/9/1795 in or soon after childbirth m. Benjamin DARLING 11/12/1783
Lunenberg, MA. They have six sons. Is anyone researching a JOHNSON family
in this place and time frame?
Sarah JOHNSON b. abt. 1790 d. 1873 probably Dunstable, MA is buried in Blood
Cemetery in Hollis (?) New Hampshire. She marr
Reminder for folks who want to join our Yankee Swap this weekend.
Have a nice Thanksgiving!
Sharon
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Special New Brunswick event at the GenealogyFair Yankee Swap and
Christmas Fair on Friday November 23 from 10am-2pm.
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We will feature the New Brunswick records and resource collection -
including Dan Johnson's wonderful extracts of Vital Statistics from
N.B. Newspapers (see
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/nb_n
I am looking for any information on the following:
1. SMITH, Michael, Sr. b. 1812 IRL m. [MA?] Hannah ___?___ b. 1827 IRL -
Michael, Sr. was an Overseer Railroad Repair. Living at Brookfield,
Worcester, MA in 1850, 1855, 1860 and 1870. The 1855 Census lists Michael
born abt 1820 & Hannah born abt 1826. A brother, James b. abt 1833 IRL
living with them in 1855.
1.1. SMITH, William b. 1851 MA
1.2. SMITH, Michael, Jr. b. Aug 1853 Brookfield, Worcester, MA m. abt 1872
[MA?] Annie WHALEN b. abt 1
Copies of many original wills, guardianships, and administrations
in Worcester County can be obtained by writing to:
Leonard P. Flynn, Register
Probate and Family Court Dept.
2 Main St.
Worcester, Mass.
01608
It helps to include the case number, which can be found in
the index to probate records for Worcester County:
"Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester,
Masachusetts, From July 12, 1731 to July 1, 1881, Series A",
Published by Oliver B. Wood, Worcester, MA, 1898.
If you don't have the
. I am searching for the parents of Cynthia Darling who married Francis Trask
13 Dec 1837 in Thompson,Windham, CT. She supposedly was born somewhere around
1810 in Glocester, Rhode Island. I have searched for her for a long, long
time.
I know that there was a Jonathan Darling born 25 July 1785 in New Hampshire.
He had a daughter Cynthia. I would love to know if she is my Cynthia. His
other children were: James, Russell, Elizabeth and Mary. I have no dates or
places of birth for any of them.
Does any
Is there a way or someone to help me verify that a Jack O'Leary lived at 124
Maryfield or Merrifield St in Worcester around 1906. My grandparents had that
as the address they were going to after they left Ellis Island.
Jack McLaughlin in AZ
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Greetings All:
I am attempting to find the naturalization papers (and date, ship and place of arrival) and other information for my ancestor (Andrew KENNEDY) and his brothers. If anyone has access to naturalization records, I would appreciate a lookup for a David Kennedy, an Andrew Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and a William Kennedy.
Supposedly David came to U.S. in Aug 1853 and got citizenship Apr 1867.
Supposedly Robert arrived in U.S. July 1859 and got citizenship Oct 1869.
Andrew Kennedy arrived sometim