Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Old News in Cheshire!
In honor of the great article Mike Torelli wrote about Jube Road for the Cheshire Herald I though we'd take a look back at some of the Herald's predecessors like…
Cheshire’s Grave-Digging, House Building, Representative, Civil War Veteran, Probate Judge
I recently pulled a box of diaries from the archives at work. The diaries span from 1868 to 1890 and were written by Alonzo E. Smith of Cheshire. Smith, well known…
William T. Peters and Voter Fraud circa 1871
Today was another one of those days that I found a little nugget in the course of my day job. I was working with an autograph book from 1861 from our…
Cheshire (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1852-1905, Vol. 2, p. 9-10. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT. FHL Microfilm 1412760.
Sweet Adeline
So being a history geek (more like a history addict really) I love to simply dig through old records. The things you find can be truly fascinating as well as…
Holy Handwriting!
I have the coolest job in the world. I get to digitize old photos and manuscripts from Connecticut's history. I get to do some research about these images so I…