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Massachusetts Genealogical Research $9.95 (on hold)
By George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D., Sc.D.
1990
This is a comprehensive work that covers many sources.
Chapter 1 starts with a brief history of the state and features county maps with a listing
of the towns. At the end of the chapter is a recommended bibliography.
Chapter 2 describes the types of major records available. Record types include: bible,
biography, birth, cemetery, census, church, city directory, county history, colonial,
Daughters of the American Revolution, death, divorce, ethnic, gazetteers, maps, atlases,
genealogical compilations, periodicals & societies, historical societies, land (deed,
grant, tax), manuscripts, marriage, military (Revolution, 1812, Mexican, Civil War,
Spanish), mortuary, naturalization, newspaper, published genealogies, regional, tax, will
& probate and the WPA.
Chapter 3 covers record locations: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, The
Massachusetts State Archives, The Massachusetts State Library, The Boston Public Library,
other Massachusetts repositories, Family History Library & branches, The National
Archives and its branches, Large genealogical libraries and local libraries and
repositories.
Chapter 4 covers research procedures and detailed listings of records for each of the
counties or towns. Each county has a list of its towns and the records available. The last
section is on extinct names, towns and districts.
170 pages, 6x9 new softbound.
A Geographic Dictionary of Massachusetts
$12.00
Henry Gannett
Baltimore: GPC, 1978 reprint of 1894 edition printed by the Government
Printing Office.
The Geographic Dictionary of Massachusetts, which constitutes this
bulletin, is designed to aid in finding any geographic feature upon the
atlas sheets of that State which are published by the U. S. Geological
survey. It contains all the names given upon the sheets, and is limited
to them. Under each name is a brief statement showing the feature it
designates and its location, and opposite to it the name of the atlas
sheet, or sheets, upon which it is to be found.
126 pages, very good condition.
Massachusetts Beautiful
$13.00
Wallace Nutting
Bonanza Books 1973, reprint of 1923 edition
Here is a volume with photographs as eloquent as its prose. In over 300
reproductions the numerous picturesque cottages and haunts of
Massachusetts-many never shown in any book--are presented. The interior as
well as the exterior of stately houses and old rural homes is feelingly
depicted by the author who has a confessed great love for the landscape and
history of the state.
Two main ideas have been kept in mind in the preparation of this book. The
first is that of avoiding clichés about the subject Mr. Nutting has
succeeded in stating and showing in a fresh way the essence of the state's
distinctive architecture and natural environment. The second is to place
before the public scenes with which they are not generally familiar but
which merit attention.
Originally compiled in 1923 the book has a special value in capturing
permanently that which may no longer exist or that which has changed.
Photographs of women in long dresses working on their farms or chatting in
their living rooms have an intimate and nostalgic quality. Each picture
whether of a sea-port, forest or country lane has received a fitting
caption.
Natives of the state will delight in recognizing some quaint feature of
their own home town. For those who have vacationed there, this book will
expand and preserve their experiences. And finally, for readers who have yet
to visit Massachusetts this book may help to explain the subtle charm and
indescribable mystique of New England now and as in days gone by.
301 pages, 6x9 hardbound, dust jacket, very good condition. gift inscription
inside front cover.
Genealogical Notes, or,
Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of
Connecticut and Massachusetts. $119.95
Nathaniel Goodwin.
Hartford, Conn.; F.A. Brown; 1856.
Memoir Of Nathaniel Goodwin. Genealogy Of The Goodwin Family. Adam
Blakeman, Of Stratford, Conn. Leonard Chester, Of Wethersfield, Conn.
Daniel Clark, Of Windsor, Conn. John Dwight, Of Dedham, Mass. William
Edwards, Of Hartford, Conn. William Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John
Goodrich, Of Wethersfield, Conn. William Gurley, Of Northampton, Mass.
John Hollister, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Hopkins, Of Hartford, Conn.
Joiin Ingersoll, Of Hartford, Conn., And Of Northampton, Mass. Lewis
Jones, Of Watertown, Mass. William Judson, Of Concord, Mass. And Of
Stratford And New Haven, Conn. John Kent, Of Suffield, Conn, Richard
Mather, Of Dorchester, Mass. Michael Metcalf, Of Dedham, Mass. Joseph
Mygatt, Of Hartford, Conn. John Nott, Of Wethersfield, Conn. John Porter,
Of Windsor, Conn. Robert Sedgwick, Of Charlestown, Mass. Rev. Henry Smith,
Of Wethersfield, Conn. Jared Spencer, Of Cambridge And Lynn, Mass., And Of
Haddam Conn. Thomas Spencer,
Of Hartford, Conn.
362 pages. Hardbound. Ornately embossed brown cloth binding. Pages
foxed. Chip at top of spine. Shelf wear. Binding is tight. Fair Condition.
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(from
the back cover) By 1950, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its
capital city had fallen on hard times. With the region's railroads in
decline and the roads in appalling disrepair, the difficulty of moving
people and goods around the state and into its largest port was taking a
heavy toll on the economy. The solution came in 1952 from one man and
the road he devoted the last decade of his life to building. The man was
William Callahan, and the road was the Massachusetts Turnpike. Building
the Mass Pike tells the story of the road's planning, construction, and
impact on the communities through which it passed. The book includes
previously unpublished images from the Turnpike Authority archives and
provides a vivid document of the largest public works project in the
state's history and the firestorm of controversy that surrounded it.
Written by an engineer-historian, Building the Mass Pike will appeal not
only to those fascinated by the history of the Commonwealth and its
capital but also to those with an interest in construction, urban
history, and the politics of old Boston.