In a message dated 4/8/04 7:01:17 AM, [email protected] writes: << To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: A Source not considered Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi List, I just read an interesting article in my local paper. This is a source I had never considered for family research! In Washington Depot, the Town Clerk found some old records in the vault. Among them, a registry for dogs dated 1870-72. If you are interested in reading my note to the Litchfield County list, here is the link to the archive: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CTLITCHF/2004-04/1081418967 >> Dear Hope, How interesting! Nope, I've never seen anything like that--but demonstrates how important our dogs were to us, even back then. Thanks for sharing it! Maureen Mead [email protected]