From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jun 10 23:02:31 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5B52Vjb029295; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:02:31 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5B52TBI011262 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:02:29 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5B2QhFI023154 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:26:43 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k5B2Qhhi023153 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:26:43 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k5B1TXFI023016 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:29:33 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k5B459Jd005952 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:05:09 -0600 X-Envelope-From: mscheffl@twcny.rr.com Sat Jun 10 22:05:09 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5B459jb005943 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:05:09 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.55]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5B4576N016927 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:05:08 -0600 Received: from m1070n (cpe-24-92-248-107.twcny.res.rr.com [24.92.248.107]) by ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5B452rU006564; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:05:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <022701c68d0c$37190b70$6601a8c0@m1070n> From: "MScheffler" To: "Edwin and Cornelia Moore" , References: <01fa01c68cb9$192a0360$773e1c40@your6bvpxyztoq> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] MA vital records to 1850-Campbell, Stone, Moffitt Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:05:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com FTM has a cd that costs perhaps $29 (cd #220) when I purchased it that has the births and deaths from the MA Vital Records series of books to 1850. This information is also on Ancestry. I am still waiting for another cd to come out with the marriages, but I have not heard of one being released. Obviously not everyone born, died or married in the towns covered made it into the books. These are secondary sources in that the material came most likely from town land records and other town record books. Libraries with genealogy collections tend to have copies of the FTM cds and cds from other sources with early vital records of some New England towns for their patrons to use. It never hurts to give your nearest genealogy library a call and see what they offer. Buying genealogy resources when one begins this hobby is sort of like buying tools when learning to work on one's home. I have never bought a tool that was not used for another project down the road. Anyone serious about genealogy might want to think about acquiring some of their own resources, though obviously most of us cannot buy all the books and resources we might like to own It does not hurt to ask for lookups and sometimes one is successful on some of their requests. But even with an answer from a lookup, one really should to get back to the original town records to check for one's self. I did not find anything on the MA cd for Mary Kendall Stone or Sarah Jane Moffitt. There were too many Mary Stone's to check for the ones without a middle initial. I did find a Samuel READ born 27 Aug 1807 in Oxford, Worcester Co., MA, son of William and Lucinda READ. Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin and Cornelia Moore" To: Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] MA vital records to 1850-Campbell, Stone, Moffitt > I'm on the west coast in a small town and don't have access to these. if > anyone does, I'm looking for several people who are said to have been born > in MA and I would really appreciate a look-up for them. > > Samuel Reed Campbell b. abt 1806 MA (one census says RI, everything else > says MA) d. 15 Jul 1876 Shiawasee Co., MI haven't found a death record for > him > > Mary Kendall Stone b. abt 1806 MA d. aft 1880 in MI? haven't found a death > record for her > > Sarah Jane Moffitt b. 4 Feb 1839 MA (d. abt 1866 probably in Black Hawk > Co., Iowa, haven't found a death record for her > > and a marriage, Sarah's parents; > William Clifford Moffitt > m. abt 1838 MA > to Martha Mason > > thank you for any help on this. > regards, > Cornelia