NEHGS - June 2009 Archive

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June 2009 Archive

6-30-2009
I am trying to find a website to look up my dad's original nationalization information. I have a renewed copy that does not give me the info of when he came into this country. He has passed away and his papers I have now show it was done originally on Nov 14 1950 Fairfield Co Bridgeport Ct. Is there a website you know of I can go to?
6-29-2009
I recently found a letter written by my 2g grandmother which mentioned that my 4th great grandfather had taught at West Point....
6-25-2009
A member of my family was a Pullman porter in the 1930’s, where I can find information about this relative.
6-24-2009
I have a family bible which, from context and the handwriting of the first entries, I believe was first being used around 1871...
6-23-2009
I am wondering where I can obtain the record of my deceased grand uncle who was a Mason from the Boston area in the 1920's. How much does this cost, and what can I find.
6-22-2009
What is the meaning of an “indirect tax” that was applied to my ancestor’s estate in 1892?
6-19-2009
Are there records available for the Newton Home for Orphans and Destitute Girls?
6-18-2009
Can you explain to me why my great-grandfather purchased a “plumber” from a dentist.
6-17-2009
I couldn't believe how easy it was to find my great-great-grandfather William Fleming. His gravestone reads ..
6-16-2009
Our ancestor was in the Civil War serving from New Hampshire. In a box of his personal keepsakes from the war I found a button which I do not know if it is from the Civil War or not. Do you know what a button with an eagle and AVO or AVC stands for and how old it might be. On the back I can make out Philadelphia as the maker. This would have been something I assume my ancestors picked up off the battlefield?
6-15-2009
While reviewing the notes of my great aunt I found a photocopy of a page I am uncertain of. Can you help me figure what it came from ? The title on the top of the page is “MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE” but I do not know anything more about the book. The page in question is 106, and it has a biography of Dr. Alva Harding Warren who I believe is the brother my great-grandfather’s wife.
6-11-2009
Can you explain to me a cemetery dilemma? My family plot was purchased at a cemetery in New York state in 1883. I am unclear on the headstone why there are names and dates that pre-date 1883?
6-10-2009
Looking through the letters of my grandfather it mentions he had a silent movie actor in the family. All I can tell from the letters is that a second cousin named Joe Greybill was in a movie called “Billy was a Coward”. Do you know a biographical source that may aide me in finding out more?
6-9-2009
Over the weekend I discovered I am related to the Hawes family of colonial Dorchester, Massachusetts. Can you suggest something that might be current research into this family. I never thought I would break this line so I am excited to find out more from NEHGS.
6-8-2009
I am looking for an online or published map showing ancient Britain during Roman occupations. I can find small sections of major cities, but not an overall one. At one of your lectures I believe you discussed and showed one.
6-5-2009
Can you tell me about the organization called the “Free African Society”? It appears in an obituary I just received for a sibling of an ancestor.
6-4-2009
I will be visiting NEHGS soon and plan on searching vital records for Middleboro, Massachusetts in the 19th and 20th centuries. Can you tell me what newspapers pre-1920 I can locate for Middleboro at NEHGS?
6-3-2009
Where can I find the Connecticut 1798 Direct Tax?
6-2-2009
My ancestors lived in Everett, Massachusetts before World War I, and are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett. Aside from vital records do you have any material that may help me locate where they lived. I have some addresses from births and marriage records but would like to know from voter lists where they lived.
6-1-2009
I am trying to determine what the phrase “gavelkind tenure” means in a English land transaction.