This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QAQBAEB/465.1 Message Board Post: Go to your nearest large library and check the Barbour Collection of CT Vital Records. These go to about 1850. These records are on microfilm by town and in one large alphabetical index. The original cards that were microfilmed are in the Connecticut State Library in Hartford. Obviously not everyone was recorded, but you may find some STOWELLS that are not in the genealogy.