Hi Barry & Bill - I would assume that by "Barbour's" Barry is referring to the Barbour Index which is a town by town listing of pre-1850 vital records for Connecticut. It is a masterful compliation and I have found only a few minor errors in the transcriptions. Of course this is not to say that there weren't errors in the originals which were copied. Speaking of town vitals, just as with some family Bibles, you will sometimes find listings for several births in one family in one entry. Obviously these records were provided en masse, in some instances several years after the fact. Assuming, however, that the information was given by a close family member we can presume (hope) that the information is reasonably close, if not exactly right. For many early records, especially births, it's as close as we're gonna get! -Lauren Lauren Maehrlein Maehrlein's Heirlines Plant a tree, then start your family tree!