Welcome to the website of the National Association of Leavitt Families
"If your name is Leavitt or one of your ancestors was named Leavitt, you are very probably a descendant of John Leavitt of Hingham or Thomas Leavitt of Hampton"
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE PHOTO? Let us know. This was from the 1935 NALF Reunion in Hingham Centre, Massachusetts.
“There are three types of people in this world:
The Leavitts, people who marry Leavitts, and people who wish they were Leavitts.”
So says Richard Franklin Leavitt of Maine (1939-2018, Israel Leavitt line.)
The Leavitts, people who marry Leavitts, and people who wish they were Leavitts.”
So says Richard Franklin Leavitt of Maine (1939-2018, Israel Leavitt line.)
The National Association of Leavitt Families, Inc. is an organization formed in 1934 with the objective of promoting acquaintance and good fellowship among the living descendants of immigrant John Leavitt, who settled in the section of the New England Colonies now known as Hingham, MA in 1636; and immigrant Thomas Leavitt, who settled in the section now known as Hampton, NH in 1639; and to establish such memorials to their name and memory as may be most appropriate. Please JOIN US for the newsletters and extra web offerings.
Please use our Drop-Down menus above for additional pages on membership, Members-only page, publications, store, DNA research, and in progress, past reunions and Leavitt gravestones.
LEAVITT LEAVES NEWSLETTER - Click Members link above, and the Members Only Page with password.
Please use our Drop-Down menus above for additional pages on membership, Members-only page, publications, store, DNA research, and in progress, past reunions and Leavitt gravestones.
LEAVITT LEAVES NEWSLETTER - Click Members link above, and the Members Only Page with password.
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SCHOLARSHIP 2023
From Nancy, as posted on Facebook on 4/10: May 1st is fast approaching. As you may remember that is the deadline for the application for the NALF scholarship to be mailed each year. I have encouraged all young people as well as their senior relatives to begin gathering their papers and documents early in the school year in preparation for the May 1st deadline for several years now. The rules have not changed. The deadline is still May 1st for the postmark on your envelope for the application. You will find an application form on the website as well as in the last Leavitt Leaves newsletter. The rules and regulations are also printed in the last Leavitt Leaves newsletter as well as on the website. My name and address has not changed and can also be found in the same two places. I am looking forward to receiving several applications this year and I'm encouraging you to get them in the mail so that they beat the deadline. There's only about 3 weeks left. So, if you are considering applying for the scholarship I encourage you to gather your papers and documents required and get them sent off to me soon. Please make sure your letters of reference are signed by the authors. I wish all our Leavitt students the very best whether they are planning to further their education after high school or not. Please remember as I said before "you can't hit a homerun if you don't swing the bat"! SEE: the SCHOLARSHIP page for instructions and application |
REUNION 2023
Being the 400th Anniversary of Capt. Christopher Levett exploring the Maine coast, our 2023 Reunion will be focused on his travels.
Our 2023 reunion will be held in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on August 12th. Please see REUNION page for updates:
Above are the father and son proprietors of "A. C. Leavitt & Son" of Laconia, N.H. Who were they? Read more about them in our Leavitt Photo Archive blog: HERE
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THIS WEBSITE IS REGULARLY BEING EXPANDED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.
Recent updates to website:
Fall 2016: LEAVITT LEAVES GOES DIGITAL PAPERLESS, or VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL
Paypal & PDF color-Newsletter option - SAMPLE NEWSLETTER ON MEMBERSHIP PAGE
Feb 19, 2017 - STORE page activated - see under Members - "while they last". 2022 update
May - Leavitt DNA page created to answer your questions.
August 2017 - We upgraded our site to a paid plan and our pages identify by our secure domain instead of weebly. We are now https://www.NALFinc.org with the www. or simply NALFinc.org which opens as secure. Member-password research page added.
Note also our BLOG POSTS with some very interesting research.
2019 - Adding more Leavitt cemetery stones, including Hingham MA, and many towns in Maine.
More Leavitt Bible records are added in the Members Section 2.
Nov 23 - Hingham Centre Cemetery and Hingham Cemetery now have all the Leavitt gravestone photos posted that we have. Click on Mass cemeteries, and Plymouth county.
MAY 2021 We also found more PDF issues back to 2010, now posted on our newsletter members page.
FEBRUARY 2022 - Our Cousins Chart has been updated. Our NEW Membership application is updated to include a discount of $25 for two years.
October 2022 - Genealogist's Page is updated quarterly with progress reports of how many people have been computerized in each branch. - We are now over 80,000 people recorded! The Thomas Leavitt branch is now over 16,000 people.
NOVEMBER 2022 LEAVITT LEAVES - posted Dec. 18th
MARCH 2023 - Newsletter keeps getting postponed because we've been unable to find an available Reunion location to announce yet. (We also need volunteers for a regular Reunion Committee.)
SCHOLARSHIPS - We would like to find Leavitt high school seniors to apply for our TWO $1000 scholarships. See our Scholarship webpage for details and application. DEADLINE MAY 1.
We are now over 82,000 people recorded in our Genealogies! The Thomas Leavitt branch is now over 16,000 people, and Moses over 18,000. And the Israel & Nehemiah branches are nearly 16,000.
Recent updates to website:
Fall 2016: LEAVITT LEAVES GOES DIGITAL PAPERLESS, or VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL
Paypal & PDF color-Newsletter option - SAMPLE NEWSLETTER ON MEMBERSHIP PAGE
Feb 19, 2017 - STORE page activated - see under Members - "while they last". 2022 update
May - Leavitt DNA page created to answer your questions.
August 2017 - We upgraded our site to a paid plan and our pages identify by our secure domain instead of weebly. We are now https://www.NALFinc.org with the www. or simply NALFinc.org which opens as secure. Member-password research page added.
Note also our BLOG POSTS with some very interesting research.
2019 - Adding more Leavitt cemetery stones, including Hingham MA, and many towns in Maine.
More Leavitt Bible records are added in the Members Section 2.
Nov 23 - Hingham Centre Cemetery and Hingham Cemetery now have all the Leavitt gravestone photos posted that we have. Click on Mass cemeteries, and Plymouth county.
MAY 2021 We also found more PDF issues back to 2010, now posted on our newsletter members page.
FEBRUARY 2022 - Our Cousins Chart has been updated. Our NEW Membership application is updated to include a discount of $25 for two years.
October 2022 - Genealogist's Page is updated quarterly with progress reports of how many people have been computerized in each branch. - We are now over 80,000 people recorded! The Thomas Leavitt branch is now over 16,000 people.
NOVEMBER 2022 LEAVITT LEAVES - posted Dec. 18th
MARCH 2023 - Newsletter keeps getting postponed because we've been unable to find an available Reunion location to announce yet. (We also need volunteers for a regular Reunion Committee.)
SCHOLARSHIPS - We would like to find Leavitt high school seniors to apply for our TWO $1000 scholarships. See our Scholarship webpage for details and application. DEADLINE MAY 1.
We are now over 82,000 people recorded in our Genealogies! The Thomas Leavitt branch is now over 16,000 people, and Moses over 18,000. And the Israel & Nehemiah branches are nearly 16,000.