I am doing some research on my 5ggf and his children. According to his autobiography he was born in West Haven and his 9 children were also born in West Haven. In fact, he specifies that the same Reverend who baptized him in 1760 in West Haven also baptized all of his children born 1784-1804. The 1790, 1800 and 1820 census places him in New Haven. The Barbour collection was lacking in vital records for this family. I went on little scavenger hunt to find some vital records. * My first stop was New Haven Town Hall as their records are not in Barbour Collection. No luck, but their physical collection seems to match up nicely with the film descriptions from FHL. They suggested I go to West Haven, Connecticut Town Hall. * No luck in West Haven. The West Haven Town Hall records include three volumes of old BMD records covering the years 1836-1874. [the listing in the FHL catalogue for West Haven seems inconsistent with these volumes as the years and volume numbers do not match up]. She suggested since West Haven split from Orange that I go to Orange, Connecticut Town Hall. * The Orange Town Hall records start in 1921. They suggested I check out Milford Town Hall as Orange split from Milford before West Haven split from them. * Milford Town Hall did have various old indexes that seems to overlap and also did not include my family. There was BMD index 1640-1875, another one BMD Index 1847-1849 [which was actually 1847-1850], another one BMD index 1640-1850, one called "A verbatim copy of the earliest record of the town of Milford" and then a BMD "vol.8" 1852-1867 [no vol. 1-7 or 9+ anywhere in sight]. My understanding was that the vital records for Connecticut were all held at the Town level. If they aren't at the local Town Hall and they aren't in the Barbour Collection and they aren't on the FHL microfilms is there some other source I am missing? Aside from Church records which I will explore at the Connecticut State Library once the snow subsides. Thanks in advance for your input! Shannon