HI Cheryl I sent you a couple of things on Erastus Brainerd from the hartford Courants---but couldn't find one ending in Cunningham. Couldn't find any of the people you mentioned. How frustrating for you. I did print out a copy of your interests and will take it with me when I go out on research. Barb --- On Wed, 10/29/08, Cheryl Cain <annamaesgd@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Cheryl Cain <annamaesgd@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames > To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 5:53 PM > I am researching (still) Cunninghams married into Demings or > into Gaylords. Surely someone knows something that help me > find Erastus Brainerd Cunningham b 1797 Hartford m. Salome > Deming. Erastus had a sister Lucy and they both were > students in Colchester under Elisha Niles. Erastus had a > shop on Asylum street where in 1820 and 1830 he was listed > as a silversmith. I know he had a daughter Mary who died > quite young or at birth. He's listed on a land deal with > Elisha Flowers and others in the Hartford area. Could he be > the son of Harvey Cunningham? I'd appreciate any help or > contact with a researcher able to do more dedicated > research. >   > Thanks. > > --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Catherine > <catmensi@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Catherine <catmensi@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames > To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:22 PM > > I am searching and have been searching my William Swan > Wells. Born 1811 in CT. > Got that from census. > > I guess pumpkin patches are not listed,yet. :o) > > Catherine Wells Mensi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dotbfl > To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames > > > I have John Bird from England whose daughter Prudence m > Martin Kellogg 1621 > in Eng. > Also have Susanna Buck who m Thomas Hartshorn. > > Dot > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diane Graham" > <meregra@cableone.net> > To: <genconnecticut@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:14 PM > Subject: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames > > > > Does anyone connect to these names. Perhaps we can > help each other. > > ======= > > Garrett, (Garat) > > Mills > > Pettibone > > Woodford > > Bird > > North > > Bissel > > Barber/Barbour > > Bliss > > Bristol > > Brooks > > Buck > > Buell > > Bunce > > Buttolph > > Case > > Chapman > > Churchill > > Eggleston > > Eno > > Grant > > Gunn > > Hamlin > > Holcomb > > Humphrey > > Newell > > Nightingale > > Phelps > > Porter > > Sherwood > > Spencer > > Thrall > > Tuller > > White > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

As you've likely noticed, the posts coming from the board to this list via the gateway are coming through with "(no subject)" in the subject line. There actually is a subject on the board, mainly since the board does not allow a post without one, so obviously something is "broken" somewhere. It has been reported and they are working on it, so for now there is nothing we can do about it but hope it gets fixed soon. Drop me a line if there are any questions. Also, as a side note on the same subject of the gateway, please be reminded that you do NOT want to reply to a board post directly here on the list. The board post author is not always a subscriber to this list, so replying here will not get your response to him/her anyway. All gateway posts have a link on them that will take you directly to the board post itself, where you can then leave your reply. Then your reply will not only go directly to the poster by email, but also come to this list as well for information. If you are still unclear on what I am referring to, please let me know and I will explain further. David E. Cann genconnecticut-admin@rootsweb.com Admin of the Connecticut statewide mailing list and message board on RootsWeb List information: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/CT/misc.html

Dear Cheryl, My name is Marilyn Moser. I live in Newington,right in the center of the area where you need help. Newington and Berlin were originally part of the town of Berlin. Many resources are available to me, including original town records. It's only about a half hour drive (on local cross-country roads) to the Godfrey Library in Middletown. The distance isn't far. It's the traffic, stop signs, and stoplights that use up the time. I sure we can work out something affordable for you. For many years I did volunteer research. This is a luxury I can no longer afford as I am living on a retirement income that qualifies me for food stamps. Still I love doing the research. Fortunately I still have a car that is in good working order, and I'm healthy enough to do local research. In fact, it keeps me involved and challenged. I don't have time to get bored. Looking forward to hearing from you. Maybe we can even discuss things over the phone. I don't use my cell phone much, so I usually have minutes available for long distance calls. Sometimes one phone call covers more ground than several back and forth e-mails, Yours truly, Marilyn Moser Newington, CT 860-666-0571 --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Cheryl Cain <annamaesgd@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Cheryl Cain <annamaesgd@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [CT] Researcher in Connecticut > To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 6:56 PM > Hi, >   > After many futile years of searching for more information > on my ancestor Erastus Brainerd Cunningham's parents or > more siblings, I've come to the conclusion he and his > sister were dropped on earth from some extraterrestrial > galaxy OR I'm in need of someone with better resources > and understanding to help me. >   > Could someone give me names of researchers in the Hartford, > Newington, Berlin, Colchester, Wethersfield areas ( about > 1700-1840) who might be affordable and could help me? >   > Many thanks, > Cheryl Cain--Oklahoma > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

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I am researching (still) Cunninghams married into Demings or into Gaylords. Surely someone knows something that help me find Erastus Brainerd Cunningham b 1797 Hartford m. Salome Deming. Erastus had a sister Lucy and they both were students in Colchester under Elisha Niles. Erastus had a shop on Asylum street where in 1820 and 1830 he was listed as a silversmith. I know he had a daughter Mary who died quite young or at birth. He's listed on a land deal with Elisha Flowers and others in the Hartford area. Could he be the son of Harvey Cunningham? I'd appreciate any help or contact with a researcher able to do more dedicated research.   Thanks. --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Catherine <catmensi@comcast.net> wrote: From: Catherine <catmensi@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:22 PM I am searching and have been searching my William Swan Wells. Born 1811 in CT. Got that from census. I guess pumpkin patches are not listed,yet. :o) Catherine Wells Mensi ----- Original Message ----- From: Dotbfl To: genconnecticut@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames I have John Bird from England whose daughter Prudence m Martin Kellogg 1621 in Eng. Also have Susanna Buck who m Thomas Hartshorn. Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Graham" <meregra@cableone.net> To: <genconnecticut@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:14 PM Subject: [CT] List of my Connecticut surnames > Does anyone connect to these names. Perhaps we can help each other. > ======= > Garrett, (Garat) > Mills > Pettibone > Woodford > Bird > North > Bissel > Barber/Barbour > Bliss > Bristol > Brooks > Buck > Buell > Bunce > Buttolph > Case > Chapman > Churchill > Eggleston > Eno > Grant > Gunn > Hamlin > Holcomb > Humphrey > Newell > Nightingale > Phelps > Porter > Sherwood > Spencer > Thrall > Tuller > White > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you referring to the CT State Library links? I'm not sure why they would not work. When I forget the URL for those sites, I go to Google and key in "CT state library hartford" (without the quotes), and "CT state library genealogy" without the quotes, for the second one and can quickly get to either site. Let me know if this is what you refer to. Carol **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

May I suggest putting the names you all are researching into the subject box? I believe that's the rules? I have hundreds of e-mails every day and it would be much easier to just be able to delete those that are of no interest instead of wasting time opening each one, just to find it's not something of interest to me. In a message dated 10/29/2008 9:35:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, lschrag@midrivers.com writes: I want to add more names to the CT list that seems to be going full bore right now. In New Haven, CT I am researching the Killoy and Walker families. In Fairfield and Bridgeport I am researching the Squires family. The Killoy's and Walker's are originally from Ireland and settled in New Haven and West Haven. I need the info on their tombstones which are probably located in St. Bernard's or St. Lawrence cemeteries. There are so many different Killoy's that I cannot figure out if they are directly connected to my great grandparents Michael and Elicia or Alice (nee: Keenan) who lived on Collis St. in New Haven. Michael immigrated in 1866. The Johnson James Walker family originated in Ireland and many descendants ended up in West Haven. The Killoy and Walker family joined when Catherine Killoy married Johnson J. Walker. My Squire or Squires family lived in Fairfield and I can get back to John and Esther Squires and their children on the 1850 census. John later moves with his second wife and two daughters to Rye, NY where he is listed as bedridden on the 1880 census. I feel that this Squires family probably connects to the immigrant George but cannot find the connector. Lynn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

In a message dated 10/28/2008 11:26:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, HubbellGen@aol.com writes: (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1034) Thanks so much for your information. I am not a member of Ancestry.com, but I have a friend who can help me by looking them up for me. I really appreciate your answering my query... Diane _recordbug@aol.com_ (mailto:recordbug@aol.com) **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

When copied and sent, the two sites listed were returned as unreachable. Do you have another listing for their addresses? Thank you.....Diane **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

I have found two places that "lost" people might drop into. Search Canadian records of Quebec and Ontario and other websites that are in that area. Another group that disappears in the 1830's is that many easterners joined the Mormons and went west. Worth a try. Patsy In a message dated 10/29/2008 4:53:16 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, bbffrrpp@comcast.net writes: Hello, I haven't mentioned my ancestors* lately. And, I don't have time this morning to offer a summary. But, I can say that I am still interested in the 3 DEXTER brothers who left Rhode Island in the 1780's and moved to Killingly, CT. I am participarly interested in the descendants of the DEXTER / ALLEN family, and the son, Marvin DEXTER, who also married an ALLEN lady (they were not directly related). Marvin DEXTER only had 2 children, a daughter, and then, a son, John DEXTER. (There were 2 John DEXTER's in the town.) John married Mary Anna CLARK from Westport, MA, and they lived on the DEXTER Farm. John and "Molly" DEXTER had 3 daughters there, but one died at Age 3 and one died at Age 14. The surviving daughter, Clara, married Abner YOUNG. Abner and Clara YOUNG also lost a young daughter, and had their son, Earle, survive to adulthood, marry, and move to New Haven, I believe. Around 1885 John and Molly DEXTER moved to Melrose, MA, and in 1892 (while in their 50's) adopted a little girl. That little girl grew up to become my grandmother. My "educated guess" is that the DEXTER's were her grandparents. All the information I know is in the archives of the CT Lists. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * It is only an "educated guess" that the adopted child was the granddaughter of John and Molly DEXTER. I believe that Mrs. Clara YOUNG back in Killingly had an "unwanted pregnancy" in 1888. She delivered "someplace" in Feb. 1889, and arranged for the baby to be "found" in Boston, MA, possibly at Age 3 mos. (A very long, complicated story - which I've told on the MA and CT Lists many times.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gilberte1947 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.unknown/4719.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I wrote to the Chief Coroner for Ontario for a death certificate. Hopefully it will give me more info. The letter went out today. Thanks EVERYONE for your help. This means a lot to me. Gilberte Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mindfoggs2 Surnames: Lavallée/Peloquin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.unknown/4719.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If it is proves out to be true that your 1866 Norbert's father is another Norbert that would make some sense. Many families will have one or two names that are family names and carried generation to generation. You must have noted that in Norbert 1866's own group of children, he has a son that he also named, in part, Norbert - Nicholas Norbert b. 1908. In one respect, that is great when one comes upon a record that one is unsure of but the record carries a family given name making it a pretty sure bet that it is probably one of your records but in another respect, where a family has numerous members all around the same age and they, in turn, each bestow the family name on a child, it can get to be a bit of a tangled mess. Worse, if the name gets recycled to another child when the first died. Thanks to a family name, I am still, after about 5 years, trying to figure out which of three Matthias'es late 1600's in NY is my direct ancestor. It might be enlightening to try and find out if Nicholas Norbert went by Nicholas or Norbert in life. That might give some indication of whether his father, your Norbert, might also have had more to his name and chose to use the Norbert part throughout life much as my Jules Arthur chose to use Arthur as an adult. Working on the premise that your Norbert's father was Norbert as the information Suzanne Devine seems to suggest I found a death/burial. It isn't in Sudbury however, it's possible that after a sojourn to the US & RI, when the family returned to Canada, they may have first gone back to the original area of Canada that they left but found the conditions or whatever it was that had prompted them to try the US/RI in the first place, still remained so then moved on to Sudbury, Ont. Were it me, I give consideration to Ste-Anne-de-Sorel, Co. Richelieu as being the origin of Norbert and his family because in addition to Pèloquin"s in this repertoire, there are also numerous Lavallée"s. Your Mrs. Lavallée may have been married before she migrated to CT and it wouldn't be unusual for someone to marry another person from their hometown Repertoire Ste-Anne-de-Sorel, Co. Richelieu, Province Québec 1886 Huitieme feuillet S.10 Norbert Pèoquin ....Le vingt deux Avril....avons inhumé dans le cimetiere de cette paroisse le corps de Norbert Pèloquin, enfant légitime de Michel Pèloquin, cultivature et de Philomène Bicheau de cette paroisse dédédé le vingt du courant a l'âge d* ** ** **** **** et vingt jours. witnesses were Michel Pèloquin & Théophile Very frustrating but the first part of the age, the years part, entered for age at death was crossed out and the one written above it was in drawn out scribble that I couldn't decipher so I can't say as to whether this is a young Norbert or and old Norbert. I almost want to say the the years was "onze" / 11 but I couldn't be certain so hence the **'s. I didn't go back through the repertoire for this parish to see if there might be a corresponding birth pointing to this, then, being a young Norbert since I'm in a bit of a time crunch at the moment but perhaps someone else could take a peek for you. Michel Pèloquin is a witness to the burial so it might be a young Norbert. Considering that Norbert might be a family name, then this burial entry could be pointing to a possible uncle in the person of Michel to your Norbert. I do find a Michel Pèloquin in St Pierre de Sorel, Richelieu County on the 1851 CA census. Michel 36y, Sophie 33y, a servant, Catherine ***al widow 64y then a bunch of Pèloquin kids - Michel 15y, Catherine 12y, Paul 11y, P**r**(m) 8y, Marie 6y, Ph*****(m)5y, Théophile 3y, Adelle 6 mos. All b. Sorel There are numerous other Pèloquin"s also in St Pierre de Sorel on this census. It might be useful to look at this census and also get the repertoire films for St-Pierre. The Norbert that Suzanne found might be one of these on the census but using another part of his name which is why he doesn't show up in the Ancestry indexes. You'd have to look at the baptisms for males with Norbert as part of their name. If you've not looked at a repertoire before you should know that most have an index in the back that is compiled by event type...baptism, marriage, burial and within those categories, alphabetical by surname. There are, as always, the annoying exceptions but for the most part it is pretty easy to go through the repertoire years via the indexes looking for you target. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This message was recently posted to the Brooklyn list, and because I saw that the family originated in Connecticut I requested permission to repost it to the Connecticut list in hopes that someone would recognize one of the people mentioned. The poster was _cardiels@comcast.net_ (mailto:cardiels@comcast.net) so please reply to that person and not me. Thanks, Carol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've "rescued" an old photograph of Emily J. LAW which was taken at the Nichols Studio in New York City, NY. The photograph is dated April 19th 1877 with Emily appearing to be in her 30's at the time it was taken. Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding Emily and her family: Emilie PRICE b. Jun 1845 in CT to parents Edmund PRICE (b. abt 1806 in CT) and Abby H. ? (b. abt 1817 in CT). Emilie married Edward M. LAW (b. Aug 1842 in NJ) in 1869 in Manhattan, NY. The couple had 6 children including, Arthur; Abbie; Charles E.; Edward M. Jr.; Walter; and Marie LAW all born in NY between 1870 and 1884. Census records provide the following: 1880 census of Flatbush, New York City, NY: Edward LAW, age 36, born NJ, an Engraver, parents born NJ Emily LAW, wife, age 35, born NJ, Keeping House, parents born NJ Arthur LAW, son, age 11, born NY Abbie LAW, dau, age 8, born NY Edward LAW, son, age 5, born NY Charles LAW, son, age 5, born NY Walter LAW, son, age 11 months, born NY Edmond PRICE, Father-in-law, age 72, born NY, a Gentleman, parents born NY Hellen PRICE, Sister-in-law, age 32, born NY, parents born NY + 1 servant I am hoping to locate someone from her family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)

Bridgeport: Golinsky, Czapski, Pawlak, Demyan, Fekety, Murad, Mauro, Toth, Kondratowicz, Lisko, Vasil', Stoverchy, Smarzik, Kuchniski, Untenberg, Myers, Pecora, DeSalle, Vega Stratford: Harrison, Lister Danbury: Murad  Milford: Stone, Joy Torrington: Doyle, Alfano, Pagano Would love to share information. Laura J. Kandro New Jersey Researching: Surnames: Golinsky, Czapski, Pawlak (Pavlyak), Demyan, Fekety, Murad, Mauro, Toth, Kondratowicz, Lisko, Vasil', Stoverchy, Smarzik, Kuchniski, Krol, Las, Doyle, Barnette, Gronemus Locations: Kupel, Volhynia Gubernia, Russia (now Khmelnytska Oblast Ukraine); Podszkle-Bukovina, Arva Megye, Hungary (now Malopolska Voivodship Poland); Pichteleva, Andrupenes pag., Rezekne District, Vitebsk Gubernia, Russia (Kondrasi, Andzeļi parish, Kraslava District, Latvia); ; PA: Wilkes-Barre; NY: Oswego & Cherry Valley, CA: Culver City & Inglewood

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gilberte1947 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.connecticut.unknown/4719.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Thanks so much for the info, I printed it out & keep it all in case of family connections at one point. Suzanne Devine of the Quebec Genweb says he is mentioned as beeing born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island but May 15 1866 she says the parents look like a Norbert Peloquin & a Marie but not positive. Thanks again I am getting closer I can feel it. Gilberte Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I want to add more names to the CT list that seems to be going full bore right now. In New Haven, CT I am researching the Killoy and Walker families. In Fairfield and Bridgeport I am researching the Squires family. The Killoy's and Walker's are originally from Ireland and settled in New Haven and West Haven. I need the info on their tombstones which are probably located in St. Bernard's or St. Lawrence cemeteries. There are so many different Killoy's that I cannot figure out if they are directly connected to my great grandparents Michael and Elicia or Alice (nee: Keenan) who lived on Collis St. in New Haven. Michael immigrated in 1866. The Johnson James Walker family originated in Ireland and many descendants ended up in West Haven. The Killoy and Walker family joined when Catherine Killoy married Johnson J. Walker. My Squire or Squires family lived in Fairfield and I can get back to John and Esther Squires and their children on the 1850 census. John later moves with his second wife and two daughters to Rye, NY where he is listed as bedridden on the 1880 census. I feel that this Squires family probably connects to the immigrant George but cannot find the connector. Lynn

Hello, I haven't mentioned my ancestors* lately. And, I don't have time this morning to offer a summary. But, I can say that I am still interested in the 3 DEXTER brothers who left Rhode Island in the 1780's and moved to Killingly, CT. I am participarly interested in the descendants of the DEXTER / ALLEN family, and the son, Marvin DEXTER, who also married an ALLEN lady (they were not directly related). Marvin DEXTER only had 2 children, a daughter, and then, a son, John DEXTER. (There were 2 John DEXTER's in the town.) John married Mary Anna CLARK from Westport, MA, and they lived on the DEXTER Farm. John and "Molly" DEXTER had 3 daughters there, but one died at Age 3 and one died at Age 14. The surviving daughter, Clara, married Abner YOUNG. Abner and Clara YOUNG also lost a young daughter, and had their son, Earle, survive to adulthood, marry, and move to New Haven, I believe. Around 1885 John and Molly DEXTER moved to Melrose, MA, and in 1892 (while in their 50's) adopted a little girl. That little girl grew up to become my grandmother. My "educated guess" is that the DEXTER's were her grandparents. All the information I know is in the archives of the CT Lists. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * It is only an "educated guess" that the adopted child was the granddaughter of John and Molly DEXTER. I believe that Mrs. Clara YOUNG back in Killingly had an "unwanted pregnancy" in 1888. She delivered "someplace" in Feb. 1889, and arranged for the baby to be "found" in Boston, MA, possibly at Age 3 mos. (A very long, complicated story - which I've told on the MA and CT Lists many times.)

My parents were from Fairfield county, specifically Brookfield and Danbury. Lots and lots of surnames on my plate -- too many to list here. See my surname index <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Edav4is/ODTs/index.html#TOP> for a complete list -- so far! Specific surnames of great interest: Davis (my father's family) Sands (My paternal grandmother) Stansfield (My maternal grandfather) Starr (My maternal grandmother) My ancestral pedigree <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dav4is&id=I00001>. -R. LuvKUHawks@aol.com wrote: > My family lines in CT are centered around two separate areas, Guilford/North > Guilford and Lebanon/Columbia. > > These lines include: > > Guilford/North Guilford > Bartlett > Coan > Chittenden > Fowler > Meigs > Chedsey > Stevens > Etc. > > Lebanon/Columbia > Brewster > Wadsworth > Newcomb > Pinneo > Bradford > Etc. > > Also > Lyman, Richard (through his descendant who married a Brewster) > Etc. > > Isn't this fun? > Frances > > > > > **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, > no registration required and great graphics – check it out! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= > http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/ 512 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century New England & European roots. Total population: 126,100+ Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein

Hello, Here are my early Greenwich, Fairfield Co. CT families: ANDERSON, BOSCH/BUSH, FEAKE, FERRIS, GRAY, HARDY, HOBBY, HUSTED/HUESTES, HOLMES, HOYT, HULL, JONES, KNAPP, KILVEY, LOCKWOOD, LYON, MEAD, MILLS, MITCHELL, NORMAN, PALMER, POTTER (BROWN?), PURDY (speculative through ANDERSON), RUNDLE/RANDLE, SMITH (2), WATERBURY. Jeffrey Ferris married three direct line grandmothers. I'm also descended from three sons of John MEAD, son of William and Philip (Kilvey) MEAD. ANOTHER Fairfield County family is the Hessian soldier, William RHINEVAULT--originally Wilhelm Reinwald, a Brunswicker during the Revolution. He fought for the CT line after escaping from the British. His wife, Mary Spencer, and he reared a family in New Fairfield, Fairfield, CT. These lines come early to the area and stay there raising families till the early 1800s, when the sons took off for NY. I also have an assortment of 17th century Dutch New Amsterdam names. This eventually married into the Bosch/Bos/Bush family of early Cos Cob, CT. Best regards, Maureen Maureen Mead State Coordinator, CT USGenWeb Project: CTGenWeb.org County Coordinator, Fairfield Co: CTGenWeb.org/county/cofairfield mmeadpond@aol.com ************** Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)

No, for that recent period you will need to correspond with the individual Town Clerks and request the specific information as it is not online. You'll need to know some things to do that. There is a wealth of information about the Connecticut State Library and genealogical research here: _http://www.cslib.org/genealogy.htm_ (http://www.cslib.org/genealogy.htm) and here _http://www.cslib.org/handg.htm_ (http://www.cslib.org/handg.htm) and by following some of the links I think many of your questions will be answered. As always, it pays to educate yourself a bit before you approach Town Clerks with your questions as they are extremely busy folks and will appreciate your planning well before you approach them. They are an endless resource of information for you though. Connecticut is the greatest place to do research. Good luck to you. Carol **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)