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FAMILY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annotated Bibliography for members of the Aldrich and allied Families published by the National Aldrich Association. Please send additions, corrections and requests for information to John D. Aldrich. 42 Willow Ln., Portsmouth RI 02871, or e-mail [email protected]

This bibliography is divided in three parts. Part One includes material directly related to our families. That is, information about our families makes up the main subject matter in each document. Part One also includes material indirectly related to our families. That is, information about a topic other than our families makes up the main subject matter in each document but references to a family can be found somewhere in the material. For example, a church history that describes the service of an Aldrich minister along with other ministers would be listed here. Part Two includes other material that may be of interest to us. Included here would be work by family members who have written about topics not related to our family history, novels, poetry, politics for example. Also, narratives describing the times and places in which our families flourished would be listed here. Part Three includes information about the location of collections of materials and miscellaneous information not included elsewhere. 

Part One

Books, Pamphlets

Alden, Ebenezer, HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH (Massachusetts). (no date)

Aldrich, Alvin James. THE GEORGE ALDRICH GENEALOGY: (subtitle) An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines the posterity of George Aldrich who came from Derbyshire, County Derby, England, in the year 1631, to Dorchester, colony of Massachusetts. Printed for the subscribers, volume one (1971), volume two (1971), volume three (1977), volume four (1979), volume five (1982), volume six (1988). Printed by The Service Press and Litho Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Table of Contents of The George Aldrich Genealogy, 1605-1977 CLICK HERE

Aldrich, Arnold Deane. DESCANTS OF MOSES ALDRICH AND ARNOLD ALDRICH of Inverness Township, Quebec, Canada. D. Armstrong Co.,Inc. Houston. TX. 1985

Aldrich, Elisha M. JOURNAL OF ELISHA M. ALDRICH. A copy is available at the Rhode Island Historical Society building.

Aldrich, Harl Preslar. A BRANCH OF THE ALDRICH FAMILY IN AMERICA. The Penobscott Press. (1996)

Aldrich, Ralph and Aldrich Pearl. "Aldrich Family Genealogy". (AFG)

• This genealogy is a 3000+ page unpublished manuscript compiled and typed by Ralph E. and Pearl L. (Marquis) Aldrich: It is not indexed nor are sources cited. It was started by Ralph in 1959 and, with the help and support of Pearl, continued until his death.
• The purpose was to gather only correct information as near as humanly possible on those with the surname Aldrich. It is organized into eleven sections, seven containing genealogical information and the other four other information about the name Aldrich. The sections containing genealogical information are one for George and his daughters, one for each of his four sons, one for probable descendants of George, and one for those probably not descended from George.
• Each of the sections is arranged alphabetically by given name, i.e., any descendant of son, Joseph, with a given name starting with the letter M or a wife with the given name starting with the letter M are in section B M; if the ancester was Jacob, the section is E M. These individual sections are arranged by generation from George; he being #1 (one), Joseph #2, etc. Wives are listed with their husbands and individually; husbands are only listed with the female Aldrich.
• The Historian of The National Aldrich Society has one copy. Other copies have been given to the NEGHS in Boston, MA and to the RI Historical Society in Providence, RI.

Aldrich, Marcus M., THE THAYER-ALDRICH TRIBE. This is a paper read before the Mendon Historical Society, October 8, 1908. A copy is available in the Mendon Historical Society Museum.

Aldrich, Otto Edward, 1906- . ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF MARK A. ALDRICH (1802-1873) : with data on Bott, Chittenden, Dodemead, Gay, Wilkinson and several other related families. Publisher....... Carthage, Ill., 1969. This book can be found at the New England Historical Genealogical Society in Boston, MA

Aldrich, Thomas F. , THE ALDRICH HERITAGE. Printed for Thomas Aldrich. (1983)

Banks, Charles Edward., THE HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD,TESBURY (Massachusetts). See Volume 4, (1925).

Benedict, William A. and Tracy, Hiram A., HISTORY OF THR TOWN OF SUTTON (Massachusetts). (1878)

Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. SHIRLY UPLANDS AND INTEREVALES Shirley (Massachusetts). (1914)

Bowen, Richard LeBaron. EARLY REHOBOTH (Massachusetts). See Volume II (1946).

Cane, Ena M. Whatley, A NEW ENGLAND PORTRAIT. 1972)

Chandler, Seth. hISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SHIRLEY (Massachusetts). (1883)

Clark, George Faber. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTON (Massachusetts). (1859)

Clarke, George Kuhn. HISTORY OF NEEDHAM (Massachusetts). (circa. 1911)

Coffin, Joshua. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF NEWBURY, NEWBURY, NEWBURYPORT AND WEST NEWBURY (Massachusetts). (1980)

Coolidge, Lillie Pierce. HISTORY OF PRESCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS. Compiled by L.P.Coolidge.

Crane, Ellery Bicknell, editor. GENEALGICAL AND PERSONEL MEMOIRS OF WORCHESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, With A History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Crane is Librarian of the Worcester Society of Antiquity and Editor of its Proceedings.

Daniels, George E. , HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF OXFORD (Massachusetts). (1892)

DeLue, Willard. THE STORY OF WALPOLE (Massachusetts). (1925)

HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF CHESTERFIELD (Massachusetts). (no date)

HISTORY OF RICHMOND, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Boston, Massachusetts (1884)

HISTORY OF SWANZEY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 1734-1890.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HINGHAM (Massachusetts). Volume II (1893)

Hudson, Charles. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON (Massachusetts). Volume II (1913)

Kellogg, Lucy Cutler. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BERNARDSTON, (Massachusetts). (1902)

Kendrick, Fannie Shaw. THE HISTORY OF BUCKLAND (Massachusetts). (1937)

Marvin, A. P. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WINCHENDON(Massachusetts). (1868)

Mitchell, Nahum. HISTORY OF THE EARLY DETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER (Massachusetts). (1840)

McKeen, Silas. HISTORY OF BRADFORD VERMONT. (1875) See page 313.

Noon, Alfred. LUDLOW: A CENTURY AND A CENTRNIAL OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW (Massachusetts). (1912)

Noon, Alfred. A HISTORY OF LUDLOW (Massachusetts). (1912)

Nourse, Henry S. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HARVARD (Massachusetts). (1894)

Paige, Lucius R. A HISTORY OF HARDWICK WITH GENEALOGICAL REGISTER (Massachusetts). (1883)

Pattee, William S. A HISTORY OF OLD BRAINTREE AND QUINCY (Massachusetts). (1878)

Pierce, Fredrick Clifton. HISTORY OF GRAFTON (Massachusetts). (1879)

Sheldon, George. A HISTORY OF DEERFIELD (Massachusetts). Volume VII. (1896)

Shurtlett, Benjamin. THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF REVERE (Massachusetts). (1937)

Smith, John Montague. HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF SUNDERLAND AND MONTAGUE AND LEVERETT (Massachusetts). (1899)

Temple, J. H. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PALMER (Massachusetts). (1889)

Temple, J. H. HISTORY OF FRAMINGHAM (Massachusetts). (1887)

Temple, J. H. and Sheldon, George. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTHFIELD (Massachusetts). (1875)

The works cited in this guide were all found in the library of the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire.  There are ALDRICH/ALDRIDGE references in the following town histories:

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BERNARDSTON by Lucy Cutler Kellogg, 1902.
A HISTORY OF OLD BRAINTREE AND QUINCY by William S. Pattee, 1878.
HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF BRIDGEWATER by Nahum Mitchell, 1840.
THE HISTORY OF BUCKLAND by Fannie Shaw Kendrick, 1937.
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF CHESTERFIELD by Town
    of Chesterfield, no date.
A HISTORY OF DEERFIELD, VOLUME VII by George Sheldon, 1896.
HISTORY OF FRAMINGHAM by J. H. Temple, 1887.
HISTORY OF GRAFTON by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1879.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HARVARD by Henry S. Nourse, 1894.
A HISTORY OF HARDWICK WITH GENEALOGICAL REGISTER by
    Lucius R. Paige, 1883.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HINGHAM, VOLUME II by Town of Hingham, 1893.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, VOLUME II by Charles Hudson, 1913.
LUDLOW A CENTURY AND A CENTENNIAL OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW by
    Alfred  Noon, 1912.
THE HISTORY OF LUDLOW by Alfred Noon, 1912.
HISTORY OR NEEDHAM by George Kuhn Clarke, 1911?
A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF NEWBURY, NEWBURYPORT, AND WEST
    NEWBURY  by Joshua Coffin, 1980.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTHFIELD by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, 1875.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTON by George Faber Clark, 1859.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF OXFORD by George E. Daniels, 1892.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PALMER by J. H. Temple, 1889.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH
    by Dr. Ebenezer Alden, no date.
EARLY REHOBOTH, VOLUME II by Richard LeBaron Bowen, 1946.
THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF REVERE by Benjamin Shurtlett, 1937.
SHIRLEY UPLANDS AND INTERVALES by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, 1914.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SHIRLEY by Seth Chandler, 1883.
HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF SUNDERLAND AND MONTAGUE AND LEVERETT
    by  John Montague Smith, 1899.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON by Rev. William A. Benedict and Rev. Hiram
    A.  Tracy, 1878.
THE HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, TISBURY, VOLUME 4 by
    Charles Edward  Banks, 1925.
THE STORY OF WALPOLE by Willard De Lue, 1925.
WHATLEY A NEW ENGLAND PORTRAIT by Ena M. Cane, 1972.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WINCHENDON by Rev. A. P. Marvin, 1868

Articles Note: More information about published articles and their sources can be found in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). This index is available in many libraries.

"A. G. and Flora Aldrich, Minnesota" COLONIAL HALL CRIER. Vol. 13, No. 1,2 (1988)

"Aden Aldrich 1902 SUICIDE AND iNQUEST, Oregon" Douglas County Pioneer. Vol. 5, No. 2, (March 1990)

"Alanson Aldrich Bible" Genealogical Society Of Old Tryon County Bulletin. Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1974)

"Aldrich Bible, Massachusetts" BERKSHIRE GENEALOGIST. Vol. 13, No. 4 (Fall 1992)

"Aldrich Bible, Orange, Vermont" Detroit Society For Genealogical Research Magazine. Vol. 12, No. 2 (November 1948)

"Aldrich Centennial Farm, Walla Walla County, Washington" BLUE MOUNTAIN HERITAGE. Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1989)

ALDRICH FAMILY NEWSLETTERS. Published by Margaret Fenton Gardner between the years 1982 and 1989.

"Aldrich Family Note, Illinois" STALKER. Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall 1994)

"Aldrich Family, RHODE ISLAND AND STEUBEN COUNTY, New York" GEMINI. Vol. 15, No. 2 (November 1985)

"Aldrich Wills and Notes, England" GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. Vol. 4, No. 2 (July 1903)

"Aldrich-Gaines Family, Vermont and New York" BRANCHES AND TWIGS. Vol. 8, No. 3 (Summer 1979)

"Alrich-Gandy-Springer Data, New Jersey" SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE. Vol. 13, No. 4 (October 1984)

"Aldrich-Large Marriage License, Jefferson County, Illinois" THE PRESERVER. Vol. 1, No. 3 (May 1994)

"Aldrich-Toliver Marriage 1887 Ashland, Wisconsin" WISCONSIN STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. Vol. 27, No. 2 (September 1980)

"Aldrich-Waterman Family Records 1774-1814" RHODE ISLAND ROOTS . Vol. 20, No. 3 (September 1994)

"Amasa Aldrich Bible, 1786-1899 New York" CONNECTICUIT NUTMEGGER. Vol. 6, No. 4 (March 1974)

"Amasa Aldrich Bible, Henrietta, New York" CONNECTICUIT NUTMEGGER. Vol. 13, No. 2 (September 1980)

"Amos Aldrich Bible, 1786-1899" CONNECTICUIT NUTMEGGER. Vol. 12, No. 2 (September (1979)

"Bess Streeter Aldrich, New England Author" TRAIL TALES. No. 15, (September 1973)

"Calvin Aldrich, Corner, 1818, New York" MUSEUM OF THE FUR TRADE QUARTERLY. Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 1996)

"Charles Aldrich and Autograph Collection" TRAIL TALES. No. 61 (December 1990)

"Charles Aldrich, 1828-1908, New York" ONGQ. Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 1909)

"Cyrus Aldrich, Death 1871, Minnesota" NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Vol. 27, No. 1 (January 1873)

"Edmund Tilson Cantine Aldrich, Diary, New York, Ohio" LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY . Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 1974)

"Edmund Tilson Cantine Aldrich, Obituary, Ohio" LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 1974)

"Ethel Aldrich Batich, Died 1981, California" COVERED WAGON. (1982)

"Etta (Ella) Aldrich-Ahlrichs Jenkins, Illinois" CHAMPAIGN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. Vol. 14, No. 1 (Summer 1992)

"Fay Griffin Aldrich, Humboldt County, California" HUMBOLT HISTORIAN. Vol. 30, No. 6 (November 1982)

"George Aldrich and Cheam School, England" GENEALOGISTS' MAGAZINE. Vol. 5, No. 5 (March 1930)

"Hannah Aldrich Letters, 1856-1864, Wisconsin" WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY. Vol. 74, No. 3 (Spring 1991)

"Hannah Aldrich Letters, 1856-1864, Wisconsin" WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY. Vol. 74, No. 4 (Summer 1991)

"Hannah Thompson Aldrich Family Letters, Wisconsin" WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY. Vol. 75, No. 1 (Autumn 1991)

"Henry A. Aldrich, Henry County, Illinois, Died 1910" ILLINOIS HISTORICAL JOURNAL. Vol. 2, No. 4 (January 1910)

"Holsapple-Aldrich Bible, 1828-1935, Indiana, Illinois" CUMBERLAND AND COLES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 1973)

"James Aldrich, Aiken County, South Carolina" SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 1910)

"Lapham-Totten-Aldrich Bible, 1755-1853" CAR-DEL SCRIBE. Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 1978)

"Lauren Winfield Aldrich, Personal Reminiscences" JOURNAL OF THE WEST. Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 1994)

"Leonard Aldrich-Hannah Harris Family, Minnesota" SOCIETY HAPPENINGS. Vol. 17, No. 4 (November 1996)

"Louis Aldrich Windecker, Lake County, Ohio" LAKE COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Vol. 16, No. 4 (November 1974)

"Naaman and Mercy Arnold Aldrich, Revolutionary War, Rhode Island" RHODE ISLAND ROOTS. Vol. 15, No. 3 (September 1989)

"Nathan Aldrich Bible, 1762-1901, Michigan" DETROIT SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH MAGAZINE. Vol. 54, No. 1 (Fall 1990)

"Nathan and Chloe Aldrich Bible" NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Vol. 51, No. 2 (April 1897)

"Nelson Aldrich, 1841-1915, Politician, Rhode Island" OLD RHODE ISLAND. Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 1992)

"Nelson Aldrich, 1841-1915, Politician, Rhode Island" OLD RHODE ISLAND. Vol. 2, No. 9 (October 1992)

"Nelson Aldrich, Politician, Rhode Island" OLD RHODE ISLAND. Vol. 2, No. 10 (November 1992)

"Nelson Aldrich, Politician, Rhode Island" OLD RHODE ISLAND. Vol. 2, No. 11 (December 1992)

"Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator, Providence County, Rhode Island" RHODE ISLAND ROOTS. Vol. 5, No. 3 (Fall 1979)

"Owen Aldrich, 1859, Milwaukee Diary" MILWAUKEE HISTORY. Vol. 3, No. 3 (Autumn 1980)

"Peleg Emory Aldrich Obituary, 1895, Massachusetts" NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Vol. 49, No. 3 (July 1895)

"Robert H. Aldrich, 1890-1919, Obituary, Iowa" NEWS N' NOTES. Vol. 10, No. 4 (July 1994)

"Scott Smith-Adah Aldrich Family, 1828-1920" RHODE ISLAND ROOTS. Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 1993)

"Silas Aldrich, Orange County, New York" ORANGE COUNTY GEENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Vol. 4, No. 1 (May 1974)

"Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bangor, Maine" MAINE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. Vol. 7, No. 1-3 (July 1891)

"Truman Aldrich-Anna Morrison Family, Alabama" PIONEER TRAILS. Vol. 36 No. 3 (July 1994)

"William F. Aldrich, Alabama" PIONEER TRAILS. Vol. 36, No. 3 (July 1994)

"Zacharias Hallock-Mary Aldrich Bible" REGISTER. Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 1993)

Part Two

Aldrich, Roger W. THE IRON INDUSTRY IN FRANCONIA AND SUGAR HILL 1805-1860. Copyright by Roger Aldrich, Hildex Farm, 672 State Highway, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire 03585-4227.

OLD LANDMARKS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. Copyright by the Franconia Area Heritage Council, 1995, Franconia, New Hampshire.

Staples, Carlton. EARLY MENDON & KING PHILIP'S WAR. (1888). This unpublished manuscript was written and read by Rev. Staples before the Mendon Historical Society, Mendon, Massachusetts three years before he died in 1901. The original manuscript and copies are in the Mendon Historical Museum.

Part Three

Aldrich. The National Aldrich Association makes information available to computer users. The association can by reached by computer at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~aldrichnaa/

The National Aldrich Association maintains a mail list for expressed purpose of helping folks find their Aldrich ancestry. Members of this list of over 200 members will help you find your lost Aldrich ancestors. Join this list now!     Subscribe to the New Aldrich Association Mail list ! Click Here!

Longver, Phyllis O. and Oesterlin, Pauline J. A SURNAME GUIDE TO MASSACHUSETTS TOWN HISTORIES. Heritage Books, (1993). http://www.hemingway.net/surname. tm

Periodical Source Index. Information about published articles and their sources can be found in this index (PERSI) located in many libraries. PERSI is a comprehensive subject index to genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since approximately 1800. Last year, the Allen County Public Library added more than 100,000 citations, bringing the total number of fully searchable records to more than 1.7 million. The index covers almost 6,000 different periodicals, listing every article according to locality, family (surname), and/or research method.

Samuelson, W. David. Samuelson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, has created a computer data base of over 7000 persons who descend from George Aldrich, including many wills and death records. Much of this is available by computer over the internet. To connect to his site click HERE!

Social Security Death Index Social Security Death Index. It is available at Family History Centers located in churches of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons), or can be found on the internet at: http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi.htm.

VITAL RECORDS OF MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS, for the year 1850. Published in Boston, Massachusetts, 1920.

VITAL RECORDS OF NORTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS. To the end of the year 1850. (1901