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.