Local-Origins Project
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In February 2014 Protoball launched a new activity on the local origins of base ball. About a dozen local research groups, listed below, are working to fill in data in the "Pre-Pro" data base at [[1]] reflecting the first clubs and first game in their state or region. Welcome to the Local Origins Project. We are involved in collaborative collecting Pre-pro Baseball Clubs and Games in local areas. We invite you to join in by researching a local town, county, or state that is of interest to you.
How to Join
Contact Larry McCray . He will welcome you on the project and help you get started. Here is a list of Local-Origins Resources
Search Guides for new researchers
Study Groups
Arkbaseball.com Website (tentative participant)
- Main Contact: Caleb Hardwick
- Continuity Editor: Caleb Hardwick
- Regional Focus: Arkansas
Boston Chapter of SABR
- Main Contact: Joanne Hulbert, Dixie Tourangeau, Larry McCray
- Continuity Editor: Larry McCray, Brian Sheehy
- Special Interest: The Massachusetts Game, The conversion to the New York Game
Bronx Project
- Continuity Editor: Gregory Christiano
- Regional Focus: The Bronx, New York
Essex Base Ball Club
- Main Contact: Brian Sheehy
- Continuity Editor: Brian Sheehy
- Regional Focus: Down East USA: ME, NH,and Northeast MA
Halsey Hall SABR Chapter (Minnesota)
- Main Contact: Rich Arpi
- Regional Focus: Minnesota and the Dakotas
- Special Interest: MN Base Ball Through the 19th Century
Illinois Project
- Main Contact: Bruce Allardice
- Continuity Editor: Bruce Allardice
- Regional Focus: Illinois
Maryland Project
- Main Contact: Marty Payne
- Continuity Editor: Marty Payne
- Regional Focus: Maryland (emphasis on the Eastern Shore)
Missouri Project
- Main Contact: Jeffrey Kittel
- Continuity Editor: Jeffrey Kittel
- Regional Focus: Missouri and the Trans-Appalachian West
New Jersey Project
Pacific Northwest Chapter of SABR
- Main Contact: Mark Brunke
- Continuity Editor: Mark Brunke
- Regional Focus: Pacific NW
Rochester Baseball Historical Society
- Main Contact: Priscilla Astifan
- Continuity Editor: Priscilla Astifan
- Regional Focus: Greater Rochester, NY
SABR Chapter of Rhode Island (tentative participant)
- Main Contact: Rick Harris
- Continuity Editor: Rick Harris
- Regional Focus: Rhode Island
SABR Field of Dreams Chapter (tentative participant)
- Main Contact: Tim Rask
- Continuity Editor: Jophn Liepa
- Regional Focus: Iowa
Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball
- Main Contact: Chris Ryland
- Continuity Editor: Chris Ryland
- Regional Focus: Tennessee