Genealogy Update

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20 June 2004 - 26 June 2004

Windham County, Connecticut Biographies
84 biographies extracted from History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889.

Dahcotah; Or Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
The materials for this manuscript were gathered during a residence of seven years in the immediate neighborhood, nay in the very midst, of the once powerful but now nearly extinct tribe of Sioux or Dahcotah Indians.

California Genealogy

The Adventures of a Forty-niner
An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days, By Daniel Knower. Daniel went to California in 1849 during the start of the gold-rush days. This manuscript provides sketches on events and ideas that he saw, as well as detailing his trek to the gold rush town of Coloma.

Old Mission Stories of California
Of the last six stories comprising the seven in this little collection of Stories of the Old Missions, all but one have, as a basis, some modicum, larger or smaller, of historical fact, the tale of Juana alone being wholly fanciful, although with an historical background. The first story of the series may be considered as introductory to the mission tales proper. In these quiet, unpretending stories the writer has attempted to give a faithful picture of life among the Indians and Spaniards in Nueva California during the early days of the past century.

San Mateo County, California History
Website based upon the History of San Mateo County: from the earliest times, with a description of its resources and advantages, and the biographies of its representative men; Written by Philip W. Alexander; Published at Burlingame, Calif., by Press of Burlingame Pub. Co., 1916.

Iowa Genealogy

Complete update to the entire website.

Surname Guide

Painter Genealogy
Based on: The Painter Family Record; Compiled By B. H. Painter, M. D., Middletown, Indiana, and L. H. Painter, M. D., Cowan, Indiana, C. B. Unger, Printer, Eaton, Ohio, 1904.

Miscellaneous Websites

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New England Historical and Genealogical Society

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850

The newest additions to this database are the towns of Ashburnham, Auburn, and Boylston, all located in Worcester County.

Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Profiles

The Society of the Cincinnati was established in 1783 by and for the officers in Continental Service. It was organized in fourteen constituent societies, one of which is the Massachusetts Society. Membership in the Society of the Cincinnati was extended to the officers of the Continental Army - as well as Continental Navy and Marine officers - who had served until the end of the war, plus those who had been declared no longer needed by acts of Congress and those who had served honorably for three years during the war. Also eligible were the oldest male lineal descendants of officers who died in service. The officers of the French Navy and Army who served with the American Army were also entitled to join. This database contains information on those Massachusetts officers eligible for membership. Absence from this list does not conclusively exclude eligibility.

New sketches are now available for the following individuals: Rufus Putnam, Jeduthan Rawson, George Reab, Abijah Richardson, John Rowe, Winthrop Sargent, James Sawyer, Samuel Leslie Scammell, James Scott, Edward Seagrave, Charles Selden, James Sever, Henry Sewall, Thomas Seward, Benjamin Shaw, Samuel Shaw, William Shepard, William Shepard Jr., Daniel Shute, Calvin Smith, Ebenezer Smith (Capt.), Ebenezer Smith (Lt.), John Kilby Smith, Joseph Thompson, and Edward Turner.

Abstracts of Probate Records, Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1814 to 1873

These records were transcribed as part of a larger effort to collect various records of Greenfield. The type of records included are primarily guardianships and depositions given by heirs of Revolutionary War pensioners. The original handwritten manuscript also includes transcriptions of cemeteries, church records, and Bible records. The manuscript was donated to NEHGS in 1915. The compiler is unknown.

The original handwritten manuscript is part of the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, call number MSS MS 70 GRE 31.

Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections

New this week: Transcription of Bourn Cemetery, in Somerset, Massachusetts.

Marriages Performed by Rev. Stephen Peabody of Atkinson, New Hampshire

The Reverend Stephen Peabody was the first minister in the town of Atkinson, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He was born November 11, 1769 and died May 23, 1819.

This database was drawn from handwritten extracts of entries in Rev. Peabody's original diary concerning marriages solemnized by him at Atkinson from 1789 to 1814.

The extracts are part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number MSS A 3281.

Ancestry

United States
- New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial
  Connecticut
  - Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut City Directory, 1952
  - New Haven and West Haven, Connecticut City Directory, 1925
- Maine
  - Bangor and Brewer, Maine City Directory, 1895
  - Parsonfield, Maine History, 1785-1885
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
  - Central Missouri Counties, History
England
- Preston, Lancashire Parish History
Scotland
- Galloway, Scotland History

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