I obtained some naturalization records from NARA in Boston, for Connecticut residents. Check www.nara.gov for further information. Bob French >Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 10:39:33 -0400 >From: "Joanne R. Chapin" <curtis.c.chapin@snet.net> >To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] Naturalization Records in CT Hello, > Where are the naturalization records for the state kept? A friend >of >mine from CA is trying to trace some naturalization records from the >1800's and has spoken to a town clerk, who put her in touch with >probate >court..(I have no idea why) and the probate judge said she had no idea >where the records would be. My friend will appreciate any help we can >give her. > >Thanks, >Joanne R. Chapin >New Milford, CT ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Joanne, In New York, I found naturalization papers in the local county archives. Check with the local historical society; I bet they can direct you. Jan Joanne R. Chapin wrote: > > Hello, > Where are the naturalization records for the state kept? A friend of > mine from CA is trying to trace some naturalization records from the > 1800's and has spoken to a town clerk, who put her in touch with probate > court..(I have no idea why) and the probate judge said she had no idea > where the records would be. My friend will appreciate any help we can > give her. > > Thanks, > Joanne R. Chapin > New Milford, CT

Can anyone tell me if there is still a river called the Halfway River? In 1750's my ancestor bought a grist mill on the south side of the Halfway River which was then the dividing line between Newtown and Stratford, Conn, and later the dividing line between Newtown and Monroe. Is the river called by some other name these days? Thanks Sue

All, I found a newspaper clipping between the pages of a book I bought today that might be of interest to some CT lister. The clipping is from (probably) The Hartford Times, it is undated but was in a book published in 1919 on a Rockville/Vernon activity, and the caption reads: Little Ellen Jendrucek of 15 Orchard St., Rockville, gets Sesquicentennial booster button from Rockville Rotary Club President Harry Flamm who has grown a heavy beard for forthcoming beard contest [Times photo by Hal Warner]. A picture of Harry Flamm pinning a button on little Ellen (who appears to be about 5 years old) is above the caption. Anyone for whom this clipping might be of genealogical interest may have it, first email gets it. Send me a private email. Karl

Valuable data (very) by Warren Wetmore (nice work, Warren)! aka WebMerlin@MegsINet.net (Warren Wetmore) <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5699/kinrev.html">Kinney Kenney Rev War Pension Extracts</A> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5699/kinrev.html

Beautiful database with all descendants - intermarried with many early CT families. <A HREF="http://www.tiac.net/users/ckhans/gilbert.htm">THOMAS GILBERT</A> http://www.tiac.net/users/ckhans/gilbert.htm

Hello, Where are the naturalization records for the state kept? A friend of mine from CA is trying to trace some naturalization records from the 1800's and has spoken to a town clerk, who put her in touch with probate court..(I have no idea why) and the probate judge said she had no idea where the records would be. My friend will appreciate any help we can give her. Thanks, Joanne R. Chapin New Milford, CT

Hi thanks for your messages. In view of the interest shown I've decided to place some images from the book on my web site at http://www.btinternet.com/~jhgt/. If you would like to take a look at them I will gladly let you have any further information or page images etc. + - + - + - + - + John HG Tinker - London, England jhgt@btinternet.com Tinker Surname Research World-Wide http://www.btinternet.com/~jhgt/ + - + - + - + - +

>Hi I just learned the maiden name of my gr grandmother was Rothrock. >Her name was Carlotta Rothrock. she married Newton Donovan I'm usure of >marriage dateso can't look for a marriage record, but my gr-grandfather >was born in 1882.Ý So it is in that era I'm looking.Ý I don't even know >where to begin with this one. I don't know when,where, or how she died >either. >Anyone else out ther looking for Rothrock?Ý A relative has said she was >possibly from Connecticut.ÝMy grandmother, Florence Donovan was born in >Elizabeth NJ in 1914.Ý This is a total shot in the dark. Anyone >have any suggestions on how to proceed? >Thanks, >Kitty >Ý >Ý I'm interested in the ROTHROCK surname also, but the ones I know of don't go back to Connecticut. This is a family of German origin who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1730s, settled in the York Co. area. Some descendants become RODRUCK and then RODERICK, some remain ROTHROCK. Three brothers moved to the Winston-Salem NC area in the 1770s and left a lot of descendants there, and those are the ones I'm researching. Elizabeth Harris state coordinator, NCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/

Hi I just learned the maiden name of my gr grandmother was Rothrock. Her name was Carlotta Rothrock. she married Newton Donovan I'm usure of marriage dateso can't look for a marriage record, but my gr-grandfather was born in 1882.� So it is in that era I'm looking.� I don't even know where to begin with this one. I don't know when,where, or how she died either. Anyone else out ther looking for Rothrock?� A relative has said she was possibly from Connecticut.�My grandmother, Florence Donovan was born in Elizabeth NJ in 1914.� This is a total shot in the dark. Anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? Thanks, Kitty � �

Thanks to everyone who provided this site online. I hate to admit that I have the 4 volumes but it is such a chore to search the way they are written. Jeanne > From: ALums48454@aol.com > To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] "Savage" now on-line > Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 6:38 AM > > Someone asked for this... > gopher://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/11/journals/kraftpub/Genealogical > > A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND > > Dave Blackwell's page is easier to use. He divided it up into chapters so it > is much easier to load. > <A HREF="http://genweb.net/~blackwell/books.html">History and Genealogy > Books Online Effort</A> > Abby

Jeanne, Those books are on line for downloading. Go here. http://genweb.net/~books/savage/savage.htm Gabby -----Original Message----- From: jfrance <jfrance@pe.net> To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com <GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 11:35 PM Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] Genealogical Dictionary of NE by SAVAGE >I thought I had seen that the 4 volume set "Genealogical Dictionary of New >England" by Savage .. had been INDEXED and was available to download off >the web. (Lengthy)....Was I mistaken or is it available online? JEANNE >---------- >> >

Someone asked for this... gopher://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/11/journals/kraftpub/Genealogical A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND

Four volumes Savage Dictionary freely shared in text at David Blackwell's page: http://genweb.net/~books/savage/savage.htm

Someone asked for this... gopher://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/11/journals/kraftpub/Genealogical A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND Dave Blackwell's page is easier to use. He divided it up into chapters so it is much easier to load. <A HREF="http://genweb.net/~blackwell/books.html">History and Genealogy Books Online Effort</A> Abby

I was wondering if anyone would know where I could find information on the towns of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, all CT. My grandfather collected books and I have inherited many of them, one is entitled 'The Code of 1660 being a compilation of the earlier Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut also the Constitution, or Civil Compact entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield in 1638-9 to which is added some abstracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of the New Haven Colony commonly called THE BLUE LAWS. That truly is the title, it was published in 1825 by Silus Andrus of Hartford. I thought I might try and find out about these towns way back in the 1600's. If thought useful I could go through the book and list some of the names. all the best John + - + - + - + - + John HG Tinker - London, England jhgt@btinternet.com Tinker Surname Research World-Wide http://www.btinternet.com/~jhgt/ + - + - + - + - +

I thought I had seen that the 4 volume set "Genealogical Dictionary of New England" by Savage .. had been INDEXED and was available to download off the web. (Lengthy)....Was I mistaken or is it available online? JEANNE ---------- >

At 10:03 AM 8/26/99 EDT, Mmstrick@aol.com wrote: >Has anyone seen reviews of or read the book, �Blood Line of the Holy Grail�? >This author presents a scenario for the descendants of Jesus. That is to say, >he begins with Jesus and Mary Magdelene and their sons and traces his >lineage through seven centuries down to some names that are very recognizable >if you have become connected with royalty of almost any kind. And further, >there is recognition of lineage down to Queen Elizabeth II. The author is >presented as a �noted genealogist� with royal credentials and the book was >published legitimately by Barnes and Noble. I have read it and if you are a >person of Christian faith it may be very threatening to you as it denies the >resurrection and finds Jesus dying and buried in a different country where he >went to evade authorities. While I will not buy this scenario I do recommend >the book for the many, many pedigree chart pages which are offered starting >with the Bible and going through many different royal lines, some of which >could expand the information you may already have about your royal >connections. If you know anything about this book I would appreciate your >reactions via e-mail to me. >Joan >mmstrick@aol.com This book has been discussed at length on the Medieval genealogy mailing list, and has pretty thoroughly been discredited. Don't believe much of what you read in there, and verify, verify, verify!!! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://www.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659

I accidently hit the send button and wasn't really thru with my message. So this is a continuation of my letter re: Thwaite STRICKLAND.. This is the John STRICKLAND I said I had as the brother [maybe] of Thwaite STRICKLAND but can't find my source where I read it...I told you about it in my first letter. The John STRICKLAND who was in Long Island was my 12th great grandfather.. I have this on him. John STRICKLAND b abt 1592 England d 1672 Hempstead, Queens, Long Island, New York md abt 1623 England TO .................................... I have one child, a daughter who was my 11th gr gm Elizabeth STRICKLAND b abt 1609 England d ................... Hempstead, Queens, Long Island, New York md 1643/1644 TO Capt John SEAMAN.. 11th gr gf md2) abt 1695 TO Martha MOORE 1639 - 1698+ Source on John 1) STRICKLAND I have one child, a dau of Elizabeth STRICKLAND and Capt John SEAMAN.. 10th gr gp Elizabeth SEAMAN b 1647 Hempstead, Queens, Long Island, New York d ......... " m abt 1667 " TO Capt John 2) JACKSON the s/o Henry & Marry 2) ABBOTT (d/o George 1) Notes on John 1) STRICKLAND.. John came with the Winthrup fleet, but no record shows of what town he was from. There is no church that can be found that he was a member of. He was a man of good consideration evidently as he served on a special jury of the curt of assistance in May 1631, which gave the exempl. damages in the action of battery of DEXTER against Capt. ENDICOTT. At the court in Sep 1632 he was finded 3 pounds for refusing to watch, but at the general court in Sep 1838 it was remitted to him, as were those of Sir Richard SALTONSTALL, Gov. DDUDLEY, Edward GIBBONS, and so many others, that it perhaps gave more satisfaction that any session has evr done since, and may be called the grand remission term. He was admitted as freeman 19 oct and was sworn in on 18 May 1631. With certanity no more is know of John STRICKLAND, but SABAGES supposes that he was one of the patentees of Hempstead, Long Island, NY in 1644 and of it the first settlers at Huntington, in 1650. He had, we can hardly doubt a family, but Savage has no record of who they were nor who was his wife. His daughter Elizabeth STRICKLAND and Captain John SEAMAN also found spelled SYMONDS were married 1643/1644 at Hempstead, LI, NY. Elizabeth died 5 Aug 1694 and her widower md abt 1695 Martha MOORE. Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

This summer's reading included "Glastenbury for 200 Years - 1853" by Rev. Alonzo B Chapin and a committee of five other men, descendants of early settlers of the town. The first Strickland the author found any record of here is "Thwait" whose estate was settled in 1670. Followed the names of his children and their birthdates. Joan... I am interested in Thwaite STRICKLAND... he married my 8th great grand aunt, Elizabeth 2) SHEPARD the d/o Edward and Violet (CHARNOLD) SHEPARD.. Does the book say who his parents were, and was he the brother of John who went to Long Island, and where in England he was born? when in 1670 did he die, I have he died in Hartford, Hartford, CT...same for his marriage, I have that as 1646 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.. You say it lists his children.. How many did they have? I have this in my notes of Thwaite: "Thwaite md abt 1646 Elizabeth 2) SHEPARD. Thwaite was born in England and died sometime before 21 June 1670 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.. That is the date his widow Elizabeth md2) Nicholas DISBOROUGH as his 2nd wife." I have Thwaite as the brother of John STRICKLAND who went to Long Island..I don't know where I got that piece of information, you know some of us didn't put our "sources" down...when we first started collecting our families...and kick ourselves forever until we find where we found it!! In "The Great Migration Begins" vol 3 p1787 Robert Charles Anderson clearly states Thwaite WAS NOT the son of John, but nothing of him being the brother of a John who went to Long Island... Thank you, Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com