I am kinda curious as to what towns and counties in Massachusetts the people who read this forum are from.

I am in Bridgewater, Plymouth County.

I grew up in Worcester, Worcester county MA. But now live in San Francisco CA!

Hello,

I am in Lowell, Middlesex County.

West Barnstable on Old Cape Cod.

Kevin,
My mother's family came from Barnstable.
Do you know of the name HINCKLEY?
Betty
P/S I hope it was OK that I called you Kevin!

Hi: I am Alison Franks, I was born in Springfield, MA and I now live in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM.

I've been called worse than that Betty! Boy do I know Hinckley. Many, many members of that old family are buried on Cape Cod. Do a search of Barnstable County and you will see.
Kevin

Northampton, Hampshire County

I grew up in Rutland, Worcester County, MA and I now live in Millbury, Worcester county.

I have been entering memorials for two of the old cemeteries in Rutland; West Rutland Cemetery and Old Burial Ground. Since none of these memorials are my own family if you know these folks contact me and I'd be happy to transfer the memorials to you.

I am originally from Reading, Middlesex County and I've also lived in several towns near Worcester where my wife is from. We now live in Vermont but get back to Mass. often to visit family. When we do we try to visit as many cemeteries as time allows.

Originally from Quincy, grew up in Holbrook, and now reside in Watertown. But I have a job that takes me all over eastern Mass., so I get to take in cemeteries outside my area.

I am in Leicester, MA (Worcester County) and usually search cemeteries anywhere I go. Denise

I am originally from Middlesex County, now living in Central Mass., north of Worcester.

originally from suburbs of Philly- now on Cape Cod

West of Boston here!

Frozen Michigan in the middle of the thumb.
Researching the Leonard families from the Mayflower,Revoltionary War also.

wow Bridgewater, your up the road from me i'm in Middleboro, MA

Hinckley was a pretty big name down on Cape for many years...I believe they were the family that actually founded the home center store Hinckleys on Cape...Think the gentlemans name was John Hinckley...

I'm in Haverhill, Essex County.

I'm from north central Mass, Worcester County. Plenty of wonderful old cemeteries around here.

I'm from Southeast Washington, but I live in Quincy now.

Welcome DAVE!!!

I moved to Groveland /Haverhill,Ma. 5 years ago to be with girlfriend.We are currently working on her ancesters,that were apart of the Salem Witch Trials. one of the ancesters is in Wenham Cemetery. We plan on going there as soon as the snow melts

Born in Salem Ma. A true witch LOL
Dad was from South Boston. You should have see our Home.
we are in NY and Dad and I Sox fans and Mom from Pa was a Yankee fan, like Bro and Sister.
See Dad's memorial here.

Family was in Wenham, Melrose, Buried now in Wakefield, School in Boston and Love the Northshore. Most of my First cousins are in the south. From Beverly and Haverhill .

Love reading about Ma. Here.

I live in Springfield, MA

OH!!!! Someone from Western Mass!!!!!!

Malden in Middlesex County.

Hi there, EOB!

A little late getting in on this but I am new and live in Worthington, Hampshire County, MA. My mom was from Northampton and dad was from Guthrie, OK.

Oh!!!! Another Western Mass member!!!! It isn't so lonely here any more. I've been picking away at the Worthington Center Cemetery when I get bored with Spring Grove in Florence. I don't suppose you would be interested in either helping with it or adopting it? I can't find Florilla Dwight (a photo request)!

WELCOME to the Forums!

Foxboro area here

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Hi everybody,County Laois Ireland here..researching Brennan family from Peabody originally from County Roscommon.

Originally from California. Now living in Lowell.

PKM -> Another Western Mass kid here! grew up in Northampton, Hampshire County! Interests in Franklin county towns of Deerfield, Greenfield, Shelburne, Charlemont and points north to VT., also!

Welcome to the group!

Hi! I grew up in Whitman, MA (Home of the Toll House Cookie!) and after 20 year absence, I moved back about 2 years ago. I have been interested in genealogy for over 40 years.
Recently, I have decided to attempt to document all of Saint James Cemetery in Whitman on Find A Grave. My goal is to complete this challenge before I join my friends & neighbors there in eternal rest. Pat

Hi Pat - I am just down 18 in Bridgewater! - Chip

Hi everyone,

I am new here, although I have been following findagrave off and on for years. I grew up in Leominster/Fitchburg. I live in Cambridge.

Welcome to the group!

Guess I underestimated myself...I found y'all!

I'm in Middleburg, FL but my Daddy was from Milford & my Mom from Marlboro.
ps=I'll ask that question on a new thread...

Welcome to the Massachusetts forum. Glad you found it.

Hello,

I'm new to the forum. I am already thrilled to have found a post with a photo of the grave marker for my great, great, great grandparents who are buried in Rockhill Cemetery in Foxboro.

I grew up in Mattapoisett and Fairhaven, but now hail from Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass.

Happy New Year everyone!

Janet B.

Welcome Janet!

Happy New Year to you and all our members!

I live in Upton but travel all over for cemeteries.

I am in Waltham, Middlesex County!

Welcome Pupdawg!

Thanks for the welcome PKM! I don't post often, but have enjoyed reading the forums for quite some time and have learned quite a lot from everyone here!

Hello everyone,

Like Denise, I am in Lowell, Middlesex County as well!

Welcome to the Forums and welcome to our group!

Thanks P.K.

I am from Worcester, Ma., county. Near Millbury, Sutton, Grafton

I love searching grave sites and finding information. Right now I am searching for info on my BF gr. grandfather-WW1 Swede-buried in Worcester, Ma. No luck yet.

Welcome Odanata!

Northampton, Hampshire County

Welcome Odanata!



I also do Swedish Research - post the name of the person you are looking for - maybe I can help. Also, there will be two Swedish presentations at the Genealogy Conference at Worcester Public Library April 29 & 30. The link to sign up is in a separate thread here in the Massachusetts forum.

kdkb

Welcome Odanata!

Welcome Hlynn!

TY P.K.! A question for you as you're from my area...I was out and about in nowhere land yesterday on Fomer Rd in Southampton, MA...there's a sweet old little cemetery out there but I can't seem to find what the name of it is...are you familiar with it?

It is listed as West Cemetery with an AKA West Part Cemetery and Foamer Cemetery. I still haven't found when Fomer Road lost its "A"; probably buried in some town meeting record. The town does a nice job of maintaining it. I don't envy whomever has to get into it to mow.

The way to see if the cemetery has been "found" is to use the Beta Mapper in the Cemetery Fix Thread
Beta Mapper
Type in the state and county and it brings you to a list of all the cemeteries entered for the county with a pin on the map for those with GPS.

Looks like I need to go check the county list. I just saw 2 names I don't recognize as needing maps.

I work weekends but if you're ever free during the week, a graving partner would be really nice to have. I live in Florence.

I am from Westborough, MA, originally and now live in Worcester.




kdkb: I wish I knew of this before today! My mother and I did a lot of research on our Bergman/Anderson/Carlson/etc. Swedish ancestry. But there are some minor holes to fill in.

-Willoe

Welcome Willoe!

Welcome to FindAGrave and the Massachusetts Forum.

Not to worry - We'll still help if we can. I'll PM you with information about the next meeting of Swedish Ancestry Research Association.

Karen

I am located in Andover, Mass. working on cemeteries in all parts of Essex County for the most part, esp central and northern Essex County. Some in Middlesex too on-and-off. We have just totally completed Wenham Cemetery.

I am located in Andover, Mass. working on cemeteries in all parts of Essex County for the most part, esp central and northern Essex County. Some in Middlesex too on-and-off. We have just totally completed Wenham Cemetery.

John - Welcome to the group!

I'm working on the Rosedale cemetery in Manchester

Lynn, Lynn the city of sin
Essex County, MA

I've finished the Union cemetery in Manchester
I've finished the Old South cemetery in Ipswich (there were some stones in the front that hadn't been recorded)
I've finished the Notre Dame cemetery in Ipswich
Almost done with Rosedale in Manchester (that is, if I can remember where I left off last week )

By the way, have no idea what is going on in Gloucester, but they've seemed to have abandoned all upkeep of the cemeteries. The First Parish is a field of 3 foot weeds and I went to Beechbrook and it hasn't been mowed in a long time.

I am in Dracut, Massachusetts.

Welcome to the fold.

FYI - you might not want to display your e-mail in that format as spiders will find it and you'll start getting spam. If you change the @ to (at) with a space between your name & your ISP, it messes up their little search minds, but everyone knows what you mean.

Hello, I'm from Holbrook, MA

Hi Lydia,

Welcome to Find A Grave and the Massachusetts Forum

kdkb

Hi Lydia - Welcome to the group! (Bridgewater here!)

Bumping this thread up.

Happy New Year all!

I'm in Shrewsbury, Worcester County.

Welcome NJT!

I was born and raised in Andover. I now reside just north of Orlando, FL but all my relatives are still in MA and NH. Five generations of my family are buried Andover. Plan on heading up that way in May to do some cemetery searching as well as local Library research.

Welcome to the Massachusetts Forum, and Happy Hunting for your ancestors in Andover.

New member here...I was born in Springfield and currently live in one of the Hilltowns in Western Mass.

YEAH HILLTOWNS!!!!! Welcome to the group!

I grew up in Hingham. Now live in Oregon.

Welcome to the Massachusetts forum Meg. It's a great group!

kdkb

Live in Springfield, work in Amherst. My roots are in Wakefield, RI and Cork, Ireland. I've done some good work, but have miles to go.
JeanL

Welcome to the Mass Forum Jean.
Interesting drive - against the usual traffic flow until you get to that #$%^%!! bridge.

I'm from West Springfield, summered in Savoy for the past 45 years. I now live in Sterling.

I found this forum accidentally Googling a cemetery for a Geocache. I found I already had many photos of cemeteries in Savoy.

My mission is to document all of them, including photos, by the end of the summer.

I'm s excited to do this!!!

Thanks Meldy! Your contributions and enthusiasm are great!

Meldy - Welcome. Both the Town Hall in Savoy and the Berkshire Athenaeum have the only surviving Western Mass. copies of Walter Corbin's transcriptions of the Savoy cemeteries. The transcriptions include Walter's hand-drawn plot maps & descriptions of where the cemeteries are located. Since you do geo-caching, you'll probably have better luck than most with locating some of those 22 cemeteries from Walter's description.

Jane Phinney is the town historian and former town clerk. She is a priceless resource and old enough to actually know where some of those cemeteries are. Since some are on private property, she could be the "in" for permission to cross the land.

Thanks for joining & good luck.

Thanks!
I actually know where 19 of them are from roaming the woods for 45 years. My parents thought it was fun to go find them when I was young. They were listed on the old Savoy State Forest maps. I also have a listing from Jane that only has 21 on it. Hum, there's another project.

This book my neighbor has sounds like Walter Cobin's transcript. Perhaps there is another copy. I just need to have him show it to me! He's a little quirky. Or, maybe he is referring to the town copy...

Still very excited! I can't wait to get out there!

I finished photographing the following today:

Staples, Tower, Second Hathaway and Deming in Savoy. I also did Starks in Hawley.

Deming has many Remington's in it that I need to add.

Starkes Lot in Savoy must be gone. We grid walked the entire field.

Meldy

If Starks Lot in Savoy is Prince Lewis Stark - it is just a mound in the field on what had been his family farm. Jane Phinney said that there used to be a marker but it either fell down (or was taken down) years ago. The only known burial is Prince Lewis Stark. Jane believes that there are other family members buried there, BUT Savoy has no record. I researched this family for a client and some of his children that died as adults in other towns are listed on the death certificates as buried in Savoy, but Savoy has no record of the burials in any of the town cemeteries.
If you find the mound, I know a 92 year old in Michigan that will be SOOO HAPPY to see her great-grandfather's grave. Her birth day is in August so it would make a nice birth day present for her.

I hope I could find it also! If only Emma Miller or Katherine Haskins were still around. I do know the guy who mows the field and intend to ask him.

I will submit a change to "Starkes Lot" as there is no "e". Many of the Prince's family members are buried in the Starks Cemetery I photographed yesterday.

I just had a great chat with Jane. I have have many more leads to go on! Stay tuned!

I believe I have that photo you were looking for of Prince Starks in the Starks Lot. It is actually in the woods now and there are are 2 evident mounds (1 large and 1 much smaller), but there could be more. Should I post the photo even though I don't know which is Prince or really who's in there other than the decription is right on?

I also located Millard and Bates. I will request Bates be added to this forum.

YES!!!!!

I have limited internet here... street corners... I will do all the uploading next week.

PKM,

I uploaded the photos of what I think is Prince Stark. Please let me know what you think. I hope this is it...

Thanks,
Melanie

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