The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Patriots <A HREF="http://www.ctssar.org/patriots/index.htm">Patriots - Connecticut Sons of the American R...</A> - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please read about some of the Patriots of the American Revolution. Rev. Ebenezer Baldwin Nathan Hale Gen. David Humphreys Gov. Samuel Huntington Capt. Matthew Mead Gen. Israel Putnam Paul Revere Roger Sherman Gen. Gold Selleck Silliman Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth Gov. Oliver Wolcott, Sr. <A HREF="http://www.ctssar.org/patriots/index.htm">Patriots - Connecticut Sons of the American R...</A>

The new aol ver 5.0 has a signature file, and more fonts than the old v 4.0. I really like the fact that I don't have to sign my notes any more, and I can add my web page address automatically to each note! Try it out Sandy in Florida <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag/index.html">All My Mama's</A>

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

I checked a book out of my public library that lists apprentices in Connecticut for the years 1637-1900 There is an alphabetical index that has names of the apprentices (indentured) as well as those to whom they were indentured. There is some parental info of those who were indentured as well as their age and sometimes a town name. The names of those who had these apprentices are also included with town names. If you feel that you have someone who may fit this criteria, I will take a look for you. Email me privately, so as not to use up list space. This is NOT a complete list of all indentured/apprentices, but it is a good collection (approx 3000 names) Karin akakarin@aol.com

I have received information from the Danbury CT.Cemetery Association, Inc. regarding my great uncle and aunt who are buried in Wooster Cemetery. On the information sent it lists the following funeral directors: W. F. Tomlinson (for a death that occured in 1944) Sayer (for a death that occured in 1915) I would like to know if these funeral homes still exist and if so, what address and/or phone no. is current. Also on the information it lists permit numbers. Are those numbers just burial permits or are they death certificate numbers? Thanks for any possible help. Jack, Indianapolis J4777EA@aol.com Researching: ALEXANDER, EATON, INGLEFIELD, LYMAN, MCCLURE, WILLIAMS

Glossary of Diseases and Epidemics <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/disease.htm">The OLIVE TREE: Glossary of Diseases/Epidemics</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/disease.htm

In response to your question re several children passing away within days of each other: In the 1890's typhoid fever wiped out all the children in my greatgrandmother's family except for her within a matter of one month. BJ Anderson, Alexandria, VA

Susan - I have James HALL and Mehitabel WOOD, who had Mehitabel HALL on 18 February 1722. Do your sources show anything more on the parents, James and Mehitabel? David FOX, born 23 December 1759 Windham?, m.27 October 1785 Hampton to Allathea ROBINSON. David FOX died 7 September 1826 Hampton, CT. Do you have any advice on getting more on him? Allathea died on 12 November 1809. Her 6-year-old son, Luther, died 4 days later. Luther's 7-year-old sister, Clarissa, died 9 days after he did. I wonder what happened. Are there newspapers available for this period? Barbara

I am Looking for any information for a George Melanson or Malenson who died in hartfort in 1992 had a brother named Joseph Jan

In a message dated 10/6/99 2:52:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Melanson@happybox.nu writes: << I am Looking for any information for a George Melanson or Malenson who died in hartfort in 1992 >> Hi Jan I searched in the SSDI (Social Security Death Index) at ancestry.com and I found a George Malenson, born 21Feb1902, died 23 Feb1992, last residence 06088 Windsor Locks, Hartford, CT), social security number 006-03-0945, ss issued in Maine (before 1951) >From this site, just enter the name,state of last residence and search - you will see these results- you will also see a "Write Letter" box. If you click on that you can print out a form letter to send with $7 to get his SS application. There are parents names and other things on that application. Hope this helps Karin akakarin@aol.com

Does anyone have any information on this line? unknown KELLOGG m. unknown HARWOOD second husband of unknown HARWOOD is probably James STEWART (1790 census Crown Point NY) William STEWART b. 1775 d. 1848 Ticonderoga NY m. Elizabeth PAGE b. 1782 d. 1835 Ticonderoga NY. These appear to be their children: Aaron, Cynthia, Ira, John, Noble, Amasa, Elija, Sylvanus, William D., Mary Ann, Seeley Ebernza, Thomas - all born before 1825 in Ticonderoga NY. William STEWART's half brother was Isaac KELLOGG. They came to Ticonderoga NY in 1785 from Canaan CT. Linda White

Hello List! My great aunt and my aunt were/are both members of the DAR. Does anyone have an idea of what I would have to do to become a member and how much it would cost? Our line goes back to Thomas of Hartford with Lemuel Barnes being the Rev. War ancestor. I am just curious, and don't need many pages of info, just a little idea of what it might involve. Thanks. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Wilson, Kangas, Eskola, Benedict, Miner, Barnes, Crandle, Berry, Williams Proud to be a contributing Sponsor of RootsWeb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At 07:59 PM 10/4/99 -0300, S. Smith wrote: >Does anyone have the basic direct line Hale ancestry of Nathan Hale? Is >he descended from Samuel Hale who immigrated in 1615?? > >thanks. > >Sue No, Sue, he does not descend from Samuel Hale, but from Robert Hale of Charlestown, MA: Capt. Nathan-5 HALE, b. 6 Sep 1755, Coventry, CT; d. 22 Sep 1776, New York, NY, unmarried Richard-4 HALE, m. Elizabeth STRONG Samuel-3 HALE, m. Apphia MOODY John-2 HALE, m. Sarah NOYES Robert-1 HALE, m. Joanna ----- Reference: Donald Lines Jacobus, _Hale, House, and Related Families_. By the way, Nathan's uncle Benajah STRONG was a direct ancestor of the late Princess Diana. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://www.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

Hope this helps, Kathy Connecticut Vital Records Law Substitute Senate Bill No. 301 PUBLIC ACT NO. 96-258 (effective Oct 1996) AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO GENEALOGICAL RECORDS AND THE VALIDATION OF CERTAIN MARRIAGES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 7-41a of the general statutes, as amended by sections 12 and 21 of public act 95-257, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: All records of vital statistics including births, marriages and deaths in the custody of any registrar of vital statistics or of the Department of Public Health shall be open for research to any member of a [legally incorporated] genealogy society INCORPORATED OR AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS OR CONDUCT AFFAIRS IN THIS STATE and such societies shall be permitted to incorporate statistics derived therefrom in their publications. Sec. 2. Section 7-51 of the general statutes, as amended by sections 12 and 21 of public act 95-257, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: With the exception of the chief executive officer of the municipality or his authorized agent, the local director of health, attorneys at law, title examiners and members of [legally incorporated] genealogical societies INCORPORATED OR AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS OR CONDUCT AFFAIRS IN THIS STATE, no person, except the person whose birth is recorded, if over eighteen years of age, HIS CHILDREN OR SPOUSE or his parent [or] guardian OR GRANDPARENT if a minor, shall have any access to or be permitted to examine the original or any copy of the birth certificate or birth record, of any person, nor shall he disclose any matters contained therein or any information concerning such birth, which original, copy or information is in the custody of any registrar of vital statistics or of the Department of Public Health, or shall he be entitled to any copy of any such certificate, record or information, except upon written order of a court of record or upon written request of a state department or the federal government when approved by the Department of Public Health. Sec. 3. Section 7-51a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: [Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-51, persons acting under the direction of a legally incorporated genealogical society shall be permitted to copy the vital records, including birth, death and marriage records and their indexes, of any municipality. The provisions of this section shall apply only to those vital records of a municipality which are not included in the Barbour Collection and which relate to events which occurred prior to the year 1900. All copies made under the provisions of this section shall be reduced to microfilm and shall be placed in the custody of the state's Public Records Administrator who shall make such microfilm copies available to the public for purposes of genealogical research at the State Library. If any vital records for the periods specified in this section have been microfilmed, the person having custody of the microfilm negatives shall permit their use for the purposes of this section. No expense arising from activities permitted under this section shall be paid by the state or any municipality. Nothing in this section shall be construed to be in derogation of any other right of public access to vital records conferred by any other provision of the general statutes.] ANY PERSON EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY PURCHASE COPIES OF MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS, AND COPIES OF RECORDS OF BIRTHS WHICH ARE AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD, IN THE CUSTODY OF ANY REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS. DURING ALL NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, MEMBERS OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES INCORPORATED OR AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS OR CONDUCT AFFAIRS IN THIS STATE SHALL (1) HAVE FULL ACCESS TO ALL VITAL RECORDS IN THE CUSTODY OF ANY REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS, INCLUDING CERTIFICATES, LEDGERS, RECORD BOOKS, CARD FILES, INDEXES AND DATABASE PRINTOUTS, EXCEPT CONFIDENTIAL FILES ON ADOPTIONS, (2) BE PERMITTED TO MAKE NOTES FROM SUCH RECORDS AND (3) BE PERMITTED TO PURCHASE COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS. Sec. 4. Section 46b-22a of the general statutes, as amended by section 1 of public act 95-6, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: All marriages, celebrated before [April 13, 1995] THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, otherwise valid except that the justice of the peace joining such persons in marriage did not have a valid certificate of qualification, are validated. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage, except that sections 1 to 3, inclusive, shall take effect October 1, 1996. Approved June 10, 1996. Effective as provided in section 5. **************** New England Genealogy Home page: http://pages.prodigy.net/kathyb/home.htm

Hi Everyone, This is a quote from the Connecticut State Library page. You can see yourself at: http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/vitals.htm "The original vital records for most Connecticut towns from inception to the present are in the custody of the town clerk. Public Act No. 96-258, "An Act Concerning Access to Genealogical Records and the Validation of Certain Marriages," provides that birth records less than one hundred years old are only open to certain parties including the individual in question, his/her guardian or legal representative or a member of a genealogical society incorporated or authorized to do business or conduct affairs in Connecticut." There is a link provided to the list of gen societies which are authorized. Good luck, Hope

Does anyone have the basic direct line Hale ancestry of Nathan Hale? Is he descended from Samuel Hale who immigrated in 1615?? thanks. Sue

Failing all else, one may contact them through the Windsor Historical Society at 96 Palisado Ave, Windsor, CT 06095

Could someone inform us how to go about joining Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor? I might like to join. Geri

In a message dated 10/3/99 6:15:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, stephen.smith.03@snet.net writes: What is the best Ct Gen. Soc to join? It seems you need to belong to one in order to get into some town records (I object to this practice and think all the records should be open to the public, but don't feel like fighting city hall right now). >> I agree that the Conn Society of Genealogists is a fine one. Their monthly publication is helpful. I suggest that you might also consider joining one of the more focused groups - I know that membership as/in Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor will get you the much desired 'card'. I also know that there is still some confussion or 'attitude' among the various town clerks in and around the state. I know the 'law', and should actually carry it with me [in the same slot as my 'card'] so that I may refer to it while at the town hall.......... Basically, [as I recall] any records that are more than 100 years old are avail to all. Beyond that, BIRTH records less than 100 years old are private, EXCEPT to the primary person, a minor childs parents, the court and certain attorneys. I have found that death records which bear the SS number of the deceased are also somewhat protected. I also believe that, IF I can produce/convince the clerk that I am an interested descendant that they will cooperate Will someone here cite the law in it's entirety? susan

I belong to the Connecticut Society of Genealogists. I think this is the main one for Connecticut and it is a good one. Joann Nichols S. Smith wrote: > What is the best Ct Gen. Soc to join? It seems you need to belong to > one in order to get into some town records (I object to this practice > and think all the records should be open to the public, but don't feel > like fighting city hall right now). > > Can anyone give me the name of a good one they belong to? > > Sue