Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records: The Barbour Index and Beyond

Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records: The Barbour Index and Beyond; by Linda MacLachlin; 2019; 360 pp; 8.5x11; soft cover; ISBN:987-0-8063-5895-6; Item #: GPC8049 The Barbour Index to Connecticut vital records, created by Lucius B. Barbour, Connecticut Examiner of Public Records from 1922 to 1934, and housed at the Connecticut State Library, is the starting point for researching Connecticut birth, marriage, and death records prior to 1850. The 55-volume Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records published, by the Genealogical Publishing Company from 1994-2002 and covering 137 Connecticut towns, is a reliable transcription of the original Barbour Index. These books are still available in paperback and electronic editions. The Barbour Index is not only the source of all these publications, but also includes six additional towns and abstractions of many private record compilations at the Connecticut State Library. Now - this volume details important genealogical records from