-----Original Message----- From: louellas <louellas@endor.com> To: mjmoser@snet.net <mjmoser@snet.net> Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [CRV] 1790 records >Also many families may have children in several towns as they moved along >and recorded them in only one--often on one page. At least up until the >1900s. They are not recorded in sequence either. Found some in Grafton Town >records who were born in the late 1700s early 1800s were recorded in 1848 on >the last page of Vol 1 at the request of someone from Michigan. So look for >any hint of where they may have lived. Louella >-----Original Message----- >From: M J Moser <mmoser@snet.net> >To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:34 PM >Subject: Re: [CRV] 1790 records > > >> >>The state records are closed indefinitely because they are being worked >>on. I'm not sure if they are being microfilmed or computerized or both. >>But something is being done. Right now the only place to get copies of >>vital records is through the individual towns. >> >>Birth records less than 100 years old have stringent restrictions. The >>law defines who can get copies of birth records. The list is very short >>and restricted to close blood relatives with allowances for exceptional >>circumstances which are also defined by the law. >> >>There are some records that are very hard to find because the families >>did not have the births recorded in the town records. Also that was the >>time period when many families moved north to New York and Vermont. >>Older children may have been born in CT and the younger children born >>somewhere else. The information that has gotten passed down is that the >>family was from Connecticut and the move to another state is forgotten >>or ignored. >> >>In the 1880 census records two of my greatgrandfather's sons say he was >>born in Ohio. Actually he was born in Pennsylvania, and only lived in >>Ohio for a few years before he was married and a couple years more after >>he was married. Anyone looking for a record of his birth in Ohio would >>not find it. >> >>Marilyn >>CT >> >>Budd Rice wrote: >>> >>> I have found it is best to contact the town clerks for birth and death >>> records. Birth records are very difficult to obtain and especially girls >>> birth records. I have contacted the state for death records and received >>> negative responses and then contacted the town clerks and received very >>> complete death records and this is for searches in the late 1800s and >>> early 1900s. Don't know what the problem is, lack of records at the state >>> level or poor searches. >>> >>> Budd Rice. >>> Seattle, WA. >>> >>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:36:44 -0500 Peter Vanderbrouk <rpckvv@swbell.net> >>> writes: >>> > Didn't know they had them back then. >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: Becky McIntire <beckymac@neo.lrun.com> >>> > To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> >>> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 2:11 PM >>> > Subject: [CRV] 1790 records >>> > >>> > >>> > > Hi List >>> > > Does anyone know how to obtain a birth certificate for the 1790's >>> > for >>> > > CT. I understand they are hard to get right now, don't know if >>> > that is >>> > > true or not. >>> > > Thanks >>> > > Becky >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== >>> > > The Connecticut River Valley List covers the history and >>> > genealogy of the >>> > Connecticut River Valley. >>> > > http://searches.rootweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl put >>> > Ct-River-Valley in >>> > the box >>> > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogy library for Conn River >>> > area) >>> > > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com >>> > > >>> > > ============================== >>> > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >>> > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >>> > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== >>> > Any misbehaving on this list will be warned --ONCE--no second >>> > chances.. >>> > THIS WARNING ONLY APPEARS ONCE >>> > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com >>> > >>> > ============================== >>> > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >>> > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >>> > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >>> > >>> >>> ________________________________________________________________ >>> YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >>> Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >>> Try it today - there's no risk! 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