NERGC 2025 Conference Queries
Each year, the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium brings together researchers, historians, and family sleuths from across the region. At NERGC 2025, attendees submitted queries seeking information about ancestors, family connections, and unresolved lines of inquiry. These listings reflect the spirit of collaboration and curiosity that defines our genealogical community.
We invite you to review the entries and see if you recognize a name, location, or family line. If you have information that could help answer a query—or if you’d like to connect with someone researching a shared lineage—please reach out using the contact details provided with each entry. Your insight could be the missing piece in someone’s family story.
ARLIN or ARLEN
Looking for any information on Arlins in New Hampshire. Looking for Arlin ancestors or anyone with that last name.
Permission granted by Debbie Cravens. dscravens@gmail.com
ASHMUN/ASHMAN
Researching the ASHMUN/ASHMAN family in MA, CT, NY, and ME from about 1635 to 1850.
Permission granted by Michelle. Contact info: mre1730@gmail.com
BOUTON-BARNUM
Jared Marvin BOUTON, b. 25 August 1825, Southeast, New York; m.
27 March 1845, Southeast, New York (?); d. 20 June 1875, Norwalk, CT
Sarah M. BARNUM, b. 12 July 1929, Danbury, CT (?). d. 11 June 1919, Ridgefield, CT.
Trying to determine Sarah M. BARNUM’s parents. Father noted as John Barnes (Barnum) on her death certificate. Mother noted as Anna Alby, no other details.
Permission granted by Lori Eaton Loreato. Contact info: LoriEatonLoreato@snet.net
BROWNING
Abijah BROWNING. Looking for his descendants and his four wives. South County, Rhode Island.
Permission granted by Lauren Maehrlein. Contact info: heirlines@aol.com
BURTON and HARRIS
Falmouth Genealogical Society (FGS) is looking for descendants of Cosby F. BURTON, b. 11 January 1887, and Sallie HARRIS, married in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
FGS has been asked to find the BURTON family. Please inform us how you are related. Contact info: wndbglr+FGSBurton@gmail.com
CARNES
Abial Smith Carnes b. in Boston, MA in 1814; d. 10 October 1892, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine (or Vinalhaven) m. Almira (Elmira/Elmiva) Hopkins, b 25 September 1816, Maine. Wanted: Abial Smith Carnes’ parents.
Permission granted by Jayne A. Jordan, 20 Frost Hill Ave, Lisbon Falls, Maine 04252. jalisonj@hotmail.com
COCHRAN-LESLIE
Hannah COCHRAN, looking for her parents. M. Daniel Leslie by 1756 in Londonderry, NH. They had 3 sons (Alexander, James, and Daniel) before Daniel died in 1759. Hannah died in 1778.
Permission granted by Ginny Blair. Contact info: vgblair@gmail.com
CONBOY-LYONS
John CONBOY, b. 1821 Roscommon (?) Ireland; d.11 July 1905, Boston, MA
Mary Lyons CONBOY, b. 1831 Ireland; d. 23 July 1905, Boston, MA
Searching for both of their parents.
Permission granted by Mary Anne Conboy. Contact info: macon2727@msn.com.
COX
COX, Henry S. b. Bombay, British India, about 1828, m. Lansingburgh, NY ca 1850 to McKEON, Catherine. D. 1880 (about) Lansingburgh, NY
Need parents of Henry S. Cox.
Permission granted by Geraldine M. Cox, contact info: xgmcox@icloud.com
GREEN/GREENE
Looking for parents of Wealthy Green (1784), d. Lewiston, Maine 1862. M. Andrew Skinner, 1806, Durham, Maine. Believed to have 9 children, all born in Durham, Maine.
Permission granted by Rebecca Miller. Contact info: mainebecky@hotmail.com
HANSON
Thomas Hanson/ from Dover, New Hampshire/England. HANSONs in New Hampshire, Maine, and New Brunswick. Looking for descendants.
Permission granted by Denise Varz. Contact info: 16 Blueberry Heights, W
est Greenwich, RI 02817 spanisheyesri@gmail.com
HILLSGROVE
James William HILLSGROVE, b. ca. 1786, m. Sarah Knight in Portland, Maine, 1 Aug 1824. Looking for birthplace and date for James William HILLSGROVE. Will happily accept any info prior to 1820.
Permission granted by Christina MacDonald. Contact info: christina.d.maddonald@gmail.com
HILLSGROVE
John HILLSGROVE, of Temple, New Hampshire, who served in Captain William Scott’s Company in 1775. Looking for John HILLSGROVE’s children.
Permission granted by Christina MacDonald. Contact info: christina.d.macdonald@gmail.com
INMAN
Elizabeth INMAN b. about 25 October 1789, prob. Smithfield, RI; m. about 1815 Ephraim SMITH, lived in Smithfield, RI (now North Smithfield, RI); d. 14 October 1848; children b. btw 1817-1837. Ch. Emor, Elijah, Ephraim, Brown?, Mary Taft, Daniel, Rachel M., Ann Eliza, Harris J.
Permission granted by Rebecca H. Smith; Contact info: acelinebarrett@aol.com
JENERY
4th ggf, Zachariah JENERY. Came to Canada with the British 49th Regiment of Foot during his enlistment from 1799 to 1815. He remained in Canada after his service. M. to Anne Hunter. Resided in Nicolet Quebec, Canada with their 12 children. Searching for marriage and parent information for Zachariah JENERY.
Permission granted by (left blank without name or e-mail address)
LUCAS
Mary P. LUCAS b. 1810?, New York ?, m. Thomas M. CLARK, emigrated to WI (?) by 1850. Who are her parents?
Permission granted by Sue DeGennaro. Contact info: suedeg3@gmail.com
MARTIN
Shadrach & Meshack MARTIN, b. c. 1801 and c. 1803 in North Carolina and Kentucky respectively. Looking for parents of both.
Permission granted by Tim Martin. Contact info: tjmartin@timfo.com
McNAMARA
Found in abandoned house in Bridgeport, CT, letters and photos of McNAMARA family. Want to return to family.
Permission granted by Joseph Hoefflinger. Contact info: Joseph.Hoefflinger@snet.net
O’NEIL/O’NEILL aka the Italian with the Irish Name-this query has been heavily edited.
James Edward (Jim) O’NEIL/O’NEILL. B. December 1865 or January 1868 in New York City, New York. M. to Margaret (Maggie) McCarty between 1886-1888. She died 24 May 1906. Second wife, “Mamie” Mary Ellen Keenan, m. 11 April 1907 at St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.
James Edward (Jim) O’NEIL/O’NEILL’s 1907 marriage certificate show Thomas and Rose as parents. Per 1900 census, Thomas was born in Italy. Rose was born “at sea”. Jim’s immigration date was 1885. Margaret immigrated in 1886. Lived in Holeb, Somerset, Maine in 1888; in West Seboeis, Penobscot, Maine from 1891 to 1904 when they moved to Baileyville, Washington, Maine where Margaret died. Traveled to New York City where their first child was born.
Jim was a patient at Central Maine Sanatorium in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine between 1922-1929. Jim died about 1930 after a fall from a rigging in New York harbor that made the newspapers in Boston, MA. Looking for a record of Jim’s death or advice from a New York City genealogist before I travel to research in New York City.
Permission granted by Colleen Congdon. Contact info: ColleenCongdon@Proton.ME
PIERCE
Nahum B. PIERCE, b. 11 June 1844, Southport, Maine. D. 2 September 1877, Portland, Maine. Wanted cause and place of death and death certificate.
Nahum was a member of the Revenue Marines assigned to the U.S. Revenue Cutter, A.J. Dallas. His body was brought from Portland, Maine to Southport, Maine for burial in family cemetery, but how did he die?
Permission granted by Jayne A. Jordan, 20 Frost Hill Ave, Lisbon Falls, Maine 04252 jalisonj@hotmail.com
PRITCHARD
Henry Antipas PRITCHARD (Family Search ID #L2GV-FRW). Three sons, Dennis, Ernest, and Harry PRITCHARD
Falmouth Genealogical Society (FGS) has been asked to return a photo album to the descendants of the PRITCHARD family. Please inform us how you are related.
Contact: wndbglr+FGSPritchard@gmail.com
QUADRINI/QUADRINE/QUATRINI
Speaking to the November 8th Westchester County Genealogical Society about the 4th cousins I met from Westchester County through DNA. Origins in Italy area, Isola Lirior of Arpino.
Permission granted by Janeen Bjork, contact info: info@JaneensList.com, 203-698-4927
RADECKI
An aunt married 1920 Springfield, MA. She was 16 not 20 as claimed. Boston resident. Married again legally a few years later. Where should I look for records of an annulment?
Permission granted y Bruce Earnley, Andover, MA. Contact Info: bearnley04@outlook.com
SPIZZIRRI
Michele (Michael) B. Looking for death information. B. 1854 Calabria, Italy. D. sometime between 1913-1914. Lived in Providence, RI in 1913. Wife, Annie, listed as widow in East Providence, RI in 1914 (city directories).
Permission granted by Debbie Medeiros. Contact info: ziggiez@aol.com
TRAVERSO/TRAVEISO
Maria Guidittae TRAVERSO/TRAVEISO. B. January 1868, Venice, Italy. Immigration year 1888. M. 23 February 1889, Boston, MA to Prospero, Razzeto b. 2 June 1863 in Camogli, Italy. Naturalization 9 June 1894. Died 1949, Medfield State Hospital, Medfield, MA. Father was Giovanni B. TRAVERSO. Mother was Angela Ameri. Brother was Giovanni Traverso
Looking for birth or baptism certificate and/or church address in Venice, Italy.
Permission granted by Mary Anne Conboy. Contact info: macon2727@msn.com
WILKINSON, WOODBURN, AND OTHERS
Looking for people who are researching Rensselaer County, NY for sharing & swapping ideas and support. My focus is the above names in Petersburgh, Berlin & Stephentown. What’s yours?
Permission granted by Catherine “Casey” Zahn. Contact info: cathcasez@gmail.com
Queries from prior conferences
With permission of the original submitters, we have transcribed and uploaded queries submitted at recent conferences: