This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OCONNELL/CAVANAUGH/WALSH/WALL/COSTELLO Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xY.2ADI/742.2 Message Board Post: Hi Deb: Colbalt is between East Hampton and Portland Ct. St. Patrick's Cemetery was not established until 1901, so prior to that Irish Catholics were either buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Portland or The Old St Andrew's Cemetery in Colchester, which is a mess. There is also a chance that it could be St. John's Cemetery in Middletown, old or new. Burial records can be found in the towns and cemetery records at the Church. There is also a Catholic Church in one of the Haddams, Middle, East etc. and I am taking a guess that it is St. Bridget's but I don't believe that it was established until around 1920's. If you have any death dates you can also try the Middletown Library because an obit would have been in the Penny Press which is on film at the Library. Some of the paper is indexed before 1900 and maybe thru 1940. If you need more help, let me know. Rita