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Jean Baptiste Morin is my wife’s second great grandfather. Last year, I located his headstone in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Springfield, MA. He is interred in Section 3. This section, as well as Section 2, contains single grave lots. Plots … Continue reading →

The Massachusetts Vital Records are a great resource. Births, marriages and deaths in Massachusetts from 1941 to 1920. are readily available on FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch.org usually include a scan of actual record, which is helpful as not all information is indexed. … Continue reading →

Samuel J. Smart was my wife’s great grandfather. He is currently interred in the St George section of Saint Michael’s cemetery. His wife, Catherine Sullivan, is interred in an adjacent lot. If you are looking to locate this headstone, count … Continue reading →

This summer, we took a side trip to Royalton, Vermont to search cemeteries. I have family including direct ancestors who had lived in the area. My goal was to first locate the family members with known (to me) burial locations … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago, I located the graves of Pierre Beauregard and his wife, Matilda Marquis. Pierre and Matilda are my third great grandparents. Both have been somewhat of genealogical dead end for me. I have the death record for … Continue reading →

George Edward Flint and Julia Etta Abbott were my second great grandparents. Their ancestors had lived in the Windsor County, Vermont area for several generations. Most of their descendants stayed in the same area. One exception was their son and … Continue reading →

I have added aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright to my famous relatives pages. Our common ancestor is Samuel Wright. Samuel is my ninth great grandfather (twice). His lineage to the Wright brothers looks like this: Samuel Wright (?-1665) James … Continue reading →

Abel Wright was my 9th great grandfather. He was amongst the earliest settlers of Springfield, MA. A group led by William Pynchon first settled in Springfield in 1636. The first official record of Abel was a land grant in 1655. … Continue reading →

I have added some new entries to my Famous Relatives page. William White and Susannah Fuller were my 11th great grandparents. The Whites and their five year old son, Resolved, were passengers on the Mayflower. William was a signer of … Continue reading →

My third great grandfather, Solomon Wright, was one of twelve children. I know the number is twelve because I have an old letter with a list of names and birth dates. Unfortunately, I don’t know what happened to all twelve … Continue reading →