In a message dated 06/02/1999 10:48:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kltodd@montana.campuscwix.net writes: << Should I try the county seat? >> Karen NOPE, not for birth and marriage - no 'county seats' in CT. The place to go would be the State, however - [someone help me here] the vital records dept has been moving for 'ever' and defers to the towns........ Have you looked at Census to see what they reported as their birth places? Sometimes the obits are wrong, as the info is [of course] second hand at best. You could have someone check the city directory[s] [State Library has them] and they often will show where a person arrived from ....... You might also try Cheshire and Prospect. my ideas, susan moore, windsor, ct