Zane's Trace was one of the first frontier roads in the United States, built under the supervision of Colonel Ebenezer Zane in the late 1700s. This road played a vital role in facilitating westward expansion and migration.

Since 1790, the United States has conducted a Federal Population Census every ten years. Access to census data is restricted for 72 years after collection, so information from recent censuses isn't available beyond 1950. Researchers often start with the 1950 Census and trace back through earlier generations.

The territory now known as Douglas Massachusetts received its name in 1746. Prior to this date, the area had been designated "New Sherburn" or "New Sherburn Grant" since its initial settlement, which occurred as early as 1715, if not considerably earlier. The original settlers came almost entirely from the town of Sherburn Massachusetts, though a small portion likely hailed from Natick. In all their collective transactions, these settlers appear to have invariably acknowledged their allegiance to the town of Sherburn.

The ScotlandsPeople website has added nearly 4,000 new volumes of Church of Scotland records, totaling approximately 290,000 digital images.