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6 Genealogical Needlework Genealogical needlework samplers, often bearing the title \prized for their form as well as their content. The first third of the 19th century saw a flowering of this style of sampler, well documented in the book Family Record, published by the D.A.R. in conjunction with a definitive exhibition at their Washington, D.C. headquarters in 1989. We rarely are able to offer more than a few of these pieces at any given time and are pleased to offer the following six samplers, all excellent examples of this form. Each sampler is ornamental as well as informative and shows its own particular regional characteristics. As pointed out in Family Record, \examples were made in Massachusetts between 1810 and 1830\represented here by three delightful examples. The grouping also includes an outstanding sampler from Portland, Maine entitled \h family register. Sarah Maria Kingsbury, circa 1824, Boston This lustrous family register sampler documents the family of Jesse and Sarah (Fisk) Kingsbury of Boston; it was worked by their eldest daughter, Sarah Maria Kingsbury, circa 1824. The sampler chronicles their births, marriage, and the births of their children. Jesse Kingsbury appears in the Massachusetts census reports of 1810 through 1840 living in Boston and it would seem that the children were born, raised and educated there. A handwritten note that accompanied this piece indicates that it was worked in 1824 (Sarah would have been 12 years of age), and that she later married Luther Crane and \The deep sawtooth borders and lustrous rose and vine borders were executed in the satin stitch, and all of the information was worked in the cross-stitch. Positively amusing is the fact that every single lower case \the sampler was worked backwards, with the exception of the last one! It is likely that the sampler was framed immediately after it was made, since later family information was not added into the blank areas to the right. The sampler was worked in silk on linen, is in very good condition, and has been conservation mounted into a 19th century gilt frame. Sampler size: 16W' X 16\Price: $3,000. M. Finkel es Daughter. DDDDDDDD