HI Betty The Hartford Courant is a very difficult newspaper to research since it is not indexed. The old copies are on microfilm at the main Hartford Public Library and at the CT State Library in Hartford, but it takes hours and hours to research them on microfilm. I talked to them a few months ago and asked when/if they would index them or release them to others to index and all the person kept saying was that the Hartford Courant is the longest continually published newspaper in the country and they own all of the old papers. Over and over---that was the answer I got to my questions!!! On the other hand, I recently went to a class at the Godfrey Library in Middletown and they had a program on old newspapers. They have signed with Readex I believe it is called, and they hope to have both the Hartford Courant and the defunct Hartford Times all every word indexed and online by late 2006. That will make things sooooo much better for all of us looking for old obits and news items in this area--but we have to have patience til then--not something I am good at. The use of this resource will be free to members of the Godfrey Memorial Library and will be able to be used from home. There are tons of newspapers there now, but none seem to cover my areas. I remember Bridgeport CT is well represented there. Barb Betty <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, Several people have told me about the "Silas DEANE Highway" in Connecticut when I have placed queries about my grandfather, Silas Dean LEWIS. I just did a search in the Archives of "the Hartford Courant" for my grandfather's name, and found this article: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- HERO? CROOK? SILAS DEANE, AN ENIGMATIC FIGURE IN STATE HISTORY, GETS HIS OWN VOLUMINOUS WEBSITE Published on February 5, 2005, Article 4 of 15 found. You've heard the name because you've heard of the Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield. But be honest; you haven't the foggiest who Silas Deane actually was. That's quite fitting, it appears, because Deane was not a man easily understood. Even the people who give a hoot about him are not entirely sure what to make of him, though there is no denying he was a figure of consequence at the time of the American Revolution. Silas Deane, a lawyer and merchant who was born http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=HC&p_theme=hc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Silas%20AND%20Dean%20AND%20Lewis&s_dispstring=Silas%20Dean%20Lewis%20AND%20date(all)&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no .. Unfortunately, I cannot view the entire article without paying a small fee. ... I am told that my grandfather was an important employee (Engineer) at "Bradley Field" in Windsor Locks during the 1940's (and 1950's?). In 1952, an article appeared about him in the "Holyoke Transcript-Telegram" which he had moved when he married his 3rd wife, Mrs. Yvonne (LAMONTHE) (JARRY) LEWIS. An FYI is that my grandfather was one of the youngest of 13 children of John "Stanley" and Mary (CORKILL) LEWIS of Stoneham, MA. And, he was actually named after the long-time, well-liked Town Clerk in Stoneham, whose name was Silas DEAN. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. As per my other posting, I would like to know if there is a way for me to find out whether any articles or "death notices" appeared in any Hartford newspapers which mentioned my grandfather's name .. between 1940 and his death in Chicopee, MA, in 1961. (Especially interested in the death-notice of his second wife, Mrs. Hazel (SHAW) (McCAVOUR) (BEDELL) LEWIS, in East Granby, CT, in 1948.

At 05:45 AM 8/1/2005, you wrote: >HI Betty The Hartford Courant is a very difficult newspaper to research >since it is not indexed. The old copies are on microfilm at the main >Hartford Public Library and at the CT State Library in Hartford, but it >takes hours and hours to research them on microfilm. I talked to them a >few months ago and asked when/if they would index them or release them to >others to index and all the person kept saying was that the Hartford >Courant is the longest continually published newspaper in the country and >they own all of the old papers. Over and over---that was the answer I got >to my questions!!! the hartford courant is not indexed here, and the time period is much older, but many early Connecticut and other state's newspapers are indexed here. A great resource, provided through the University of California, Irvine, long url, make sure you get it all http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=EANA&p_action=keyword&p_theme=ean&p_nbid=X67E5FSUMTA5Nzg2NTMwNi4yNDg3MzQ6MTo3OjEyOC4xOTU&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_category=none&d_refprod=EANA copies of the articles will be a gif image. johnSteve

Hi The lack of indexing for the Hartford Courant is a major annoyance for all of us who want to use it! That will go away in a year or so, when Readex, the same service as in your email, plans to have the Courant and the now defunct Hartford Times online. I belong to the Godfrey Library and they are using their services so it will be great to have them online and be able to study them from home. The wonders of modern genealogy! :) Thanks for sharing. Barb Stevens the hartford courant is not indexed here, and the time period is much older, but many early Connecticut and other state's newspapers are indexed here. A great resource, provided through the University of California, Irvine, long url, make sure you get it all http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=EANA&p_action=keyword&p_theme=ean&p_nbid=X67E5FSUMTA5Nzg2NTMwNi4yNDg3MzQ6MTo3OjEyOC4xOTU&p_clear_search=&s_search_type=keyword&s_category=none&d_refprod=EANA copies of the articles will be a gif image. johnSteve