NEHGS - September 2009 Archive

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September 2009 Archive

9-30-2009
In my ancestor's nineteenth-century Massachusetts diary he often references a place called “Slab City”. Can you help me identify this location?
9-29-2009
Can you tell me what a "waynewright" did for work in the early 19th century?
9-28-2009
I have a family story that a relative fell in a battle in England called "Otterberne". What can you tell me about this battle and where it was?
9-23-2009
While reviewing an 1841 census return for England I found an odd occupation. Can you tell me what a "Rider Officer" is?
9-22-2009
Why do some states release birth records sooner than others? In regards to New Hampshire do you have any suggestions for post 1900?
9-18-2009
I am looking for the obituaries of my third great-grandparents, Bush G. Brown and Hannah Daniels Brown in the years 1821 and 1822. I thought that the NY Evening Post obituaries were available in the NEHGS database, but have not been able to locate them.
9-17-2009
I am trying to locate a copy of June Berry's "Descendants of William Berry and Jane of Strawberry Bank to and including the fifth generation," Book 7, "Mary Berry and John Foss." My question is has the book actually been published.
9-16-2009
I am trying to locate probate or other records related to the estate of an ancestor who died in Boston in 1903.
9-15-2009
I am looking for information on my ancestor Johnathon Haynes (1648-1697). He and his wife Sarah Moulton (1656-1699) lived in Newburyport, Massachusetts at some time during their lives.
9-14-2009
I am looking for an index of burials in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, Rhode Island. The index listed seven MAYTUMS, starting with Bridget (858-1993) and ended with William F. (184-1960). Can you help me find the index?
9-11-2009
Are you aware of a territorial census for Montana in the 19th century?
9-10-2009
I am researching individuals who were the abutters of my ancestors land. I cannot locate some of them in the Grantor or Grantee Index. Do you have another way of searching these deeds, have they been transcribed yet?
9-9-2009
Can you inform me how to search Plymouth County, Massachusetts Court records at NEHGS?
9-8-2009
According to family lore my ancestry ties back to the youngest child of Miles Standish. Do you have any way to confirm who that person is?
9-4-2009
I am attempting to qualify for the Order of Founders and Patriots of America and am beginning to document the lineage. My first founder ancestor settled in Milford, Conn., in 1639. What do you recommend?
9-2-2009
I seek the burial site of an ancestor. The state copy of his death certificate did not indicate his burial location. What should I do to find it?
9-1-2009
Is there an easy way to reverse calculate a birthdate from an age on a death certificate or gravestone?