Susan, Many members of this list (and the Middletown list) have resource material available other than the CD you are asking about. Tell us about the families whom you are looking for. We need more than a surname. I have a book home from the library right now that has some information on the Burnham and Pelton families in it. Any dates and town names you might have would also be helpful. In CT, all vital records were recorded in the individual towns. No county records here. Names of relatives are also helpful. Any information that will help others connect with the family at some time and place can start to bring you contact with many cousins. Many descendants of the early New England families migrated all the way to the west coast over several generation. That means many people are looking for the same family connections. You can never tell which generation of descendants will give you a connection. I got lucky with one of my lines. I knew only the birthplace and parents of one of my grandparents. Somebody recognized the family. All of a sudden I had a family line for that surname all the way back to 1640 in New York City. There are many family lines from early New England that have been well researched. With the internet, such occurrences are not impossible, but they don't happen all the time. I was lucky, none of that particular line had left the New England and Eastern Canada regions. Marilyn CT Sharing creates connections. Connections grow family trees. SKSPIES@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone have this CD? I am looking for any record of a PELTON family in > Connecticut about 1700 to 1800. Would appreciate any help you can give. > Thanks for your time > > Susan K. Spies > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Conn.River Valley Genealogical research library: http://www.quadrangle.org > > http://www.nehgs.org [New Eng.His Gen Society] > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!