BOOKS:
Hatch Genealogy: The Descendents of Thomas and Grace Hatch of Dorchester, Yarmouth and Barnstable by the original Hatch Family Organization with Ruth Hatch-Hale as the genealogist. This research is now available on this site in two formats:
- Genealogical database of the Ruth Hatch Hale Book on the Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch Web site - Salmon Creek Publishing. Searchable lists of the names included. Contact Laura for information on how to submit your family information to the database.
- Entire text of the books (7 volumes) entered by hand by Moylen Hatch, available in PDF format by request; use the Contact Us e-mail link (above) to the President of the HFA.
Thomas Hatch & His Descendants; Chronicles of a New England Family; A Genealogical Compilation, Compiled by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch, Williamson, NY, 2002. A 300+ page, hardbound volume. The book is a genealogical compilation of descendants of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, Massachusetts, who arrived in the Colonies in the 1630s. Allied families who are also documented in the book include Rowley, Eddy, Hubbell, Newcomb, Burrell, Austin, Meigs, Gouge, Palmer, etc. Over 2,000 Hatch Family members can be found in the volume, along with approximately 120 photographs that were donated or loaned to the project. A color map of New England, circa 1780, serves as the end papers for the book. Each family member is numbered, and the book is completely index. http://www.laurahatch.com/genealogies.htm
NEWSLETTERS:
Thanks to Ira Dale Hatch, the son of Dale Hatch who was president of the Hatch Family Organization which published the following newsletters, we now have all 15 of the known issues that were published (these files are a bit large, will take some time if you are on a dial-up connection):
Hatch Family News, June 1965, Issue Number 1 Hatch Family News, December 1967, Issue Number 9 Hatch Family News, 1965 - 1966, Issue Number 2 Hatch Family News, May 1968, Issue Number 10 Hatch Family News, 1965 - 1966, Issue Number 3 Hatch Family News, August 1968, Issue Number 11 Hatch Family News, March 1966, Issue Number 4 Hatch Family News, March 1969, Issue Number 12 Hatch Family News, June 1966, Issue Number 5 Hatch Family News, August 1969, Issue Number 13 Hatch Family News, September 1966, Issue Number 6 Hatch Family News, May 1970, Issue Number 14 Hatch Family News, March 1967, Issue Number 7 Hatch Family News, May 1971, Issue Number 15 Hatch Family News, July 1967, Issue Number 8
WEB SITE LINKS:
Willing Hands, A Biography of Lorenzo Hill Hatch 1826-1910 by Jo Ann F. Hatch (Descendant of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable)
The Descendants of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, Massachusetts - These are the known descendants of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The starting data was taken from Genealogy & History of the Hatch Family, Descendants of Thomas & Grace Hatch of Dorchester, Yarmouth, & Barnstable, Massachusetts, compiled by the Hatch Genealogical Society, Ruth Hatch-Hale, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1925. Over the course of five years of research, the database has been enlarged from approximately 14,000 names to over 37,000 names. Corrections and additions are always welcome, as well as specific proof for each family.
Hatch DNA Project and Forum information, from Craig Trout. An exciting new technique to help direct Hatch descendents determine or confirm their lineage. Find out at least one DNA testing option at FamilyTreeDNA: http://www.familytreedna.com
RESEARCH CHALLENGES:
Have you reached a research roadblock? Mail your research queries to the Hatch Family Association, and we'll post them to the Web site. You never know who may be holding the missing piece to your research puzzle.
RESEARCH HELP:
Thomas Hatch of Barnstable: For look-ups in the Ruth Hatch-Hale book, e-mail Carl Akins
Hatch, Kerr, Bailey, and Geddes lines & Associated Families: I am willing to do some look up where possible. I am working with approximately 120,000 names and am willing to give anyone any of the information I have. I know there are some errors in these files, but for now I have been content to let those errors remain until I find someone who has better data they are willing to share. Some of those errors are as simple as missing a generation, or having someone tie a child to its brother instead of father. These kinds of errors will not void most of the work I am doing, so I do not panic over the error itself. - Thomas Kerr
HOW WE CAN HELP YOU & YOU CAN HELP OTHERS:
- Share your labeled family photos of ancestors, gravestones, homes built by the family.
- Check out the Research Challenges to see if you have already been there/done that, or get better ideas on what you can research.
- Use materials on this site to help build your own personal family history.
- Share Gedcoms of your research.
- Volunteer to do Hatch Family Research "Look-ups.”
- Join the HATCH FAMILY ASSOCIATION to further our research by professional genealogists we can hire.
- Donate funds to enhance our research capabilities.
- We working to collect information on the different Hatch lines in order to 1) update the Hatch History book by Ruth Hatch Hale for Thomas of Barnstable, and 2) create similar books for the other Hatch lines. If you are willing to help by providing your information and/or to help us collect the data, please let us know (click on Contact Us above).
