Saturday, April 14, 2018

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 8 to 14 April 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 14 April 2018, there were 2,313 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):



The added, deleted or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---


*  Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1930       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); 946,247 indexed records with 946,247 record images, ADDED 13 Apr 2018


*  Italy, Terni, Narni, Civil Registration (Comune), 1861-1921     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046908); 29,974 indexed records with 29,974 record images, ADDED 13 Apr 2018

*  Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790181); 341,073 indexed records with 341,073 record images, ADDED 11 Apr 2018

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1395660); 581,923 indexed records with 581,923 record images (was 561,280 records with 561,280 images), Updated 11 Apr 2018

*  Texas, Swisher County Records, 1879-2012        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2103490); 6,320 indexed records with 93,603 record images (was 0 records with 93,603 images), Updated 11 Apr 2018

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 4,052,556 indexed records with 405,213 record images (was 3,988,210 records with 405,213 images), Updated 11 Apr 2018

*  Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1867931); 325,395 indexed records with 395,682 record images (was 319,605 records with 395,682 images), Updated 9 Apr 2018

*  Lesotho, Evangelical Church Records, 1828-2005  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2146157); 29,900 indexed records with 20,396 record images (was 25,991 records with 20,396 images), Updated 12 Apr 2018

*  Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016224); 1,578,414 indexed records with 1,582,419 record images (was 1,536,195 records with 1,582,419 images), Updated 11 Apr 2018

*  Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1926701); 14,130,825 indexed records with 3,007,818 record images (was 10,730,078 records with 3,007,818 images), Updated 10 Apr 2018

*  Germany, Prussia, Westphalia, Minden, Miscellaneous Collections from the Municipal Archives, 1574-1912  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1646446); 89,678 indexed records with 7,654 record images (was 58,932 records with 7,654 images), Updated 12 Apr 2018

*  Georgia, Fulton County Records from the Atlanta History Center, 1827-1955       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125026); 73,393 indexed records with 35,684 record images (was 73,366 records with 35,684 images), Updated 11 Apr 2018

*  Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409); Index only (1,928,365 records), no images (was 1,042,394 records with 0 images), Updated 12 Apr 2018

*  French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); Index only (29,584 records), no images (was 22,602 records with 0 images), Updated 10 Apr 2018

*  Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2558681); 6,168 indexed records with 6,168 record images (was 5,996 records with 5,996 images), Updated 13 Apr 2018

--- Collections with new records ---

*  England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2384987); 1,369,637 indexed records with 54,764 record images (was 1,352,320 records with 54,764 images),  24 Feb 2018

*  England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2475028); 1,625,935 indexed records with 230,828 record images (was 1,588,594 records with 230,828 images),  11 Dec 2017

*  England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473016); Index only (14,696,187 records), no images (was 14,239,980 records with 0 images),  7 Oct 2013

*  England Marriages, 1538–1973    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (15,993,121 records), no images (was 15,855,903 records with 0 images),  7 Oct 2013

*  England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (68,615,240 records), no images (was 68,081,611 records with 0 images),  3 Mar 2017

*  France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Census, 1876 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821296); 16,332 indexed records with 356 record images (was 0 records with 356 images),  20 Feb 2018

*  Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2053817); 18,219 indexed records with 14,425 record images (was 2,833 records with 14,425 images),  19 Jan 2018

*  France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Census, 1836 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821302); 8,327 indexed records with 208 record images (was 0 records with 208 images),  20 Feb 2018

*  France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Census, 1856 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821301); 9,224 indexed records with 203 record images (was 0 records with 203 images),  21 Feb 2018

*  France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Census, 1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821294); 255,879 indexed records with 4,428 record images (was 0 records with 4,428 images),  21 Feb 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949340); Index only (11,718,367 records), no images (was 11,718,368 records with 0 images),  13 Jan 2012

*  Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,160 records), no images (was 17,102,161 records with 0 images),  17 Feb 2012

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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use a keyword (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords..

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- My Visited States/Provinces Map

It's Saturday Night - 
time for more Genealogy Fun! 


Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:


1)  What states in the USA and what provinces in Canada have you visited or lived in?  

2)  Either list, or make a map of them (at the https://www.gasfoodnolodging.com/visitedstates/us-canada/ website) and indicate the following:

*  red for states/provinces where you've not spent much time or seen very much.
*  amber for states/provinces  where you've at least slept and seen some sights.
*  blue for states/provinces  you've spent a lot of time in or seen a fair amount of.
*  green for states/provinces  you've spent a great deal of time in on multiple visits.

3)  For extra credit, you could make a map to show where your ancestors resided at any time (e.g., in 1900), or perhaps where your 16 great-great-grandparents or 32 3rd-great-grandparents married, or where your ancestors were born, all with an appropriate legend.

4)  Tell us, or show us, your "Where I've been" map, and any other map that you created having fun tonight.  Put them in your own blog post, on Facebook or Google+, and leave a comment on this blog post so that we all see them.

Here are my maps:

1)  My "Where I've been" map of the United States and Canada:



So I've been to 40 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.  I have ancestral localities in Iowa and Nebraska and definitely want to visit there someday.  

I've only lived in California, but have made more than five trips to the other green states (hmm, maybe Hawaii and New Hampshire should be green too!).

2)  I decided to show where my 16 great-great grandparents resided at the time of their marriage.  The scale I used is:

*  red for states/provinces where 1 or 2 resided at marriage.
*  amber for states/provinces where 3 or 4 resided at marriage.
*  blue for states/provinces where 5 or 6 resided at marriage.
* green for states/provinces where 7 or more resided at marriage.


I have 1 state (Massachusetts) where four of my great-great-grandparents resided at marriage, and 4 states and one province where 2 resided, and another 2 that married in England.  These marriages occurred in the 1840 to 1865 time frame.

3)  I decided to show the 3rd great-grandparents too (same scale):

*  red for states/provinces where 1 or 2 resided at marriage.
*  amber for states/provinces where 3 or 4 resided at marriage.
*  blue for states/provinces where 5 or 6 resided at marriage.
* green for states/provinces where 7 or more resided at marriage.


Now I have 8 that resided in Massachusetts, and 4 that resided in 4 states and one province, and 4 that resided in England.  

The England folks migrated to Connecticut in 1855, and the Ontario folks migrated from New York and New Jersey.

4)  A map of where my ancestors from my parents back through the 3rd great-grandparents (62 ancestors) were born - with a scale of:

*  red for states/provinces where 1 or 2 were born.
*  amber for states/provinces where 3 or 4 were born.
*  blue for states/provinces where 5 to 8 were born.
* green for states/provinces where 9 or more were born.


On this map, out of the 62 persons from my parents back to the 3rd great-grandparents, I have 16 born in Massachusetts, 8 born in England, 7 born in New York and Pennsylvania, 6 born in Rhode Island and Connecticut, 5 in Ontario, etc.  The 1 in Quebec is my one French-Canadian ancestor who married in Ontario.

That was fun!



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Surname Saturday -- GOLDSTONE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2103 who is Sarah GOLDSTONE (1604-1671). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this GOLDSTONE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)

262.  John Fletcher (1692-1749)
263.  Mary Goble (1694-1734)

524.  Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744)
525.  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744)


1050.  Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704)
1051.  Sarah Merriam (1626-1677)


2102.  Joseph Merriam, born about 1600 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 January 1641 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4204. William Merriam and 4205. Sarah Burges.  He married about 1623 in England.
2103.  Sarah Goldstone, born about 1604 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 12 March 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Goldstone are:
*  William Merriam (1624-1689), married 1653 Elizabeth Bread (1634-1691).
Sarah Merriam (1626-1677), married 1648 Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704).
*  Joseph Merriam (1628-1677), married 1653 Sarah Stone (1633-1704).
*  Thomas Merriam (1630-1637).
*  Elizabeth Merriam (1633-1704), married 1653 Thomas Henchman (1630-1703).
*  Hannah Merriam (1636-????), married 1656 John Buss (1599-????).
*  John Merriam (1641-1724), married 1663 Mary Cooper (1645-1731).

4206.  John Goldstone, born 1574 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 12 March 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1597 in Kent, England.
4207.  Frances Jefferie, born 1572 in Pemburie, Kent, England; died in  .  She was the daughter of 8414. John Jefferie and 8415. Jane LNU.

Children of John Goldstone and Frances Jefferie are:
*  Robert Goldstone (1598-1637).
*  Roger Goldstone (1600-????).
*  Frances Goldstone (1602-????), married 1620 George Dana (1620-????).
*  Jane Goldstone (1603-????) married 1620 Benjamin Johnson (1595-????).
Sarah Goldstone (1604-1671), married (1) 1623 Joseph Merriam (1600-1641); (2) 1642 Joseph Wheeler (1610-1681).
*  Elizabeth Goldstone (1606-1637), married 1622 Thomas Dana (1590-????).

Information about the Merriam and Goldstone families was obtained from:

*  Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston Mass. : n.p., 1906).

I have done no independent research on these families.

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Friday, April 13, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 13 April 2018


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


 
World War II Virtual Conference and European Travel Experience

 New FamilySearch Ancestor Calendar

DNA Quest Goes Global

*  2018 NGS Mobile Conference App Ready for Download

2)  Record Databases:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 13 April 2018

*  New Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of April 9, 2018

*  Advantage Preservation Adds 950K Historical Newspaper Pages - March, 2018

*  13 April 2018 – New Genealogy Record Releases & Updates

3)  Genealogy Education:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

 FamilySearch Classes Presented at RootsTech 2018 Now Online


*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for April 2018

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 17 April, 5 p.m. PDT:  Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA, by Patti Hobbs


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 18 April, 11 a.m. PDT:  Lincoln's Laws and the Records of War, by Judy G. Russell

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Georgia: Gateway to Westward Expansion, by Rorey Cathcart

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Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Researching Your Oregon Ancestors, by Tessa Keough

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Watch Geoff Live: Adding a World War I (and II) Draft Registration Card, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar (Surname Society):  Help, They Are Dutch! Tracing Your Ancestors in the Netherlands, by John Boeren

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar (Surname Society):  Using FamilySearch Digital Microfilm to Find Genealogical Records

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar (Surname Society):  Which Record is Correct? by DearMYRTLE and Russ Worthington

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar (Surname Society):  DNA is Dynamite - How to Ignite Your Ancestral Research, by Michelle Leonard

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems Podcast:  Episode 216

*  Extreme Genes YouTube Channel:  Ask Us Anything/ Fisher & Lambert Talk Genealogy & DNA

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  Mondays with Myrt - 9 April 2018

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel:  GreekGen Study Group 1 - Surname & Village of Origin

*  DearMYRTLE YouTube Channel: WACKY Wednesday - 11 Apr 2018 MwM Extended

*  Jennifer Holik YouTube Channel:  Getting Started in WWII Research

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel:  Protect Your Computer and Genealogy with Online Backup - Your questions answered!

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel:  I Smell the Blood of an Englishman!

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, April 13,  2018


Transfer Your DNA Test Data to Family Tree DNA and Save Almost 50%

5)  Neat Stuff:

*  
The Day Americans Drank Breweries Dry

 6 People Kate Middleton Is *Actually* Related To That Will Have Your Head Spinning

*  Strangers no more: 56 years later, separated sisters meet for first time in Atlanta airport

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 10 April 2018?


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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 13 April 2018

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday

There are over 378,000 new records available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;



Discover your ancestor in this index of over 137,000 deceased estate files from New South Wales. The records span the years between 1880 and 1923. Each result includes a transcript that may reveal a combination of your ancestor's date of death, duty date, locality and any additional remarks. There are over 378,000 new records available to search this Findmypast Friday, including;

The state of New South Wales required a duty to be paid before probates and letters of administration could be executed. Deceased estate files were created for estates upon which a duty was imposed, including documentation and correspondence regarding the assessment of the estate.



Search for your Irish ancestors in a collection of registers and records from the oldest city in the Republic of Ireland. The collection contains over 211,000 records taken from seventeen different databases spanning the years 1662 to 2006.

Various events are recorded in this collection including burgess lists, burials, deaths, directories, emigration records, freedom petitions, freemen records, langable rentals (rent rolls), rate books, registers, and war deaths. Each result will provide you with a transcript. The amount and type of information recorded will vary depending on the nature of the event.



Explore over 1000 digital images of the New Jersey death index covering the years 1901 to 1903. This collection has been obtained through Reclaim the Records. The index will allow you to discover your ancestor's death year and entry number. Additional information about these records can be found on the source's website.



Explore over 7,000 digital images of the New Jersey marriage index covering the years 1901 to 1914. This collection has been obtained through Reclaim the Records. The 15 volumes included in this index will allow you to discover your ancestor's marriage year and entry number. This collection has been obtained through Reclaim the Records.



Explore over 20,000 feet of fines records for Surrey created between 1558 and 1760. Feet of fines were documents of a fictitious suit of law created to obtain a secure transfer of land. The document recorded the final agreement (or concord), written in triplicate, between buyer and seller: two copies side by side and one copy across the bottom of the sheet (the foot of the fine). An indented or wavy line separated the three sections; one section was given to the seller, one to the buyer, and one (the foot) to the court. The idea behind this system was that forgeries could be identified by showing they didn't fit the three-piece jigsaw of the authentic, original foot of fine.

The amount of detail provided varies from period to period. For example, some will provide the full names of all the buyers and sellers while others only provide the last name of the first buyer in a transaction.



Hundreds of new records have been added to our collection of Cornish burials. The collection now contains over 280,000 records covering more than two hundred parishes across the Cornish peninsula.

The new additions cover Dissenter burials in Falmouth and Penryn between 1808 and 1926. Each result includes and transcript of an original parish register that may reveal a combination of your ancestor's birth year, death year, burial place and residence.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

Copyright (c) 2018, Randall J. Seaver

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52 Ancestors - Week 222: #313 Ruth (Graves) Buck (1711-????) of Lynn, Massachusetts

Ruth (Graves) Buck is #313 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #312 Isaac Buck (1706-1780) in 1729 in Reading, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #156 Isaac Buck (1732-?????) who had a relationship with #157 Mary Richards (1733-????) in 1757.
*  their son, #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) married #79 Martha Phillips (1764-????) in 1780.
*  their daughter, #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882 married  #38 Thomas J. Newton (ca 178800-????) in about 1834.
*  their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Name:                         Ruth Graves[1–2]    
*  Alternate Name:         Ruth Buck[3–5]  

*  Sex:                             Female    

*  Father:                       Thomas Graves (1686-1756)    
*  Mother:                     Ruth Collins (1685-1715)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
*  Birth:                        10 January 1710/1, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1]    

*  Distribution:            23 March 1756 (age 45), father's will proved; Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Residence:              25 March 1756 (age 45), Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[4]    
*  Residence:              5 May 1756 (age 45), warning out; Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                 Isaac Buck (1706-1780)[2]    


*  Marriage 1:              3 December 1729 (about age 23), Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Child 1:                   Thomas Buck (1730-    )    
*  Child 1:                   Isaac Buck (1732-    )    
*  Child 1:                   Hester Buck (1734-    )    
*  Child 1:                   Susanna Buck (1736-1830)    
*  Child 1:                   Ebenezer Buck (1738-1827)    
*  Child 1:                   Joseph Buck (1740-    )  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Ruth Graves was born 10 January 1710/11 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter, and only child, of  Thomas Graves and Ruth Collins[1].  Ruth (Collins) Graves died before 1715 when Thomas Graves married his second wife, Ruth Taylor.  At some point, the Thomas Graves family moved from Lynn to Reading, Massachusetts.

Ruth Graves of Reading married Isaac Buck of Woburn on 3 December 1729 in Reading, Massachusetts[2].  The marriage was recorded in both the Reading and Woburn vital record books.  Isaac and Ruth (Graves) Buck resided in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and had six children between 1730 and 1740;  the first and third children were recorded in Wilmington vital records, but there are no vital record entries for the other four children.

The family moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, and Isaac Buck was rated in Framingham in 1754.  

Ruth (Graves) Buck's father, Thomas Graves (1685-1756) died on 21 February 1756.  He wrote a will on 16 February 1756, proved on 23 March 1756, that bequeathed to his daughter Ruth Buck[3]:

"In the first place I give to my Daughter Ruth Buck Six shillings & Eight pence Lawfull money and one Cow to be paid unto her at the end of one year after my decease and these with what she hath already had to be to her in full for her part of portion out of my Estate."

Ruth may have been given real or personal property by her father at the time of her marriage in 1729 or when her father sold one half of his homestead in 1747 to her half-brother for 400 pounds.  

Some time around 25 March 1756, just after Ruth's parents died, the Isaac Buck family moved from Framingham to stay in the house of Joseph Richards in Southborough. The article, "Southborough Massachusetts Notifications," says[4]:

"I have taken into my house...a famaley Last from Framingham the Name of Isaac Buck and his wife Ruth and their Children Susanna and Joseph, March ye 25th:1756.  Joseph Richards."

On 5 May 1756 the Southborough Town Council directed the constable to warn Isaac Buck, his wife Ruth, and two of their children, Susanna and Joseph, to get out of town forthwith[5]. This was a formal notification, customary of the times, which would legally relieve the town of any responsibility to support the Bucks, who were called "a poor family in low circumstances." 

It is unknown if the Isaac Buck family left Southborough at this time.  If they did, they may have returned to Framingham, where Isaac Buck died in 1780..

There are no death records or burial records for Ruth (Graves) Buck.  Her husband, Isaac, died on 19 May 1780 in Framingham, but has no burial record.  
   
5)  SOURCES


1. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1906), 2 Volumes, Births, page 168, Ruth Graves entry.

2. Thomas W. Baldwin (compiler), Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1912), Marriages, page 298, Isaac Buck and Ruth Graves entry, 1729.

3. "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org), Worcester County, Probate Packet #25,314 (6 images),Thomas Graves will, 1756.

4. "Southborough Massachusetts Notifications," The American Genealogist, Volume 67, page 215, October 1992, Isaac Buck family taken in by Joseph Richards.

5. Clerk of the Town of Southborough MA, "Records of the Town of Southborough 1727 - 1773", Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), FHL Microfilm US/CAN 0,861,129, item 2, page 192, Isaac Buck family warned out of Southborough, Mass.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 
 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.


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