Chicopee Public Library's History Room is available ..juste sign in at the front desk. Sources include: Genealogical Dictionary of New England (basis of Famer's Register) Passengers to America by Michael Tepper Good Family Histories (starting from the 17th Century) include a good 2 volume set of the Chapin Book and the Ward Family History from Sudbury, Mass Good Chicopee area city directories & old maps of Hampden County http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org