Change log

August 2026

  • New & Revised Ancestor Pages
    • Emerson Sackett (1848–1912), of Westfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut, son of Roland P Sackett and Mary Ann Curtiss. Includes obituary.
    • Richard Arthur Sackett (1855–1929), of Westfield, Massachusetts, son of Roland P Sackett and Mary Ann Curtiss. Includes obituary.

July 2026

  • New & Revised Ancestor Pages
    • Almon S Sackett (1828–1896), Civil War soldier, of Ohio, son of Samuel Bancroft Sackett and Vesta ___. Almon was perhaps the tallest recorded Sackett.
    • Homer Edgar Sackett (1835–1924), of Ohio, son of King Sackett and Mary Holcomb. Includes obituary.
    • Capt Clifford Jason Sackett (1842–1907), Civil War veteran, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, son of Lorenzo Sackett and Elizabeth Stone. Includes obituary.
    • Fitz Mortimer Sackett (1849–1924),, of New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and South Dakota, son of Charles Sackett and Hannah Griggs. Includes obituary.
    • Lorenzo D Sackett (1851–1913), of New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, son of Lorenzo Sackett and Elizabeth Stone. Includes obituary.
    • Clarence J Sackett (1857–1903), of Michigan and California, son of Justus Sacket and Melancy Phelps. Includes obituary.

      • The following two sketches resolve the confusion between two Charles S Sacketts, both brass workers of Connecticut, and of similar age.

    • Charles S Sackett (1856–1936), a brass molder, of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, son of Lucius Sackett and Emily Sherman. Includes obituary.
    • Charles Samuel Sackett (1857–1945), a brass finisher, of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, and Bridgeport, Connecticut, son of Smith Chapel Sackett and Jemima Heath.
    • Ethel May Sackett (1884–1933), of Connecticut, daughter of Charles Samuel Sackett and Mary Clough. Includes obituary.
    • Elizabeth "Bessie" M Sackett (1894–1944), of Connecticut, daughter of Charles S Sackett and Ida Tomlinson. New record. Includes obituary.
    • Rev Gene Herbert Sackett (1927–2003), Methodist pastor of Pennsylvania and Ohio, son of Herbert A Sackett and Nora Sheldon. Includes obituaries of Gene and wife Shirley.
  • Added to Sackett snippets
    • Tallest Sackett. Almon S Sackett (1828–1896), a Civil War soldier, was perhaps the tallest recorded Sackett, variously said to have stood 6 feet 4½ inches or 6 feet 5½ inches.

June 2026

May 2026

  • Member obituary
  • New & Revised Ancestor Pages
    • Samuel W Sackett (1820–1880), of Schuyler County, New York, son of Philo Sackett and Grace Perkins. Includes obituary.
    • Erwin Gilbert Sackett (1829–1919), jeweller and later dentist, of Wabash, Indiana, son of Ebenezer Buel Sackett and Emily Taylor.
    • Edson P Sackett (1832–1905), soldier and carpenter, of Watertown, New York, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, son of Erwin Sackett and Lucinda Bacon. Includes obituary.
    • Theophilus Bush Sacket (1835–1910), of New York and Montana, son of Captain Gideon Shepard Sacket and Frances Bush. Includes obituary.
    • Frank Edward Sackett (1872–1957), of Michigan and Nebraska, son of James K Sackett and Elizabeth Robinson. Includes newspaper report on avoidance of prohibition laws.
    • Leroy Halliwell Sackett (1883–1945), of Connecticut, Kentucky, and California, son of Joseph Sheppard Sackett and Ida Hill.

April 2026

March 2026

February 2026

January 2026

  • New Members
  • New & Revised Ancestor Pages
    • Captain Richard H Sackett (1797–1876), of Tioga County, New York, son of Nathaniel Sackett and Sarah Warren.
    • Rachel Elisabeth Sackett (1811–1885), and Thomas Mead Sackett (1824–1888), both of Greenwich, Connecticut, children of John Sackett and Mary Mead.
    • Martha Fowler Sackett (1816–1898), of Connecticut, daughter of Justus Sackett Jr and Clarissa Belcher. Includes will.
    • Maria Holly Sackett (1817–1890), of Bedford, New York, daughter of Dr William Henry Sackett and Rebecca Holly.
    • Oscar S Sackett (1832–1889), of Greenwich, Connecticut, and New York City, son of John Sackett and Cornelia Olmstead. Includes newspaper reports and obituary.
    • Oscar J Sackett (1846–1882), of Hartford, Connecticut, son of Edward Sackett and Mary Janes. Includes newspaper reports of criminal court cases and of suicide.
    • Frederick Elsworth Sackett (1865–1944), of Springfield, Massachusetts, son of Elijah Sackett and Olive Dunham. Includes obituary.
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