I know... I'm invading your inboxes again. However, this time I have a question... Does this list have a website? Not a personal one, but one that we all contribute to? No, I don't mean the archives. Thanks for any answers. Colleen

> Does this list have a website? Not a personal one, but one that we all > contribute to? No, I don't mean the archives. Colleen, I don't think that there is an actual GenCT site per se, but if anyone has transcribed records for Connecticut that they'd like to see on line, I'd be happy to put them on my site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/index.htm I have around 1800 data files on line from CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI and there's room for more as RootsWeb which generously provides space for the site doesn't put a limit on its size. The Connecticut section of the site is the largest, taking up around half of the index page. Ray Brown's site at http://rays-place.com/ is another site with lots of Connecticut records. Jane Devlin Lake Orion, MI [email protected] CTMIDDLE list mom CLARK-WM-HADDAM & SHOESMITH mail lists DUNHAM - WILCOX - TROTT - KIRK page at RootsWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ Over 1800 data files for CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI

Colleen, thanks for your service. In the spirit of the new start and the invitation to share Connecticut studies and issues, I offer the following: My brick wall is my GG Grandfather William Augustus Strong. He was born in Durham, CT in 1783. He took the oath of a freeman about 1803 and aquired several properties in Durham with his wife Abigail Crane Strong. In 1806, he sold his interests in Durham and migrated to Atwater, OH. At some point before 1814, Abigail moved back to Durham, CT. He remarried in Atwater, OH. After serving twice for short periods, in May 1814, he enlisted for the duration for the War of 1812 and died of desease in November 1814 at Black Rock, NY. Abigail died in Durham, CT in 1814 and is buried in the old cemetery with a notation that a child lays at her feet. Her family is well documented and I have data for Cranes and Camps of Durham, CT. The big puzzle is to locate the father of William Augustus Strong. I have records of the Strongs of Durham, but there is no William that matches. One son of Eliakim Strong named John is likely. He was a revolutionary war soldier and spent some time with his brother Selah in Durham, NY, but the records there indicate that he went back to Durham, CT. Selah was oneof the origional settlers at Freehold, CT (not Durham). John has a family on record, but I believe he has a wife before the family that is on record. The other Strong families of child bearing ages seem to be accounted for in 1893. I am interested in any new data relating to Durham, CT and the settlers that left CT to go to NY. Hope my story is not too out of line and if anyone is interested, I have a lot more. Ralph Strong Glen Burnie, MD