-----Original Message----- From: SAXBURY@aol.com [mailto:SAXBURY@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 9:59 PM To: co-roots-l-request@rootsweb.com; genconnecticut-l-request@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Listowner Dear Listowner, Although I am not a subscriber to your state list I have an announcement (below my signature) I was hoping you would consider passing along to your list members. Thank you for your time and consideration, Barbara Freeman - -------------------------------------- Subject: Newspaper Abstracts There is a new mail list and web site at Rootsweb!! This list is for the submission of newspaper abstracts. Newspapers are a wonderful and often overlooked resource for those researching their families. Many fascinating and descriptive details can be found about the lives our ancestors from the businesses they frequented to the hardships they endured while trying to build a new life in a new land. Even letters home from men at war detailing their daily accounts were occasionally printed for all to read. Over the years many records were lost or destroyed in fires, floods and natural disasters. Newspapers include notations on births, illnesses and deaths that occured before local and state governments began keeping records. Other items such as tax rolls, local military rosters, court notifications in chancery and probate, separations and divorces are also given mention. Many newspapers managed to survive the test of time and can now be found at most state libraries on microfilm and are available thru inter-library loan for viewing at your local library. To view our web site, click here: <A HREF="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~newspapr/">Newspaper Abstracts Home Page</A> (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~newspapr/) And to join our mail list send an email to: Newspaper-Abstracts-L-request@rootsweb.com or Newspaper-Abstracts-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you prefer the digest version) and in the body of the message write only the word: subscribe Feel free to pass this information on to other lists. Have a wonderful week, Barbara Freeman http://members.aol.com/saxbury http://www.genexchange.com/MO/index.cfm http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~newspapr/

Hi, Are the CT State Archives still being microfilmed and if so, does anyone know when they plan to finish? Thanks, Pat

Can anyone help me in locating the exact birth date for my Samuel A. WADSWORTH, b. CT circa 1803. He was the son of Joseph Wadsworth and Dorcas Andrus/Andrews of CT. Joseph was born in Hartford, CT, 29 Oct 1769, but in abt. 1806 he moved to Syracuse, Onondago, NY. Samuel's siblings were, George Marsh Wadsworth, b. 1796, Walter M. Wadsworth, b. 1801, Samuel A. circa 1803, Joseph Edward, b. 1806, Calvin Smith Wadsworth, b. 1810, Lulu and Philo, Wadsworth. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Cheryl in Missouri

Does anyone have the children of this couple? Thanks, Paula Descendants of Shory Davis 1 Shory Davis b: 1754 in RI born in South Kingston, RI and moved to Preston, CT d: February 25, 1841 in in the Davis graveyard in Preston, CT ... +Sarah Carpenter m: Aft. 1768 b: October 30, 1757 d: April 14, 1832 in in the Davis graveyard in Preston, CT

There is an interesting reference "to the world, as it was seen by people 1,000 years ago", as presented to THE WHITE HOUSE, released by Office of the Press Secretary, dated January 25, 1999, The East Room, 7:37 P.M. EST; Title: FIFTH MILLENNIUM EVENING AT THE WHITE HOUSE Remarks by the President, the First Lady, Professor Natalie Davis and Professor Martin Marty http://www.usia.gov/usa/2000/5milev.htm "Their life expectancy was short. Most of them could not expect to pass the age of 40, if that." . . . "So to get to my question, what is it, then, that -- or why should this culture, why should we focus on the past? Why is it important, or is it, indeed, important, for us to go back to the past and recognize the accomplishments of people who have done these things in the past?" . . . "PROFESSOR DAVIS: Professor Cruz, thank you for your question and your description of the many features of our 20th century life that develop -- some going back to the year 1000 and some to the year 1500. I think there are several reasons to study -- to be interested in the past, in addition to what it's contributed to us. One is partly the fascination of in human life, of different ways the people have lived, including ways that might not contribute to us." . . . SEE ALSO: 60:20512 Benedictow, Ole J. The medieval demographic system of the Nordic countries. ISBN 82-91114-01-3. 1993. 229 pp. Middelalderforlaget: Oslo, Norway. In Eng. This is a general study of the demographics of the Nordic countries in medieval times. Data are primarily from 15 osteo-archeological studies of medieval cemeteries carried out in recent decades. "The author concludes that the demographic system of the Nordic countries must have been qualitatively different from the early modern demographic regime. It is, among other things, distinguished by considerably higher mortality, lower life expectancy, higher nuptiality, lower age at marriage, especially for females, and higher fertility. This shows that the transformation from medieval society to (early) modern Europe comprised profound changes not only in economic, social and political structures, but also in the basic demographic pattern." Correspondence: Middelalderforlaget, P.O. Box 80, Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR). REF: http://popindex.princeton.edu/browse/v60/n2/i.html Respectfully yours, Tom Tinney, Sr. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/homepage.htm#Here Listed in: Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999 Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]

What was your ancester's surname? or the whole name. Could be, we might be looking at the same person. Charlie -----Original Message----- From: DBLSearch@aol.com <DBLSearch@aol.com> To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com <GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 4:27 PM Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] Re: GenConnecticut-D Digest V99 #294 >In a message dated 10/24/1999 11:30:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >GenConnecticut-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< On the topic of New Haven research, does anyone know where I might find >the > will of my ancestor who died in Guilford in 1646? I'm planning my research > trip for next May. > > Thanks, > Judy Drake >> > >If you are coming to Connecticut - The Connecticut State Library & Archives >is a good place to do research, as is the Connecticut Historical Society, >both in the city of Hartford. > >The town of Guilford was established in 1643. Connecticut has distinct >probate "districts" - not divided by town or county. A Probate District was >not established for Guilford until 1719. All earlier [ie: 1646] probate >records for Guilford will be found in either the New Haven or New London >Probate District. > >There is a central index for Connecticut Probate Estate Packets up to 1880 - >available at the CT State Library [CSL] and/or the LDS Family History Center >on microfilm. Copies of the estate packets are also available on microfilm at >either of the above repositories [CSL or LDS]. > >Dianne Bordeaux Lenti, Professional Genealogist >Specializing in Ethnic Immigrant Research >Late 18th-20th Century Connecticut Records >& New England Naturalizations > >

In a message dated 10/24/1999 11:30:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GenConnecticut-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << On the topic of New Haven research, does anyone know where I might find the will of my ancestor who died in Guilford in 1646? I'm planning my research trip for next May. Thanks, Judy Drake >> If you are coming to Connecticut - The Connecticut State Library & Archives is a good place to do research, as is the Connecticut Historical Society, both in the city of Hartford. The town of Guilford was established in 1643. Connecticut has distinct probate "districts" - not divided by town or county. A Probate District was not established for Guilford until 1719. All earlier [ie: 1646] probate records for Guilford will be found in either the New Haven or New London Probate District. There is a central index for Connecticut Probate Estate Packets up to 1880 - available at the CT State Library [CSL] and/or the LDS Family History Center on microfilm. Copies of the estate packets are also available on microfilm at either of the above repositories [CSL or LDS]. Dianne Bordeaux Lenti, Professional Genealogist Specializing in Ethnic Immigrant Research Late 18th-20th Century Connecticut Records & New England Naturalizations

On the topic of New Haven research, does anyone know where I might find the will of my ancestor who died in Guilford in 1646? I'm planning my research trip for next May. Thanks, Judy Drake

I wonder. I can believe it if the children died within a very short time of one another. But when a baby is born and then dies a short time later, and this happens again and again in the same family, I wonder if it has to do with Rh incompatibility or the babies were killed in some manner. SID might have had something to do with it, but it has been proved that it is very rare, if at all, that SID happens more than once in a family. Karen -----Original Message----- From: June Barrett [mailto:barrettbj@webtv.net] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 7:05 PM To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] Epidemics In re to many families of children being wiped out by disease, diptheria was another killer during the years previous to the turn of the century and for a while after. In my great greats families many children died from this disease. Just look in the cemeteries and you will find whole families of young children buried there all in a short time of one another. June B ______________________________

Hi Dennis, We are not talking about City Hall. We are talking about the Dept. of Health Vital Statistics of New Haven County. They are located at 165 Church St. The following is a quote from their form letter: "Our office does not do genealogical research. If you are a member of a Connecticut based society you may visit our office on Wednesdays from 9AM to 11:30AM to do the research. If not, you may contact Ct. Society of Genealogists, Inc., P.O. Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033" They are also very nice individually but this is their policy. You are allowed into a little tiny room to share with however many others are there to do research during this time and also employees who are in and out of the room. All genealogists also have to share one table and 1 chair. The other table in the room is for employees use only. June

would anyone have any information on a david russell danbury or stamford connecticut thank you so much shirleymul@aol.com shirley mullane

--part1_0.99b564e.2541ae96_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mary AVERY m. Benjamin BAKER at Fairfield, 14 Aug. 1718. Does anyone who her parents were? The IGI has three different sets of parents that could be hers: Thomas AVERY and Hannah MINOR Thomas AVERY and Hannah RAYMOND William AVERY and Mary LANE I understand that there is a published Avery genealogy that might be helpful with this. Does anyone have a copy, and if so, could you please check it for me? Thanks. I appreciate the help. Kathy --part1_0.99b564e.2541ae96_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: KatCamp@aol.com From: KatCamp@aol.com Full-name: KatCamp Message-ID: <0.2a459fb.253cd235@aol.com> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:42:45 EDT Subject: AVERY & BAKER To: CT-FAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 26 Mary AVERY m. Benjamin BAKER at Fairfield, 14 Aug. 1718. Does anyone who her parents were? The IGI has three different sets of parents that could be hers: Thomas AVERY and Hannah MINOR Thomas AVERY and Hannah RAYMOND William AVERY and Mary LANE Thanks. I appreciate the help. Kathy --part1_0.99b564e.2541ae96_boundary--

Several people have been try to unsub from this list. please refer to the welcome message you received when unsubbing. If you don't remember how to unsub than please follow the directions below. Send an email from the address that is subbed (if your subbed at home you can't unsub from work) Send the email to Genconnecticut-l-request@rootsweb.com (If you are in digest mode than put d in place of the l) Put the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. Do not put any other information. You will receive a message from GenConnecticut stating whether or not your request was accepted and where to email for problems. Also please remember that it may take a day or two for the buffer to clear out. You may receive messages after you have unsubbed because messages were being sent while you were unsubbing. Please email me privately if you have any questions Nancy Catherine Walker List Manager

Sue Smith wrote: > I was looking for address for New Haven Vital Records and found out > from several people that...you have to go in Wenesday bet. 9 and > eleven, have ID proof of being a registered genealogist... a picture > ID and the five dollars... ---------------- I'd heard a lot of horror stories about NH City Hall before visiting and went in loaded for bear, all set to complain to the supervisor, mayor, governor, etc. if I got a hard time. Was surprised I had no trouble at all. I was there 4 Oct. (a Monday) at about 9 am. I didn't see anything about a early cutoff time; I know over at the public library, the local history section closes at 1, which is itself not good but a different topic. Since the records I needed were from the 1880-90s period, I didn't need to belong to a society. And the records clerk was as pleasant and professional as she could be. As far as the 5 bucks go, that's all true; sorry. Would be nice if they had a cheaper not-certified copy option. You can get a copy of the records access law at http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1926/ctrules.html I'm no lawyer, but looks like post-1900 birth records are the only ones that really cause trouble. Don't know if this will help, but NH city hall is supposed to be open till 8pm on first Tuesdays. See http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/govt/gov08.htm Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com Sterling Heights Michigan

In a message dated 10/21/1999 11:22:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GenConnecticut-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I object to them illegally demanding we belong to an organization when these are public records. >> Many people feel the same way, but it is the current Connecticut law regarding vital records. Marriage and death records are open to the public, but birth records in Connecticut are restricted unless over 100 years old. Dianne

Is anyone familiar with what info is contained in the following? State of Connecticut Adjutant General's Office: "Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States in the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition From April 21, 1898 to July 4, 1904". I've seen the on-line database which only has name, residence, organization, rank, and place of birth. Does the actual book have any additional data? I recently found out 2 uncles served and are listed, but will need a ship's name for one of them before going to NARA; saying he was in the US Navy won't cut the mustard. (I was in CT just a couple of weeks before finding this out, too <sigh>.) Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com Sterling Heights Michigan

I was looking for address for New Haven Vital Records and found out from several people that they are not easy to get...you have to go in Wenesday bet.. 9 and eleven, have ID proof of being a registered genealogist (member of an association), a picture ID and the five dollars. . I guess if it is a death record after 1900, you can get it by mail. I work Wednesdays, so that leaves me out in the cold, plus, I object to them illegally demanding we belong to an organization when these are public records. > > New Haven Vital Records > > New Haven Vital Statistics > 165 Church St. Room 154 > New Haven, CT 06510-2010 > (203) 946-8084 > b/m/d records only in New Haven > birth: genealogy card plus $5.00 plus photo ID > death: $5.00 money order"City of New Haven" (research req.back to 1900 only > by mail) Sue

Can anyone give me the address for New Haven Vital Records and tell me the cost of a record, please? Thanks much. Susan Winters Smith

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Another good page for ship information is: http://istg.rootsweb.com/