Call for Volunteers!

If you love cemeteries, we know immediately that you’re a genealogist.  But did you know you can use that interest to help other genealogists with Connecticut roots? If you have time to share, please consider participating in the Ed Laput Cemetery Project.  Volunteers are involved in photographing and transcribing tombstones, building databases, and searching cemetery […]

Upcoming Event: Using Cemetery Records to Help Your Genealogy Research

Cemetery records can be a valuable resource for building your family tree. gravestone This gravestone, for example, includes not only the ancestor’s information, but also whom she married. So how do you locate gravestones, plot records, and other cemetery information? Join us on June 4 at 9:30 a.m. for a Genealogy Club meeting on cemetery […]

Upcoming Event: Quebec Birth, Death, and Marriage Records

Wondering how to locate your Quebec ancestor’s birth, death, or marriage record? French Manuscript Quebec used church records as substitutes for birth, death, and marriage records until the 20th century. Many have been digitized and are now online. Library sign on Newfield Street Join us for Internet Genealogy Group on May 16 from 6-8 pm […]

Upcoming Event: Genealogy Club on French-Canadian Research

If your family descends from French-Canadians and you’ve been struggling to locate records, you’re in luck! On May 7, the Godfrey Genealogy Club will welcome Maryanne LeGrow, president of the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut. Maryanne will discuss the types of records available for French-Canadian research; how they differ from American records; what challenges you […]

Upcoming Event: Using ResearchIT CT for Genealogy

We all loving hear the words “free genealogy resources!” Did you know Connecticut residents have free access to a number of genealogy databases through the database ResearchIT CT (formerly IConn)? These include newspaper databases, genealogy specific websites, and more.  To begin, go to www.researchitct.org For genealogy specific databases, click on “Genealogy” on the left side […]

Celebrating Middlefield’s 150th!

  Separated from Middletown in 1866, Middlefield is celebrating its 150th this year by acknowledging its history!   Did you have Middlefield, CT heritage? Godfrey Library can be a great place to start… We have a number of books about Middlefield’s past, including cemetery inscriptions, collections of historic photos and more.   Middlefield’s cemeteries have […]