Huntington and Wolcott

Whenever I do research on the Frothingham family, Wolcott and Huntington keep appearing, either as marriages or as first and middle names. I decided to research that line today, and found a former Governor of Massachusetts in the family. Roger Wolcott, Governor from 1897-1899, was a descendant of William and Anna Frothingham. He was born in 1847, the son of Joshua Huntington Wolcott and Cornelia Frothingham, (Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William).

Don't forget the Siblings

If you haven't seen the guest book at Frothingham.us, you might want to check it out. Over the last few months I have had quite a few readers post comments. I've spent a lot of time following the leads and it's awakened my need to do some research. Over the last six months I've been preoccupied with remodeling our kitchen and planning this years vacation. When I've had the time, I've done some indexing for FamilySearch.org, but otherwise, I've let the genealogy take a backseat.
Today, the guest book entry asked about Olga Mifflin Frothingham. The question reinforced to me how important it is to follow siblings when doing research. In this case, I only know about Olga from reading her sister Ann's obituary. Ann's obituary linked Olga to the family, and also gave Olga's married name and the year of her death.
Another instance of following the siblings lead me to find the baptismal records of my husbands great grandmother in Canada. I had been at a dead end trying to find Emma Ouellette's parents. I knew that she was born in Canada, but little else. I remembered hearing her daughter Irene mention her Aunt Mary Langlois. By researching Mary, I found her birthplace of L'Islet, Quebec, where I was able to find the church records of her whole family, including Emma.
You may also want to check out the photo galleries at Frothingham.us. Since my last post I've added more pictures, and a few historical documents to the heritage photo album.
That's all for now. I'll try to update again sooner this time.

New Research sites

I've been away from this blog for a while. I discovered Ancestry.ca and spent most of March researching the Patenaude, Gaudette and Guilmain lines. The images are not indexed, and they are in French, so it was quite a challenge. I was able to find an enormous amount of information which I am in the process of adding to my family tree. I expect to post the update in late June or early July. I'm planning a visit to the Massachusetts Archives in the near future, so I'm holding off my update until I get back.

In April, I began spending a great deal of time volunteering for FamilySearch.com. They are in the process of digitizing all of their microfilm, and need help indexing the images to make them searchable. It makes me feel good to be able to give back to the genealogy community a little. If you want to help, sign on to http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp and download the software. It's free and easy. You can do as little or as much as you want. So far I've indexed almost 1200 names from US census records.

Langdon Frothingham

I keep running across Langdon and Frothingham in my research. Either I find a person with Langdon as middle name and Frothingham for surname or some combination of the two. I've been searching the internet for the last few weeks and have finally made some connections. The Langdon name seems to have entered our tree with the marriage of Joanna Langdon to Ebenezer Frothingham (son of Nathaniel Frothingham and Mary Whittemore) in 1779. Does anyone have more information on this family?

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I'm not sure how this will all work, but I hope it can be a way to share some information about our ancestors.

Recently, I've been working on the Channing Frothingham branch. I was confused for a while, because I was assuming there were 2 Channings, but finally realized I was missing a third generation.

I now have Channing Frothingham b. abt 1845 son of Isaac Harding Frothingham, married Elizabeth Gerrish.

Channing Frothingham, Dr b. May 10, 1881 son of Channing Frothingham and Elizabeth Gerrish, married Clara Morgan Rotch

Channing Frothingham, b. Dec 18, 1907 son of Dr. Channing Frothingham and Clara Morgan Rotch.

I would like to find the surname of Isaac Harding Frothingham's wife Elizabeth. Also, his mother's name. I only know he was the son of Nathaniel Frothingham.