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 […]
At long last every book on the Godfrey Scholar, with the exception of a few miscellaneous volumes, is available in our Page Viewer and completely searchable! No more loading immense pdfs and no more painstakingly searching through every book on the off chance it mentions the person you are looking for! As an aside note […]
This week we have an eclectic mix of new material on the Scholar, from military records, to Massachusetts histories, to unique genealogical research! Almost all of materials from our State and Local Histories section are now available in the Page Viewer and fully searchable. By the end of next week we fully expect the entire […]
This week we started transferring pdfs from the State and Local Histories Section of the Scholar into the page viewers. All books regarding Connecticut and Maine are now searchable in the Page Viewer, as well as half of the books about Massachusetts! Indiana’s Rolls of Honor has been moved from the State and Local Histories […]
We are continuing to sort through our collection of Revolutionary War books and adding them to the Scholar! Books, state regimental histories, muster rolls and other records, we have a little bit of everything! We are also happy to announce that all books and records in our Military section, save a few files giving us […]
Between scanning and photographing new books, indexing handwritten records, cataloging, and all the other miscellaneous tasks that need to be done on a daily basis there is never a dull moment at the Godfrey! In fact, the Godfrey has so much going on that we’re looking for some new volunteers to help us out! If […]
In addition to creating the American Genealogical-Biographical Index Godfrey Library founder Fremont Rider published a three volume set of the genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) families. This set, titled, Preliminary Materials for a genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) Families in the United States*, is now a part of the Godfrey Scholar+ Online Library! Don’t let […]
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 […]
In 1944 Godfrey founder Fremont Rider addressed what he perceived as a growing problem in research libraries in his book The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library: A Problem and its Solution. The problem then, as it is now to an extent, was that the number of books available was growing at such […]
Welcome! After a respite, we are happy to announce that we are rejuvenating the Godfrey blog presence. We will be posting news, announcements and happenings, both here at Godfrey and in the larger genealogical community. We will continue to send out announcements via email (Constant Contact) as well. You can find us on Facebook, too, […]
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