Regarding the plotting out of family deeds, be ready for some real work. This is not meant to discourage anyone by any means, but if you have not plotted out early deeds in Connecticut before, it will be frustrating at times and require much more time and head scratching than you may expect. I have done this with my Rogers families in East Haddam (for the period ca 1740-1835), and it cracked a major brick wall. However, I either sketched or plotted out about 200 deeds to get the 12-15 owned by my family members. Why so many? Not only were many deeds very vague in their metes and bounds property descriptions, a significant number described the subject property by only naming the neighbors on each side. That means you will be needing to plot out the properties of the neighbors as well. To do this you will be following the "chains of title" for their property histories through the deed indexes too. As for plat maps, East Haddam is still rural, so "today's" assessor's plats formed the framework on which which my parcels were located. (I had to cut and paste various assessor plats to get what I needed.) Try to maintain the same scale as you work. Some property lines changed of course, but the basic patterns were there. Look for distinct land marks that locate ANY property, and start your jig-saw puzzle from there. Best of luck, and don't give up!