Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.
My research focus this week has been my Connecticut ancestors, including the WEBSTER, HOPKINS, JUDD, BRONSON, GRAVES, and LEWIS lines. Fortunately there are some good references available, which I will share in today’s Friday Finds column.
BOOK Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977) – Fortunately this book is available at my local genealogy library, but I also purchased it (along with other books) on the CD collection Connecticut Local and Family Histories available from Genealogical.com.
DATABASE / INDEX Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), and Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. These databases are based on the index, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Vol. 1-55 compiled by Lorraine Cook White (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002). They are available through Ancestry.com (with subscription).
WEBSITE The Graves Family Association – A collection of information pertaining to the GRAVES surname. I was lucky enough to have found a family tree for George GRAVES, my twelfth great-grandfather.
Just a FYI-I knew of a Graves and his Grandmother that lived in Missouri.
Thanks for the recommendation, Naila!
I am wondering if your CT Judds are related to Sylvester Judd of Northampton, MA, whose manuscript is essential for anyone researching that area.
I suppose anything’s possible. I really don’t know much about this family. Ester Judd (daughter of Benjamin Judd and Mary Lewis) married into my Webster line, Jonathan Webster in 1704. Ester’s grandfather, Thomas Judd apparently died in Northampton in 1688. I have no idea if any of these facts are true as they came from several derivative sources. I am interested, however, to know more about the manuscript you refer to, if you don’t mind sharing some details about it and how I might get a hold of it, just in case these families are connected.