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Greater Lowell Genealogy Club

Serving Lowell Massachusetts and the surrounding towns

Updated: May 21, 2012

Newsletters Membership Links Books Brick Walls Family Lines Officers

 

Research Information on-line

Civil War - soldiers

Towns - Established  - Middlesex County New

Towns - Established  - Essex County New Veterans Grave Registration

2012 Meetings

 

Spring 2012 Newsletter

 

Other Local meetings and lectures:

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Alexander Street Press  -  Civil War Collection

http://alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm

Databases:

The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries

The American Civil War Research Database

Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines

Lowell High School

List of Teachers and Students as of March 29, 1849

click here to see an Image of this document

Donated by Jeremy Ward, CA

 

Ever wonder how to find a Genealogical Society in the area you are researching?  

Check out the Federation of Genealogical Societies' Society Hall.

You can search by Society Name or Keyword, City, State or Zip code.

 

Manual for the General Court, 1906

Essex County                   Middlesex County

The tables show current and extinct towns, cities and districts.  Details of when established, where establised from, changes in boundries, when incorporated, and when first mentioned in records.

If you are not sure which county to look in, try Rootsweb U.S. town search.

http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi

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What's New?

Veterans' Grave Registration (Revolutionary War to World War II)

For the City of Lowell and surrounding towns

A   Ba-Bi  Bl-Bo

Posted by Surname.  "Br to By" coming soon

These records contain (in most cases):  Name, Date and Place of Birth , Date and Place of Death, including Cemetery

Are you having trouble determining which War an ancestor may have fought in, check out our link American Wars

Here is a list of the Wars and Conflicts that Americans have fought in from Colonial Times to Present

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Death records now on line:

You can search by surname for death record from 

Tewksbury Hosptial

from 1854 through 1905

click here to go to the Tewksbury Hospital Website  

Civil War Soldier Records on-line

A small group of volunteers have transcribed the 4 volumes that contain the 3525 names of the Soldiers and Sailors Mustered from Lowell that served in the Civil War (1861 to 1865).  Many of these men are from Lowell and the surrounding towns. They are listed alphabetically by surname.

Update - July 30, 2006 - additional information for James Riley, Michael O'Riley/Riley, and Daniel Fitzpatrick, provided by Pamela Elkas of RI.  (See Civil War record, notes for additional information)

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Genealogy Blog by Barbara Poole

http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/

Genealogy Blog by Michelle Robillard

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  • Links

    Chelmsford Genealogy Club - Meeting information

    Massachusetts Society of Genealogists

    Maps

    Local Cemeteries

    American Wars

    Massachusetts Civil War Pensions

    Civil War - Grave Registration -

    Lowell Area

    Free Genealogy

    Local Town

    New England Archives & Libraries

    Subscription Genealogy


    Civil War Pensions - NEW

    Kearon Hogan - Civil War Pension


    Local Genealogy Groups

    Chelmsford Genealogy Club

    Essex Society of Genealogists




    June, July and August - No meetings.

    See you in September


     


     

     

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    BRICK WALL – John Linnehan

    At the Pot Luck dinner in October 2004, Ted O’Toole told us of his brick wall.

    Here is a brief summary of the brick wall of John Linnehan missing after 1889 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Click Here

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    Annual Pot Luck

    We have included some of our favorite recipes from our previous Pot Luck Dinners

    Click here to see the Recipes.

    Click here to see a photo from our first Pot Luck Diner.

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    June 2006 - Picnic Photos - NEW 2/14/07

    Scrapbook page of Picnic Photos (coming soon)

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