Hi, I am hoping someone might be able to get me obit in Hunnington Ct for a Claire STEVENS. She died July 23 1997. thanks DanaRae

Hi listers I am at present involved in the following project: I recently purchased 6 volumes of 1881 newspapers. These papers are a collection based on news about President Garfield's assassination and later death. They are hundreds of papers from little hamlets in Maine to Florida, Washington Territory, and cities all over the US. What I am doing is collecting family history related items from these papers (ie, births, deaths, marriages, and any news articles about people where enough info is given to hopefully separate them out) and databasing them with MS Access, my hope being to post the items by geographical mail lists. If there is news from Wheeling West Virginia to post it on that states mailing list. I could also post by names I suppose also. I want this info to reach as wide an audience as possible. Any suggestions? Listowners, do you think perhaps a new list or lists would serve my purpose? Any ideas accepted. Thanks, Richard Leach (President, Greater Lowell Genealogy Club, Lowell, MA.)

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I am posting this for a friend who is writing a book or article on George Tefft and his wife Mary. She is looking for other researchers of this couple. George TEFFT, possibly son of James & Martha (SHEFFIELD) TEFFT, was b. ca. 1745, probably in South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI. He lived in South Kingstown until 1799, then in Lebanon, CT, 1799-1802, then in the Bolton/Vernon area of Tolland County, CT. 1810 census record from Vernon is the last record I have of him. Where and when did he die? His wife Mary died in Stonington in 1834. Where and when were she and George married and who were her parents? George and Mary had the following children: Martha (m. Levi TOTTEN); Sarah (m. Nathan KENYON); Lucy (m. Thomas TEFFT]; Elizabeth (m. Isaiah GREEN); Mary (m. William COTTRELLl); and possibly a son Caleb. Most of the children stayed in Rhode Island, but Caleb, if he was theirs, moved with them to Connecticut and died in Vernon, 22 Dec 1864 at the age of 73. Linda Mathew ctmathew@aol.com

In a message dated 6/30/99 3:23:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GenConnecticut-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:53:30 -0400 > From: "Donna J. Lawton-Royce" <donnaj@slic.com> > To: GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <37795C79.31391362@slic.com> > Subject: [GenConnecticut-L] BARBOUR COLLECTION > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > This is in regards to the person "annoyed" by the Barbour queries happening on > here the past few days... > > The purpose of the list is to try and connect with others right? What real harm > are the Barbour queries having? You never know where you might pick up that > missing twig or connect with that other person who is searching for the same > as you. > > I think we should all be grateful for good hearted people like Dave and the > others that take the time and energy not only to look this information up, but > also type it into and email and send it.. whether someone has been found or not. > NOT finding the information in certain spots is sometimes just as important as > finding it! Who knows, the next post might just happen to be someone looking > for your family.. wouldn't you be excited then!! > > I understand the person earlier and probably others too are beginning to feel a > little annoyed with the Barbour Queries, but it only takes a second to hit > delete and get rid of the message. It on average probably takes me 10-15 > seconds > to see if I know a surname mentioned, and if not, I simply delete it. > > By the way, I live in St. Lawrence County NY and if anyone has relatives they > are trying to locate in this area, I would be more than GLAD to help. > > Donna > Right On, Donna -- I agree. Everyone should try to remember the purpose of the existence of this list! Ed

I have the Barbour Collection for Woodstock (in Windham County) 1848 - 1866 and will do look-ups. Joyce Keats keats@primenet.com

Seeking any information about the father of ARTHUR LIONELL McGOVERN, born 9-23-1923 in Putnam, CT, son of FLORENCE ELIZABETH McGOVERN, 1906-1984. Father's last name was MORAN. Arthur was informally adopted by the DRAGON family of Webster, MA in 1925. 925.=20

For those who haven't found them yet, here are some sources of scanned historical maps. University of Connecticut: http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/exhibits/scannedmaps/scannedmaps.html Connecticut, 1777, 1824, 1850, 1855, 1930 New England, 1677 Same as http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/exhibit2/28.jpg United States, Tanner H. S. 1834. This map is divided into 60 separate JPEG files. Also 1895 United States Atlas--every county--Pam Rietsch's website for Livingston County MI http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm The Connecticut 1895 county sheets are: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895ct.htm (Each sheet is about 2-3 megabytes) George Stephan

I have the Barbour collection from the following towns and would be glad to do lookups. Kent, CT 1739-1850 Warren, CT 1786-1850 Washington, CT -1854 Sherman, CT 1802-1850 You can contact me at fran.john@juno.com fran.johnson@snet.net or on the list. Francelia 'Fran' Johnson

Hi Bob: The town of Stratford, CT would be located in Fairfield County. Linda Cottrell Amico Orange, CT

This is in regards to the person "annoyed" by the Barbour queries happening on here the past few days... The purpose of the list is to try and connect with others right? What real harm are the Barbour queries having? You never know where you might pick up that missing twig or connect with that other person who is searching for the same as you. I think we should all be grateful for good hearted people like Dave and the others that take the time and energy not only to look this information up, but also type it into and email and send it.. whether someone has been found or not. NOT finding the information in certain spots is sometimes just as important as finding it! Who knows, the next post might just happen to be someone looking for your family.. wouldn't you be excited then!! I understand the person earlier and probably others too are beginning to feel a little annoyed with the Barbour Queries, but it only takes a second to hit delete and get rid of the message. It on average probably takes me 10-15 seconds to see if I know a surname mentioned, and if not, I simply delete it. By the way, I live in St. Lawrence County NY and if anyone has relatives they are trying to locate in this area, I would be more than GLAD to help. Donna http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/4164/index.html

In a message dated 06/29/1999 10:15:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DChap11848 writes: << Subj: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] BARBOUR COLLECTION Date: 06/29/1999 10:15:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:DChap11848">DChap11848</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:DMS 59Dart">DMS 59Dart</A> Dave: Would you check and see if you have a Benjamin Chapman b. 1724-5 possibly with a Samuel, Roswell, Benjamin, Levi as a father? Thanks for your help. deb chapman dchap11848@aol.com >> Deb, There are almost 3 full pages of CHAPMAN's. But not one Benjamin, Samuel, Roswell or Levi. Keep in mind that I only have Colchester VR from the Barbour Collection. Sorry. Dave from Long Island

Will someone be kind enough to tell me in which CT county the town of Stratford can be found? Thank You Bob San Jose

In 1660 my 9-g-grandparents, John FERGUSON and Sarah HUNT (dau of Thomas Hunt), purchased land in Stratford from John Blakeman. In 1664 the land was sold to Abraham Wakeman. Would anyone know the history of this John Ferguson and Sarah Hunt prior to the purchase of the land in 1660? Thank you Bob Ferguson San Jose

In a message dated 06/28/1999 9:51:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, taxman102@juno.com writes: << Subj: Re: [GenConnecticut-L] BARBOUR COLLECTION Date: 06/28/1999 9:51:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: taxman102@juno.com (irving l denslow) To: DMS59Dart@AOL.COM Dave...I know this is very little information to go on, but would you check for either the name DENSLOW or BRANCH in your reference material? Thank you very much. Denny >> Denny, I checked the Colchester VR's and there are no DENSLOW's or BRANCH's listed at all. Sorry. Dave from Long Island

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A collector's item - a map of New England ca 1677 showing CT and MA and the early settlements along the CT River and Hampshire County, etc. Awesome! Sent to me by my sister, Nancy...Thanks so much, Nancy! http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/exhibit2/28.jpg

Many thanks to all those who came thru with the Genealogical Publishing Co URL. I knew I could count on you. Dot

I wanted to thank everyone for thier help, and suggestions, and let you all know that I solved the Smith line. Roger Smith is the son of Isreal Smith and Esther Andrews. So I can breathe alittle now. Now it is on to solving who, William Terrel, (Terrill) was that married Esther Smith, so far I have not been able to locate a marriage record on them. Esther Smith was from New Haven, CT. I have been told that some of the records were lost to a fire.. Clues like family names have not helped, in solving William Terrel mystery, as I found my great great grandfather did not have any Williams in his family. He had names like Le Grand Terrel, his name was James A. Terrel, and my Great Grandfather was also James A., there was Garland B. , Edward , Jane B., Lillie, Delores (first born) in 1853, and a Ida M. It is not to say that the names are not in his wife's family another hard name to research. I do find lots of these names in the Georgia, NC, and Virgina area, however Esther Smith was born in 1802 CT. Notes from the NARA also state William Terrel as being born in CT. Somehow I do not think so. The only possible match for Esther is William Terrill, born in 1781, son of James Terrill, and Sarah Bradshaw. I have not ruled this out, but I have not found a Marriage for this William either. So that is my new puzzle, and other ideas. I'm going to see if I can use the Barbour Collection, if I can find it at the LDS center. Thanks again for all who helped. Wanda Clowater

Looking for the parents and date/place of birth for George Taft SMITH, m 5 Aug 1877 Marie Louise DUDLEY, b 1 May 1863, d 28 July 1920, dau of William Harrison & Harriet Amelia (FRINK) DUDLEY. George & Marie settled in Ellington CT. Greatly appreciate any assistance. Thank you in advance. Karen