Hi Christie, Once your have given your father the book, he may be able to help you find more of the information himself. When he was telling you about his family little details like when and where someone married might not have seemed important. He probably didn't even give them a thought. You may just need to ask the right questions to get the information. Even if a person does not know the answer, there is a possiblity they my remember it later on once they have a chance to think about it. You sais that your aunt told you the chuch where her parents married had burned down and the records destroyed. The chuch records may have been destroyed but that would not affect the government records. Every clergyman has to file a record with the local clerk when they perform a marriage. Before anyone marries, they must get a marriage license. These records still exist. Ask your aunt the name of the town in which the church was located and the name of the church. Was your father's Uncle Bob a part of the Penny family or part of the Harrington family. I would suggest that you get the complete death record for every relative you know. Death records are a good source of genelogical information about the spouse of the decease and the parents of the deceased. While the records may contain the same basic information, the actual information my be slightly different. I found the name of the town in which my grandmother was born on my uncle's birth record. All the other records pertaining to her just gave the name of the provence in Canada. Marilyn CT On Fri, 10 May 2002 09:45:43 -0700 Chris Elkins <[email protected]> writes: > Marilyn, > > Thank you for the response. > > I have researched my family line back to the early 1600's. Where I > am > running into difficulty is when my grandfather came to the US (from > Newfoundland). He came over with his brother around 1925, then > several > years later, according to information in Newfoundland, my > great-grandparents came over with two daughters. At that point, my > family pretty much disappears. I can not seem to locate ANY > information > on this family other than verbal info my father and aunts have gievn > me. > They didn't even know what their grandfather's name was. The only > information I have on them comes from my father and an old > navigation > book passed down through the generations. This pointed me to > Newfoundland where the listers there have been amazingly helpful. > My > grandfather (Frank Penney)was supposedly in the Merchant Marines and > was > rarely home. My father tells me he was born and grew up in > Middletown > and has told me stories of his childhood but doesn't know much about > his > family other than he had an Uncle Bob. My aunts claim that the > church > where my grandparents married had burnt down and that the records > were > destroyed. This really isn't much to go on especially since I live > in > California. > > I have been compiling this family history for quite some time and > was > planning on giving him a family history album for Father's Day. I > would > have liked to have at least been able to tell him when and where > his > parents were married, and what happened to his grandparents, and > aunts. > I know his uncle had married and passed away in Middleton as I have > located his SSDI. > > I only met my grandfather Frank twice, and was lucky to have my > children > meet their great grandma Mae before she passed away. > > Thank you. > Christine Elkins > > > > b.com wrote: > > > > Subject: > > > > CTMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue > 105 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 [CTMID] Middletown look up [Chris Elkins > <[email protected]>] > > #2 Re: [CTMID] Middletown look up [[email protected]] > > #3 [CTMID] Re: Borden Article in NEHG [[email protected]] > > #4 Re: [CTMID] Re: Borden Article in > [[email protected]] > > > > 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] Middletown look up > > Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 18:05:15 -0700 > > From: Chris Elkins <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi list: > > > > I am still searching for information on my Penney family. Are > there any > > volunteers on the list that would be willing to look up vitals for > me? > > Also, I believe my father and his siblings attended school there. > Does > > anyone have old year books from probably the late 50's. > > > > William Frederick Penney (my Dad) > > Albert Penney (his older brother) > > Beth Penney (sister- may be Elizabeth) > > Joyce Penney (sister) > > Sharon Penney (sister) > > > > Their parents were Frank E. Penney and Mae (Harrington) Penney. A > > marriage record would be great, too if any one has access. > > > > Thank you in advance for any time someone might have to offer! > > Christine Elkins > > San Luis Obispo, California > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Middletown look up > > Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 00:19:24 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Chris, > > > > I went back and read your first posting. The information for which > you > > are asking is too current. It affects living people. Birth records > in CT > > are closed for 100 years. Personally, I don't even look up this > type of > > information for others. > > > > However there are things you can do for yourself. First you can > get a > > copy of your father's birth certificate. No one else can get it > for you. > > Second you can get a copy of your grandfathers death > certificate.For > > information on how to do this go to website for the City of > Middletown at > > www.cityofmiddletown.com Look for Vital records. It is part of > the > > Health Department. All vital records in CT are found in the town > where > > the event occurred. There are no county records. > > > > Second contact you relatives and find out as much information > about the > > family from your aunts, uncles and cousins. Find out vital > information > > about you aunts and uncles from their families. Since your father > was > > born in the 1940's try to find out the name of the hospital where > he was > > born. Don't assume it was in Middletown. He could just have easily > been > > born in a hospital in Hartford or New Britain, or even Meridan (if > there > > was a hospital there) The more you know about your dad's siblings, > the > > more you will know about your family. Two important questions to > ask > > about the birth, death, or marriage of any relative in the 20th > century > > is where did it happen and where was the family living at the > time. For > > instance when my mom passed away in the mid 1990, she died in a > New > > Britain Hospital, but her residence was Newington. Be willing to > share > > information about your family with your relatives. > > > > As you get information from your family, use the information to > find > > obituaries and to locate the family in the census records. > > > > Third, look for your family by focusing on your grandfather and > > grandmother. You said that your grandfather had a brother who > died in > > Middletown, but you don't say when. Types of information to > include are > > names, birth and death years or approximate estimate, and > recognizable > > stories that others in the family micght also know, Places they > lived. > > Anything that will help others recognize your unique family as > their > > unique family. This also will help to take the focus off living > > individuals. Many people don't like it when relatives publicly > disclose > > their personal information. And it is something that is frowned > upon by > > genealogists. > > > > Hope this helps some. > > > > Marilyn > > CT > > > > On Wed, 08 May 2002 18:05:15 -0700 Chris Elkins > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > Hi list: > > > > > > I am still searching for information on my Penney family. Are > there > > > any > > > volunteers on the list that would be willing to look up vitals > for > > > me? > > > Also, I believe my father and his siblings attended school > there. > > > Does > > > anyone have old year books from probably the late 50's. > > > > > > William Frederick Penney (my Dad) > > > Albert Penney (his older brother) > > > Beth Penney (sister- may be Elizabeth) > > > Joyce Penney (sister) > > > Sharon Penney (sister) > > > > > > Their parents were Frank E. Penney and Mae (Harrington) Penney. > A > > > marriage record would be great, too if any one has access. > > > > > > Thank you in advance for any time someone might have to offer! > > > Christine Elkins > > > San Luis Obispo, California > > > > > > > > > ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > > > You can search the archives for the list at > > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CTMIDDLE > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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] Re: Borden Article in NEHGR? > > Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 02:09:18 EDT > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi all. Does anyone have ready access to the last couple years of > the NEHGS > > "Register?" I had read an article about the Borden/Baldwin and > Gay families > > of New England (some were in East Haddam and Saybrook), and I > think I read it > > in that publication. The Denver Public Library is currently > binding those > > two years, so I can't check for it. It was a followup to an > earlier article > > a decade ago on the same families. If anyone could provide the > bibliographic > > citation for the article, I'll be ready to check it when the > Register is back > > on DPL's shelves. Thanks for any help. - Jim Rogers > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Re: [CTMID] Re: Borden Article in NEHGR? > > Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 08:40:42 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Hi all. Does anyone have ready access to the last couple years > of the NEHGS > > > "Register?" I had read an article about the Borden/Baldwin and > Gay families > > > of New England (some were in East Haddam and Saybrook), and I > think I read it > > > in that publication. > > > > Do you have an estimate of which year? I have the last eight > issues. > > > > Jane > > list mom > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ > > > ==== 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 > >