[email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > CTMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 57 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CTMID] Re: CTMIDDLE-D DAR Library [[email protected]] > #2 [CTMID] DAR Library Research in Wa [[email protected]] > #3 [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. ["sharon sterle" <[email protected]] > #4 Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for C [[email protected]] > #5 Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for C ["sharon sterle" <[email protected]] > #6 Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for C ["DEBORAH HANNA" <[email protected]>] > #7 Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for C [[email protected]] > #8 [CTMID] The Origins of Given Names ["Warren Wetmore" <[email protected]] > unsubscribe > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CTMIDDLE-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTMID] Re: CTMIDDLE-D DAR Library > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:24:23 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > can non-members use the DAR Library in Washington?...i was a member but saw > no benefit in belonging and dropped it...am going to DC at month's end > > > The National DAR Library in Washington DC carries a wealth of lineage > > documents and Historical materials. The URL is on our DAR Links page. > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTMID] DAR Library Research in Washington and Patriotism > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:56:39 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Dear Patience, > > Since September 11th 2001, it has become very COOL to honor our Nation's > Hero's. I hope you will consider rejoining the DAR. Some women join chapters > more to their interest instead of where they now reside. Here is a couple of > brief comments about the DAR from the National site: > Objectives: Historic Preservation, Promtion of Eduvcation and Partriotic > Endeavor. > > Motto: God , Home and Country. > > Members are involved in many types of service projects, including immigration > and literacy issues, in addition to remembering out Revolutionary Patriots. > > Absolutely, you can use the DAR Library. Women interested in becoming members > will research there as well as historians and other interested researchers. > To make sure about hours of operations, fees, rules and to search their > online catalog go to this site: <A HREF="http://www.dar.org/library/about.html">DAR Library Overview</A> > http://www.dar.org/library/about.html The National site is bookmarked on the > Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter DAR LInks page too. > > Below is an except from the DAR Lib. Overview page: > > Deb (Pelletier) Tajmajer > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnhmdar/">Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution</A> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnhmdar/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- > The DAR Library > 1776 D Street, N.W. > Washington, D.C. 20006-5392 > 202-879-3229 > > The DAR Library was founded in 1896 as a collection of genealogical and > historical publications for the use of staff genealogists verifying > application papers for the National Society Daughters of the American > Revolution. Shortly after 1900 the growing collection was opened to the > public and has remained so ever since. Non-members of the Daughters of the > American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the > Revolution, or the Children of the American Revolution pay a small daily user > fee to help maintain and to expand the Library's collections.The Library is > one of the nation's premier genealogical research centers and was recently > (1998) ranked the third most important of national institutions based on the > uniqueness of sources in a listing by publisher Heritage Quest. In late 1998 > the Library's book collection numbered some 150,000 volumes, the cataloging > records for which constitute this catalog. Approximately 5,000 new titles > enter the Library in any given year.Many thousands of volumes of genealogical > compilations, record abstracts, and other materials are available only at the > DAR Library. DAR members and the public have contributed these sources, > building a collection of great research depth covering all periods of > American history. The period of the American Revolution is naturally a major > focal point, but the colonial era and the nineteenth century receive detailed > coverage as well. Through the efforts of local DAR members and chapters > nationwide approximately 15,000 volumes of Genealogical Records Committee > Reports have entered the Library and constitute a unique source for family > histories, cemetery record transcriptions, and Bible records. > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------- > In a message dated 3/2/02 9:54:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] > writes: > > > can non-members use the DAR Library in Washington?...i was a member but saw > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:21:08 +0200 > From: "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Would somebody please tell me if there were records kept in Ct. for marriages in the year 1884? If so, how would I go about applying for that record? I think it would have been in Middletown county, but not definite at this point. > Thank you. > Sharon in Mn. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:54:35 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Sharon > > Marriage records have been kept in Connecticut since the late mid to late > 1600's by law. All vital records (birth, death, marriage) are kept by the > individual towns. You get the record by contacting the town clerk for > directions and the fee charged. Birth records are closed for 100 years > from the date of birth. For modern record there are set fees. I don't > know how it works for older records from the 16, 17 and 1800's. Each town > is a bit different. > > Marilyn > CT > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:21:08 +0200 "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > writes: > > Would somebody please tell me if there were records kept in Ct. for > > marriages in the year 1884? If so, how would I go about applying > > for that record? I think it would have been in Middletown county, > > but not definite at this point. > > Thank you. > > Sharon in Mn. > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > Historical Collections at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:32:56 +0200 > From: "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Marilyn: Thank you for the info. Is there not a central network of > marriage records kept on a state level, for example housed at the state > capital? > Sharon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 1:54 AM > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > > > Sharon > > > > Marriage records have been kept in Connecticut since the late mid to late > > 1600's by law. All vital records (birth, death, marriage) are kept by the > > individual towns. You get the record by contacting the town clerk for > > directions and the fee charged. Birth records are closed for 100 years > > from the date of birth. For modern record there are set fees. I don't > > know how it works for older records from the 16, 17 and 1800's. Each town > > is a bit different. > > > > Marilyn > > CT > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:21:08 +0200 "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Would somebody please tell me if there were records kept in Ct. for > > > marriages in the year 1884? If so, how would I go about applying > > > for that record? I think it would have been in Middletown county, > > > but not definite at this point. > > > Thank you. > > > Sharon in Mn. > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > > Historical Collections at > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical > Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 19:50:14 -0500 > From: "DEBORAH HANNA" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > The Ct. State Library in Hartford has archives and genealogical records. > Deb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 6:54 PM > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > > > Sharon > > > > Marriage records have been kept in Connecticut since the late mid to late > > 1600's by law. All vital records (birth, death, marriage) are kept by the > > individual towns. You get the record by contacting the town clerk for > > directions and the fee charged. Birth records are closed for 100 years > > from the date of birth. For modern record there are set fees. I don't > > know how it works for older records from the 16, 17 and 1800's. Each town > > is a bit different. > > > > Marilyn > > CT > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:21:08 +0200 "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Would somebody please tell me if there were records kept in Ct. for > > > marriages in the year 1884? If so, how would I go about applying > > > for that record? I think it would have been in Middletown county, > > > but not definite at this point. > > > Thank you. > > > Sharon in Mn. > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > > Historical Collections at > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut Historical > Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:07:53 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Sharon, > > Yes there is. The problem is they have been closed for several years > while the state has been updating the filing system. Eventually they are > supposed to reopen, hopefully sooner rather than later. > > Marilyn > CT > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:32:56 +0200 "sharon sterle" <[email protected]> > writes: > > Marilyn: Thank you for the info. Is there not a central network of > > marriage records kept on a state level, for example housed at the > > state > > capital? > > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 1:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Marriage records for Ct. > > > > > > > Sharon > > > > > > Marriage records have been kept in Connecticut since the late mid > > to late > > > 1600's by law. All vital records (birth, death, marriage) are kept > > by the > > > individual towns. You get the record by contacting the town clerk > > for > > > directions and the fee charged. Birth records are closed for 100 > > years > > > from the date of birth. For modern record there are set fees. I > > don't > > > know how it works for older records from the 16, 17 and 1800's. > > Each town > > > is a bit different. > > > > > > Marilyn > > > CT > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:21:08 +0200 "sharon sterle" > > <[email protected]> > > > writes: > > > > Would somebody please tell me if there were records kept in Ct. > > for > > > > marriages in the year 1884? If so, how would I go about > > applying > > > > for that record? I think it would have been in Middletown > > county, > > > > but not definite at this point. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Sharon in Mn. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > > > Historical Collections at > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy > > > > records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > Historical > > Collections at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > For anyone who missed them, Robert Squire has posted images of > > Middlesex County section of John Warner Barber's Connecticut > > Historical Collections at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ctimages/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CTMID] The Origins of Given Names > Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 22:48:21 -0600 > From: "Warren Wetmore" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > http://behindthename.com/ > > Thanks to Paul for the URL. > > Best, > > WARREN (m) From a surname that meant either "enclosure" (Germanic) or "from > La Varenne" (French)