New Book Acquisitions Reviewed – Part 4 of 4

Books of New York

Bombay and Hogansburg, New York State Cemeteries
Hogansburg is a hamlet in the town of Bombay, Franklin County, New York. The Bombay Historical Society went through the cemetery records (R) and the cemeteries themselves, copying the information on the stones (S) in 1994. This booklet gives the person’s name, dates of birth and death, and which cemetery they’re located in. The S or R in the “Inf” column tells you where the information came from.
The following cemeteries were checked: Frew (Bombay), Hillside Rest (Bombay), Kavanaugh/Croke (Bombay), Old St. Patrick’s (Hogansburg), Sandhill (Bombay), Hogans/Methodist (Hogansburg), New St. Patrick’s (Hogansburg), St. Joseph’s (Bombay), and Mohawk Assembly (Hogansburg).

Books of Massachusetts

History of the town of Lexington, Massachusetts
This book is quite old. In addition to the history of the town there are a number of genealogies in the volume. The book might not be on the shelf yet as it needed some repair.

Western Massachusetts Families in 1790
Western Massachusetts is still pretty rural with lots of forestland. The area developed much slower than Eastern Massachusetts. In 1790 Western Massachusetts consisted of just Hampshire and Berkshire Counties.
In 2008 The New England historic Genealogical Society invited members to submit family genealogy sketches. Of the many submitted 60 were chosen. Each sketch was then fact checked, formatted and cited. Many times additional information was found at NEHGS and in other sources. This new information was added to the sketches. The staff tried to include as much information as they could find on the children of these early settlers.
An index of names is included at the end.

Book of Maine

Vital Records of Monroe, Waldo County, Maine Prior to 1892
Monroe, Maine was first settled about 1800, in what was then Hancock County. In fact the town was first incorporated as Lee Plantation. In 1818 it was reincorporated as Monroe, in honor of President James Monroe. Monroe is located thirteen miles north of Belfast and eighteen miles southwest of Bangor.
This book compiles the five original record books into one. The records cover births, deaths, marriages and intentions. There is a lengthy every-name index at the end of the book.

[This completes part four of the four part series]