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CountyVolunteerAct of Kindness
Middlesex David Chesler Videotaping. Still, Electronic photos or transciptions of tombstones in Woburn and Winchester including Montvale Jewish cemeteries and old burial grounds in Billerica and Burlington. No library, newspaper lookups at this time. Please be specific as to which of the 28 Montvale cemeteries applies; JCAM may be able to assist in that research.
Middlesex Betty J. Lombardo Still photos of tombstones. Catholic Cemetery lookups in Hudson ONLY.
Middlesex Ed O'toole Have two books that I can look up information in. One is Somerville Past and Present printed in 1897. It is an Illustrated Historical Souvenir Commemorative of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Establishment of the City Government of Somerville, Massachusetts. 690 pages The second book is History of Medford. It covers Town of Medford from first settlement in 1630-1855 Printed in 1886 and has 592 pages
Middlesex Deb Gilligan Will do vital record lookups, through the year 1936, for the town of ASHBY only; will take digital photos of gravestones in same town.
Middlesex Jim Yarin Still photos of tombstones In the Concord area and surrounding towns.
Middlesex Tracy D. Still photos of tombstones Pepperell, Dunstable, Groton, Townsend ONLY.
Middlesex Maura Pleva Public Records lookups and copying. Lowell,MA census lookups, obituaries in Lowell newspapers.
Middlesex Dennis Walsh Still photos of tombstones Vital Records of Massachsuetts to 1850 (Series); Tombstone photographs from the towns of Stow, Maynard, Acton, Hudson; 1855/65 MA state census records for Stow; Stow town records.
Middlesex Chuckie Blaney "Will visit cemeteries in Western Suburbs of Boston (look at your map - this includes parts of Middlesex and Norfolk counties), copy inscriptions, and take pictures of gravestones. Will also look up obits from Dover, Millis, Medfield, Sherborn, Wellesley, Newton, Framingham, Ashland, Sudbury, Holliston, and Needham."
Middlesex Kathy Mumma I can take still (digital) photos of cemeteries in Medford, Arlington, or Winchester, MA. I also may be able to help with other requests that can be fulfilled *outside business hours* in those locales.
Middlesex Jade L. Oxton Still photos of tombstones I work at the Edson/Westlawn Cemetery in Lowell, MA. I would be able to take pictures of stones as well as supply information on people buried in Edson or Westlawn Cemetery only.
Middlesex Susan Hovencamp Still photos of tombstones Photos of gravestones in the town of Holliston.
Middlesex Debbie Racine Gravestone pictures. Town of Shirley Cemeteries: St. Anthony's, Shaker Rd Village Cemetery, Harvard Rd Center Cemetery, Brown Rd. Will send digital pictures only (o gravestone rubbings) via email on only known ancesters for that particular cemetery. Will not do research. Approximate area in cemetery will be most helpful. No costs for email photos.
Middlesex Doug Long Digital (.jpeg) photos of tombstones and gravesites. Vital records lookups (birth, marriage, death) at Town/City Halls. Newspaper articles (birth, marriage, death). You MUST provide Month and Year as a minimum. Middlesex County covers a large area, thus I prefer to limit myself to the city/towns of Lowell, Chelmsford, Westford, Littleton, Tyngsboro and Carlisle.
Middlesex Cheryl Dynan Gravestone pictures. I will take photos in Framingham in Edgell Grove and St.Stephens cemetery, in Belmont at Belmont Cemetery and in Cambridge in Cambridge City and Mt. Auburn cemeteries.
Norfolk Chuckie Blaney "Will visit cemeteries in Western Suburbs of Boston (look at your map - this includes parts of Middlesex and Norfolk counties), copy inscriptions, and take pictures of gravestones. Will also look up obits from Dover, Millis, Medfield, Sherborn, Wellesley, Newton, Framingham, Ashland, Sudbury, Holliston, and Needham."
Norfolk Martha DiChiara Gravestone pictures. will take and mail digital pictures of gravestones in Wrentham, Norfolk, Foxboro, Walpole, Westwood, Norwood, Medfield as my time permits. please specify name(s), cemetery, town, and approximate dates as you know them.
Norfolk Marian Still photos of tombstones I can take photos of cemeteries in Medway, Franklin, Holliston, Bellingham and Millis, Massachusetts. I can do lookups on Medway genealogy using extensive local resources.
Norfolk George Curtis Gravestone pictures. Highland Cemetery in Norwood, Mass and most other cemeteries in Norfolk county.
Norfolk Danielle South Western Part of Norfolk Co., ONLY Public Records lookups and copying. Please use the following link to locate your requested towns location prior to emailing a request. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cispdf/ma_counties.pdf
Norfolk Timothy Burr Southewestern Norfolk Co. ONLY Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying I will travel up to 10 miles from Bellingham, including northern Rhode Island.
Plymouth Pat Gately Public Records lookups and copying. Wareham only.
Plymouth Lindsay Clinton Videotaping Cemeteries, Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying Towns of Hull, Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury. Cemetery photos, vital statistics lookups. I am in the Duxbury area only during the school year.
Suffolk Sandra Prairie ON-LINE research ONLY for the following. Springfield Republican, Springfield MA (via Newsbank) 1988 - current and the Boston Globe Full-text coverage from 1980 and the Boston Herald Full-text coverage from from 1991. ***Please note that unpaid death notice are NOT archived online and I would have to acsess at the the library. I would charge for milage, copying and mailing.
Suffolk Cherryl Whitmire Record lookups prior to 1900, Death index lookups, Obituary lookups. No Bureau of Vital Statistics lookups.
Suffolk M. Farrington Look ups in Massachusetts vital records to 1850.
Suffolk Debra Branigan Will do lookups in the book The Ancestry of Russell Makepeace of Marion, MA 1904-1986. This has his ancestry to Thomas Makepeace of Dorchester, MA and many allied lines.
Worcester Harvey Schmidt Professional Title Examiner; will copy deeds & probate documents concerning any property or person in Worcester County, MA. Also Mass. VR info up to 1910. See also website: www.wcohh.com (fees shown there do NOT apply to your request UNLESS you request extensive research.)
Worcester Sue Roecker Digital grave photos from cemeteries in Upton, Milford. Willing to travel to other cemeteries for photos if grave location is known. Obituary look ups in Milford Daily News, occasional travel to Worcester Public library.
Worcester Helen Barnes For Spencer Mass. Public Records lookups , street directory, obits lookups and copying, and digital camera photos of tombstones. ONLY in the town of SPENCER, MASS. For more info on Spencer History and Genealogy go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~macspenc
Worcester Dave McTigue Still photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying.
Worcester Kathleen Mayo Grave Photos, Obituaries, Vital records up to 1910, Civil War and Revolutionary War,Worcester Naturalizations, Cemetery work, Census records all years except 1930, New England Genealogical and Historical Register lookups.
Worcester Brian Sheehan Public Records (library) lookups and copying. Obituaries. Gravestone pictures. Southern and Western Worcester County, City of Worcester.
Worcester Danielle South Eastern Part of Worcester Co., ONLY Public Records lookups and copying. Please use the following link to locate your requested towns location prior to emailing a request. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cispdf/ma_counties.pdf
Worcester Lisa Boutotte Public Records (library) lookups and copying, Gravestone pictures. I will do any library or gravestone requests for the towns of Lancaster, Clinton, Sterling, Bolton Massachusetts.
Worcester
(western)
Gary Reardon Still photos of tombstones. Will Email Digital Photos of Tombstones.
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