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From: "Betsy Webber" <>
Subject: Re: [MEKENNEB] Hussey Families
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:50:21 -0400
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I don't think you are at all wordy!
The Bristol/Nobleborough VRs certainly should be available at NEHGS. Do you
have the catalog listing their loan books?

Is Friend the first name of your 2nd gggrandfather or was he a Quaker
referred to as "Friend"?
I have found the ME Archives to be a huge help -- and often I have had to
work backward to find out relationships. For a ggrandfather, born in ME,
but who died in MA I went to the MA Archives and to the Registry. It was
his death record that gave me the relationship connection I needed.

Have you asked for records from the ME Archives? They have a website.
I had no idea I had such a connection to families who braved life here from
the 1700's on! I am proud of their tenacity. I had assumed MA was the
only State other than NH my folks originated in.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Elliott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MEKENNEB] Hussey Families


> At 08:59 AM 19-07-04, you wrote:
> >Tom,
> >I perused the Hussey gedcom I have, but do not find one James in the
bunch!
> >That doesn't mean there isn't one -- just haven't put 2 and 2 together.
> >
> >Do you have access to the Bristol Nobleboro vital record books? They
pull
> >in folks from other towns. I know the State Library has copies. I found
> >them in the Archives room one day while waiting to get on a microfilm
> >reader. In five minutes I found my folks! That certainly doesn't
happen
> >very often, huh?
> >
> >I think a history of Freedom would be wonderful!
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding, Betsy, but my wife had a couple of
> "other" projects for me to do, like mowing the lawn, etc. To answer you
> first question, No, I do not have access to the Bristol/Nobleboro VR and
am
> stuck way out here in Indiana. Is there a particular item or issue I
> should look for in that book? Perhaps I can rent it from NEHGS as I have
a
> couple of other families from that area that I need to
> investigate. Finding you ancestors in five minutes??!! That's disgusting
> <g>. I have been seeking my 2nd gg-father, Friend Elliot) since 1963 and
> STILL do not know who his parents or siblings were.
>
> The Freedom project has always been on the back burner while I (and my
> father before me) gathered information. It has taken on new meaning to me
> since 9/11. My biggest obstacle, as always, has been the lack of reliable
> data. My mentor, James Vickery, said that I should start with those
people
> who appear on the 1800 census and bring it all forward, which is pretty
> much what I am doing. I have about 22,000 3 x 5 cards in the basement,
all
> pertaining to local cemeteries. These were all compiled by my Dad, who
> taught me the love of local history and told me many tails of those that
he
> knew. So to make a very long story, relatively short, I am in total
> agreement that a Genealogical & Historical History of Freedom is a
> wonderful idea. Now if I can just quit volunteering to do so many other
> things, such as running the USGenWeb site for Waldo County and doing
> research for friends and family, I may get this project really rolling.
>
> Sorry for being so wordy and thanks for listening.
>
> Sincerely,
> Tom
> MSG, USA (Ret.)
> Waldo County, Maine USGenWeb Coordinator
> Waldo County, Maine listowner
> Freedom, Waldo County, Maine USGenWeb Volunteer
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mewaldo/index.htm
>
>


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