I know your frustration. I had the same problem. Went to the Woodbridge, Conn Town Clerk for information on my great grandparents. She said because I was not a certified genealogest I could not have the info. Conn. has some kind of crazy law. Perhaps you could find the info from copies of the records made by the Morman Church. They went to every town and city (years ago) and photocopied all the records. If no luck, send a letter to the Town Clerk, certified, and cite the "Right to Know Law" in Conn. You will have to go on line under Conn., then get the RSA#. Also, perhaps send an e-mail to the New England Gen. Society, in Boston, and ask where and how you can get these records. I have to leave right now for a Dr.s apt. But if you have no luck, I just copied the New Eng. Gen. & Hist. Society web site. I can give it to you if you can't get yoiur info. Elizabeth Rousseau Godfrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grace Coffman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Gah! Can anyone help with a birth record? > For some reason the Vital Records town clerk keeps sending my request to > obtain a birth record back to me saying "We do not do Genealogical research" > Well I didnt *ask* them to do research, I asked them to mail me the BC! > Bleck.. so now I dont know what to do - this is the second time they sent it > back to me- Im in Nebraska so can't go do it myself... can anyone help me > with this? :( > > Ive ordered marriage and death certs from the town clerk with no problem, > this is just too weird. Its over the 100 year limit so anyone should be able > to obtain these! > > Looking for: Birth record for: Laurence (Lawrence) Byington born 1882, > father is Edwin Minor Byington and mother is Harriet I. Dudley. If anyone > has any suggesstions or can help a poor researcher out, I'd certainly > appreciate it! > > -Grace > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > > ============================== > 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 > >
What? I just sent for my great grandfather's BC in North Haven. He's been dead since the early 60s and was born in 1896. I shouldn't expect to receive it? Geez, Cuyahoga County in Ohio has an online database of marriage records and I brought up my parents marriage from 1960 right on the internet! MaryLynn --- elizabeth godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I know your frustration. I had the same problem. > Went to the Woodbridge, > Conn Town Clerk for information on my great > grandparents. She said because > I was not a certified genealogest I could not have > the info. Conn. has some > kind of crazy law. Perhaps you could find the info > from copies of the > records made by the Morman Church. They went to > every town and city (years > ago) and photocopied all the records. If no luck, > send a letter to the Town > Clerk, certified, and cite the "Right to Know Law" > in Conn. You will have > to go on line under Conn., then get the RSA#. Also, > perhaps send an e-mail > to the New England Gen. Society, in Boston, and ask > where and how you can > get these records. I have to leave right now for a > Dr.s apt. But if you > have no luck, I just copied the New Eng. Gen. & > Hist. Society web site. I > can give it to you if you can't get yoiur info. > Elizabeth Rousseau Godfrey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grace Coffman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:05 PM > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Gah! Can anyone help with a > birth record? > > > > For some reason the Vital Records town clerk keeps > sending my request to > > obtain a birth record back to me saying "We do not > do Genealogical > research" > > Well I didnt *ask* them to do research, I asked > them to mail me the BC! > > Bleck.. so now I dont know what to do - this is > the second time they sent > it > > back to me- Im in Nebraska so can't go do it > myself... can anyone help me > > with this? :( > > > > Ive ordered marriage and death certs from the town > clerk with no problem, > > this is just too weird. Its over the 100 year > limit so anyone should be > able > > to obtain these! > > > > Looking for: Birth record for: Laurence (Lawrence) > Byington born 1882, > > father is Edwin Minor Byington and mother is > Harriet I. Dudley. If anyone > > has any suggesstions or can help a poor researcher > out, I'd certainly > > appreciate it! > > > > -Grace > > > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT > discussion list, send them to > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? > Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
How about the Historical Society? Anyone had luck with them? Just wondered because I sent off a letter four months ago (stamped envelope included) and haven't had a reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: elizabeth godfrey <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [CTNEWHAV] Gah! Can anyone help with a birth record? > I know your frustration. I had the same problem. Went to the Woodbridge, > Conn Town Clerk for information on my great grandparents. She said because > I was not a certified genealogest I could not have the info. Conn. has some > kind of crazy law. Perhaps you could find the info from copies of the > records made by the Morman Church. They went to every town and city (years > ago) and photocopied all the records. If no luck, send a letter to the Town > Clerk, certified, and cite the "Right to Know Law" in Conn. You will have > to go on line under Conn., then get the RSA#. Also, perhaps send an e-mail > to the New England Gen. Society, in Boston, and ask where and how you can > get these records. I have to leave right now for a Dr.s apt. But if you > have no luck, I just copied the New Eng. Gen. & Hist. Society web site. I > can give it to you if you can't get yoiur info. > Elizabeth Rousseau Godfrey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grace Coffman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:05 PM > Subject: [CTNEWHAV] Gah! Can anyone help with a birth record? > > > > For some reason the Vital Records town clerk keeps sending my request to > > obtain a birth record back to me saying "We do not do Genealogical > research" > > Well I didnt *ask* them to do research, I asked them to mail me the BC! > > Bleck.. so now I dont know what to do - this is the second time they sent > it > > back to me- Im in Nebraska so can't go do it myself... can anyone help me > > with this? :( > > > > Ive ordered marriage and death certs from the town clerk with no problem, > > this is just too weird. Its over the 100 year limit so anyone should be > able > > to obtain these! > > > > Looking for: Birth record for: Laurence (Lawrence) Byington born 1882, > > father is Edwin Minor Byington and mother is Harriet I. Dudley. If anyone > > has any suggesstions or can help a poor researcher out, I'd certainly > > appreciate it! > > > > -Grace > > > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > > > ============================== > 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 >