In 1790 western Massachusetts was a crossroads for New England families heading west into New York or north into Vermont. The transient nature of these families, especially during the post-Revolutionary War years, presents certain genealogical challenges. Building on the third volume of Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 published in 2017, this fourth volume contains another seventy highly detailed genealogical sketches of heads of households--along with lists of their children—living in what are now Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties.

Building on the second volume of Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 that was published in 2016, this third volume contains another seventy-five highly detailed genealogical sketches of heads of households along with lists of their children living in what are now Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties. Sketches are contributed by American Ancestors members and skillfully edited and indexed by expert genealogist, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG.

This volume includes entries for the following surnames:

The next seventy-five sketches in the Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 Study Project.

This volume includes entries for the following surnames:

In 1790 Western Massachusetts was a crossroads for New England families heading west into New York or north into Vermont. The transient nature of families living in this area, especially during the post-Revolutionary War years, presents certain genealogical challenges.Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 contains fifty genealogical sketches of heads of households and a listing of their children. Contributed by American Ancestors members, these compiled sketches provide a major addition to the published research on this region.

This PG shows you how to advance genealogical research into Rhode Island ancestors using the information from the state census, which was first taken as early as 1742 and as late as 1935.

The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.

By Zachary Garceau

Synopsis: The New Haven Town Records, 1769 - 1819 is a fully annotated and indexed primary source transcription of the minutes of New Haven's Town Meetings over what is arguably the most significant half century of the city's long history.

This volume continues where the “Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut”, published in 1928, left off in April 1663. At first the court is sometimes a “Particular Court”, sometimes an Assistants Court, but mostly these are the records of the county court. This title will be a valuable resource for those investigating the people of this place and time period.

By Helen Schatvet Ullmann
Published: 2005

This compilation presents the fifty sketches written for the Early New England Families Study Project, under the direction of Alicia Crane Williams. The project, created to fill the need for accurate and concise published summaries on 17th-century New England families, uses Clarence Almon Torrey’s bibliographic index of early New England marriages (and its recent successors) as a guide to compiling authoritative and documented sketches.

The book contains sketches for the following surnames:

2017 reprint of 1996 original, as part of the American Ancestors Simple Print program

Author: Ann Smith Lainhart    

Hardcover, 220 pages

Key genealogical information is hidden in obscure town hall records all over New England. Lainhart’s popular book provides descriptions of eighteen different types of records (earmarks, licenses, mortgage books, military records, poor records, selectman's minutes, tax records, and more!) and hints on how to find and understand them.

An invaluable source for those with early Connecticut ancestry, this transcription of the original records at the Connecticut State Archives provides a nearly contempo­rary record of disputes: not only run-of-the-mill arguments over debt, land, estates, fences, hay, and timber, but also cases involving witchcraft, divorce, murder, robbery, and counterfeiting.

By Helen Schatvet Ullmann
Published: 2009