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 […]
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 […]
Last week was yet another hectic week at the Godfrey! With getting ready for tomorrow’s Irish Genealogy Luncheon, preparing for the annual appeal, and fixing computer problems there was never a slow moment. This new batch of genealogies and biographies finishes up the D and E sections and gets a good way into the Fs. […]
Forgive the late posting, but it’s been a busy weekend! With more books being added to the Scholar all the time as well as preparing for the first of what we hope will be a series of luncheon presentations, and getting ready for the annual appeal, it’s been a hectic time at the Godfrey! This […]
We’re working our way through the Bs with this week’s batch of genealogies and biographies uploaded to the Scholar! It’s also a great week for Middletown researches! Two more volumes of the Doolittle Funeral Home Records are now available on the Scholar as well as a portion of the midwife record of Sebastiana Grimaldi Misenti, […]
The funeral home business has gone through some dramatic changes over the years. For quite a while funeral homes as we know them today simply did not exist. Caskets were made at the local furniture store, viewings were held at the home of the deceased or deceased’s family, and funeral services were held at the […]
This week we’ve added more biographies and genealogies from our library of scanned books. About half the books added this week have to do with families or people with last names starting with A or B. Another volume of the Doolittle Funeral Home Burial Records is also on the Scholar and the indexing for the […]
This week we really dug into our backlog of scanned books to bring a huge number of biographies as well as some genealogies to the Scholar! You’ll notice that most of the books we’ve added focus on people whose last names start with an A: this is because we’ve started from the beginning of our […]
In 1924 two brothers from Middletown, CT opened the Dunn Funeral Home at 530 Main Street. The Godfry Library is lucky enough to have exclusive access to the records of the Dunn Funeral Home records from 1910 to 1966, from before the official location was even opened! Before the official funeral home opened caskets were […]
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