http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/ MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:07:42 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/30 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/30 http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=372 On This Day... ...in 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony proprietors chose a site along the northern bank of the Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:14:35 GMT Mary http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/29 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/29 Dear Listers, This is my first time on the list so I hope my item may be of interest and that members can offer me information or advice about how I can find Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:13:33 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/28 On This Day... ...in 1658, Plymouth Court ordered that any boat carrying Quakers to Sandwich be seized to prevent the religious heretics from landing. A year Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:48 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/27 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/27 On This Day... ...in 1820, an enormous sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. The first mate described Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:26 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/26 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/26 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:30:18 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/25 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/25 I'd like to wish a Happy Birthday to my great great great grandfather Calvin Sylvester. Calvin Sylvester born 1 November 1782 in Chesterfield, Hampshire Fri, 15 May 2009 22:00:31 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/24 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/24 http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=144 On This Day... ...in 1602, the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold dropped anchor off the Massachusetts coast. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:34:42 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/23 http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=106 On This Day... ...in 1630, the last well-wishers stepped off the ship Arbella and returned to shore. More than a Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:24:16 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/22 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/22 http://genealogy.about.com/od/basics/a/cluster.htm?nl=1 Our ancestors did not live in isolation, although we often research them as if they did. They were part Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:04:50 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/21 http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=372 On This Day... ...in 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony proprietors chose a site along the northern bank of the Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:54:07 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/20 http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=369 On This Day... ...in 1659, a law was passed by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony requiring a Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:19:26 GMT Ady Sinclair http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/19 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/19 I need help finding death info for Mary Ann Lufkin, b. ca 1820 MA (possibly Haverhill), d. 1906, buried in Galveston, TX (or there is, at least, a marker for Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:22:18 GMT David Nelson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/16 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/16 NEWS DATE: Friday, October 3, 2008 RELEASE: Immediately TEAR SHEET: Requested CONTACT: David Nelson Bloodlines of Salem David Nelson Communications Post Office Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:40:01 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/12 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/12 Video: Early Settlers of New England In 1940 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films created an educational film that shows the life of the early settlers of Naumkeag, Thu, 08 May 2008 00:09:31 GMT David Sylvester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/8 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MassachusettsNewEnglandRoots/message/8 Retracing my steps: Sylvester - Barden connection - http://www.feliixplace.com/genealogy/sylvester.html Calvin Sylvester born 1 November 1782 in Chesterfield,