Ancestors Road Show

3/23 update: all of the seats in the April's Ancestry Roadshow event are taken, and the wait list is full. Please check back in the fall - we are planning another program around that time. Volunteers from Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council, Inc. will visit the library to offer help to those working on a genealogy [...]

By |2023-03-22T15:57:49-04:00January 20th, 2023||0 Comments

Genealogy Workshop via Zoom – Finding and Using Historic Newspapers for Research

Historic newspapers can be an excellent source of information when researching your ancestors. In the earlier newspapers one may find simple records of birth, baptisms, and deaths, as well as marriage announcements. In the later 19th and 20th centuries it’s possible to find longer obituary records. Carol Ansel, Director at Godfrey Memorial Library, will look [...]

By |2021-06-30T11:51:11-04:00May 6th, 2021||0 Comments
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