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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: "Towns of New England and old England ...." (book)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:45:35 -0400

Hello,

A couple of weeks ago, I borrowed a book from my local Library, which I need
to return this week. I didn't have time to read it, or actually spend
too much time browsing through it, but it looks like a very good "reference
book." (very thick book)

The full title is:

"Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland, and Scotland (Parts 1 and
2 in One Volume)"

(Connecting Links between Cities and Towns of "New England" and Those of the
Same Name in "England, Ireland, and Scotland" - Containing Narratives,
Descriptions, and Many Views, some done from Old Prints" -- (also much
matter pertaining to the Founders and Settlers of New England and to their
Memorials on both sides of the Atlantic.)

by Allan Forbes
Published by Tudor Publishing in NY
Copyright 1920


The Table of Contents of "Part 1" includes the following towns:
Andover, MA, Barnstable, MA, Bath, ME, Belfast, ME, Beverly, MA, Bristol,
ME, RI, and NH, Cambridge, MA, Chatham, MA, Chelmsford, MA, Dartmouth,
New Bedford, and Bedford, MA, Dedham, MA, Dorchester, MA, Dublin, NH,
Falmouth, MA, Gloucester, MA, Groton, MA, Hartford, CT, Harwich, MA,
Hingham, MA, Melrose, MA, Northhampton, MA, Norwich, CT, Plymouth and
Southhampton, MA, Portsmouth and Rye, NH, Sandwich, MA, Wareham, MA,
Woodstock, VT and CT, Worcester, MA, Yarmouth, MA.

The Table of Contents of "Part 2" includes:

Boston, MA, Athol, MA, Attleboro, MA, Biddeford, ME, Braintree, MA,
Bridgewater, MA, Brighton, MA, Coventry, CT, Dover, MA, Exeter, NH,
Framingham, MA, Greenwich, CT, Haverhill, MA, Hull, MA, Ipswich, MA,
Lancaster, MA, Lincoln, MA, Londonderry, NH, Lynn, MA, Malden, MA,
Manchester, NH, Medford, MA, Newbury, MA, Newcastle, NH, New London, CT,
Oxford, MA, Reading, MA, Rowley, MA, Salisbury, MA, Sherborn, MA,
Springfield, MA, Stratford, CT, Sudbury, MA, Taunton, MA, Topsfield,
MA, Waltham, MA, Warwick, MA and RI, Watertown, MA, Weymouth, MA,
Winchester, MA, Windsor, ME, NH, VT, MA, and CT, Woburn, MA, York, ME.

....
I believe my local Library requested this book from another MA Library.
So, perhaps your local libraries can request it, or you can ask for an
"Inter-Library Loan." (Intra-Library?)


Betty (near Lowell, MA)


FYI: George KIDDER in FL continues to look for "James KIDDER descendants"
so that he can continue to update the 1941 "KIDDER book." He is
especially interested in the KIDDER's in New England from 1890 to 1940.

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