Thank you everyone for bearing with us while routine server maintenance delayed our regular uploads. This week marks the last batch of books uploaded from our backlog! In this final large batch of new books there is a nice variety of biographies, genealogies, church records, funeral records, and even a few military books. Indexes for […]
We have quite the eclectic mix of additions to the Scholar this week! Of particular note are records from the now closed Roberts Funeral Home in Middletown, Connecticut. The current owners of the records, the Doolittle Funeral Home, gave the Godfrey exclusive permission to host the records on the Scholar, so you will not find […]
The indexing of the Groton, Voluntown, Sterling, and Waterford Church records book is finally complete! This book is a treasure trove of information from the Congregational Churches in all four towns between the years of 1720 to 1839. These records include admissions: 815 Baptisms 419 from the Groton First Congregational Church 396 from […]
Do we have some neat things to tell you about this week! First we’ve added more record books from Middletown’s First and Second Congregational Church, the Cromwell Congregational Church, and the First Congregational Church of Jeffersonville Indiana! Also new to the Scholar is a selection of supplementary materials from the Brooks Collection: excerpts from vital […]
Last week we added all sorts of incredible works to the Scholar. Among the searchable books added are state and local histories, genealogies, biographies, and vital records from several Connecticut town. We also added two record books from the Cromwell First Congregational Church and two sets of funeral home records, the first from New Britain’s […]
We’ve added quite a variety of new works to the Scholar this week. Genealogies, Biographies, State and Local Histories, Vital Records, Funeral and Cemetery Records, and even a new Directory: just about a little bit of everything! Of particular note is a volume of internment records from Middletown Connecticut’s Indian Hill Cemetery and 6 Volumes […]
On Wednesday the New York Times ran an article highlighting two historians’, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Bendroth, race to find and preserve old church documents. Many of these records have incredible historical significance that absolutely cannot be duplicated in anything else and, tragically, it truly is a desperate race to try and save them. Fire, […]
These past six months Godfrey staff and volunteers have been busy bringing all sorts of new content to the Godfrey Scholar. Updates have gotten so frequent that we’ve decided the best way to let people know is through weekly posts on Genealogy from the Godfrey and the Godfrey Facebook page! Welcome to the first installment […]
It’s always good to start with what you know and the Godfrey certainly knows Connecticut! Being located in the quasi central city of Middletown and having a list of contacts from all over the state, the Godfrey has had the opportunity to add many Connecticut based works to our print and digital collection. You might […]
In celebration of the Godfrey staff and volunteers being well on their way to adding much of the content from Middletown’s Church of the Holy Trinity records as searchable content in our online database, we’d like to share with you an article written by the Godfrey’s own Dianne Day Reid. Finding Your Ancestors in Church […]
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