FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Jaffrey lies in the southeastern part of the county, in lat.
42º 50', and long. 4º 59', bounded, north, 113 rods by
Marlboro and 2,408 rods by
Dublin; east, 730 rods by Peterboro and 988 rods by Sharon; south, 1,898
rods by Rindge and 603 rods by Fitzwilliam;
and west, 349 rods by Fitzwilliam, 806 rods by
Troy, and 501 rods by Marlboro, thus having an
area of about 22,000 acres, 1,000 of which are covered with water, and 3,200
rendered uninhabitable from its mountainous character. It was granted by the
Masonian proprietors, under the name of Middle Monadnock. No. 2, November
30, 1749, to Jonathan Hubbard and thirty-nine others, residents of Hollis,
Lunenburg, and Dunstable. On August 17, 1773, the town was legally
incorporated, receiving on that date a confirmatory charter from New
Hampshire, signed by Gov. John Wentworth.
This history entails tax records, sketches of early industry, churches,
military, and benevolent societies, as well as biographies, genealogies, and
sketches of the early settlers.
