2012 Meetings

THANK YOU

I would like to thank Maureen Famolare and Laura Bedard for their dedication and hard work as officers and members of our Club. We could not have done it without you both.

Open postion

Vice President - Please contact either Michelle, Karen or Diane if you are interested in volunteering for this postion!

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

Links

Genealogy Speakers at the Pollard Memorial Library - Lowell March 3, 2012

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

January 21

Pollard Memorial Library

401Merrimack St. Lowell

1:30 pm  to 3:30 pm

Ground floor meeting room.

We will continue our Overseer's of the Poor Indexing project for Kim Zunino.

UPDATE: Marian will not be available to speak at this meeting. We will reschedule her for another meeting

Speaker Marian Pierre-Louis

"Looking after the Poor:Finding Your Ancestors in New England Poverty Records"

February 18

Pollard Memorial Library

401Merrimack St. Lowell

10 am to 1:00 pm note time change

March 17

Pollard Memorial Library

401Merrimack St. Lowell

10 am to 1:00 pm note time change

April - TBD