Essex Genealogist, Volume 19, 1999

This series collects the quarterly journals of the Essex Society of Genealogists into convenient yearly volumes. Essex County, Massachusetts, is a region of genealogical interest to many people across the country, and the Society's journal has been an important source of information for its subscribers since it was founded in 1981. Each volume contains articles related to Essex County or to genealogical research in general. Recurring highlights of the journals include the "TEG Feature Article," "It Happened in Essex County" (local history), "Crest and Shield" (heraldry information), "Tools of the Trade" (advice on genealogical resources), "The Ahnentafel" (family generational charts), "Research in Progress," "Ask TEG," "Society News," "Genealogical Queries," and original poetry. While there is enough general information and advice included to make this book valuable for anyone interested in genealogy, those with genealogical interest specific to Essex County, Massachusetts, could not hope for a better resource. The Society has created a new, full-name index for each volume.

In this volume: Feature Articles: "The Massachusetts State Archives," "Research into Quaker Ancestry," "The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts," "Canadian Census Reports," "Old Planters of Beverly," "Boston Record Commissioners Reports," "A Lesson Learned," "Essex Deeds, Book 1, 1638-1651," "Northey Silversmiths." Research in Progress: Abraham Marland, Hiram Putnam Farnham, George Farr, Nathan Parker, Rev. Ezekiel Cheever, Edmund Ingalls, Crispus Brewer, John Northey, Warren James, James Garcelon, Nicholas Potter, Thomas Coats, Robert Coats, Jacob Yeaton, James Pemberton, Thomas Bancroft, Ingalls Sisters, Larrabee, Bessom-Dennis-Tyler-Harwood, Bradley, Tarr. It Happened in Essex Co.: "Lawrence: A River Runs Through It," "Danvers Archival Center," "Lynn: A Tale of Two Taverns," "Lynnfield: It's History Holds Surprises," "Mark Twain and His Connection to the Clemens and Emersons of Haverhill," "Visiting Old Boxford Graveyards," "Manchester, Strawberries and the Sea," "History of the Annotations of the Beverly Church Records." Other family names featured: Norwood-Butman, McKeen/McKean, Kidder, Chandler-Goldthwaite, Ingalls-Witham, Ingalls-Allen-Carrier-Toothaker, Ingalls-Dane-Allen-Toothaker, Rhodes-Howard, Farr-Farnsworth, Farr-McCall, Virginia (Woodman) Cordes, Cheever, Baker, Parker, Ayer, Townsend, Waldron-Knight, Charles Lawrence Bond, Mary Zecchini Bryant, Garcelon, Potter-Roach, Potter-Hart-Fuller, Clemons/Clements, Northey, Richard Elmer Hubley. Miscellaneous: "The Cultivation of Tobacco in the Mass. Bay Colony," "The First Congregational Churches in Massachusetts," "Lynnfield's Old Meeting House," "The Winter of 1716/17."